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Music, 1925-2017 (continued)
Music by Adams, 1961-2017 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 25/7 Scheherazade.2, 2015
Correspondence with Leila Josefowicz
BOX-FOLDER 123/7 The Scherzo Channels, undated
Holograph score for orchestra (unfinished)
BOX-FOLDER 123/8 Scratchband, 1996
Holograph score for amplified ensemble
BOX-FOLDER 123/9 Scratchband, 1996
Holograph score for amplified ensemble (revised)
BOX-FOLDER 25/8 to 26/2 Scratchband, 1996
Computer printout draft scores with annotations; errata sheets; correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 123/10 Scratchband, 1996
Printed score with annotations for conducting
BOX-FOLDER 88/10 Scratchband, 1996
Holograph percussion parts
BOX-FOLDER 124/5 Second Quartet, 2015
Holograph manuscript score for string quartet
BOX-FOLDER 26/4 Second Quartet, 2015
Computer printout draft scores with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 26/3, 124/6 Second Quartet, 2015
Two printed scores with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 26/5 Second Quartet, 2015
Photocopies of Beethoven and Diabelli string quartet score excerpts with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 125/1 Shaker Loops, 1983
Onionskin of holograph score for string orchestra
BOX-FOLDER 88/11 Shaker Loops, 1983
Holograph draft manuscript for string orchestra
BOX-FOLDER 125/2 Shaker Loops, 1983
Printed score with annotations for conducting
BOX-FOLDER 125/3 Short Ride in a Fast Machine (Great Woods Fanfare), 1986
Holograph manuscript score for orchestra
BOX-FOLDER 130/5 Short Ride in a Fast Machine (Great Woods Fanfare), 1986
Photocopy of printed score with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 89/1 Short Ride in a Fast Machine (Great Woods Fanfare), 1986
Sketches
BOX-FOLDER 125/4-5 Slonimsky's Earbox, 1996
Holograph manuscript score for orchestra
BOX-FOLDER 125/6 Slonimsky's Earbox, 1996
Printed score with annotations for conducting
BOX-FOLDER 125/7 Slonimsky's Earbox, 1996
Printed full score
BOX-FOLDER 26/6 Slonimsky's Earbox, 1996
Errata sheets
BOX-FOLDER 126/1-3 Son of Chamber Symphony, 2007
Holograph manuscript score for orchestra
BOX-FOLDER 26/7-9 Son of Chamber Symphony, 2007
Computer printout draft scores with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 89/2 Sonata for Unaccompanied Bassoon, 1963
Holograph score for bassoon
BOX-FOLDER 126/4 Tromba Lontana, 1986
Holograph manuscript score for orchestra
BOX-FOLDER 126/5-7 Violin Concerto, 1994
Holograph manuscript score for violin and orchestra
BOX-FOLDER 89/4 Violin Concerto, 1994
Holograph manuscript score for violin
BOX-FOLDER 26/10-12 Violin Concerto, 1994
Computer printout draft scores with annotations; errata sheets
BOX-FOLDER 126/8 Violin Concerto, 1994
Printed full score
BOX-FOLDER 89/5 Violin Concerto, 1994
Printed score for violin with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 89/3 Violin Concerto, 1994
Sketches and photocopies with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 26/13 Violin Concerto, 1994
Patch list
BOX-FOLDER 89/6 Wavemaker, 1975
Holograph manuscript score for instrumental ensemble, voices, tape, and live electronics
BOX-FOLDER 89/8 Wavemaker, 1975
Privately printed score for instrumental ensemble, voices, tape, and live electronics
BOX-FOLDER 89/7 Wavemaker, 1975
Sketches
BOX-FOLDER 127/1 Wavemaker, 1975
Schedules of discharging capacitators
BOX-FOLDER 70/9 Wavemaker, 1978
Invitation to premiere
BOX-FOLDER 127/2 The Wound-Dresser, 1989
Holograph full score for baritone and orchestra
BOX-FOLDER 127/3 The Wound-Dresser, 1989
Printed score with annotations for conducting
BOX-FOLDER 89/9 The Wound-Dresser, 1989
Holograph short score
BOX-FOLDER 89/10 The Wound-Dresser, 1989
Sketchbook
BOX-FOLDER 89/11 The Wound-Dresser, 1989
Sketches
BOX-FOLDER 89/12 The Wound-Dresser, 1989
Sketch
BOX-FOLDER 89/13 to 90/2, 127/4 Unidentified, undated
Sketches
BOX 26, 90, 127 Music by Others, 1925-1990s
This subseries primarily consists of works that Adams orchestrated, such as the three Piazzolla tangos, but also includes a small number of inscribed or collected scores by other composers.
Arranged alphabetically by composer and title therein.
Debussy, Claude
BOX-FOLDER 127/5-8 Le livre de Baudelaire, 1994
Orchestrated by Adams
Manuscript score for orchestra in the hand of Adams
Ellington, Duke
BOX-FOLDER 127/9 Cottontail, undated
Photocopy of score for big band with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 127/10 Don't Be That Way, undated
Photocopy of score for big band
BOX-FOLDER 90/3 Stomp, Look, and Listen, undated
Photocopy of lead sheet
Goodman, Benny
BOX-FOLDER 90/4 Let's Dance, undated
Photocopy of score for big band
Ives, Charles
BOX-FOLDER 127/11 The Circus Band, 1990s
Orchestrated by Adams
Manuscript score for baritone and orchestra in the hand of Adams
BOX-FOLDER 127/12 Five Songs, undated
Arranged by Adams
Printed score for chamber orchestra with annotations
Liszt, Franz
BOX-FOLDER 90/5 La Lugubre Gondola II, 1989
Orchestrated by Adams
Printed score for clarinet and string quartet
Miller, Glenn
BOX-FOLDER 127/13 Moonlight Serenade, undated
Printed score for big band with annotations
Multiple composers
BOX-FOLDER 127/14 Cahier pour John Adams, 1993
Printed score autographed by each composer
Piazzolla, Astor
BOX-FOLDER 127/15 La mufa, 1996
Orchestrated by Adams
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