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Music owned by WRS
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BOX-FOLDER 19/6 Ave verum corpus
[2] p.
Barrows, John
BOX-FOLDER 19/7 Chorale fantasy : Jesu meine Freund
6 p.
Berg, Alban
BOX-FOLDER 19/8 Wozzeck
[2] p.
Boulanger, Lili
BOX-FOLDER 19/9 Psaume 24
18 p.
Chorus line not present.
On title page: Scored by R.C.
Keller, Homer
BOX-FOLDER 19/10 Five pieces for clarinet and bassoon
7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 19/10 Five pieces for clarinet and bassoon
6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 19/11 Six preludes for piano
[8] p.
BOX-FOLDER 19/12 Symphony no. 4
[5] p.
BOX-FOLDER 19/13 Unidentified
[1] p. ea.
Kennan, Kent
BOX-FOLDER 38/4 Sonatina for piano
11 p.
Kochs, Ellis B.
BOX-FOLDER 38/5 Legend : for oboe and strings
5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 19/14 Night watch : a dialog for flute, horn, and kettledrums
3 p.
Kubik, Gail
BOX-FOLDER 38/6 Toccata for organ and strings
25 p.
Lewis, Morgan
BOX-FOLDER 19/15 How high the moon
6 p.
Arranged for wind band by Sgt. Thomas Merriman.
Rorem, Ned
BOX-FOLDER 19/16 A sermon on miracles
13 p.
Schoenberg, Arnold
BOX-FOLDER 38/7 Variations on a recitative : op. 40
65 p.
Transcribed for orchestra by Felix Greissle.
BOX 7, 21 Writings, 1944-1976
Articles, journals, written-out lectures and speeches, notes, outlines, and drafts for Strickland's unfinished book on Charles Ives, and notes on conducting techniques based on his private studies with Nikolai Malko. Includes articles by Strickland that appeared in Modern Music, The Musical Courier, and other publications.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX 21 Journals, 1952-1976
BOX-FOLDER 7/9 Published articles, 1944, 1958
BOX-FOLDER 7/10 Speeches and notes, 1948-1959 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 7/11-12 Notes and correspondence, 1972 and undated
RE: proposed book on Charles Ives
BOX-FOLDER 7/13 Notes, undated
RE: conducting technique, based on lessons with Nikolai Malko
BOX 22-24 Datebooks, 1962-1991
Nearly thirty datebooks that provide accounts of Strickland's appointments and itineraries from 1962-1991.
Arranged chronologically by year.
BOX 22 1962-1972
11 bound volumes
BOX 23 1973-1981
10 bound volumes
BOX 24 1982-1991
9 bound volumes
1991 datebook printed as 1982 and altered by WRS.
BOX 25-27 Photographs, 1941-1966
Several hundred black and white images of Strickland taken throughout his travels in the U.S. and abroad. Highlights include several 1963 photos of Strickland and Henry Cowell taken by Cowell’s wife, Sidney, in Iceland.
Arranged chronologically by year.
BOX-FOLDER 25/1 U.S. Army, 1941-1946
99 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 25/2 Wellesley College Conference, 1946 July
9 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 25/3-4 Nashville, 1946-1951
67 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 25/5-6 Vienna, 1952-1955
64 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 26/1-3 Vienna, 1952-1955
155 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 26/4 New York, 1955-1959
2 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 26/5-6 Japan, 1958-1961
159 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 26/7 Korea, 1958
24 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 27/1-3 Philippines, 1958-1959
180 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 27/4 Vietnam, 1959
86 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 27/5 American Composers Alliance Award presentation, 1961
7 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 27/6 Iceland, 1963
11 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 27/7 Alice Ditson Award presentation, 1966
6 photographs
BOX 28-36, 38-39 Scrapbooks, 1926-1959
Bound volumes chiefly compiled by Strickland's close friend and supporter, Margaret F. Castle. The Castle scrapbooks include concert programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, and correspondence, most of which have been annotated by Castle herself. A considerable amount of these materials are duplicated in other series, but some original correspondence is found only in these scrapbooks. Other scrapbooks include a publicity book prepared for Strickland in Vienna, a volume of assorted materials from Manila, 1958-1959, and a scrapbook kept by Strickland during his teenage years.
Chiefly arranged chronologically by year.
BOX 28 Vol. 1, 1942 Aug. 2-1944 Mar.
BOX 28 Vol. 2, 1944 Mar. 14-1945 Apr. 4
BOX 29 Vol. 3, 1945 Apr. 5-1946 Feb. 19
BOX 29 Vol. 4, 1946 Feb. 19-1946 Dec. 10
BOX 30 Vol. 5, 1946 Dec. 10-1947 Sept. 25
BOX 30 Vol. 6, 1947 Sept. 25-1948 May
BOX 31 Vol. 7, 1948 May-1949 Feb.
BOX 39 Vol. 8, 1949 Jan.-1949 Sept.
BOX 32 Vol. 9, 1949 Sept.-1950 Feb. 11
BOX 32 Vol. 10, 1950 Feb. 12-1950 Nov. 10
BOX 33 Vol. 11, 1950 Nov. 12-1951 Sept. 21
BOX 33 Vol. 12, 1951 Sept. 21-1954 June
BOX 34 Vol. 13, 1954 Mar.-1955 July
BOX 34 Oddments [i.e. Odds and ends], vol. 1, 1927-1946
BOX 35 Odds and ends, vol. 2, 1926-1950
BOX 35 First concert of the NSO, 1946 Dec. 10
Reception at the Cheekwood.
BOX 36 Clippings related to Grace Cathedral, Jamaica, New York
[2] p. only
BOX 36 Photographs and clippings compiled for publicity in Europe
In German or with German translations.
BOX 36 Clippings from Manila, Philippines, 1958 Sept. 5-1959 Jan. 18
BOX-FOLDER 38/8 Clippings and photographs related to American organs and New York performances of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Schoenberg’s Die glückliche Hand, circa 1930
Compiled by WRS.
BOX-FOLDER 38/9 Clippings from Manila, Philippines, 1958 Feb.-Mar.
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