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BOX 274-282; 315R Howard Stokar Papers on Charles Wuorinen, 1957-2022
Howard Stokar and Charles Wuorinen first met through their work with the San Francisco Symphony in the 1980s. Stokar later became Wuorinen’s manager and husband. Consequently, the bulk of the materials in this series date from the 1980s through the 2000s. These materials include program notes and biographical summaries that Stokar sent to ensembles performing Wuorinen’s music. Correspondence between Stokar and various companies and ensembles about topics such as concert scheduling and fees are present, as are contracts. This series also contains clippings, most of which are reviews of performances of Wuorinen’s music. Some of the clippings predate Stokar and Wuorinen’s acquaintance. Liner notes from recordings of Wuorinen’s music made in the 1990s and 2000s are also found here.
Some financial papers in this series are restricted until 2068.
Arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically therein.
BOX-FOLDER 274/2 American Composers Alliance, undated
BOX-FOLDER 274/3 BBC Radio 3's Year of British Music and Culture, 1994-1995
BOX-FOLDER 274/4-7 C. F. Peters correspondence, 1992-1996, 2000-2018
BOX-FOLDER 274/8 C. F. Peters newsletters, 1994-2001
BOX-FOLDER 274/9 C. F. Peters royalties, 2020
BOX-FOLDER 274/10-12 Clippings, 1983-1988 and undated
Clippings, works
BOX-FOLDER 275/1 A-B, 1976-2011
BOX-FOLDER 275/2 C, 1980-2005
BOX-FOLDER 275/3 D-Ge, 1981-2007
BOX-FOLDER 275/4 Go-L, 1983-2012
BOX-FOLDER 275/5 M-O, 1972-2015
BOX-FOLDER 275/6 P, 1976-2009
BOX-FOLDER 275/7 R, 1983-2007
BOX-FOLDER 275/8 Sa-Sp, 1981-2009
BOX-FOLDER 275/9 St-Sy, 1974-2008
BOX-FOLDER 275/10 T-W, 1979-2010
BOX-FOLDER 275/11-12 Commissioning prospects, 1989-1995
BOX-FOLDER 276/1 Contracts, 2007-2018
BOX-FOLDER 276/2 Copyright registrations, 2013-2014
BOX-FOLDER 276/3-12 Correspondence, 1989-1999
BOX-FOLDER 277/1 Correspondence, 2000-2022
BOX-FOLDER 277/2 Correspondence. Roth, Arnold, 1995-2011
BOX-FOLDER 277/3 Finnish Music Quarterly, 1989-1991
BOX-FOLDER 277/4 Glenn Gould Prize nomination, 1989
BOX-FOLDER 277/5 Group for Contemporary Music financial papers. Account register, 1987
BOX-FOLDER 277/6 Interviews, 1973-1996 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 277/7 Invoices, 1987, 2004, 2020
BOX-FOLDER 277/8 Koch International. Contracts, 1991-1993
BOX-FOLDER 277/9-10 Koch International. Correspondence, 1990-2003
BOX-FOLDER 277/11 Koch International. Royalty statements, 1993-2000
BOX-FOLDER 277/12 Liner notes by Wuorinen, 1962-1999
BOX-FOLDER 277/13 Music in Our Time, 1957
BOX-FOLDER 277/14 Musica Vera Publications, undated
BOX-FOLDER 277/15 Nederlands Omroepprogramma Stichting, 1989-1996
BOX-FOLDER 277/16 Opera commission ideas, 1992-1994
Celia, Genesis
BOX-FOLDER 278/1 Orchestra artist fee reports, 1987-1990
BOX-FOLDER 278/2 Permissions, 2004-2007
BOX-FOLDER 278/3 Playscripts by Neal Bell, 1993
BOX-FOLDER 278/4 Polikoff, Max, 1959-1960
BOX-FOLDER 278/5-6 Press, 1971-2005
BOX-FOLDER 278/7 Programs, 2009-2017
Recordings
BOX-FOLDER 278/8 Fast Fantasy, Wuorinen/Sherry (2004), 2001-2004
BOX-FOLDER 278/9 Fortune; TASHI; Violin Variations; Cello Variations II; Album Leaf (1994), 1993-1994
BOX-FOLDER 278/10-11 Genesis; Mass (1995), 1994-1996
BOX-FOLDER 278/12 Group for Contemporary Music. Caltabiano: "A Red Shirt" (2002), 2002
BOX-FOLDER 278/13 Group for Contemporary Music: Eric Moe: Sonnets to Orpheus and Siren Songs (2001), 2001-2003
BOX-FOLDER 279/1 Group for Contemporary Music: Jacob Druckman: String Quartets nos. 2 and 3; Reflections on the Nature of Water; Dark Wind (1998), 1994-1998
BOX-FOLDER 279/2 Group for Contemporary Music: Martino: From the Other Side; Quodlibets II; Notturno (1994), 1992-1994
BOX-FOLDER 279/3 Group for Contemporary Music: Sessions: String Quartet; Canons; Six Pieces for Cello; First String Quartet (1993), 1991-1993
BOX-FOLDER 279/4 Group for Contemporary Music: String Quartets, volume 1 (1992), 1991-1992
BOX-FOLDER 279/5 Group for Contemporary Music. Wayne Peterson: Peregrinations (2003), 2001-2003
BOX-FOLDER 279/6 Guitar Variations, 1995
BOX-FOLDER 279/7 The Golden Dance, undated
BOX-FOLDER 279/8 The Haroun Songbook (2002), 2002
BOX-FOLDER 279/9 Moe: The Waltz Project Revisited: New Waltzes for Piano (2004), 2004
BOX-FOLDER 279/10 On Alligators (live), 2014
BOX-FOLDER 279/11 Piano Quintet; Lightenings viii; The Mission of Virgil; Percussion Quartet (1998), 1996-1998
BOX-FOLDER 279/12 Trios, 1981-1985 (1993), 1991-1993
BOX-FOLDER 279/13 A Winter's Tale; String Sextet; New York Notes (1994), 1991-1994
BOX-FOLDER 279/14 A Winter's Tale, piano version; Music and Arts, 1994-1995
BOX-FOLDER 279/15 Contracts, rights, 2001-2005
BOX-FOLDER 280/1 Contracts. Naxos, Group for Contemporary Music, 2003-2010
BOX-FOLDER 280/2 Correspondence, 1967-2008
BOX-FOLDER 280/3-4 Reviews, 1973-2012
BOX-FOLDER 280/5 Simple Composition, 1980-1992
BOX-FOLDER 280/6 Software. Passport; Sibelius, 1995, 2014
BOX-FOLDER 280/7 Tax forms, 1982-2013
BOX-FOLDER 280/8 Tickets, 2004-2018
Works
BOX-FOLDER 280/9 Astra, 1989-1991
BOX-FOLDER 280/10-11 Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra, 1991-1995
BOX-FOLDER 280/12 Delight of the Muses, 1990-1992
BOX-FOLDER 280/13 Fourth String Quartet, 1999
BOX-FOLDER 280/14-15 Genesis (Consortium), 1989-1994
BOX-FOLDER 281/1 Gilgamesh (McGegan collaboration), 1995-1996
BOX-FOLDER 281/2 The Great Procession (chamber version), 1994-1996
BOX-FOLDER 281/3 Guitar Concerto, 1995
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
BOX-FOLDER 281/4-5 Commission and contracts, 1995-1998
BOX-FOLDER 281/6 Correspondence, general, 1995-1999
BOX-FOLDER 281/7 Correspondence, publicity, 1997-2000
BOX-FOLDER 281/8 Budget and financial papers, 1996-2000
BOX-FOLDER 281/9 BOX-FOLDER 315R/4 Financial papers, 1997 (Restricted)
Note: Materials restricted until 2068
BOX-FOLDER 281/10-12 Libretto, Act I, 1997 and undated
Drafts and photocopies
BOX-FOLDER 282/1 Microsymphony, 1989-1993
BOX-FOLDER 282/2 Missa Renovata, 1992
BOX-FOLDER 282/3 The Mission of Virgil, 1992-1994
BOX-FOLDER 282/4 Percussion Quartet, 1992-1995
BOX-FOLDER 282/5 Piano Quintet, 1991-1995
BOX-FOLDER 282/6 Symphony Seven, 1994-2003
BOX-FOLDER 282/7-8 A Winter's Tale, 1990-1993
BOX-FOLDER 282/9-10 Works and Process at the Guggenheim, 1999-2007
BOX-FOLDER 282/11 Wuorinen, Charles - Miscellany, 1970-2013
BOX 283-286 Writings, 1960s-2019
This series consists of writings by and about Wuorinen, primarily articles, concert reviews, opinion pieces, and interviews.
Organized in two subseries.
BOX 283-285 Writings by Wuorinen, 1961-2000
Writings by Charles Wuorinen include his New York Times articles about the state of contemporary music and music in academia. Researchers should consult the Clippings series for additional newspaper articles. This subseries also contains Wuorinen’s articles for peer-reviewed journals, primarily Perspectives of New Music and Notes, the journal of the Music Library Association. While the articles are primarily about twentieth-century composers and twelve-tone composition, they also include book reviews authored by Wuorinen, as well as his edited drafts of his papers about twentieth-century composers and classical music at conferences and symposia. Information about the date and location of a conference or symposium was included when available. An important group of materials in this subseries is the correspondence, design proofs, and manuscripts drafts of his textbook Simple Composition (1979).
Arranged alphabetically by publication type and chronologically therein.
Articles
BOX-FOLDER 283/1-3 1962-1966
BOX-FOLDER 283/4-5 1969-1974
BOX-FOLDER 283/6 1976-2000
Book. Simple Composition
BOX-FOLDER 283/7 Correspondence; design proofs, 1976-1978, 1987
BOX-FOLDER 283/8 Manuscript with holograph annotations, 1976-1977
BOX-FOLDER 284/1-2 Typescript and holograph manuscript, 1977
BOX-FOLDER 284/3 Further reading and examples drafts, circa 1977
BOX-FOLDER 284/4 Manuscript with annotations, circa 1976-1977
Book chapters
BOX-FOLDER 284/5 Proposals, 1969, 1986
BOX-FOLDER 284/6 Liner notes. Nonesuch, 1970s
Magazine articles
BOX-FOLDER 284/7 1977 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 284/8 Miscellany, 1981
BOX-FOLDER 284/9 Newspaper articles, 1967-1972
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