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| Music, 1881-2009 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Projects, 1982-2013 | |||||||||||||
| Scores for recording projects and special events, including Sacred Ellington, concert tours, taped Christmas specials, and arrangements of spirituals for Norman's Great Day in the Morning program. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by composer, then by title therein. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 42/1 | Boston Pops concert, undated | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Correspondence and notes | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 42/2 | Christmas with Jessye, 2001 December 19 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 42/3-4, 43/1-2, 67/1-3 | Great Day in the Morning, 1982 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 43/3-4 | John Williams Project, 1986 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Correspondence and notes | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 67/4 | John Williams proposed recording, 1989 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 43/5 | Queen Elizabeth II's 60th birthday, 1986 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 43/6-7 | Recitals: Asia - Japan, 2002 November 10-27 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Program | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 44/1 | Recitals: Asia - Korea, 2002 December 7 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Program | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 44/2 | Recitals: Asia - Singapore, 2002 November 1 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 44/3 | Recitals: Italy (Philips proposed), 1984 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Correspondence | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 44/4 | Roots: My Life song tour, 2013 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 44/5, 45/1-8, 67/5-10 | Sacred Ellington, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 45/9-20 to 47/3 | Sacred Ellington, 1999 | ||||||||||||
| Scores; parts; sketches in Norman's hand; set lists; stage directions | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 47/4, 48/1 | Sacred Ellington, 2000 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 48/2-3 | Sacred Ellington, 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Scores; set list; program | |||||||||||||
| Unsolicited Works, 1949-2004 | |||||||||||||
| Works sent to Norman. The extent of her use or interest in these materials is not clear. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by composer, then by title therein. | |||||||||||||
| Allen, John | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 49/1 | Frühling Grüsst, 1993 | ||||||||||||
| Avi-Ram, David | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 49/2 | Neutral Tones, 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Lyrics by Thomas Hardy | |||||||||||||
| Brody, Jeffrey | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 49/3 | Vier Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, 1978 | ||||||||||||
| Concilio, Robert | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 49/4 | Rasputin: a Classipop Opera, 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Correspondence | |||||||||||||
| Dixon, Ed | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 49/5 | Three Poems to Elisabeth, 1984 | ||||||||||||
| Fax, Mark | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 49/6 | Night Truths, 1985 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Correspondence | |||||||||||||
| Ferko, Frank | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 49/7 | Three Songs, 1985 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Correspondence | |||||||||||||
| Golphin, Romanieo Nicholas | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 49/8 | The Stranger of Novgorod, 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Gustavino, Carlos | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 49/9 | La rosa y el sauce, undated | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Note | |||||||||||||
| Hankerson, William P. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 49/10 | Psalm 1, 1985 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Greeting card | |||||||||||||
| Hermann, Ernest | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 49/11 | My Brother…!, 1968 | ||||||||||||
| Hoiby, Lee | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 49/12 | The Italian Lesson, 1984 | ||||||||||||
| Kuch, Karl | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 49/13 | Albumblatt, 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Correspondence | |||||||||||||
| Lavilla, Félix | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 50/1 | Cão João-Da-Ra-Rão / Nigue-Nigue Ninhas, undated | ||||||||||||
| Lens, Nicholas | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 50/2 | Amor Aeternum, 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Correspondence | |||||||||||||
| Liebermann, Lowell | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 50/3 | Sechs Gesänge, 1985 | ||||||||||||
| Luri, Herman | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 50/4 | Tristan, 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Magnan, Carla | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 50/5 | Amor, dov'é la fe', 2003 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 50/6 | Diabolikamente Suite, 2002 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Note | |||||||||||||
| Mavritte, Bernard | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 50/7 | Miscellaneous works, 1997 | ||||||||||||
| McGinnis, Hugh | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 50/8 | A Page's Road Song, 1987 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Correspondence | |||||||||||||
| Motley, Byron | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 50/9 | The Moods of My People, 1993 | ||||||||||||
| Arranged by Barbara Sherrill | |||||||||||||
| Nelson, Richard | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 50/10 | The Carol of the Gray-Brown Bird, 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Correspondence | |||||||||||||
| Nelson, Richard J. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 50/11 | To Jesus on His Birthday, 1988 | ||||||||||||
| Rebora, Carla | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 50/12 | Un gioco di fonosillabe, undated | ||||||||||||
| Swanson, Howard | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 50/13 | The Negro Speaks of Rivers, 1949 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Correspondence and notes | |||||||||||||
| Swenson, Warren Michel | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 50/14 | Miscellaneous works, undated | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Promotional flier | |||||||||||||
| Swift, Basil | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 50/15 | Miscellaneous works, 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Correspondence | |||||||||||||
| Thiel, Andreas | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 50/16 | Three Songs, undated | ||||||||||||
| Traditional | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 50/17 | Oh What a Beautiful City, 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Arranged by Charles Brown | |||||||||||||
| BOX 3, 41, 70-71, 235-264, Mapcase Folder 1 DF | Biographical Materials, 1970-2020 | ||||||||||||
| Norman's biographical materials provide information about her life outside of the
concert hall. She was an active philanthropist and supported numerous
organizations, particularly those located in the New York City area. This series
contains correspondence with these entities and details about their fundraising
events in which Norman participated. It also contains drafts of Norman’s
interviews (most of which were conducted via email or fax) and annotated scripts
of speeches she gave as an honoree at university graduations, award ceremonies,
philanthropic benefits, or events honoring other artists. Norman received dozens of awards throughout her lifetime. While this series represents many of them, it is not comprehensive. It includes more than half of the honorary doctorate diplomas she received from major universities, as well as a medal for her Grammy nomination (later won) for Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle with Pierre Boulez and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1991. It is recommended that researchers also check the Correspondence series, which may contain letters or emails from awarding institutions. Personal Papers comprise a small amount of paperwork and correspondence regarding rental negotiations, insurance, utilities work, and renovations for Norman’s residences in London and New York. Some notebooks from the 1980s contain calendars, notes, and reminders for her assistants, including Doreen Davis, Mark Loftin, Rachel Waltham, and Elaine Spinelli, among others. Others contain ideas for upcoming recital programs. One of these is partially filled with notes for the 1990 Spirituals in Concert event with Kathleen Battle and another with notes for Sacred Ellington. Most of the notebooks from the 1990s belonged to Kevin Bothwell, Elizabeth Froemke, and Elizabeth Schott Sho, Norman’s business manager and assistants. Their notebooks contain telephone logs for L’Orchidee, Inc., to-do lists, and calendars of Norman’s daily events and performances. The notes are in Norman’s hand and are largely undated. They contain information about scheduling performances, ideas for program repertoire, and lists of daily reminders. |
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| The Philanthropy and Personal Papers file units are arranged alphabetically and chronologically therein. The Speaking Engagements and Interviews, Awards, and Notebooks and Notes file units are arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||||
| Philanthropy | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 235/1 | AHEAD, Inc., 1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 235/2-4 | Balm in Gilead, 1994-1999 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 235/5 | Blair High School (CA) visit, 2006 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 235/6 | Boards and committees, 1987-2006 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 235/7 |
Boys and Girls Choirs of
Harlem, 1999-2000
see also Turnbull, Walter |
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| BOX-FOLDER 235/8 | Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, 1993 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 235/9 | Center for Gender Equality, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 235/10 | Children's Defense Fund 35th Anniversary gala host, 2008 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 235/11-12 | City Meals-on-Wheels, 1994-2004 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 236/1 | Dance Theatre of Harlem, 1998-2004 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 236/2 | Diamond, Wendy. "A Musical Feast" (fundraiser), 1995 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 236/3 | Donations, 1978-2001 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 236/4 | Elton John AIDS Foundation, 1997-2001 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 236/5 | Fresh Air Fund, 1997 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 236/6 | Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), 2005 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 236/7 | Girl Scouts, 1995-2001 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 236/8 | Green, Duncan. Guatemala. Burden of Paradise, 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Introduction by Norman | |||||||||||||
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