13.9 Linear Feet(26 mss boxes plus 3 oversize boxes)
Date
1976
Abstract
The Eric Moe Collection includes sketches, fair-copies, and computer-generated scores of the composer's works from the late 1970s to the present. Dr. Moe joined the music faculty at the University of Pittsburgh in 1989 as an Associate Professor, and was promoted to Full Professor in 1999.
Language
English
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Author
Jim Cassaro.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System Archives & Special Collections Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Business Number: 412-648-3232 (Thomas) | 412-648-8190 (Hillman) Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Previous Citation
Eric Moe Collection, 1976-, UA.90.F96, University Archives, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Preferred Citation
Eric Moe Collection, 1976-, UA.90.F96, University Archives, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by librarians and staff of the Theodore M. Finney Music Library beginning in 2005, and is on-going. The guide to this collection was completed in April 2011 by Amy Welch, a graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Information Science and Pitt Partners Program Intern (2010-2011), and James P. Cassaro, Head of the Theodore M. Finney Music Library. It incorporates previous inventories done by David King in 2003, and another earlier inventory written by Music Library staff. It was entered into Archivists' Toolkit by William Daw and Ed Galloway.
Scope and Content Notes
The collection contains manuscripts and computer-generated scores of musical sketches and compositions by Moe, dated from 1976 and on. In some cases, compositions include individual pages that Moe revised during the composition process.
Materials are listed here and arranged chronologically by the year of composition. Because items were acquired at different times, some box numbers may appear out of sequence in the following Contents List.
Unless otherwise noted, there is one copy of each item listed.
Biography
Eric Moe (1954- ) is professor of Composition and Music Theory at the University of Pittsburgh, director of the University of Pittsburgh Electroacoustic Music Studio, and co-director of the Music on the Edge new music concert series. He studied composition at Princeton University (A.B.), and the University of California at Berkeley (M.A., Ph.D.). Moe founded the Ph.D. program in Composition/Theory in the Music Department at the University of Pittsburgh.
Moe was a founding member of EARPLAY, a new music ensemble based in San Francisco, CA. He is known as a composer and pianist and has received wide recognition for his work including the Lakond Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He has been commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Fromm Foundation, the Koussevitzky Foundation, the Barlow Endowment, and Meet-the-Composer USA.
In addition, Moe earned fellowships from the Wellesley Composer's Conference and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, as well as residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Bellagio, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Millay Colony, the Ragdale Foundation, the Montana Artists Refuge, the Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians, and the American Dance Festival.
From 1981 to 1989, he served on the faculty of the San Francisco State University, and also at the University of California, Santa Cruz (1980-1981). He holds the PhD (1982) and MA (1978) in composition from the University of California, Berkeley, and the A.B. in Music from Princeton University (1978).
Accruals
New material is expected to be donated on an ongoing basis.
Instrumentation: Soprano, Violin, Viola, Horn in F sharp, Bassoon, Harp, Guitar, Piano
Dedication: Dedicated, with gratitude, to Claudio Spies
At end: I. "Berkeley, CA 3/21/79" III. "7/6/79 Berkeley, California on my father's 50th birthday" IV. "March 13, 1980/Berkeley, California"
Notes: Four movements: I. They free from me, based on text by Sir Thomas Wyatt. (Instruments: violin, viola, horn in F, bassoon, soprano, harp, guitar and piano). II. The Madman's Song, based on text by John Webster. (Instruments: violin, horn, voice and piano.) III. Slow, Slow, Fresh Fount, based on text by Ben Jonson. (Instruments: voice, harp, guitar and piano.) IV. Queen and Huntress, based on text by Ben Jonson. (Instruments: violin, viola, horn, bassoon, mezzo soprano, harp, guitar and piano.)
Containers
box 3, folder 2
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box 27, folder 2
Containers
box 4, folder 1
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 1 Alto Flute, 2 Oboes, 1 English Horn, 2 Clarinets in B-flat (1 also in E-flat), 1 Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoons, 1 Contrabassoon, 4 Horns, 2 Trumpets in B-flat, 2 Trombones (tenor and bass), 1 Tuba, 12 or more 1st Violins, 12 or more 2nd Violins, 8 or more Violas, 8 or more Violoncellos, 4 or more Contra-Basses (at least 2 with C extension), Percussion.
Dedication: "for our parents"
Notes: Libretto by Keith Moe, after story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa.
Containers
box 27, folder 3
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box 4, folder 2
Containers
box 4, folder 3
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Chorus, 2 trumpets in C, 2 horns, 2 trombones (tenor and bass), tuba, pianoforte and percussion.
At end: "rev. 11/1984 Rome-San Francisco"
Containers
box 27, folder 4
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box 4, folder 4
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Piano. Arranged for 4 hands.
At end: "EHM arr. Rome/San Francisco 8/23/84"
Containers
box 4, folder 5
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Voice, piano.
Dedication: for Anna Carol Dudley
At end: "12/20/1984 Rome/San Francisco"
Notes: Subtitle: "On Poems of William Carlos Williams." Four movements: I. from "Three Nahuatl Poems;" II. Sonnet in Search of an Author; III. Song; IV. Portrait of a Lady
Container Summary
26 leaves. 2 blank.
Containers
box 5, folder 1
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Violoncello, Piano
Dedication: for Laszlo Varga
At end: "San Francisco 3/1/1985"
Scope and Content Notes
No Subnote Content
Containers
box 5, folder 2
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box 24, folder 14
Scope and Content Notes
a. "Recorded 3/9/1986, Kurth Hall"—Container.
Containers
box 5, folder 4
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Flute, B-flat clarinet (doubling Bass Clarinet), Piano
Note: Published as "Songs and Dances of the Automobile: I. Mambo. II. Nocturne. III. 5 Piston Fling."
Containers
box 7, folder 2
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: 2 Flutes (1 Piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in B-flat, 1 Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns, 2 Trumpets in C, 2 Tenor/Bass Trombones, 1 Bass Trombone, 1 Tuba, Percussion, Harp, Piano, Violin I & II, Viola, Violoncello, Contrabass.
Dedication: For David Sloss and the Fremont-Newark Philharmonic
At end: "11/25/1988 MacDowell Colony"
Containers
box 7, folder 3
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box 27, folder 5
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box 28, folder 1
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box 28, folder 2
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box 28, folder 3
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box 28, folder 4
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box 8, folder 1
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Alto Flute, English Horn, Bass Clarinet, Viola, Piano.
Dedication: For the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress, and dedicated to the memory of Serge and Natalie Koussevitzky
At end: "12/7/1988 MacDowell Colony"
Dedication: for Carolyn Forman Moe
Notes: Three movements. I. Up; II. &; III. At 'Em.
Containers
box 8, folder 2
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box 8, folder 3
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box 9, folder 1
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Flute, Cello, Piano, Percussion.
Dedication: for John Swackhamer
At end: "10/7/1989 S.F./Pgh."
Containers
box 9, folder 2
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box 9, folder 3
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box 9, folder 4
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box 10, folder 1
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: B-flat Clarinet, String Quartet.
Dedication: Commissioned by and dedicated to the amateur musicians of the Wellesley Composers' Conference
Containers
box 10, folder 2
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Electroacoustic music.
Note: Incidental music for play performed October 12, 1990, at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Director was Christian Moe.
Containers
box 10, folder 3
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Dedication: for John Goldsmith and the Bellefield Singers
Containers
box 10, folder 3
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Violin, Cello, Piano.
Dedication: for the Washington Square Contemporary Music Society
Containers
box 29, folder 1
Containers
box 10, folder 4
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Piano.
Dedication: for Alan Feinberg
Containers
box 11, folder 1
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Oboe and piano.
Dedication: for Marcia Butler
Containers
box 11, folder 2
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Bass Clarinet and Keyboard Synthesizer (Yamaha DX7 with TX802 tone generator).
Dedication: for Tim Smith
Commission: Commissioned by Tim Smith
Note: Four movements: I. Two-part Contraption; II. Tim's Tune; III. Double Take; IV. What the Drums Say.
Containers
box 11, folder 3
Scope and Content Notes
Instruments: [Oboe and piano]
Dedication: [for Marcia Butler]
Note: Appears in published score "Sad Steps and Fancy Footwork"
Containers
box 12, folder ?
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Piano, Flute, Oboe/English Horn, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Violoncello, Percussion.
Dedication: for Aleck Karis.
Commissioned by: The Fromm Foundation.
At end: "7/94 MacDowell Colony"
Scope and Content Notes
a. Errata sheet. Handwritten. 2 pages.
b. Set-up diagram. Handwritten. 1 page.
c. Full score. Computer-generated drafts, Movement 3.
d. Full score. Computer-generated drafts with pencil corrections. On some pages, one side appears to be "Kicking and Screaming," but it is not clear what piece is on the other side.
Containers
box 12, folder 1
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box 13, folder 1
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box 13, folder 2
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box 13, folder 3
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box 14, folder 1
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Violin, Piano.
Dedication: for Roger Zahab.
At end: "11/96 MacDowell Colony/Pittsburgh"
Containers
box 14, folder 2
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: 2 Flutes, 1 Piccolo/Flute 3, 2 Oboes, 1 English Horn, 2 Clarinets in B-flat, 1 Bass Clarinet/Clarinet 3, 3 Bassoons, 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in C, 3 Trombones, 1 Tuba, Timpani, 3 Percussion,
Harp, Piano, Strings.
Dedication: Mariss Jansons and the Pittsburgh Symphony
At end: MacDowell Colony August 1996
Containers
box 14, folder 3
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box 14, folder 4
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box 29, folder 2
Containers
box 15, folder 1
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Soprano, Flute, Harp.
Dedication: for Christine Schadeberg.
At end: "MacDowell Colony 7/96"
Notes: Three movements: I. The Players ask for a Blessing on the Psalteries and on Themselves (based on text by W.B. Yeats); II. Upon Julia's Voice (based on text by Robert Herrick); III. Measuring the World (based on text by
Erica Funkhouser).
Containers
box 15, folder 2
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Flute/Piccolo, Clarinet in A/Bass Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Piano.
Dedication: for Lou Karchin and the Washington Square Contemporary Music Ensemble
Containers
box 15, folder 3
Scope and Content Notes
Intstrumentation: Viola
Dedication: for Cynthia Fogg and Tom Flaherty
At end: "The MacDowell Colony, 5/8/97"
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box 15, folder 4
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Piano
At end: "MacDowell Colony 5/19/1997"
Containers
box 15, folder 4
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Soprano, Oboe, two Violins, Viola, Cello, Piano.
Dedication: for Christine Brandes and J. Karla Lemon in admiration and in friendship
Commissioned by: Christine Brandes
At end: "10/5/1997 The MacDowell Colony - Pittsburgh"
Notes: Based on texts by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Stephen Mitchell. Eight movements.
Containers
box 15, folder 5
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Flute, Piano.
Dedication: for Rachel Rudich
At end: "Virginia Center for the Creative Arts 6/27/98"
Notes: Two movements: I. Lament; II. Caprice.
Containers
box 16, folder 1
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Cello.
Notes: Three movements: I. Back in the Saddle; II. The Lone Prairie; III. Heading the Philistines Off at the Pass.
Containers
box 16, folder 2
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Soprano, Flutes 1 and 2, Oboes 1 and 2, Clarinets 1 and 2 in B-flat, Bass Clarinet, Bassoons 1 and 2, Horns 1 and 2, Trumpets 1 and 2 in B-flat, Percussion, Piano, Strings.
Dedication: "for Janet McAdams;" and "For Furious Band"
At end:12/5/98 Ragdale Foundation/Claremont CA/Pgh. PA (from published score)
Notes: Six movements: I. The Lost Mermaid (McAdams); II. The Sirens (Kafka); III. Beauty, That Lying Bitch (McLain); IV. The Song of the Sirens (Homer, translated by Pope); V. Eyewitness Account (Whitbourne); VI. In the Hour Before Dawn (Dante).
Containers
box 16, folder 3
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box 16, folder 4
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box 16, folder 5
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Piano.
Containers
box 17, folder 1
Scope and Content Notes
Instruments: Alto Sax, Tenor Sax and Baritone Sax.
At end: "The MacDowell Colony - Pittsburgh, PA 11/22"
At end: "July 2002 Montana Artists Refuge Basin MT"
Containers
box 17, folder 10
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Percussion.
Dedication: for Michael Lipsey
Commissioned by: Michael Lipsey
At end: "August 23, 2003 Montana Artists Refuge"
Containers
box 17, folder 11
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Flute, Piano.
Notes: Subtitle is "The Song of the Three-Headed Siren."
Containers
box 17, folder 12
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Piano.
Dedication: for Miranda Jacoby
Commissioned by: [Thalia Myers for Spectrum 4]
Note: [Published by the Associated board for the Royal School of Music (UK)]
Containers
box 17, folder 3
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Alto Flute [or viola], Piano
Commissioned by: [the Philadelphia Music Project and NEA for Relâche]
Note: Alternate title on some copies is "Palaver & Dreamsong"
Containers
box 18, folder 1
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Not designated. Described by composer as "Electroacoustic Music."
Note: Created for Carolyn Speranza as music for a documentary video by Speranza.. Funded by the Heinz
Foundation. Documentary presented March 2, 2003.
Containers
box 18, folder 2
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Voice [Mezzo-Soprano], Piano. Also a score included for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B-flat, Trumpet in C, Horn in F, Violin, Viola, Cello, Percussion, Voice, Piano.
Commission: [commissioned by the New York Saxophone Quartet]
At end: "3/20/05 12:40 pm"
Containers
box 20, folder 2
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: There are multiple versions.
Notes: Based on text by Bill Kushner. Four movements: Rain; [& A Warm Hello From the Alient Ant Farm]; Sad
Story; [Big Joe]. Drafts of "& A Warm Hello..." are titled "Ant!" Drafts of "Big Joe" are titled "Big Joe Cloud."
At end: [Big Joe]: "March 20, 2005 Pittsburgh, PA"
Commission: [Commissioned by the New York New Music Ensemble]
Note: Three movements: I. Learning to fly; II. Early loss; 3. Rescuing the planet in distress; 4. Existential crisis - what's it all for.
Containers
box 20, folder 5
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Percussion.
Dedication: to Paul Vallancourt
Commissioned by: Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians
At end: "Pittsburgh 1/15/2006"
Containers
box 20, folder 6
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Violin
Commissioned by: [Curtis Macomber]
Note: Drafts have two different titles: Jitterbug and Flex Time. Flex Time is the final title.
Containers
box 20, folder 7
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Flute and piano.
Notes: [Written for Tara O'Connor and Margaret Kampmeier.] Two movements: I. The Ungraspable Advance of the Past; II. Devouring the Future.
Containers
box 21, folder 1
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Cello.
Commissioned by: Phoenix Commissions for Seraphim
At end: "8/16/07 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts"
Note: Based on text by Wallace Stevens. Three movements: I. The Plot against the Giant; II. Worms at Heaven's Gate; III. Nomad Exquisite.
Containers
box 21, folder 2
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Percussion [2 Chau gongs, Chinese opera gong, suspended cymbal].
Commissioned by: [Dominic Donato].
At end: "Pittsburgh, 5/10/2007"
Containers
box 21, folder 3
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Clarinet, Piano.
Commissioned by: Jean Kopperud.
At end: 8/4/2007 / Montana Artists Refuge / Basin, MT"
Note: Performed by Jean Kopperud and Stephen Gosling, Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/09.
Containers
box 21, folder 4
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Cello, Piano.
Commissioned by: David Russell.
Containers
box 21, folder 5
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Piano.
Notes: Drafts have two different titles: "Idyll" and "Frozen Rain, Summer Dreams." Later copies list "Frozen
Rain, Summer Dreams" as title. Written for the Van Cliburn Foundation American Composers International Competition, Rob Frankenberry, Bellefield Auditorium, [Pittsburgh, PA], 11/17/08.
Containers
box 21, folder 6
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Piano and Drum Set..
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box 21, folder 7
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Piano
Notes: [Created as a multimedia piece to accompany video by Suzie Silver and Hilary Harp. "AV Lodge Presents: Fruit Machine 2008 Pittsburgh Biennial," Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 6/18/08.]
Containers
box 22, folder 1
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: 2 Flutes (1 piccolo), 2 Oboes (1 English Horn), 2 Clarinets in B-flat (1 Bass Clarinet), 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in B-flat, Tenor Trombone, Drum Set (ride, hi-hat, and crash cymbals; 3 tomtoms, snare drum; pedal bass drum), Marimba, Piano, Strings.
Commission: Commissioned by the Barlow endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University.
At end: "8/19/08 / Basin, MT"
Notes: Two movements: I. The Cracked Tune That Chronos Sings; II. Slipstream. [Performed by Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Robert Schultz Percussion, Gil Rose, conductor, at Jordan Hall, Boston, MA, 5/22/09.]
Containers
box 22, folder 2
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box 22, folder 3
Containers
box 23, folder 1
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass.
Commissioned by: [Volti.]
Notes: [Performed by Volti, St. Mark's, Berkely, CA, 2/27/09, and St. Gregory's, San Francisco, CA, 2/28/09.] Includes text by Matthea Harvey.
Note: Drafts have two different titles: "Based on a True Story" and "Dead Cat Bounce." Later drafts list "Dead Cat Bounce" as title. [Performed Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY, 6/15/09.]
Commissioned by: The Jebediah Foundation New Music Commissions.
Dedicated to: The Firebird Ensemble.
At end: VCCA 6/14/2009
Note: Original title (?): Frozen Hours Melt into the Past. Performance and program notes before the score.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Dated 6/14. 48 pages. b. Dated 6/9. pp. 19-37. c. Dated 6/10. pp. 2-37. d. Dated 6/11. pp. 28-32. e. Dated 6/12. pp. 19-27. f. Dated 6/12B: pp. 21-38.
Containers
box 23, folder 4
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Soprano, Clarinet in B-flat/Bass Clarinet, Piano/Keyboard Sampler.
At end: Ucross, WY, 8/21/2009.
Note: Text by Denise Duhamel. Performance notes and texts on preliminary pages. Original title: Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil. Texts and correspondence with the poet included. 6 movements. I. If you like maraschino cherries, you'll love my nipples. II. It isn't easy being the daughter of Captain America. III. Award acceptance speech. IV. I'm a goddess, not an octopus. V. Interview. VI. It hasn't been easy.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Dated 7/4. pp. 1-4. No text underlay.
b. Dated 7/8. pp. 1-6. No text underlay; corrections/additions in pencil.
c. Dated 7/9. pp. 7-8. No text underlay; corrections/additions in pencil.
d. Dated 7/28. pp. 1-9. Text underlay; corrections/additions in pencil.
e. Dated 8/6. pp. 12-18. No text underlay; corrections/additions in pencil.
f. Undated. pp. 10-17.
g. Undated. pp. 22-28.
h. Dated 8/13. pp. 1-12. Corrections in pencil.
i. Dated 8/13B. pp. 10-13. Some text added in pencil above staff.
j. Dated 8/14. pp. 14-20. No text underlay; corrections/additions in pencil.
k. Dated 8/15. pp. 7-9.
l. Dated 8/15B. pp. 8-10.
m. Dated 8/21. pp. 21-23.
n. Dated 9/16. pp. 1-16. Corrections in blue and black pencil.
o. Dated 9/25. pp. 1-40. Corrections in blue and black pencil.
p. Dated 10/8. 42 pages. Includes texts and performance notes. "For Haleh Abghari" before notes.
q. Undated. 39 pages. Corrections in pencil.
Containers
box 23, folder 5
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Soprano, Cello, Piano
At end: Pittsburgh, 5/7/2009
Note: Texts by Richard Wilbur.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Manuscript. 4 bifolios. b. Texts. [2] leaves. Typewritten. Composer's sketching out and analysis of texts. Title on leaf [1]: Two songs in a stanza of Beddoes'. Title on leaf [2]: Anterooms.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Undated. pp. 1-3, 10, 15-20, 25-27 (439 measures) b. Undated. pp. 1-27 (418 measures) c. Dated 4/13. p. [1]. d. Dated 4/16: pp. 2-4. e. Dated 4/17. p. 4. f. Dated 4/17B. pp. 4-6. g. Dated 4/18. pp. 3-7. h. Dated 4/20. pp. 9-10. i. Dated 4/21. pp. 8-10. j. Dated 4/22. pp. 9-10. k. Dated 4/23. pp. 10-11. l. Dated 4/24. pp. 9-12. m. Dated 4/28. pp. 1-12, 14. n. Dated 4/29. pp. 9-12. o. Dated 4/28B. pp. 12-13. p. Dated 4/30. pp. 12-14. q. Dated 5/1. pp. 14-15. r. Dated 5/1B. pp. 14-15. s. Dated 5/1C. pp. 14-15. t. Dated 5/2. pp. 14-20. u. Dated 5/3. pp. 16-19. v. Dated 5/4. pp. 19-20. w. Dated 5/5. pp. 20-22. x. Dated 5/5B. pp. 21-23. y. Dated 5/6. pp. 21-26. z. Dated 5/6B. p. 24. aa. Dated 5/7. p. 1 bb. Dated 5/7B. pp. 22-27.
Containers
box 1, folder 1
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Bass Clarinet, DX7II.
Note: These folders contains more than one untitled sketch or draft. Because they are untitled and undated, and because they are sketches (and therefore difficult to clearly link with each other or finished pieces), they are grouped together.
Containers
box 1, folder 2
Containers
box 1, folder 3
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box 1, folder 4
Scope and Content Notes
Note: This folder contains drafts of articles. Publication dates or status is not known.
Containers
box 5, folder 5
Scope and Content Notes
Note: This folder contains recordings notes dated 3/2/95 for a project listed only as "Hayes Biggs."
Instrumentation: Soprano, Flute, Clarinet in B-flat, Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano
At end: 5/27/2009.
Note: No text. Title of the work varies on the different versions.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Undated. pp. 1-3, 5-35. Additions and corrections in pencil.
b. Undated. p. 1. Title: Cantando.
c. Dated 5/17. pp. 1-2. Title: Canto.
d. Dated 5/18. pp. 2-3. Pencil additions.
e. Dated 5/26. pp. 1-4.
f. Dated 5/27. pp. 1-4. Additions and corrections in pencil. On caption (in pencil): At a loss for words. The words are lost, but the tune remains.
g. Dated 6/2. pp. 1-2. Pencil corrections. Title: The words are lost, but the tune remains.
h. Dated 6/2B. pp. 1-4. Additions and corrections in pencil. Title on caption (in pencil): On the verge of speech.
i. Dated 6/3. pp. 2-3, 11-13, 15. Additions and corrections in pencil.
j. Dated 6/6. pp. 3-5. Additions and corrections in pencil.
k. Dated 6/6B. pp. 4-11. Additions and corrections in pencil.
l. Dated 6/8. pp. 24-30. Additions and corrections in pencil.
m. Dated 6/8B. pp. 25-29. Additions and corrections in pencil.
Containers
box 24, folder 12
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation. Piano.
Dedication: For Wayne Peterson.
At end: VCCA (Virginia Center for the Creative Arts) and Montana Artists Refuge, May-June 2010.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Manuscript. [21] leaves.
b. Manuscript. [6] leaves. Photocopy. Water-stained.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Computer-generated. 19 pages.
b. Computer-generated draft. 19 pages.
Note: Supported by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Music Project.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Undated. [2] leaves. Piano reduction.
b. Dated 7/9. pp. 1-3.
c. Dated 7/10. p. 4.
d. Dated 7/13. p. [1].
e. Dated 7/18. pp. 2-7.
f. Dated 8/3B. pp. 2-4. Piano reduction.
g. Dated 8/9. pp. 2-3. Piano reduction.
h. Dated 8/9. pp. 1-8. Full score.
i. Dated 8/10. pp. 1-14. Full score.
j. Dated 8/17. [1] leaf
k. Dated 8/30. pp. 1-18, 22-24. Corrections in pencil and pink ink. Printed in green ink. "J.K.L. in memoriam"—Caption.
l. Dated 9/6. pp. 18-21. Corrections in pencil.
m. Dated 9/9. pp. 1-29. Corrections in pencil and blue ink.
Containers
box 25, folder 1
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Flute, Clarinet in B-flat, Violin, Cello, Drumset, Marimba, Piano.
Dedication: For Paul Lanksy.
Commission: Mandel Foundation and the 2010 Utah Arts Festival.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Computer-generated. Score format. 1. Undated. p. 1. 2. Undated. pp.1-2. 3. Undated. pp.1-5. 4. Undated. pp. 31-35.
b. Computer-generated. Piano reduction. 1. Undated. [1] leaf. 2. Undated. p. 1. 3. Undated. p. 1. 4. Undated. pp. 1-5 5. Undated. pp. 1-10. 6. Undated. pp. 9-11. 7. Undated. pp. 8-12. 8. Undated. pp. 8, 10-16 (several versions of pp. 15-16). 9. Dated 2/13. pp. 1-12. 10. Dated 2/14. pp. 12-13. 11. Dated 2/15. pp. 13-14. 12. Dated 2/15C. pp. 14-15. 13. Dated 2/18. pp. 14-15. 14. Dated 2/20. pp. 15-17. 15. Dated 2/21. pp. 16-17. 16. Dated 2/23. pp. 6-20. 17. Dated 2/25. pp. 17-20. 18. Dated 2/26. pp. 18-20. 19. Dated 2/27. p. 10. 20. Dated 3/2. pp. 20-21. 21. Dated 3/5. pp. 19-24. 22. Dated 3/6. pp. 19, 23-24. 23. Dated 3/7. pp. 17-24. 24. Dated 3/8. pp. 21-24. 25. Dated 3/10. pp. 16-17. 26. Dated 3/12. p. 24. 27. Dated 3/13. pp. 17-18, 24. 28. Dated 3/14B. pp. 18-19.
c. Computer-generated. Full score. 1. Undated. pp. 1-24 (complete?). 2. Undated. pp. 1-67 (incomplete). Various titles in pencil on caption: I hear time's winged chariot; And hear our pleasures; Strenuous pleasures. 3. Dated 3/14. pp. 1-8. 4. Dated 3/19. pp. 42-47. 5. Dated 3/23. pp. 65-68, 72-73 (several versions of pp. 65-67). 6. Dated 3/24. pp. 65-77. 7. Dated 4/5. pp. 65-77.
d. Handwritten notes on the piece. [2] pages.
Containers
box 25, folder 2
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Percussion (4 players)
Dedication: To the memory of Serge and Natalie Koussevitsky. For Talujon.
Note: Completed at Copland House, Cortland manor, NY as a recipient of the Aaron Copland Award.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Dated 5/15. 50 pages. Corrections in pencil and red ink.
b. Dated 5/24. 52 pages. Includes performance notes.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Dated 5/9. 51 pages.
b. Dated 5/9. 50 pages (incomplete).
c. Undated. 21 pages.
d. Undated. pp. 34-44.
Containers
box 25, folder 3
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Voice, Piano.
Dedication: For Tom Cipullo.
Note: Text by Denise Duhamel.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Undated. pp. 1-3. Text underlay.
b. Undated. pp. 1-3. Text underlay.
c. Undated. pp. 1-3. Text underlay.
d. Undated. pp. 3-5. Some text underlay. Additions/corrections in pencil.
e. Dated 1/27. pp. 1-3. Additions/corrections in pencil.
f. Dated 1/30. pp. 1-6. Text underlay. Additions/corrections in pencil.
g. Dated 1/31. pp. 1-8. Text underlay. Additions/corrections in pencil.
h. Dated 2/2. pp. 4-8. Text underlay. Additions/corrections in pencil.
Containers
box 25, folder 4
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Flute, Clarinet in B-flat, Violin, Viola, Cello, Percussion, Piano.
Commission: Made possible by a grant from the Jebediah Foundation New Music Commissions.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Dated 1/27. 109 pages.
b. Dated 2/28. 39 pages (incomplete).
Scope and Content Notes
a. Dated 12/4/10. 17 pages.
b. Dated 12/4/10. 30 pages. Subtitle on caption: Fresh crispy tone poems #2.
Dedication: For Christine Brandes and the Brentano String Quartet.
Commission: South Mountain Concerts, Pittsfield, MA.
Note: Text by May Swenson. Contents. I. Swimmers. II. Four Word Lines. III. Fireflies. IV. Incantation.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Voice, Piano. 44 pages.
b. Voice, Piano. 26 pages.
c. Voice, String Quartet. 33 pages.
d. Voice, String Quartet. 33 pages. On caption: "reh letters/vocal dynamics" in pencil.
e. Voice, String Quartet. 34 pages. Dated 11/9. On caption: "reh letters/vocal dynamics" in pink pencil.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Voice, Piano. Dated 6/2/11-1/2/12 and Undated.
b. Voice, String Quartet. Dated 6/20/11-1/19/12 and Undated.
Containers
box 26, folder 2
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Voice, Piano.
Note: Text by William Carlos Williams.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Undated. 12 pages. No text underlay. Corrections/additions in pencil.
b. Undated. 8 pages. No text underlay. Corrections/additions in pencil.
Note: Composed during a residency at the Carmargo Foundation, Cassis, France.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Dated 2/2. 6 pages.
b. Dated 2/2. pp. 1-2. Title on caption: Calypso.
c. Dated 1/27. pp. 1-5.
d. Dated 2/1. pp. 4-8.
e. Undated. pp. 1-4.
f. Undated. pp. 1-5.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Dated 2/14. 16 pages. Corrections/additions in pencil.
Containers
box 26, folder 4
Scope and Content Notes
Instrumentation: Opera in 1 act.
Dedication: For Rob Frankenberry.
Note: Libretto by Rob Handel. Premiered by the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, Summerfest, July 6, 2012, Hillman Center for the Performing Arts.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Flute. pp. 1-8 (incomplete).
b. Clarinet in B-flat. pp. 8-9 (incomplete).
c. Violin. pp. 1-6.
d. Cello. pp. 1-11.
e. Marimba. pp. 1-7.
f. Piano. pp. 1-15.
Scope and Content Notes
a. Undated. pp. [1]-21 (incomplete).
b. Undated. pp. [1]-34 (complete).
c. Dated 4/21-4/23. pp. [1]-14 (incomplete).
d. dated 4/26-4/28. pp. [1]-23 (complete).
Scope and Content Notes
a. Clean. pp. 1-4.
b. With composer's annotations. pp. 1-4.
Scope and Content Notes
a. To Robert Frankenberry concerning vocal assignments.