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Donald Erb Music Collection: Inventory Lists (Special Collections)

Donald Erb Papers

Box 1

Call Number: Donald Erb papers. Box 1

Series 1. Writings on orchestral works, alphabetical

  • Folder 1. Autumnmusic. 12 writings
  • Folder 2. Chamber concerto. 6 writings
  • Folder 3. Christmas Music. 12 writings
  • Folder 4. Concerto for brass. 30 writings
  • Folder 5. Concerto for clarinet. 16 writings
  • Folder 6. Concerto for contrabassoon. 14 writings
  • Folder 7. Concerto for keyboards. 10 writings
  • Folder 8. Concerto for orchestra. 11 writings
  • Folder 9. Concerto for solo percussionist. 40 writings
  • Folder 10. Concerto for trombone (1). 21 writings
  • Folder 11. Concerto for trombone (2). 32 writings
  • Folder 12. Concerto for trumpet. 9 writings
  • Folder 13. Concerto for violin. 7 writings
  • Folder 14. Concerto for violoncello. 33 writings
  • Folder 15. The dreamtime. 7 writings
  • Folder 16. Elegy. 3 writings
  • Folder 17. Evensong. 19 writings
  • Folder 18. Klangfarbenfunk I. 11 writings
  • Folder 19. Music for a festive occasion. 25 writings
  • Folder 20. New England’s prospects. 48 writings; 1 CD
  • Folder 21. Prismatic variations. 35 writings
  • Folder 22. Ritual observances. 15 writings
  • Folder 23. The seventh trumpet. 61 writings
  • Folder 24. Solstice. 20 writings
  • Folder 25. Sonneries. 13 writings

 

Box 2

Call Number: Donald Erb papers. Box 2

Series 1. Writings on orchestral works, alphabetical (Continued)

  • Folder 1. Symphony of overtures. 40 writings
  • Folder 2. The treasures of the snow. 17 writings

Series 2. Writings on other works, chronological (1950-2014)

  • Folder 3. 1950-1960. 29 writings
  • Folder 4. 1961-1963. 17 writings
  • Folder 5. 1962-1963. 22 writings
  • Folder 6. 1964. 10 writings
  • Folder 7. 1965. 27 writings
  • Folder 8. 1966. 26 writings
  • Folder 9. 1967. 33 writings
  • Folder 10. 1968. 21 writings
  • Folder 11. 1968-1969. 19 writings
  • Folder 12. 1969. 22 writings
  • Folder 13. 1970. 33 writings
  • Folder 14. 1971. 34 writings
  • Folder 15. 1972. 30 writings
  • Folder 16. 1973. 33 writings
  • Folder 17. 1974. 20 writings
  • Folder 18. 1975. 12 writings
  • Folder 19. 1976. 23 writings
  • Folder 20. 1977. 18 writings
  • Folder 21. 1978. 15 writings
  • Folder 22. 1979. 14 writings
  • Folder 23. 1980. 30 writings
  • Folder 24. 1981. 26 writings
  • Folder 25. 1982. 29 writings
  • Folder 26. 1983. 28 writings
  • Folder 27. 1984. 24 writings
  • Folder 28. 1985. 10 writings

 

Box 3

Call Number: Donald Erb papers. Box 3.

Series 2. Writings on other works, chronological (1950-2014) (continued)

  • Folder 1. 1986. 13 writings
  • Folder 2. 1987. 31 writings
  • Folder 3. 1988. 22 writings
  • Folder 4. 1989. 25 writings
  • Folder 5. 1990. 47 writings
  • Folder 6. 1991. 31 writings
  • Folder 7. 1992. 20 writings
  • Folder 8. 1993. 26 writings
  • Folder 9. 1994. 36 writings
  • Folder 10. 1995. 38 writings
  • Folder 11. 1996. 30 writings
  • Folder 12. 1997. 22 writings
  • Folder 13. 1998. 38 writings
  • Folder 14. 1999. 33 writings
  • Folder 15. 2000. 14 writings
  • Folder 16. 2001. 22 writings
  • Folder 17. 2002. 3 writings
  • Folder 18. 2003. 7 writings
  • Folder 19. 2004-2006. 20 writings
  • Folder 20. 2007-2014. 16 writings

 

Box 4

Call Number: Donald Erb papers. Box 4

Series 3. Personal papers

  • Folder 1. Articles on Erb/Interviews. 19 writings
  • Folder 2. Bibliography. 1 writing
  • Folder 3. Bios.  8 writings
  • Folder 4. Curricula vitae. 2 writings
  • Folder 5. Discography. 2 writings
  • Folder 6. Encyclopedia Britannica. 1 writing
  • Folder 7. Fanfare article / James North. 1 writing
  • Folder 8. Global currents series: McBride lectures. 1 writing
  • Folder 9. Henry Ford copies. 2 writings
  • Folder 10. Honors. 1 writing
  • Folder 11. List of works. 2 writings
  • Folder 12. Orchestral performances. 2 writings
  • Folder 13. Papers about works. 3 writings
  • Folder 14. Positions held. 1 writing
  • Folder 15. Program notes. 98 writings
  • Folder 16. Yale oral history 1983. 1 writing
  • Folder 17. Dissertation. Donald Erb’s Concerto for brass and orchestra / Gary Douglas Wright. 1 writing (1, ii, 83 leaves)
  • Folder 18. Dissertation. Performing the trumpet works of Donald Erb / David Spencer. 1 writing. (1, xiii, 94 leaves)
  • Folder 19. Dissertation. The solo concertos for multiple percussion and orchestra by Donald Erb and Robert Suderburg / Reginald Klopfenstein. 1 writing. (vii, 109 leaves)
  • Folder 20. Thesis. An analysis of the wind and jazz ensemble music of Donald Erb / William Michael Parkinson. 1 writing (vii, 207 leaves)
  • Folder 21. Thesis. Theoretical and stylistic analyses of eight compositions for solo trumpet and percussion / Christine Dolce. 1 writing (2, iv, 101 leaves)
  • Folder 22. Article on Nightmusic II (in The Piano Quarterly, no. 107 (Fall 1979). 1 writing
  • Folder 23. Catalogs of works from Merion Music, Inc., 1972-1996. 6 total
  • Folder 24. Photos. 10 total

 

Box 5

Call Number: Donald Erb papers. Box 5

Series 4. Scores and parts

  • Folder 1. Concert piece. Score
  • Folder 2. Concert piece. Parts (1 complete set, 1 incomplete set)
  • Folder 3. Concertos. Parts (clarinet; contrabassoon; trombone)
  • Folder 4. The devil’s quick step. Score
  • Folder 5. The devil’s quick step. Parts (2 copies)
  • Folder 6. Hexagon. Score and parts (2 copies)
  • Folder 7. Views of space and time. Score
  • Folder 8. Views of space and time. Parts (2 copies)

 

Box 6

Call Number: Donald Erb papers. Box 6

Series 4. Scores and parts (continued)

  • Folder 1. Three songs. Biographical insert; Scores (27 copies)
  • Folder 2. Reconnaissance. Score (Movement I-III; V)
  • Folder 3. Reconnaissance. Parts (Movement I-III; V)
  • Folder 4. Reconnaissance. Score and parts (Movement IV for Nonesuch)
  • Folder 5. Chamber music I (1950s). 4 works (Piano works: Waltz (8/18/1950), Scherzo (1/19/1951), Rondo (4/1951), Allegro (3/1950))
  • Folder 6. Chamber music II (1950s). 4 works (Piano works: Invention (6/1950), Minuet and trio (12/15/1950), Invention in tetrachords (7/1950); 3 dances for violin and piano (1952))
  • Folder 7. Kyrie. Scores (12 copies)

Series 5. LP, Music for instruments & electronic sounds

  • Folder 8. LP, Music for instruments & electronic sounds

 

Box 7

Call Number: Donald Erb papers. Box 7

Series 6. Personal Papers II

  • Folder 1. A. 26 writings
  • Folder 2. AMC. 29 writings
  • Folder 3. Am. Acad. In Rome. 6 writings
  • Folder 4. Atlantic Center for the Arts. 19 writings
  • Folder 5. Audubon Qt. 7 writings
  • Folder 6. B. 65 writings
  • Folder 7. Babin, Victor. 17 writings
  • Folder 8. Bellagio 1980 + 1989. 8 writings
  • Folder 9. Bennington. 5 writings
  • Folder 10. Brown, William. 10 writings
  • Folder 11. C. 35 writings
  • Folder 12. CIM. 33 writings
  • Folder 13. D. 10 writings
  • Folder 14. Dempster 23 writings
  • Folder 15. Marcel Dick. 21 writings
  • Folder 16. E. 8 writings
  • Folder 17. Encyclopedia Brittannica. 7 writings
  • Folder 18. F. 20 writings
  • Folder 19. Fan Letters Sample. 33 writings
  • Folder 20. Fanfare (Jim North). 9 writings
  • Folder 21. Ford Foundation. 8 writings
  • Folder 22. Fromm Foundation. 20 writings
  • Folder 23. G. 35 writings
  • Folder 24. Grand Rapids. 3 writings
  • Folder 25. H. 62 writings
  • Folder 26. Hall. 11 writings
  • Folder 27. Re: Helsinki recordings which did not take place. 33 writings
  • Folder 28. Hernandez, Arthur. 1 writing
  • Folder 29. (The) Hollow Men. 3 writings
  • Folder 30. HUSA. 9 writings
  • Folder 31. I. 12 writings
  • Folder 32. Indiana University. 25 writings
  • Folder 33. J. 8 writings
  • Folder 34. K. 28 writings
  • Folder 35. Koch International. 1 writing
  • Folder 36. Kousseritzky. 9 writings
  • Folder 37. L. 40 writings
  • Folder 38. Lane, Louis. 4 writings
  • Folder 39. Leonarda. 16 writings
  • Folder 40. Mark Twain Society. 4 writings
  • Folder 41. M. 4 writings
  • Folder 42. MOOG. 5 writings
  • Folder 43. Multi Media. 18 writings
  • Folder 44. MusiGraphics. 15 writings
  • Folder 45. N. 16 writings
  • Folder 46. Nat’l Endowments. 19 writings
  • Folder 47. New World Records. 3 writings
  • Folder 48. New Zealand S.O. 27 writings
  • Folder 49. Nexus. 14 writings
  • Folder 50. Nonesuch. 7 writings
  • Folder 51. O. 11 writings
  • Folder 52. Ohioana. 8 writings
  • Folder 53. P. 16 writings
  • Folder 54. Presser Letters. 39 writings
  • Folder 55. Pulitzer. 6 writings
  • Folder 56. R. 12 writings
  • Folder 57. S. 51 writings
  • Folder 58. St. Louis – Slatkin. 34 writings
  • Folder 59. SM Univ. 18 writings
  • Folder 60. Spencer – D. 10 writings
  • Folder 61. Student Letters Sample. 17 writings
  • Folder 62. Turetzky. 6 writings
  • Folder 63. V – W. 33 writings

Series 7. Donald Erb celebration, April-May 2017

  • Folder 64. Celebration materials. 2 programs, 3 fliers, 1 speech

Donald Erb Scores

Chamber Music

Box 1

Call Number: Donald Erb scores. Chamber music. Box 1

  • Folder 1. 4 for percussion. Score
  • Folder 2. …and then, towards the end… Score
  • Folder 3. Andante. Score
  • Folder 4. Antipodes. Score and parts
  • Folder 5. Aura II. Score
  • Folder 6. Bass piece. Score
  • Folder 7. Celebration fanfare. Score and parts
  • Folder 8. Children’s song. Score
  • Folder 9. Correlations. Score
  • Folder 10. Five red hot duets. Score
  • Folder 11. Four timbre pieces. Score
  • Folder 12. In no strange land. Score
  • Folder 13. Music for brass choir. Score

 

Box 2

Call Number: Donald Erb scores. Chamber music. Box 2

  • Folder 1. Music for violin and piano. Parts
  • Folder 2. Music for violin and piano. Score
  • Folder 3. Nebbiolina. Score
  • Folder 4. Phantasma. Score
  • Folder 5. Sonneries for brass choir. Score and parts
  • Folder 6. String quartet #1. Score and parts

 

Box 3

Call Number: Donald Erb scores. Chamber music. Box 3

  • Folder 1. Three poems for violin and piano. Score and parts
  • Folder 2. Towers of silence. Parts
  • Folder 3. Trio. Score and percussion parts
  • Folder 4. Trio for two. Score
  • Folder 5. VII miscellaneous. Score (2 copies)
  • Folder 6. The watchman fantasy. Score
  • Folder 7. Z milosci do Warszawy. Score and parts
  • Folder 8. Three songs. Score (2 copies)
     

Box 4

Call Number: Donald Erb scores. Chamber music. Box 4

  • Folder 1. ...and then, towards the  end... 1974 edition with tape. Score and CD (shelved separately as: CD 9566)
  • Folder 2. Z milosci do Warszawy. 1971 edition with annotations. Score and parts
  • Folder 3. Hexagon. Score and parts (2 copies)
     

Large Ensemble

Box 1

Call Number: Donald Erb scores. Large ensemble. Box 1

  • Folder 1. Autumnmusic. Score
  • Folder 2. Bakersfield pieces. Score
  • Folder 3. Cenotaph. Score
  • Folder 4. The dreamtime. Score
  • Folder 5. Prismatic variations. Score

 

Box 2

Call Number: Donald Erb scores. Large ensemble. Box 2

  • Folder 1. Ritual observances. Score
  • Folder 2. Seventh trumpet.  Score
  • Folder 3. Solstice. Score
  • Folder 4. Sonneries for orchestra. Score
  • Folder 5. Symphony for winds. Score
  • Folder 6. Stargazing. Score (proof)
  • Folder 7. Stargazing. Score (photocopy)

 

Solo with Ensemble

Box 1

Call Number: Donald Erb scores. Solo with ensemble. Box 1

  • Folder 1. Chamber concerto. Score and condensed score
  • Folder 2. Concertante for harpsichord and string orchestra. Score
  • Folder 3. Concerto for clarinet and orchestra. Score
  • Folder 4. Concerto for contrabassoon and orchestra. Score
  • Folder 5. Concerto for orchestra. Score

 

Box 2

Call Number: Donald Erb scores. Solo with ensemble. Box 2

  • Folder 1. Concerto for percussion. Score
  • Folder 2. Concerto for trombone and orchestra. Score
  • Folder 3. Concerto for trumpet and orchestra. Score
  • Folder 4. Concerto for violoncello and orchestra. Score
  • Folder 5. Cummings cycle. Score
  • Folder 6. Fallout. Score (photocopy)
  • Folder 7. Honor, honor. Score
  • Folder 8. Fallout. Score (proof)