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| BOX 1-10, 20-25 | Music and Sound Art, 1972-2004 | ||||||||||||
| This series contains Subotnick's composition workbooks that detail the ideas and technical specifications behind his electronic works. Also present are printed scores and some sketches for his acoustic and electro-acoustic works. | |||||||||||||
| Organized as two subseries. | |||||||||||||
| Workbooks, 1972-2004 | |||||||||||||
| Subotnick's workbooks date chiefly from the 1980s. Since his fully electronic pieces do not use acoustic instruments (and consequently do not require a score), his workbooks contain notes about the genesis of a piece and information about patches, synthesizers, and other electronics necessary to perform it. Also present are sketches of musical ideas for acoustic and electro-acoustic works, lecture notes, and budget information. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by title and chronologically therein. | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 2/2 |
2 Butterflies see also Ascent into Air/Double Life of Amphibians/2 Butterflies and Before the Butterfly |
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| After the Butterfly | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 1/1 | circa 1980 | ||||||||||||
| Includes: Notes on A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur ; lectures | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 1/2-3 | Undated | ||||||||||||
| All My Hummingbirds Have Alibis | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 1/4 | circa 1991 | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 1/5 | Undated | ||||||||||||
| Ascent into Air | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 1/6-7 | 1980 | ||||||||||||
| Title on cover: IRCAM | |||||||||||||
| Includes: Photocopy of workbook | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 1/8-9 | 1980 January-April | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 2/1 | 1980 September-October | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 2/3 | 1982 February | ||||||||||||
| Note: For U. S. version | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 2/4 | 1984 April? | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 2/5 to 3/2 | Undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 2/2 | Ascent into Air; Double Life of Amphibians; 2 Butterflies, 1981 July | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 3/3 |
Axolotl, 1980 November
see also Double Life of Amphibians; Last Dream of the Beast; Axolotl |
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| Laid in: Letter from Joan Tower | |||||||||||||
| Before the Butterfly | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 21/1 | 1974-1975 | ||||||||||||
| Title on cover: 2 Butterflies for Amplified Orchestra | |||||||||||||
| Laid in: Performance instructions; sketches; electronics schematics | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 3/4 | 1975 September-1976 February | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 3/5 | A Desert Flowers; Jacob's Room, 1987 February-August | ||||||||||||
| Includes: Early notes on children's music software | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 3/6 | A Desert Flowers [?]; Last Dream of the Beast, 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Includes: Notes about Presser?, Peter Menin | |||||||||||||
| Double Life of Amphibians see also Ascent into Air/Double Life of Amphibians/2 Butterflies |
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| BOX/FOLDER 4/1 | 1981 March | ||||||||||||
| Early notes | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 4/2 | 1984 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Letter from Subotnick to Gene Moon at Theodore Presser, Co. | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 4/4 | 1984 February-August | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 4/5 | 1985 | ||||||||||||
| Includes: Miscellaneous notes | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 4/6-8 | Undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 5/1 | Double Life of Amphibians; Ascent into Air, undated | ||||||||||||
| Note: Contains Subotnick's changes to the pieces | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 3/7 | Double Life of Amphibians; Last Dream of the Beast; Axolotl, 1981 January-May | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 4/3 | Double Life of Amphibians; Parallel Lines, 1984 | ||||||||||||
| Laid in: Financial memos for Double Life of Amphibians performance; mailgram | |||||||||||||
| Eclipse | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 5/2 | 1974 June | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 5/3 | 1975 February | ||||||||||||
| The First Dream of Light; A Sky Full of Sulphur | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 5/4 | 1979 | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 5/5 | Undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 5/6 | A Fluttering of Wings, undated | ||||||||||||
| Four Butterflies | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 6/1 | 1972 June 7 | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 6/2 | Undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 6/3 |
Game Room; Immortals,
1972
see also Place [?]; The Game Room; Passages of the Beast |
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| BOX/FOLDER 6/4 | Game Room; Improvisation, undated | ||||||||||||
| Note: For Minnesota-Walker performance | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 6/5 | Gestures, 1999 | ||||||||||||
| Hungers | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 6/6 | 1986 May 25 | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 6/7-8 | Undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 6/3 |
Immortals see also Game Room; Immortals |
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| BOX/FOLDER 6/4 |
Improvisation see also Game Room; Improvisation |
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| Intimate Immensity | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 6/9 | 1993? | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 7/1 | Undated | ||||||||||||
| Includes: Miscellaneous notes | |||||||||||||
| Jacob's Room see also A Desert Flowers; Jacob's Room |
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| BOX/FOLDER 7/2 | circa 1989-1991 | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 7/4 | Undated , Philadelphia workbook | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 7/3 | Jacob's Room; Voyager, 1991 September 25 | ||||||||||||
| The Key to Songs | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 7/5 | circa 1981-1983 | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 7/6-7 | Undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 21/2 | The Key to Songs; Return, undated | ||||||||||||
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Last Dream of the Beast see A Desert Flowers [?]; Last Dream of the Beast |
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| BOX/FOLDER 8/1 | Life History; ghost pieces log, 1976 | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 8/2 | Messiah, 1999 | ||||||||||||
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Passages of the Beast see Place [?]; The Game Room; Passages of the Beast |
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| Place | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 22/1 | 1976 | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 8/3, 22/2 | 1978 August | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 8/4 | 1986 December | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 22/3 | Place [?]; The Game Room; Passages of the Beast, circa 1976-1978 | ||||||||||||
| Performance instructions; sketches | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 8/5 | Release, 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Return see also The Key to Songs; Return |
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| BOX/FOLDER 8/6 to 9/1 | 1985-1986 | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 9/2-3 | Undated | ||||||||||||
| Sidewinder | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 9/4 | 2002-2003 | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 9/6 | Undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 9/5 | Sidewinder; Wispers [?]; Until Spring, revised, 2004 | ||||||||||||
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A Sky of Cloudless
Sulphur see also The First Dream of Light; A Sky Full of Sulphur |
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| BOX/FOLDER 9/7 | 1978 | ||||||||||||
| Includes: Program notes and Urbana lecture notes | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 9/8 | 1979 | ||||||||||||
| Until Spring see also Sidewinder; Wispers [?]; Until Spring |
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| BOX/FOLDER 24/1 | 1975 | ||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 23/1 | 1976 | ||||||||||||
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Voyager see Jacob's Room; Voyager |
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| BOX/FOLDER 10/1 | Unidentified, undated | ||||||||||||
| Scores, 1980-2003 | |||||||||||||
| Subotnick's scores consist mostly of printed editions for his acoustic and electro-acoustic works. Also contained here are some of his sketches for Serenade no. 3 and A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur , which is fully electronic and Subotnick's last piece composed for the LP medium. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by title. | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 20/1 | 4 Butterflies, undated | ||||||||||||
| Excerpt of photocopied printed score | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 25/1 | After the Butterfly, undated | ||||||||||||
| Printed full score | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 20/2 | All My Hummingbirds Have Alibis, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Printed full score | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 24/2 | Ascent into Air, 1982 | ||||||||||||
| Ozalid of full score with annotations | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 24/3 | Before the Butterfly, 1978 | ||||||||||||
| Printed full score | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 20/3 | A Desert Flowers, 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Printed full score | |||||||||||||
| BOX/FOLDER 24/4 | The Fluttering of Wings, 1981 | ||||||||||||
| Printed full score | |||||||||||||
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