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John Adams music manuscripts and papers, 1925-2017

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Biographical Materials, 1954-2016 (continued)
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 Unpublished manuscript, 2001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 Unpublished manuscript, 1993-1999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 Unpublished manuscript, undated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 Unpublished manuscript, 2012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 Unpublished manuscript, 1988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 Unpublished manuscript, 2001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
BOX 64-69, 91, 129 Clippings, 1960-2014
This series contains articles, concert announcements, reviews, and news about Adams’s career and accomplishments. It also includes documentation of historical events, some referenced by Adams in his compositions.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 64/4-16 1960, 1970s-1987
BOX 65 1987-1991
BOX 66 1991-1996
BOX 67 1996-2000
BOX 68 2000-2008
BOX-FOLDER 69/1-9 2008-2014 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 91/11-15 1991-1992, 2002-2005
BOX-FOLDER 129/2-5 1988, 2000-2003

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