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Biographical Materials, 1954-2016 (continued)
BOX 133 Grammy Awards (2), 2004
BOX-FOLDER 55/11, 128/1 Harvard University Centennial Medalist, 2004
BOX-FOLDER 55/12 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Musical Composition, Northwestern University, 2004
BOX 135 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Musical Composition, Northwestern University, 2004
BOX-FOLDER 91/2 San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 2004
BOX 133 Contemporary Music Award, 2005
BOX-FOLDER 128/2 Cultural Leadership Citation, Yale University, 2007
BOX 135 Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal in Nonfiction, 2008
BOX-FOLDER 55/13 Northwestern University Honorary Doctorate, 2008
BOX 135 Distinguished Achievement Award, Opera News, 2008
BOX-FOLDER 91/3 Honorary Doctorate, Duquesne University, 2009
BOX-FOLDER 55/14, 128/3 Juilliard School, 2011
BOX-FOLDER 55/15 Harvard University Honorary Doctorate, 2012
BOX-FOLDER 55/16 The Association for Promotion of Study of Latin, undated
BOX-FOLDER 55/17-20 Biographies, 1992-1995 and undated
BOX 133 Carnegie Hall: Three Great Stages One Great Hall, 2003
Commemorative plexicube
BOX-FOLDER 55/21 Concert performance lists, 1989-1997
BOX-FOLDER 55/22 to 56/8 Datebooks, 1979-2001
BOX-FOLDER 91/4 Diploma: Bachelor of Arts in Music, Magna cum Laude, Harvard University, 1969
BOX-FOLDER 91/5 Diploma: Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1972
Family
BOX-FOLDER 56/9 Emily Adams birth announcement, 1984
BOX-FOLDER 56/10 Rosa cremation certificate, 1990
BOX-FOLDER 56/11 Jim Irwin, Sr., "Young Man with a Horn," undated
Interviews
American Music Series
BOX-FOLDER 56/12 Marshall, Ingram, 1999
BOX-FOLDER 56/13-14 Perlis, Vivian, 1983, 1997
BOX-FOLDER 56/15 Plush, Vincent, 1983
BBC
BOX-FOLDER 56/16-17 Radio 3 - Porter, Andrew, 1988
BOX-FOLDER 56/18 Radio 4, Kaleidoscope - Steyn, Mark, 1988
BOX-FOLDER 56/19 World Service, Music Now - Palmer, Bernard, 1988
BOX-FOLDER 56/20 Kühnen, Wolfgang, 1997
BOX-FOLDER 56/21 Spindler, Wolfgang, 1993
Strickland, Edward
BOX-FOLDER 56/22 American Composers: Dialogues on Contemporary Music, 1990
BOX-FOLDER 56/23 "From Richard Nixon to Walt Whitman": An Interview with John Adams (Fanfare Magazine), 1990
BOX-FOLDER 56/24 Ueno, Ken, undated
BOX-FOLDER 57/1 Journals, 1976-1977 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 57/2 Language study notebooks: French, undated
BOX-FOLDER 57/3 Language study notebooks: German, 1979, 1992 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 57/4 Passports, 1987-2007
BOX-FOLDER 69/10 Peace Corps application instruction, 1967-1968
BOX-FOLDER 57/5 Report cards: Concord Union School District, 1954-1956
BOX-FOLDER 57/6 Report card: Concord High School, 1962-1963
BOX-FOLDER 128/4 "Ripple the Sky," by Jacob Cooper, 2016
Inscribed first page of score
Note: Adams was the conductor for the world premiere of this work
BOX-FOLDER 57/7 Robert Frost Club, undated
BOX-FOLDER 57/8 Schoolwork: A Century of Nationalism, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 57/9 Technical manuals and instructions, 1989, 1994, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 57/10 Tributes, undated
BOX-FOLDER 91/6-10, 128/5-9 Wall calendars, 1981-1996
Writings by John Adams
BOX-FOLDER 57/11 "Adams über seine Musik," Oper Frankfurt program, 1993
BOX-FOLDER 57/12 California Governor's Awards in the Arts acceptance speech, undated
BOX-FOLDER 57/13 David Huntley, undated
BOX-FOLDER 57/14 "Elliott Carter, 1908-2012," The Amphion Foundation, 2013
BOX-FOLDER 57/15 "Goldberg Variations," New European Strings Chamber Orchestra, 1995
BOX-FOLDER 57/16 Grawemeyer Award lecture, 1995
BOX-FOLDER 57/17 Introductory essay, Midwest Trust Center Orchestra Residence book, undated
BOX-FOLDER 57/18 Ives: The Amount to Carry, undated
BOX-FOLDER 57/19 "John Adams Sends Philip Glass Packing," California Magazine, 1986
BOX-FOLDER 57/20 Journal entries, 1987-1994
BOX-FOLDER 57/21 Leon Kirchner, 1985
BOX-FOLDER 57/22-24 "The Making of American Music," BBC, 1990 and undated
Alternate title: "Singing the Body Electric"
BOX-FOLDER 57/25 "New Music: A Legacy Fulfilled," The San Francisco Conservatory of Music Newsletter, vol. 2, no. 1, undated
BOX-FOLDER 57/26 Program and liner notes, undated
Writings by Others
BOX-FOLDER 57/27 Antonsen, Rachel and Preben Pickard. Dog Days and Olive Branches, Poems and Prose. Berkeley, California, 1999
BOX-FOLDER 57/28 Antonsen, Rachel and Preben Pickard. Hyggellige 1 Danmark. Berkeley, California, 2000
BOX-FOLDER 57/29 Betz, Madelyn L. "The Story of Isaiah in John Adams's 'El Niño,'" Episcopal Divinity School, 2008
BOX-FOLDER 58/1 Cahill, Sara. "Adams, John (Coolidge)." The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Edited by Stanley Sadie. New York: Grove, 2001
BOX-FOLDER 58/2 Colvig, William. "An American Gamelan," undated
BOX-FOLDER 58/10 Commissioning Music. Meet the Composer, Inc., 1984
BOX-FOLDER 58/3 Coppola, Francis Ford. "Megalopolis." Unpublished manuscript, 2001
Typescript
Includes: Correspondence from Coppola
BOX-FOLDER 58/4 Cott, Jonathan. "The Desert Music: Steve Reich in Conversation with Jonathan Cott." Writings About Music, 1965-2000. Edited by Paul Hillier. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004
BOX-FOLDER 69/11 Dresher, Robin Kirck. Diary. Unpublished manuscript, 1993-1999
BOX-FOLDER 58/5 Duplay, Mathieu. "I See Water and Buildings: Motif et Devenir dans On the Transmigration of Souls de John Adams." Motifs, motifs: Linguistique, littérature, philosophie, no. 23, 2005
BOX-FOLDER 58/6 Harrison, Lou. Instruction Manual: The Colvig-Harrison Monochord, undated
BOX-FOLDER 58/7 Johnson, Dennis. Unpublished manuscript, undated
BOX-FOLDER 58/8 Jordan, June. "Lebanon," 1996
Typescript
BOX-FOLDER 58/9 McClure, Michael. "Coyote in Chains (Prometheus Board)." Unpublished manuscript, 2012
Typescript
Includes: Correspondence from McClure
BOX-FOLDER 58/11 Rathbone, Christopher. "Nixon in China - An Opera by John Adams." Edinburgh Review, vol. 84, 1984
Note: Inscribed to John Adams
BOX-FOLDER 58/12 Sellars, Peter. The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez. Unpublished manuscript, 1988
Typescript
BOX-FOLDER 69/12 Unidentified. "A Confession." Unpublished manuscript, 2001
BOX-FOLDER 69/13 Unidentified. "Huey P. Newton and the Black Panther Party," undated
BOX-FOLDER 69/14 Unidentified. "Parody outline (Time Line - Julius)," undated
BOX-FOLDER 58/13 Unidentified. Program notes, undated
BOX 58-64, 129, 131 MAPCASE FOLDER 1, 4 Programs and Promotional Material, 1964-2017
This series documents performances of Adams’s compositions and his appearances as conductor and/or performer. Promotional materials include flyers, mailings, and posters.
Organized as two subseries.
BOX 58-60, 129, 131 Stage Works, 1983-2017
This subseries contains programs and promotional material for Adams's large-scale stage works.
Arranged alphabetically by work title.
BOX-FOLDER 58/14 Available Light, 1983
BOX-FOLDER 58/15-16, 131/2 The Death of Klinghoffer, 1990-2005, 2012, 2014
BOX-FOLDER 59/1-2 Doctor Atomic, 2005-2008, 2014, 2017
BOX-FOLDER 59/3 A Flowering Tree, 2006, 2014
BOX-FOLDER 59/4 Girls of the Golden West, 2017
BOX-FOLDER 59/5 I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, 1995, 1998
BOX-FOLDER 59/6 El Niño, 2000-2003
BOX-FOLDER 59/7 to 60/2, 129/1 Nixon in China, 1987-1992, 2011-2012
MAPCASE FOLDER 1 Nixon in China, 1987
MAPCASE FOLDER 4 Nixon in China: Nonesuch recording, 1988
Poster
BOX 60-64, 131 Concerts and Other Events, 1964-2015
This subseries contains programs and promotional material for performances of Adams's non-stage works.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 60/3-10, 131/3 1964, 1972, 1977-1991
Note: Box 60, Folder 4 includes correspondence from Sarah Cahill
BOX 61 1992-1998
BOX 62 1999-2006
BOX 63 2007-2013
BOX-FOLDER 64/1-3 2014-2015 and undated
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