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BOX 1, 7-8 |
Biographical Materials, 1926-1981
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Documents and other items related to Barber's life. Includes Barber's diary
and journal, awards and diplomas, clippings, programs, miscellaneous
materials, personal documents, and family trees from the maternal side of
Barber's family. |
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Arranged by alphabetically by format, then chronologically therein. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/1 |
Autograph book, 197[?]-1980
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Awards and diplomas |
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BOX-FOLDER 7/1 |
Curtis Institute diploma, 1934 May
22
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BOX-FOLDER 8/2 |
ASCAP medals of recognition, 1959,
1963
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BOX-FOLDER 7/2 |
Harvard University Honorary Doctor of
Music, 1959
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BOX-FOLDER 1/2 |
Pulitzer Prize certificate, 1963 May
6
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BOX-FOLDER 7/3 |
National Institute of Arts and Letters
certificate, 1976
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BOX-FOLDER 7/4 |
Royal Academy of Music Honorary
Member, 1979 March 28
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BOX-FOLDER 1/3 |
Brown University Honorary Doctor of
Music, 1979 April 22
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BOX-FOLDER 7/5 |
American Music Center letter of
distinction, 1980
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BOX-FOLDER 7/6 |
State of Michigan Senate resolution,
1980 September 4
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BOX-FOLDER 1/4, 4/1 |
Clippings, 1956, 1960,
undated
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Note: Includes Musical America article |
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BOX-FOLDER 8/1 |
Diary, 1926 September-1928
January
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BOX-FOLDER 1/5 |
Genealogical materials, undated
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Family trees, Beatty and Fulton
families |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/6 |
Journal, undated
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Barber's notes and quotes from
Sidney Homer's Bible |
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Note: Sarah Beatty obituary is interleaved |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/7 |
Miscellany, 1956 and
undated
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Note: Includes legal document transferring Menotti's rights for Vanessa to Barber |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/8 |
Personal documents, 1963-1979
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Driver's licenses, passports,
health insurance cards |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/9 |
Postcards, undated
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Approximately 80,
blank |
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BOX-FOLDER 7/7 |
Programs, 1966
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BOX-FOLDER 1/10 |
Programs, 1975-1981
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Contents:
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Antony and Cleopatra, Juilliard,
1975 May 10-11
- Martha Graham's Frescoes
choreographed to two scenes from Antony
and Cleopatra, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978
December 9
- Barber's memorial service, New York City, 1981 February
9
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BOX 1-2 |
Correspondence, 1852-1853,
1928-1980
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Letters between Barber and family members, as well as correspondence from
notable musical and political figures. The bulk of the letters by Barber
were written to his family or Edith Braun. Most correspondence written to
Barber is from Gian Carlo Menotti. |
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Arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/11 |
70th birthday wishes, 1980
February-March
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Note: Includes letters from Jimmy Carter and Ned Rorem |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/12 |
Barber family, 1852, 1853, [?]
May 22
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BOX-FOLDER 1/13-15, 2/1 |
Barber, Samuel, May-September
1928-1932
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Note: To family members |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/2 |
Barber, Samuel, 1939-1958,
undated
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Note: To family members |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/3 |
Barber, Samuel, 1939-1971,
undated
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Note: To Edith Braun
Note: Includes two letters from Menotti |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/4 |
Barber, Samuel, 1946, 1980, and
undated
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Note: To Thor [Johnson?], ASCAP, and others |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/5 |
Bernstein, Leonard, 1964 January
18
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BOX-FOLDER 2/6 |
Boucchi, A., [?] March 18
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BOX-FOLDER 2/7 |
Carter, Rosalynn, 1980 March
7
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BOX-FOLDER 2/8 |
Homer, Marion, 1958
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BOX-FOLDER 2/9 |
Hurdy, Francois, 1980 February
17
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BOX-FOLDER 2/10 |
Kennedy Center Honors, 1979
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White House reception invitation |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/11 |
Kennedy, John F., Jr., 1961 September
8
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BOX-FOLDER 2/12 |
Kennedy, Robert F., 1964 January
14
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BOX-FOLDER 2/13 |
Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1964-1972,
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 2/14 |
Najeeb, Souheila Sabih, [1949?] June
26
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Envelope only |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/15 |
Ormandy, Eugene, 1976 December
6
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BOX-FOLDER 2/16 |
Suárez, Carlos, 1980 August
7
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BOX 2, 4 |
Writings, circa 1924-1970
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Barber's music theory and musicology notes and published and unpublished materials written by others. |
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Arranged alphabetically by author. |
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Barber,
Samuel
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BOX-FOLDER 2/17 |
Notes, elements of music, 1930-1931
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BOX-FOLDER 4/2 |
Notes, harmonic fifths exercise,
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 2/18 |
Notes, musicology, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 2/19 |
Melville, Herman
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Moby Dick
transcription by Barber, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 2/20 |
Menotti, Gian Carlo
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"L'ultimo
desiderio" fiaba, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 2/21 |
Neruda, Pablo
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Twenty love
poems and a song of despair,
undated
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London: Grossman Publishers |
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Note: Annotated by Barber |
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Note: H-141 Source E |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/22 |
Stendhal
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Le rouge et le
noir, undated
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BOX 4-7 |
Music, 1939-1975
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Printed music by Barber, some with his annotations, and music by others that was part of Barber's personal library. H-numbers correspond to sources in Barbara Heyman’s thematic
catalog. |
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Organized as two subseries. then alphabetically by composer's last name. |
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Music by Samuel Barber, 1949-1974
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BOX-FOLDER 4/5 |
Collected songs for low voice,
1955
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Printed piano-vocal
score |
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New York: G. Schirmer |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/6 |
Concerto for violin and orchestra,
1951
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Ozalid full score
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Note: Holograph conducting annotations in colored pencil |
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Note: H-94 Source F |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/7 |
Hermit songs, 1954
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Printed piano-vocal score (high voice version)
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New York: G. Schirmer |
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Note: Performance annotations |
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Note: H-120 Source H |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/8 |
Knoxville: Summer of 1915, for voice
and orchestra, 1949
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Printed piano-vocal score reduction
by Barber |
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New York: G. Schirmer |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/9 |
Knoxville: Summer of 1915, for voice
and orchestra, 1949/1952
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Printed full
score |
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New York: G. Schirmer |
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Note: H-114 Source G |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/10 |
Souvenirs, 1952
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Ozalid score for piano
four-hands |
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Note: This version lacks the movements "Two-Step" and "Hesitation
Tango" |
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Note: Includes note to Edie [Edith Braun?] |
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Note: H-119 Source C |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/11 |
Three songs, op. 45, 1974
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Printed piano-vocal
score (high voice version) |
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New York: G. Schirmer |
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Music owned by Samuel Barber, 1939-1975
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Boulez,
Pierre
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BOX-FOLDER 5/1 |
Sonata no. 2 for piano, 1950
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Printed
score |
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Note: Performance annotations |
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Note: Inscribed from Boulez to Barber |
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Haieff, Alexei
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BOX-FOLDER 7/8 |
Notes of thanks: 5.
Echo-berceuse, undated
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Ozalid piano
score |
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Homer, Sidney
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BOX-FOLDER 5/2 |
Your son and my son, undated
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Holograph manuscript piano-vocal
score |
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Note: Inscribed from Homer to Barber |
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Mendelssohn,
Felix
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BOX-FOLDER 5/3 |
Songs for one voice and piano, undated
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Printed piano-vocal
score |
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Leipzig: C.F. Peters |
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