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Quantity: 4.3 linear feet (includes 91 bound scores and 17 CDs)
Restrictions: Open for in-person research. Dr. Luke's musical scores and selected recordings are available in the Archives Reading Room. Additionally, a number of scores and recordings are available in the Leichter Listening Library in the Wanda L. Bass School of Music. Copyright may apply. Performance copies obtainable from the family. Please contact the archivist for more information.
Inventory prepared June 2024. Various guides and an annotated chronology of works prepared by Amy Zuback, December 2013.
Dr. Ray E. Luke was born on 30 May 1928 in Fort Worth, Texas, to Ray H. and Dorothy Luke. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from Texas Christian University and a PhD in composition from the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music. His professorial career began in Wilson, North Carolina, where he briefly taught at Atlantic Christian College. He moved back to Texas and was a music faculty member at East Texas State College for 13 years. In 1962, he joined the faculty at Oklahoma City University. He retired in 1997 after serving as chair of the instrumental music department, Professor of Composition, and Composer in Residence. He was conductor of the Lyric Theatre for five seasons beginning in 1963 and served as associate conductor and music director of the Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra. He composed more than 80 works for orchestra, band, chorus, opera, ballet and chamber music.
The Ray E. Luke Archive is arranged in two series: Series I: bound musical scores (91 volumes) and Series II: selected recordings (77 recordings). The musical scores are arranged chronologically by Opus number. The recordings are listed in the inventory by title. Additional indexes are linked below.
Opus 5: Two Miniatures for Orchestra
Opus 6a: Lament for Horn and String Quartet
Opus 7: Suite for Orchestra
Opus 9: Woodwind Quintet
Opus 10: Epilogue for Orchestra
Opus 11: Prelude and March
Opus 12: Symphony No. 1
Opus 13: Scherzo
Opus 14: Antiphonale and Toccata
Opus 15: Create in Me a Clean Heart, Oh God (Psalm 51)
Opus 16: Symphony No. 2
Opus 17: Suite for Orchestral Woodwinds
Opus 18: Symphony No. 3
Opus 19: Five Miniatures
Opus 20: Symphonic Dialogues for Violin, Oboe and Orchestra
Opus 21: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra
Opus 22: Two Odes
Opus 23: String Quartet No. 1
Opus 24: Dedication Anthem "Only Begotten Word of God"
Opus 25: Fanfare for Orchestral Winds and Percussion
Opus 26: Second Suite for Orchestra
Opus 27: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Opus 28: Incantation for Violoncello, Harp and Strings
Opus 29: Introduction and Badinage
Opus 30: Symphonic Songs for Mezzo-soprano and Orchestra ("New Hampshire Songs")
Opus 31: New England Miniatures
Opus 32: Symphony No. 4
Opus 33: Four Dialogues
Opus 34: Concert Overture
Opus 35: Intrada and Rondo for Symphonic Band
Opus 36: Compressions
Opus 37: Compressions 2
Opus 38: Sonics and Metrics
Opus 39: Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Piano
Opus 40: Tapestry: Ballet in One Act
Opus 41: Design for Band
Opus 42: Medea: Opera in Two Acts
Opus 43: Epitaphs
Opus 44: Septet for Winds and Strings
Opus 45: Four Foibles for Mixed Chorus
Opus 46: Plaintes and Dirges
Opus 47: The Official Oklahoma Diamond Jubilee March
Opus 48: Praise Him with a Song
Opus 49: See the Crown of Thorns
Opus 50: Make a Joyful Noise
Opus 51: Sing Praise
Opus 52: The Lord is My Light
Opus 53: Seven Responses
Opus 56: Suite for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Opus 57: Quartz Mountain for Symphony Orchestra
Opus 58: Compressions 3
Opus 59: Dialogues II for Soprano, Violin, Oboe and Piano
Opus 60: Sinfonia Concertante for Double Symphony Orchestra
Opus 61: Fanfare for Brass Quintet and Orchestra
Opus 62: Third Suite for Orchestra
Opus 63: Cantata Concertante
Opus 64: Four Scenes for Eight Flutes
Opus 65: Drowne's Wooden Image: A Mystic Opera in One Act
Opus 66: Contrasts for Bassoon and Piano
Opus 67: Splinters from Old Wood
Opus 68: Wood from Old Splinters
Opus 69: Mrs. Bullfrog: A Comic Opera in One Act
Opus 70: Can You Count the Stars?
Opus 71: Celebration for Choir, Brass and Organ
Opus 72: Sonata for Flute and Piano
Opus 73: Three Piano Pieces for Young Players
Opus 74: Concerto for Trumpet
Opus 75: Toccata for Piano
Opus 76: Flourish for Brass Quintet
Opus 77: Three Dances for Kim
Opus 78: Bum-Di-Di-Dum for Jason
Opus 79: New England Miniatures for Concert Band (Revised)
Opus 80: Flourish and Hyper Excursions Trio for Clarinet, Percussion and Piano
Opus 81: Gershwin Revisited for Percussion and Organ
Opus 82: "The Oklahoman" A Concert March
Opus 83: Jessie's Turn: An American Dance
Opus ?: Deck the Hall
Opus Posthumous: Hymn and Tournament for Concert Band
Antiphonale and Toccata for Band (Opus 14), CD and Track:2:3; Bethany High School Band; Robert Dillon, conductor.
Compressions 2 (Opus 37), CD and Track:10:12; ?? Oklahoma City Symphony
Orchestra; Guy Fraser Harrison, conductor.
Compressions for Orchestra (Opus 36), CD and Track:10:10; Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra; Guy Fraser Harrison, conductor; 9 January 1973
Concerto for Bassoon (Opus 21), CD and Track:5:4-‐6; Betty Johnson, bassoon; Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra; Guy Fraser Harrison, conductor; 23 March 1965
Concerto for Bassoon (Opus 21), CD and Track:5:10-‐12; Betty Johnson, bassoon; Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra; Herrera de la Fuente, conductor; 19 February 1964
Concerto for Piano (Opus 27), CD and Track:7:3-‐5; Claude-‐Albert Coppens, piano; L’Orchestre National de Belgique, Michael Gielen, conductor.
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (Opus 74), CD and Track:17:4-‐6; Jeff Luke, trumpet; Oklahoma City University Symphony Orchestra; Mark Edward Parker, conductor; 21 February 2006
Epilogue for Orchestra (Opus 10), CD and Track:1:7; Eastman Rochester Symphony Orchestra; Howard Hanson, conductor.
Epitaphs for Twelve Mixed Voices (Opus 43), CD and Track:14:3; Performers unknown.
Fanfare for Orchestral Winds and Percussion (Opus 25), CD and Track:6:9; Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra; Guy Fraser Harrison, conductor.
Five Miniatures for Piano (Opus 19), CD and Track:4:9-‐13; Ernestine Scott, piano.
Four Dialogues for Organ and Percussion (Opus 33), CD and Track:10:1-‐4; Performers unknown.
Four Foibles for Mixed Voices (Opus 45), CD and Track:15:5; Oklahoma City University Singers; Stephen Coker, conductor.
Intrada and Rondo for Band (Opus 35), CD and Track:10:9; Las Vegas (Nevada) Western High School Band; Jim Harris, conductor.
Make a Joyful Noise (Opus 50), CD and Track:16:2; Nichols Hills United Methodist Church Choir; Antone Godding, organ; Stephen Coker, conductor.
Medea, Opera in two acts (Opus 42), CD and Track:13:1; Merideth Mizell, Becky Kirtley, John Atkins, Rod Arndt, Robert Bell; Oklahoma City University Opera Ochestra; Ray Luke, conductor; 29910
Medea, Opera in two acts (Opus 42), CD and Track:14:1; Performers unknown; 1979 May
New England Miniatures (Opus 31), CD and Track:8:7-10; Oklahoma City University Concert Band; Ray Luke, conductor.
Plaintes and Dirges (Opus 47), CD and Track:15:6; Canterbury Choral Society and Oklahoma City University Choirs; Dennis Shrock, director; Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra; Luis de la Herrera, conductor; 18 March 1984
Praise Him With a Song (Opus 48), CD and Track:16:1; Nichols Hills United Methodist Church Choir; Antone Godding, organ; Stephen Coker, conductor.
Scherzo for Chamber Orchestra (Opus 13), CD and Track:2:1; Eastman Chamber Orchestra;
Frederick Fennell, conductor.
Second Suite for Orchestra (Opus 26), CD and Track:6:10; Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra; Guy Fraser Harrison, conductor.
Septet for Strings and Winds (Opus 44), CD and Track:15:4; Oklahoma City Chamber Players.
Sonata for Flute and Piano (Opus 72), CD and Track:17:1-‐3; Parthena Owens, flute and Peggy Payne, piano.
String Quartet (Opus 23), CD and Track:6:7-‐8; New Lyric Quartet: Lacy McLarry, David Robillard, violin; Royce McLarry, viola; Dan Watters, cello.
Suite for Orchestra (Opus 7), CD and Track:1:1-‐3; Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra; Guy Fraser Harrison, conductor; 15 January 1961
Symphonic Dialogues for Violin, Oboe and Orchestra (Opus 20), CD and Track:4:17-‐19; Performers unknown.
Symphonic Dialogues II for Violin, Oboe, Soprano, Harpsichord and Strings (Opus 59), CD and Track:16:6-‐9; Norman Paulu, violin; Don Jaeger, oboe; Penelope Jenson, soprano; Village Bach Festival Orchestra; Clyde Roller, conductor.
Symphonic Songs (Opus 30), CD and Track:8:2; Ilona Kombrink, mezzo-‐ soprano; University of Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra; David Becker, conductor.
Symphony No. 1 (Opus 12), CD and Track:1:13-‐16; Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra; Guy Fraser Harrison, conductor.
Symphony No. 2 (Opus 16), CD and Track:2:8-‐10; Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra; Guy Fraser Harrison, conductor.
Symphony No. 3 “Oklahoma City” (Opus 18), CD and Track:3:2-‐4; Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra; Guy Fraser Harrison, conductor.
Symphony No. 4 (Opus 32), CD and Track:9:1; Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra; Guy Fraser Harrison, conductor; 30 or 31 March 1970
Symphony No. 4 (Opus 32), CD and Track:9:3; Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra; Luis Herrera de la Fuente, conductor; 23 November 1980
Tapestry, Ballet in one act (Opus 40), CD and Track:11:2; Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra; Ray Luke, conductor.
Third Suite for Orchestra (Opus 62), CD and Track:16:11‐14; Oklahoma City Philharmonic; Joel Levine, conductor; 4 February 1993
Two Odes for Mezzo-Soprano, Flute and Piano (Opus 22), CD and Track:7:1-2; Carol Sudik, mezzo-soprano; Eleanor Duncan, flute; Deborah Jenkins, piano.
Woodwind Quintet (Opus 9), CD and Track:1:4-6; Quartz Mountain Arts Institute Wind Ensemble.
