BURRILL PHILLIPS COLLECTION

Series 9: Recordings

Box 38

item 1 Canzona III. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips.
Annotation on back of case:
AMF ILLINOIS UNIV.
WED. FEB 19th 4 to 4:30 PM
Original Canzona III
item 2 Quartet for Oboe and Strings. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips.
Rheta Smith, oboe; Patricia Lunden, violin; Jean King, viola; Martha Brons. cello.
Recording of dress rehearsal for the International Music Fund Benefit Concert of Contemporary American Music (Sigma Alpha Iota, Philadelphia Alumnae Chapter), Devon, PA; dated November 16, 1973.
item 3 Sonata for ‘Cello and Piano. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Lloyd Smith, cello; Rheta Smith, piano.
Annotation on back of case:
2 performances by Lloyd and Rheta Smith:

  1. March 14, 1971—Stedman Theater, Mansfield State College, Mansfield, Pa.
  2. June 9, 1971—Burnham Auditorium, United Church of Christ Missions Building (not quite complete)
item 4 Soleriana. 7” audio reel.
Annotation on back of case:
Soleriana                     Bales
July, 1966
Kilbourn Hall Orch.
item 5 Fantasia for Centennial. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
University of Illinois Concert Band; Mark Hindsley, conductor.
Annotation on back of case:
First Performances
a) January 12, 1968
b)  January 13, 1968
also (c) combination of rehearsal taps on January 10 and 11
item 6 Return of Odysseus. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, mono.
University of Illinois Concert Choir; Bruce Foote, soloist; Bill Olson, narrator; D. Sanders, piano.
Recorded May 7, 1967.
item 7 Serenade for Piano Four Hands; Music for This Time of Year. 7” audio reel.
Annotation on back of case:
“Serenada”—
Piano 4 Hands—Persichetti (9 min)

Radio Broadcast
13 pieces from “Music for this Time of Year”
item 8 Four Figures in Time. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, mono.
Joyce Bottje, flute; Frances Bedford, piano.
Recorded July 1965, Carbondale, IL.
item 9 [No information.] 7” audio reel.
Annotation on back of case:
B.P.
item 10 Fourth Piano Sonata. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, mono.
Claire Richards, piano.
Recorded March 25, 1964 (first performance).
Inscription on case: “To Burrill—from Claire.”
item 11 Sonata for Organ. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips.
Annotation on back of case:
Sonata for Organ—Burrill Phillips
Recorded Aug 25, 1965
1st Pres. Ch. (Aeolian-Skinner)
W. Morgan
item 12 Sonata for Organ. 7” audio reel.
Annotation on back of case:
Phillips—Sonata for Organ
Send to:
Mr. Burrill Phillips
Branchport, New York
item 13 Sonata in Two Movements. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Anastasia Jempelis, violin; Madaleine Ingram, harpsichord.
Recorded March 22, 1966, Kilbourn Hall (Rochester, NY).

Box 39

item 1 Piano Concerto. 7” audio reel.
Annotation on back of case:
Piano Concerto taken from record 10/27/75
item 2 Huntington 2’s and 3’s. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, mono.
The Huntington Trio: Emily Swartley, flute; Rheta Smith, oboe; Lloyd Smith, cello.
Recorded April 20, 1975, Reading Museum.
item 3 Third Piano Sonata. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips.
Annotation on back of case:
Amherst
Phillips Concert Part III, Ap. 2 ‘75
3rd Piano Sonata
item 4 Canzona V. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips.
Annotation on back of case:
Phillips Concert Part I, Ap. 2 75
item 5 “Phillips Concert.” 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Accompanying document (concert program) separated; see Box 34, Folder 10.
University Chorale; Harold A. Decker, conductor; Claire Richards, pianist.
Recorded December 5, 1971, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Annotation on back of case:
MASTER TAPE—STEREO
Canzona V
item 6 String Quartet No. 2. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips.
Walden Strings.
Annotation on back of case:
2nd Quartet Waldens
Send to Phillips
item 7 String Quartet No. 2. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips.
Paganini Quartet.
Recorded January 29, 1960.
Annotation on back of case:
Dupe of Burrill Phillips
Quartet No. 2 Performed by
The Paganini Quartet
on Jan. 29, 1960
LWO 3063
WO 28517
item 8 Sonata in Two Movements. 7” audio reel, 15 ips, stereo.
Accompanying document (correspondence from Wesley [Morgan]) separated; see Box 34, Folder 10.
Warren [unknown], violin; Wesley [Morgan], harpsichord.
item 9 Improvisation in Conversations. 7” audio reel.
Accompanying document (manuscript notes) separated; see Box 34, Folder 10.
Annotation on back of case:
Improvisation in Conversation
May 11, NYC. 1969
item 10 [Unknown.] 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips.
Annotation on front of case:
Phillips
7 1/2 ips
2 track
(one way only)
Composers Recordings, Inc.
item 11 “Fuller Explanations by Michael.” 7” audio reel.
Annotation on back of case:
[track listing, in pencil; crossed out]
Fuller explanations by Michael
item 12 ESM Lecture. 7” audio reel.
Annotation on case:
Tape of ESM lecture, ‘65
item 13 [No information.] 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, mono.
Accompanying document (correspondence from Wesley [Morgan]) separated; see Box 34, Folder 10.
[Possibly recording of Sonata in Two Movements by “Warren” and Wesley Morgan]
Annotation on back of case:
[track listing in ink, crossed out]
item 14 Intrada for Seven Instruments; Music for This Time of Year; Concentrics. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Accompanying document (track list) separated; see Box 34, Folder 10.
Members of the San Francisco Symphony.
Recorded at the University of California at Hayward.

Box 40

item 1 Concentrics; Eve; Recesses of My House. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Pro Musica Moderna; Sheila Allen, soprano; Charles Fussell, conductor.
Recorded November 13, 1980, Buckly Hall, Amherst College, University of Massachusetts.
item 2 “Burrill Phillips” [no other information]. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Annotation on back of case:
12-04-75 / 12-05-75
Burrill Phillips
item 3 Piano Sonata No. 3. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Accompanying document (recital program) separated; see Box 34, Folder 10.
Barbara Jones, piano.
Recorded April 25, 1975, Smith Music Hall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
item 4 [Unknown.] 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Annotation on back of case:
Haywood #s
Annotation on reel:
Reel 2 of 2
item 5 Eve Learns a Little. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Annotation on back of case:
2 copies Eve Learns a Little
item 6 Concentrics; Eve [Learns a Little]. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Pro Musica Moderna; Aheila Allen, soprano; Charles Fussell, conductor.
Recorded November 13, 1986, Buckly Hall, Amherst College, University of Massachusetts.
Annotation on back of case:
Phillips Concentrics, Eve, Recesses
Performance Copy
item 7 Huntington 2’s and 3’s. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips.
The Huntingdon Trio.
Recorded November 20, 1977.
Annotation on back of case:
Sony SC230
item 8 Eve Learns a Little. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Kathryn Henderson, soprano; Brian Israel, piano; Meredith McCaughey, flute; Jeff Cooper, clarinet; Mark Fassman, trumpet; Frank Jarckle, trombone; Harris Lindenfeld, conductor.
item 9 “Peterson Birds.” 7” audio reel.
Annotation on front of case and reel:
Peterson Birds
item 10 Canzona V. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
San Francisco State Concert Choir; Byron MacGilurey, director; Herbert Bielawa, pianist.
Recorded November 1978.
item 11 Intrada; Eve Learns a Little. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Accompanying document (track list) separated; see Box 34, Folder 10.
item 12 Eve Learns a Little; Recesses of My House; Concentrics. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Annotation on back of case:
Syracuse Program—Feb. 14, 1978
The Recesses of My House
Concentrics
Eve Learns a Little
item 13 “Eurydice (copies).” 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Annotation on back of case:
Eurydice (copy from 2 tr.) March 19 ‘76
Univ. of Mass. Concert Hall
Group for New Music
Donna Harler, soprano
C. Fussell, conductor
Eurydice (copy from 4 tr.) March 14, 76
Rowtier Auditorium
U. of Mass

Box 41

item 1 Perspectives in Labyrinth. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, mono.
item 2

The Recesses of My House. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Donna Miller, soprano; John Oberbrunner, flute; Barbara Rabin, clarinet; Thomas Quirk, trumpet; William Harris, trombone; William Quick, percussion; Patricia DeAngelis, piano; Harris Lindenfeld, conductor.
Annotation on back of case:
Feb 14 program Syracuse, 1978

  1. Eve Learns a Little (reversed)
  2. Concentrics
  3. The Recesses of My House (reversed)
item 3 McGuffey’s Readers. 7” audio reel.
Annotation on front of case:
Nat’l Gall. 5/29/77 Pt. 4 of 4
Phillips—McGuffey’s Reader
item 4 La Piñata. 7” audio reel.
Dennis Davies, conductor.
Annotation on back of case:
La Piñata
Juilliard Mar. 21, 1967
item 5

Triple Concerto. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Annotation on back of case:
Side A:

  1. Triple Concerto—Phillips Fennell, Summer ESM orch
item 6 “Hawaii Festival.” 7” audio reel.
Annotation on back of case:
Hawaii Festival—
Bob Basart made this duplication
11/18/73 tail out
item 7  Triple Concerto. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
item 8 Triple Concerto. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Eastman Rochester Orchestra; Howard Hanson, conductor.
Recorded May 1961.
item 9 Fanfare; Music for Piano No. 2. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips.
item 10 “Festival of Music and Art of This Century.” 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Recorded between April 25, 1965, and May 1, 1965.
Contents:
Side A: String Quartet No. 2 (Phillips) — Soleriana Concertanit (Phillips) — Side B: Musica Nocturna (Gandini) — Impromptu on “Kamyonicho” (Byondki Hwang) — Four Motets (Phillips) — A Bucket of Water (Phillips).
item 11 Triple Concerto. 7” audio reel, 7.5 ips.
John Garvey; Bud Kent; J. Winking; E. Garvey.
Recorded May 24, 1959.
item 12

[Empty reel in case.]
Annotation on back of case:
1st side            “Piano Concerto” taken from U. of I recording
Claire Richards—Ernest Ansermet

2nd side           “Return of Odysseus” taken from U of I recording
Robert Shaw

Box 42

item 1 Canzona V. 5” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
San Francisco State University Concert Choir; Byron McGilurey, conductor; Herbert Bielawa, pianist.
Recorded November 1978.
item 2 Canzona V (Third movement). 5” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
University Singers, CSUH; Harry Carter, conductor; Marcia Murray, piano.
Recorded February 1979.
item 3 Two Motets: Sancti Mei; Qui vult venire. 5” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Accompanying document (concert program) separated; see Box 34, Folder 10.
Cornell Chamber Singers; Brian Israel, director.
Recorded December 6, 1974.
item 4 Canzona III. 5” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Annotation on back of case:
Phillips Canzona III
with Elinor Basescu 16’55”
item 5 Canzona III “(music only <copy>).” 5” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Annotation on back of case:
Phillips—Canzona III
-music only
item 6 Canzona III. 5” audio reel.
Annotation on back of case:
“Canzona III”
for seven instruments and poet
Burrill Phillips (1964)
item 7 Quartet for Oboe and Strings. 5” audio reel, 7.5 ips.
Accompanying document (correspondence from Victor Swillens) separated; see Box 34, Folder 10.
The Netherlands Oboe Quartet.
item 8 Tom Paine. 5” audio reel, 7.5 ips.
Annotation on back of case:
Tom Paine
Chicago Symphony
item 9 Piano Sonata No. 3. 5” audio reel.
James Willey, piano.
Recorded October 17, 1976, Fall Brook Theatre, SUNY Geneseo.
item 10 Canzona V. 5” audio reel, 7.5 ips, mono.
Accompanying document (track list) separated; see Box 34, Folder 10.
item 11 Theater Dances. 5” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
Howard Hanson, conductor.
Recorded May 1968, Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
item 12 Declaratives; Where is Fancy Bred. 5” audio reel.
Accompanying document (excerpt from concert program) separated; see Box 34, Folder 10.
item 13 Perspectives in a Labyrinth. 5” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
item 14 Perspectives in a Labyrinth. 5” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
item 15 Fantasia for a Centennial. 5” audio reel, 7.5 ips, stereo.
University of Illinois Concert Band; Mark Hindsley, conductor.
Recorded January 1968.
item 16 Sonata No. 2 for Piano. 5” audio reel, 7.5 ips.
Accompanying document (invoice for duplication services) separated; see Box 34, Folder 10.
Dean Sanders, piano.
item 17 For Love I’ll Surely Die. 5” audio reel.
Annotation on back of case:
“For Love I’ll Surely Die”
Miriam Stewart (Green) et al
Kansas
item 18 Sonata for Violin and Piano. 5” audio reel.
John Weylant; Alan Thomas.

Box 43

item 1 String Quartet (1st movement; version for piano). 5” audio reel.
Annotation on back of case:
Good take duplicated lg
WDLL
RDB
1st mvmt str. qt
(Parinen)
Var. for piano
(Tartah)
item 2 String Quartet (1st movement; version for piano). 5” audio reel.
Annotation on back of case:
Robert Basart
1st mov’t. String Quartet
Four Var. for Piano
item 3 “Sardanas 1976 Concert.” Cassette tape.
item 4 Letters from Italy Hill. Cassette tape.
Neva Pilgrim, soprano.
item 5 The Recesses of My House. Cassette tape.
item 6 The Recesses of My House. Cassette tape.
item 7 Letters from Italy Hill. Cassette tape.
Annotation on tape:
[A] Burrill Phillips; Letters from Italy Hill (Or)
[B] James Willey; Hart Crane Settings
item 8 The Recesses of My House. Cassette tape.
item 9 Fantasia; Oboe Quartet; Theater Dances; Canzona V. Cassette tape.
Annotation on tape:
[Side 1] Sax Sounds—Part II
[Side 2] Band Fantasia from T9, 1st mov’t; Oboe Quartet, Movts 3-4 Theater Dances, Movt. 2-3 / Canzona V.
item 10 Partita for Piano Quartet. Cassette tape.
item 11 Letters from Italy Hill. Cassette tape.
Annotation on tape:
[A] Phillips: Letters from Italy Hill
[B] Willey: Hart Crane Settings
item 12 Scena de Camera. Cassette tape.
Annotation on tape:
Phillips—Scena da Camera
Taylor & White
item 13 Trumpet Trio. Cassette tape.
Annotation on insert in case:
B. Phillips—Trio
5/27/82            (I + III)
Trumpet Trio
send by Jack Gallagher
item 14 “Burrill Phillips Memorial Concert.” Cassette tape.
Accompanied by manuscript note: “11/14/90; Gift of Ruth Watanabe.”
Recorded April 30, 1990, at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
Contents: Three nostalgic songs (1961) / Burrill Phillips (6:41) (Richard Sherman, flute ; David Liptak, piano) — Sonata for violin and piano (1962) / Bernard Rogers (21:31) (Charles Castleman, violin ; David Liptak, piano) — Music for this time of year (1954) / Burrill Phillips (10:52) (Quintessence: Kirsten Larsen, flute ; Keve Wilson, oboe ; Caroline Agria, clarinet ; Susan Loegering, bassoon ; Jill Bobo, horn) — Sonata for violoncello and piano (1948) / Burrill Phillips (22:51) (Steven Doane, cello ; David Liptak, piano)

Box 44

item 1 Partita for Piano Quartet. 10.5” audio reel, 15 ips, stereo.
item 2-3 Sigma Alpha Iota: American Music Awards Banquet, National Convention 1950. 2 phonograph discs (12” discs).
Combined chapter choral groups from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Drake University, Eastman School of Music, Illinois Wesleyan University, and University of Wisconsin; Rose Marie Grentzer, conductor; Johana Harris, piano soloist.
Contents:   [Disc 1, Side 1] What will love do / Burrill Phillips — The hag / Burrill Phillips — [Disc 1, Side 2] Bought locks / Peter Mennin — Tumbling-hair / Peter Mennin — [Disc 2, Side 3] Toccata / Roy Harris — [Disc 2, Side 4] Huswifery / Richard Winslow.
item 4-6

Sonata for Cello and Piano. 3 phonograph discs (12” discs, 78 RPM).
Carl Stern, cello; Aube Tzerko, piano.
Recorded February 15, 1950, Town Hall.
Recordings housed in case for American Music for Orchestra (Camden, NJ, RCA Victor).
Typescript note affixed to first sleeve from Burrill Phillips.1 page.

  • Note indicates the records were a gift of the performer.

Box 45

item 1 Scena. 10” phonograph disc.
Label on disc:
Glass-Base Goldentone Recording Disc
Scena (incomplete)
item 2 “[Violin Sonata] III. Allegro veloce, Part 3.” 10” phonograph disc.
See also Box 42, Item 27 (Parts 1-2).
[Howard Boatwright, violin; Frank Harrison, piano.]
Label on disc:
Yaddo Music Period
Copy of a recording
III. Allegro veloce, Part 3
Composer: Burrill Phillips
item 3 “First Record, 12/9/41; F.A.P. 63D; Static Balance.” 10” phonograph disc.
item 4 [Unlabeled.] 10” phonograph disc.
Label on disc: Glass-Base Goldentone Recording Disc. [nothing written on label]
Disc has cracks.
[Recordings of music by Burrill Phillips]
item 5 Adagio, Sonata for Cello and Piano. 12” phonograph disc.
Carl Stern, cello; Perry O’Neil, piano.
item 6 The Baker’s Dozen. 12” phonograph disc.
Label on disc:
New Faculty Stunt,
Sept. 22, 1949
Originally recorded by Wolf Kuhn
item 7 Bassoon Piece. 12” phonograph disc.
item 8 Come Into My Parlor. 12” phonograph disc.
Label on disc for the University of Illinois Radio Service.
items 9-12 Don’t We All. 12” phonograph discs (4 discs).
items 13 -14 Go Away from My Window. 12” phonograph discs (2 discs).
Annotation on discs:
Off WNYC FM
Feb 22 1948
Annotation on sleeves:
Recorded by Peter Bartok
item 15 The Lady’s Not for Burning. 12” phonograph disc.
Label on disc:
University of Illinois Recording Service
items 16-17 Music for Piano. 12” phonograph discs (2 discs).
Theodore Lange, piano.
Label on discs:
University of Illinois Recording Service
Contents: [Side 1] I. Opening Allegro — II. Melos — [Side 2] II. Monody — III. Musette — [Side 3] V. Perpetual Motion.
items 18-20 Partita. 12” phonograph discs (3 discs).
Walden Quartet.
Recorded March 5, 1945.
Label on discs:
University of Illinois School of Music Recording Service
Contents: [Side 1] Preamble — [Side 2] Ostinato — Dance — [Side 3] Canzona — [Side 4] Toccata — Arioso — [Side 5] Finale.
item 21 Partita. 12” phonograph disc.
Harry Cumpson, piano; Henry Siegl, violin; Joseph Classman, viola; Signe Sandstrom, cello.
Contents: [Side 1] 1. Preamble — 2. Ostinate — 3. Dance — 4. Canzona — [Side 2] 5. Toccato — 6. Ariese — 7. Finale.
items 22-23 Partita. 12” phonograph discs (2 discs).
Max Hollander, violin; George Grossman, viola; George Koutzen, cello; Harry Cumpson, piano.
Contents: [Side 1] Movements 1, 2, and 3 — [Side 2] Movements 4, 5, and 6 — [Side 3] Movement 7.
item 24 Piano Sonata No. 3. 12” phonograph disc.
Claire Richards, piano.
Recorded October 26, 1952.
item 25 Quartet. 12” phonograph disc.
Annotation on sleeve:
Quartet
(inside out)
last 3 mov’ts
item 26 Rhumba; Gallop; Dada Waltz. 12” phonograph disc.
Annotation on sleeve:
BP + con – Rhumba, Gallop, Dada waltz
Copy inside portion of A
2 copies
item 27 Scherzo [part 1]. 12” phonograph disc.
Label on disc:
WOR Recording
Ser. 7-1057 Part 1
“Scherzo”
WNYC..LINE
2/26/45
item 28 Scherzo [part 2]. 12” phonograph disc.
Label on disc:
[Side 1] WOR Recording
Ser. 7-1057 Part 2
“Scherzo”
WNYC…LINE
2/26/45
[Side 2] Test Record
taken from radio broadcast
Dec. 16, 1945
item 29 Second Piano Sonata. 12” phonograph disc.
Harry Cumpson, piano.
Contents: [Side 1] 1. Allegro, ma non tanto — 2. Andante Cantabile — [Side 2] Allegro Brio — Andante Caloroso (Seventh Piano Sonata) / Sergei Prokofieff.
items 30-31 Selections from McGuffey’s Reader. 12” phonograph discs (2 discs).
Contents:
[Side 1] One Horse Shay — [Side 2] John Alden and Priscilla — [Side 3] Midnight Ride of Paul Revere — [Side 4] Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (cont.).
item 32 Selections from McGuffey’s Reader. 12” phonograph disc.
Label on disc for Eastman School of Music Recordings.
Annotation on disc: “McG. Reader.”
item 33 Selections from McGuffey’s Reader (conclusion). 12” phonograph disc.
Label on disc for Eastman School of Music Recordings.
Annotation on disc:
[Side 1] Finish of S. from McG. R.
Dec. 17, 1941
Sykes, Florence, Alberta, Burrill
Prelude to Christmas|
[Side 2] Finish of John Alden
Beginning of Paul Revere
item 34 Sinfonia for Cello and Piano. 12” phonograph disc.
Carl Stern, cello.
Label on disc:
Carnegie Hall Recording Co.
American Music Festival
Station WNYC
9:30-10:00 P.M.
2-18-47
items 35-36 Sinfonia for Cello and Piano. 12” phonograph discs (2 discs).
Label on disc:
SPA Test Pressing
Property of Columbia Records Inc.
XTU 18707 1A
item 37 Tom Paine Overture. 12” phonograph disc.
Orchestras of the Nation Excerpt (NBC Orchestra, Wallenstein).
Recorded May 17, 1947.
item 38 Tom Paine Overture. 12” phonograph disc.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Rafael Kubelik, conductor.
Label on disc:
University of Illinois Recording Service
Lacquer on acetate disc flaking.
item 39 Two Divertimenti. 12” phonograph disc.
Label on disc:
[Side 1] Title: 2 Divertimenti
Recorder: Mrs. Genhet
Date: Feb 12, 1945
[Side 2] Title: Palmer + Bergsma
Recorder: Mrs. G.
Date: Feb 12, ‘45
item 40 Violin and Piano Sonata. 12” phonograph disc.
Raymond Kunicki, violin; Harry Cumpson, piano.
Contents: Allegro-Risoluta — Scherzo — Finale.
item 41 Violin Sonata. 12” phonograph disc.
See also Box 42, Item 1 (part 3).
Howard Boatwright, violin; Frank Harrison, piano.
Label on disc:
Yaddo Music Period
Copy of a recording
Contents: [Side 1] I. Allegro risoluto — [Side 2] II. Adagio ma non troppo.
[Recordings of music by Burrill Phillips and others]
item 42 Adventures in a Perambulator / Selections from McGuffey’s Readers. Mercury Records, MG 50136, 1976. 12” phonograph disc.
Eastman Rochester Orchestra; Howard Hanson, conductor.
Recorded October 28, 1956, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
Contents: Adventures in a Perambulator / John Alden Carpenter — Selections from McGuffey’s Readers / Burrill Phillips.
item 43 Chamber Music for Harpsichord and Violin and for Organ. Pleiades Records, P101, 1968. 12” phonograph disc.
Contents: Sonata da camera for organ (17:21) — Sonata for violin and harpsichord (12:53) / Burrill Phillips — Sonata in A major for violin and clavier (12:46) — Sonata in E major for violin and clavier (17:37) / J. S. Bach.
item 44-46 Dean Sanders, Pianist Plays William Albright, Burrill Phillips, John Watts. Trilogy Records/Composers Theatre Series, CTS 1003, [n.d.]. 12” phonograph disc (3 copies).
Contents: Pianoagogo / William Albright — First Piano Sonata — Second Piano Sonata / Burrill Phillips — Sonata for Piano / John Watts.
item 47 Miriam Gideon: Rhymes from the Hill, The Hound of Heaven — Burrill Phillips: Canzona III. Composers Recordings, CRI SD 286, [n.d.]. 12” phonograph disc.
[Rhymes from the Hill] Jan DeGaetani, mezzo soprano; Arthur Bloom, clarinet; Raymond Des Roches, marimba; Fred Sherry, cello; David Gilbert, conductor.
[The Hound of Heaven] William Metcalf, baritone; Ronald Roseman, oboe; Isidore Cohen, violin; Karen Phillips, viola; Fred Sherry, cello; Fritz Jahoda, conductor.
[Canzona III] Elinor Basescu, reader; Juilliard Ensemble; Anne Diener Giles, flute; Virgil D. Blackwell, clarinet; Ronald Murray Romm, trumpet; Max Lifchitz, piano; Richard Fitz, percussion; Romuald G. Teco, violin; Fred Sherry, cello; Dennis Davies, conductor.
Contents: Rhymes from the Hill — The Hound of Heaven / Miriam Gideon — Canzona III / Burrill Phillips.
item 48 Prelude & Fugue in F-sharp Minor—Bach; Allegro Vivo and Musette—Phillips; Sonata in F Major—Mozart. 12” phonograph disc.
Harry Cumpson, piano.
Label on disc:
MP Concert Installations, No. C1-T16
Contents: [Side 1] Prelude & Fugue in F-sharp Minor / Bach — Allegro Vivo and Musette / Burrill Phillips — [Side 2] Sonata in F Major (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Movements) / Mozart.
item 49 Return of Odysseus. University of Illinois Custom Recording Series, CRS 5c-d, [n.d.]. 12” phonograph disc.
In case for Patterns / Robert Kelly; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra / Burrill Phillips.
[Phillips] University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra and University Choir; Robert Shaw, conductor; Bruce Foote, baritone; Preston Tuttle, narrator.
[Fine] Homer Schmitt, violin; John Garvey, viola; Robert Swenson, cello.
[Hovhaness] Varsity Men’s Glee Club Percussion Ensemble; William Miller, tenor; Robert Shaw, conductor.
Contents: [Side 1] The Return of Odysseus / Burrill Phillips — [Side 2] Fantasia for String Trio / Irving Fine — To the God Who is in the Fire / Alan Hovhaness.
item 50-51 Robert Kelly: Patterns / Burrill Phillips: Piano Concerto. 12” phonograph disc (2 copies).
University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra; Ernest Ansermet, guest conductor; with Mary Jane Paul, soprano (Side A), and Claire Richards, piano (Side B).
Recorded by the University of Illinois School of Music (CRS 4a; CRS 4b).
Contents: [Side A] Patterns / Robert Kelly — [Side B] Piano Concerto / Burrill Phillips.
item 52 Sonata for Cello and Piano. SPA Records, SPA 54, [1954]. 12” phonograph disc.
In case for Compositions by Krenek, Phillips, Fine, Hovhaness, Riegger, and Schuller (The University of Illinois School of Music, Custom Recording Series).
Carl Stern, cello; Burrill Phillips, piano (Side 1); Abba Bogin, piano (Side 2).
Contents: [Side 1] Sonata for Cello and Piano / Burrill Phillips — [Side 2] Suite for Cello and Piano / Howard Swanson.
item 53 University of Rochester Men’s Glee Club Concert 1967. Century Custom Recording Service, 27979, 1967. 12” phonograph disc.
Accompanying documents (2 concert programs) separated; see Box 34, Folder 10.
Paul R. Allen, director; Thomas D. Weisflog, accompanist; with Elise Vanderjagt, flute; Paul R. Allen, piano.
Contents:
[Side 1] Great Is Our Lord / H. Schütz — The Answers / V. Zolotareff — Drinking Song / Z. Kodály — That Time May Cease / B. Phillips — The Creation . W. Richter — Frostiana—Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening / R. Thompson —
[Side 2] gaVOtTE for Bach / arr. B. Williams — How Long from “Pipe Dream” / Rodgers & Hammerstein — Selected numbers by the Yellowjackets — Flute Solo: Concertino / C. Chaminade.
item 54 “Test; CR1-SD-286.” 12” phonograph disc.

Series 10: Presentation scores

Box 28 [cont.]

folder 21 Binkerd, Gordon. The Last Invocation. For SATB chorus. Text by Walt Whitman.
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid master); dated April 12, 1949. 5 pages of music.
folder 22 Clark, Elizabeth. Five Minute Suite for Violin and Piano. Dedicated to Alberta Phillips.
Score and solo part. Fair copy (ink holograph), with annotations in pencil. 10 pages of music
folder 23 Farnaby, Giles. Old Spagnoletta; Put Up Thy Dagger, Jemy. For solo piano.
Old Spagnoletta. Score. Fair copy (pencil holograph); dated April 2, 1981. 2 pages of music.
Put Up Thy Dagger, Jemy. Score. Fair copy (pencil holograph); dated March 30-April 3, 1981. 2 pages of music.
folder 24 Fischer, Katharine. Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair; Bourrèe; Impromptu.
Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair. Traditional folk ballad. Arranged for mixed chorus and piano. Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid master); dated March 17, 1947. 7 pages of music.
Bourrèe. From the Second Violin Sonata by J. S. Bach. Arrangement for two pianos. Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid master); dated April 30, 1946. 10 pages of music.
Impromptu. First piano part by Franz Schubert (op. 142, no. 2). Arrangement for two pianos. Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid master); dated May 12, 1946. 10 pages of music.
folder 25

Gassman, Remi. As Winds that Blow Against a Star. For voice and piano. Words by Joyce Kilmer.
Score. Fair copy (ink); dated October 1928. 3 pages of music.

  • On front cover: “For Burrill Phillips:”
  • Original folder labeled “33.”
folder 26 Gassman, Remi. Danse No. 1. For two pianos. Dedicated to Burrill Phillips.
Full score. Fair copy (pencil holograph); dated July 21, 1928. 5 pages of music.
folder 27 Graves, William. Set of Eight. For solo piano.
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid master), bound; dated March 1958. 16 pages of music.
folder 28

Israel, Brian. Dance Suite; Partita Piccola Cannonica; Sonata No. Two.
Dance Suite. For baritone horn or bassoon. Published score (Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, 1977). 4 pages.

  • Inscription on front cover (ink): “To Burrill & Alberta Phillips.”

Partita Piccola Cannonica. For two trombones or baritone horns. Published score (Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser, 1977). 4 pages.

  • Inscription on front cover (ink): “To Alberta & Burrill Phillips.”

Sonata No. Two. For two tubas. Published score (Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser, 1977). 6 pages.
folder 29 Kay, Ulysses. Eight Inventions for Piano.
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid master). 14 pages of music.
folder 30 McCulloh, Byron. Chamber Concerto. For violins, violas, trombone, timpani, and piano.
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid master). 26 pages of music.
folder 31 Pfautsch, Lloyd. Christ: Foundation, Head and Cornerstone; I’ll Praise My Maker; Music, When Soft Voices Die.
Christ: Foundation, Head and Cornerstone. For unison choir and brass ensemble (three trumpets and two trombones) or organ. Text translated from the Latin by John Mason Neale. Full score. Manuscript facsimile; dated October 13, 1959. 5 pages of music.
I’ll Praise My Maker. For mixed voices with brass ensemble (three trumpets, three trombones, and tuba) or organ. Text by Isaac Watts. Full score. Manuscript facsimile; dated September 26, 1959. 6 pages of music.
Music, When Soft Voices Die. For SATB chorus and keyboard. Words by Shelley. Full score. Manuscript facsimile; dated July 26, 1957. 7 pages of music.
folder 32

Presser, William. Prelude and Dance. For flute and piano.
Published score and part (Hattiesburg, MS: Tritone Press, 1962). 6 pages of music.

  • Accompanied by typescript note from Tritone Press (requesting copies of programs that include this music). 1 page of text.
folder 33 Rogers, E. The Ming Tree Rag. For solo piano. First played by Burrill Phillips.
Score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid master). 2 pages of music.
folder 34 Still, William Grant. La Guiablesse. Ballet, with music for chamber orchestra. Text by Ruth Page.
Reduced piano vocal score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid master). 38 pages of music.
folder 35 Still, William Grant. Lenox Avenue. Choreographic street scenes for radio announcer, chorus, and orchestra.
Reduced piano vocal score. Facsimile of typescript score (mimeograph), with performance markings in ink. 57 pages of music=.
folder 36

Yeh, Huai Deh. The Chinese Suite. For orchestra.
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid master). 70 pages of music.

  • Inscription on title page of score (ink): “To my dear teacher Mr. B. Phillips.”

Series 11: Scrapbooks

Box 46

item 1 Scrapbook, labeled “Burrill Phillips, ‘His Book’” (on inside of front cover).
Provenance: Aretakis.
Bound scrapbook. Includes publicity and press materials, concert programs, program notes, correspondence, report cards, photographs, and other personal items; dated between May 1924 and March 1948. 37 leaves with items
item 2 Scrapbook.
Provenance: Aretakis.
Bound scrapbook. Includes publicity and press materials, concert programs, program notes, correspondence, and other personal items; dated between Fall 1932 and March 1942. 17 leaves with items.

  • Affixed to inside front cover: portrait of Burrill Phillips by Ralph McCoy (ink).

Series 12: Oversized

Sub-series A: Oversized music manuscripts

Sub- sub- series 1: Stage works

Box 47

folder 1 Don’t We All? (1948). Opera buffa in one act. Libretto by Alberta Phillips. Full score: ink holograph transparencies.
Full score. Ozalid manuscript (ink); dated October 8, 1948. 116 pages of music.
folder 2 Don’t We All? (1948). Full score: Ozalid copy (copy 1).
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid master), bound. 116 pages of music.
folder 3

Don’t We All? (1948). Full score: Ozalid copy (copy 2).
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid master), bound, with performance markings in colored pencil. 116 pages of music.

  • Affixed to inside of front cover: “Production Information.” Typescript document. 1 page of text.
folder 4

Princess and Puppet (1933). Ballet. Scenario from a Bengal folk tale by Alberta Phillips. Full score: ink holograph.
Full score. Fair copy (ink), bound; dated March 25, 1933. 191 pages of music.

  • Score gifted to Sibley Music Library by the composer, October 7, 1933.

Box 48

folder 1 Three Satiric Fragments (1941). Ballet. Full score: ink holograph transparencies.
Full score. Ozalid manuscript (ink); dated April 12, 1941. 21 pages of music.
folder 2 Three Satiric Fragments for Orchestra (1941). Full score; Ozalid copy.
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid master). 21 pages of music.
folder 3 The Unforgiven (1981). Opera in three acts, with libretto by Alberta Libretto. Act III score: pencil holograph.
Act III. Draft of score (pencil); dated between March 15, 1978, and April 6, 1982. 142 leaves of music and text.

Box 54

folder 1 The Unforgiven (1981). Title pages: typed transparencies.
Title pages. Typescript Ozalid masters. 3 pages of text.
folder 2 The Unforgiven (1981). Act I score: ink holograph transparencies.
Act I. Full score. Ozalid manuscript (ink). 164 pages of music.
folder 3 The Unforgiven (1981). Act II score: ink holograph transparencies.
Act II. Full score. Ozalid manuscript (ink). 110 pages of music.
folder 4 The Unforgiven (1981). Act III score: ink holograph transparencies.
Act III. Full score. Ozalid manuscript (ink). 190 pages of music.
folder 5 The Unforgiven (1981). Act I score: Ozalid copy.
Act I. Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid masters), bound. 3 pages of text; 164 pages of music.

Box 55

folder 1 The Unforgiven (1981). Act II score: Ozalid copy.
Act II. Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid masters), bound. 110 pages of music.

Box 48[cont.]

folder 4 Unfinished opera. Full score: typed transparencies.
Manuscript sketches (pencil); dated September 1954. 2 pages of music.
Full score. Typescript Ozalid masters. 347 pages of music.
Excerpt from score (consists of pp. 80 and 120 only). Facsimile of typescript score (from Ozalid masters). 2 pages of music.

Sub- sub- series 2: Large ensemble works

Box 49

folder 1 Concerto Grosso for String Quartet and Small Orchestra (1950). Full score: ink holograph transparencies.
Full score. Ozalid manuscript (ink); dated February 5, 1950. 68 pages of music.
folder 2 Concerto Grosso for String Quartet and Small Orchestra (1950). Full score: Ozalid copy (copy 1).
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid masters), bound, with performance markings in colored pencil. 68 pages of music.
folder 3 Concerto Grosso for String Quartet and Small Orchestra (1950). Ozalid copy of full score; copy 2.
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid masters), bound. 68 pages of music.
folder 4 Courthouse Square: Suite for Orchestra (1936). Ozalid copy of full score.
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid masters), bound, with performance markings in colored pencil. 57 pages of music.

Box 50

folder 1 Fantasia for Concert Band (1968). Full score: typed transparencies.
Full score. Typescript Ozalid masters. 1 page of text (title page); 59 pages of music.
folder 2 Fantasia for Concert Band (1968). Full score: Ozalid copy.
Full score. Facsimile of typescript score (from Ozalid masters), bound, with performance markings in colored pencil. 59 pages of music.
folder 3 Perspectives in a Labyrinth (1962). For three string orchestras. Full score: 2 Ozalid copies.
Full score. Facsimile of typescript score (from Ozalid masters), bound. 2 copies. 43 pages of music, each.
folder 4 Perspectives in a Labyrinth (1962). Full score and parts: typed transparencies.
Instrumental parts: high I, middle I, cello I, bass I, high II, middle II, cello II, bass II, high III, middle III, cello III, bass III. Typescript Ozalid masters. 28 pages of music.
Full score. Typescript Ozalid master. 1 page of text (title page); 43 pages of music.
folder 5 Piano Concerto (1942). Full score: Ozalid copy.
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid masters), bound. 123 pages of music.
item 6

Selections from McGuffey’s Reader (1934). Suite for orchestra. Full score: ink holograph.
Full score. Fair copy (ink), bound. 85 pages of music.

  • Inscription in front matter: “Presented to the Sibley Music Library by Burrill Phillips, October 1948.”

Box 55[cont.]

folder 2

Selections from McGuffey’s Reader (1934). Transcribed for symphonic band by Stanley J. Ciciora. Full score: Ozalid copy.
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid master), bound. 84 pages of music.

  • Accompanied by thesis title page and abstract of thesis (typescript). 7 pages of text.
  • Presented to the faculty of the Graduate School at Northern Illinois University as partial fulfillment for the requirements for the degree of Master of Music; dated May 1968.

Box 51

folder 1 Soleriana Concertante (1965). For small orchestra. Score: typed transparencies.
Full score. Typescript Ozalid masters. 68 pages of music.
folder 2 Soleriana Concertante (1965). Full score: Ozalid copy.
Full score. Facsimile of typescript score (from Ozalid masters). 68 pages of music.
folder 3 Theater Dances for Orchestra (1967). Typed transparencies of score.
Full score. Typescript Ozalid masters. 65 pages of music.
folder 4 Theater Dances (1967). Full score: Ozalid copy.
Full score. Facsimile of typescript score (from Ozalid master), bound. 65 pages of music.
folder 5 Theater Dances (1967). Score and parts: photocopies.
Full score. Facsimile of typescript score (photocopy). 65 pages of music.
Instrumental parts: flute I and II, oboe I and II, clarinets I and II, bassoons I and II, horn I, horn II, horn III, horn IV, trumpet I, trumpet II, trumpet III, trombone I, trombone II, trombone III, tuba, timpani, percussion I and II, violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass. Facsimile of typescript parts (photocopies). 82 pages of music.  
folder 6 Tom Paine Overture (1946). For orchestra. Full score: Ozalid copy.
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid masters), bound. 76 pages of music.

Box 52

folder 1 Triple Concerto (1953). For clarinet, viola, piano, and orchestra. Full score: ink holograph transparencies.
Full score. Ozalid manuscript (ink); dated January 18, 1953. 100 pages of music. 
folder 2 Triple Concerto (1953). Score: Ozalid copy.
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid master), bound, with performance markings in pencil. 100 pages of music.   
folder 3 Yellowstone, Yates, and Yosemite. Full score: typed transparencies.
Full score. Typescript Ozalid master. 28 pages of music.
folder 4

Yellowstone, Yates, and Yosemite. Full score: Ozalid copy.
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid master). 28 pages of music.

  • Accompanied by duplicate copy of pp. 1-2 of score (manuscript facsimile). 2 pages of music.

Sub- sub- series 3: Vocal works

Box 52[cont.]

folder 5 Canzona V (1971). For SATB chorus and piano. Text by Alberta Phillips. Score: photocopy.
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (photocopy, enlarged). 67 pages of music.
folder 6 For Love I’ll Surely Die (1946). Cantata for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and piano. Text by Alberta Phillips. Excerpt from score: typed transparencies (revised text).
Full score (incomplete; consists of final 2 pages of score only, with revised text). Typescript Ozalid masters. 2 pages of music.
folder 7 For Love I’ll Surely Die (1946). Excerpt from score: Ozalid copies (revised text).
Full score (incomplete; consists of final 2 pages of score only, with revised text). Facsimile of typescript score (from Ozalid masters). 2 copies. 2 pages of music, each.
folder 8 Oculus non vidit (1964). Motet for mixed chorus. Music engraving plates.
Music engraving plates for published score (Branchport, NY: Italy Hill Press, 1964). 6 plates.   
folder 9

Qui vult venire (1964). Motet for mixed chorus. Music engraving plates.
Music engraving plates for published score (Branchport, NY: Italy Hill Press, 1964). 6 plates.

  • Plate no. 6 (“Italy Hill Press, Branchport, New York”) accompanied by carbon copy of invoice from the University of Illinois Photographic Department for 1 Kodalith negative; dated November 18, 1963. 1 page.
folder 10 The Return of Odysseus (1956). For baritone solo, speaker, chorus, and orchestra or piano. Text by Alberta Phillips. Instrumental score: typed transparencies.
Instrumental score. Typescript Ozalid masters. 22 pages of music.
folder 11 Serve bone (1964). Motet for mixed chorus. Music engraving plates.
Music engraving plates for published score (Branchport, NY: Italy Hill Press, 1964). 6 plates.
folder 12

[Various motets for mixed voices.] Includes: Oculus non vidit, Qui vult venire, Sancti mei, and Serve bone. Drafts of scores: paste-up.
Oculus non vidit. Full score. Typescript paste-up of published score, affixed to cardstock. 6 pages.

  • Accompanied by manuscript diagram with notes regarding layout (colored pencil). 1 page.

Qui vult venire. Full score. Typescript paste-up of published score, affixed to cardstock.  4 pages.

  • Accompanied by (3 items):
    • Manuscript diagram with notes regarding layout (ink). 2 pages.
    • Excerpts of published score (sample printing/galleys of select pages). 6 pages.
    • Printed blank music staff paper (sample printing). 1 page.

Sancti Mei. Full score. Typescript paste-up of published score, affixed to cardstock. 4 pages.
Serve bone. Full score. Typescript paste-up of published score, affixed to cardstock. 5 pages.

  • Accompanied by excerpts of published score (sample printing/galleys of select pages). 7 pages.

Box 55[cont.]

folder 3 [Various motets for mixed voices.] Includes: Oculus non vidit, Qui vult venire, and Serve bone. Scores: negative transparencies.
Oculus non vidit (1964). Full score. Negative transparencies, affixed to masking paper for printing. 6 pages.
Qui vult venire (1964). Full score. Negative transparencies, affixed to masking paper for printing. 6 pages.
Serve bone (1964). Full score. Negative transparencies, affixed to masking paper for printing. 6 pages.

Sub- sub- series 4: Instrumental chamber works

Box 53

folder 1 Divertimento for Strings (1951). Score: ink holograph transparencies.
Full score. Ozalid manuscript (ink). 27 pages of music
folder 2 Divertimento for Strings (1951). Score: Ozalid copy.
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (from Ozalid master), bound, with performance markings in colored pencil. 27 pages of music.
folder 3 Music for This Time of Year (1954). For woodwind quintet. Flute part (paste-up).
Typescript flute part, comprised of strips excerpted from full score layout (paste-up). 8 leaves of music.
folder 4 Music for This Time of Year. Oboe part (paste-up).
Typescript oboe part, comprised of strips excerpted from full score layout (paste-up). 7 leaves of music.
folder 5 Music for This Time of Year. Clarinet part (paste-up).
Typescript clarinet part, comprised of strips excerpted from full score layout (paste-up). 9 leaves of music.
folder 6 Music for This Time of Year. Horn part (paste-up).
Typescript bassoon part, comprised of strips excerpted from full score layout (paste-up). 7 leaves of music.

  • Accompanied by typescript list of movements, with annotations in colored pencil, pencil, and ink. 1 page of text.
folder 7 Music for This Time of Year. Bassoon part (paste-up).
Typescript bassoon part, comprised of strips excerpted from full score layout (paste-up). 7 leaves of music.

  • Accompanied by typescript list of movements, with annotations in colored pencil. 1 page of text.
folder 8 Partita for Piano Quartet (1946/47). Score and parts: photocopies.
Full score. Manuscript facsimile (photocopy); dated June 2, 1947. 1 page of text (title page); 66 pages of music.
Instrumental parts: violin, viola, violoncello. Manuscript facsimile (photocopies). 29 pages of music.
folder 9 Quartet for Oboe and Strings (1967). For oboe, violin, viola, and cello. Score and parts: photocopies.
Full score. Facsimile of typescript score (photocopy); dated June 8, 1946. 40 pages of music.
Instrumental parts: oboe, violin, viola, cello. Facsimiles of typescript parts (photocopies). 36 pages of music.
folder 10 Sonata in Two Movements (1965). For violin and harpsichord. Score: photocopy.
Full score. Facsimile of typescript score (photocopy). 20 pages of music.
folder 11 Sonata in Two Movements (1965). Sketches and worksheets: photocopy.
Facsimiles of manuscript sketches and drafts; dated between November 1965 and January 1966. 39 pages of music.

Sub- sub- series 5: Keyboard works

Box 53[cont.]

folder 12 [Piano Sonata No. 3.] Incomplete pencil sketches.
Manuscript sketches (pencil); dated between August 1951 and April 1952. 8 leaves of music.

  • Accompanied by duplicate facsimile (photocopy) of sketches. 16 pages.

Sub- sub- series 6: Sketches, worksheets, and notebooks

Box 55[cont.]

folder 4 Oversized sketches.
“Ballet—Phillips, 1933.” Manuscript sketches (pencil). 2 pages of music.

  • Separated from Box 24, Folder 36—Very early sketches (1923- ).

Manuscript sketch (ink). 1 page of music. Accompanied by excerpt from untitled score (incomplete; pages numbered 58-59). Fair copy (pencil), on transparent score paper, with annotations in colored pencil and ink. 2 pages of music.

  • Separated from Box 26, Folder 13—Miscellaneous sketches (undated).

Sub-series B: Oversized documents

Box 55[cont.]

folder 5 Oversized documents [1]. 11 items.
Correspondence on compositions: Canzona IV. 1 item.
Separated from Series 4, Sub-series A (Correspondence on compositions), Box 30, Folder 13.
Publicity poster for performance of Canzona IV by the Studio for New Music. Accompanied by envelope.Miscellaneous papers: University of Massachusetts-Amherst (concert and lecture, 1975). 1 item.
Separated from Series 5 (Miscellaneous papers), Box 33, Folder 12.
Concert poster; dated April 2, 1975. 1 item.Miscellaneous papers: Contracts, other. 1 item.
Separated from Series 5, Box 34, Folder 4.|
Contract with Carl Fischer pertaining to publication of Dance Overture (Symphony Concertante) (typescript); dated December 26, 1941. 1 page.

Programs: Conversations and Colloquies. 1 item.
Separated from Series 7 (Programs), Box 36, Folder 11.
“WUOM Program Schedule, October 1954.” Publicity flyer. 2 pages.

Programs: The Return of Odysseus. 1 item.
Separated from Series 7, Box 36, Folder 35.
“Program Notes, CRS 5 c-d.” Includes texts, performer information, and program notes. 2 pages of text.

Programs: Scena. 1 item.
Separated from Series 7, Box 36, Folder 37.
Publicity flyer (“Eastman Chamber Orchestra, Fifth Season of Concerts”). 1 page.

Programs: Theater Dances. 1 item.
Separated from Series 7, Box 37, Folder 8.
Concert poster (California State University, Hayward); dated December 4, 1975. 1 item.

Programs: Triple Concerto. 3 items.
Separated from Series 7, Box 37, Folder 13.
Publicity fliers and mailers; dated 1952-1959. 3 items.

Programs: Programs, 1940s. 1 item.
Separated from Series 7, Box 37, Folder 23.
Concert program (“Original Compositions by Students from the Classes of Howard Hanson, Burrill Phillips, Bernard Rogers, Edward Royce”); dated May 22, 1945. 1 page.
folder 6 Diplomas. 9 items.
Diploma from Denver High School South; dated June 6, 1924.
Sophomore Certificate from the Denver College of Music, Inc.; dated June 15, 1925.
Commencement program from the Denver College of Music; dated June 14, 1926.
Certificate from the Denver College of Music, Inc. (for completion of Junior Ensemble, Special Junior Composition, Special Counterpoint); dated June 14, 1926.
Certificate Theory from the Denver College of Music, Inc. (for completion of 3.5 year courses of study in Advanced Composition and Theory); dated June 14, 1927.
Teacher’s Diploma from the Denver College of Music, Inc.; dated June 12, 1928.
Graduate Diploma from the Denver College of Music, Inc.; dated June 12, 1928.
Bachelor of Music Diploma from the University of Rochester; dated June 20, 1932.
Master of Music Diploma from the University of Rochester; dated June 12, 1933.
folder 7 Lecture at Conservatorio Superior de Musica del Liceo.
Separated from Series 5 (Miscellaneous papers), Box 33, Folder 15.
Press clippings; dated 1961. 6 items.
folder 8 Oversized documents [2]. 3 items.
Miscellaneous Papers: Articles about miscellaneous performers. 2 items.
Separated from Series 5 (Miscellaneous papers), Box 35, Folder 4.
Publicity poster for Camera Concerti; undated. 1 item.
Publicity poster for Frank Glazer, consisting of excerpts from press reviews; undated [1954]. 1 item.Programs: [String Quartets]. 1 item.
Separated from Series 7, Box 37, Folder 4.
Concert poster; dated February 27, 1955. 1 item.
folder 9 Oversized newspaper clippings.
Press clippings; dated between November 14, 1946, and May 10, 1949. 10 items.

  • Separated from Series 6 (Newspaper clippings), Box 35, Folder 6 (1940s).

Press clippings; dated between January 12, 1950, and January 31, 1959. 20 items.

  • Separated from Series 6, Box 35, Folder 7 (1950s).

Press clippings; dated between [1963], and June 13, 1966. 4 items.

  • Separated from Series 6, Box 35, Folder 8 (1960s).

Press clippings; dated May 2, 1943, and November 13, 1956. 2 items.

  • Provenance: Aretakis.
  • Separated from Series 6, Box 35, Folder 10 (1940s-1960s).

Press clipping pertaining to performance of Don’t We All; dated February 14, 1956. 1 item.

  • Separated from Series 6, Box 35, Folder 14.
Oversized
Iconography
Shelf B6		 Programs: [String Quartets]. 1 item
Separated from Series 7, Box 37, Folder 4.
Concert poster; dated March 31, 1955. 1 item.

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