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| Music, 1881-2009 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 236/9 | Hale House, 1997-1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 236/10 | Harlem School for the Arts, 1996-1999 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 236/11 | H.E.L.P. U.S.A. Mentor Heroes book, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 236/12 | Howard University, 1998-2007 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 236/13 |
Jessye Norman School for the
Arts, circa 2004-2007
see also Rachel Longstreet Foundation |
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| BOX-FOLDER 236/14 | Lupus Foundation, 1997-2000 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 236/15 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1996 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 236/16 | Mentoring U.S.A., 1997-1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 237/1 | Miscellany, 1991-2007 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 237/2 | Momentum AIDS Project, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 237/3 | Moors Tenors National Sponsoring Committee, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 237/4-6 | Ms. Foundation, 1990-1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 237/7 | National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1992 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 237/8 | National Music Foundation, 2000 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 237/9 | Neighborhood Music School, 2006 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 237/10-11 | New York Botanical Gardens, 1996-2000 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 238/1 | New York Public Library Board of Trustees, 1997-2000 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 238/2 | North Westminster Community School, 1993 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 238/3-4 | Partnership for the Homeless, 1996-2008 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 238/5 | Planned Parenthood, 1998-2004 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 238/6 | Rainforest Foundation, 1999 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 238/7 | Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, 2003-2008 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 238/8 | Thank you notes, 1998-2004 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 238/9 | Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Recipes of Note, 1994 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 238/10 | UNESCO Legendary Women board, 1997 | ||||||||||||
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