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By Scott Schwartz
Collection Overview
Title: James W Beauchamp Harmonic Tone Generator and Papers, 1963-1966
ID: 12/5/69
Primary Creator: Beauchamp, James W. (1937-2022)
Extent: 5.25 cubic feet
Arrangement: Organized in one series - Series 1: Harmonic Tone Generator Components and Papers.
Date Acquired: 01/14/2015. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Acoustical Society of America, Acoustics, Alumni, Class Notes, Classroom Instruction, Computer Music, Computer Science, Dissertations, Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Department, Electronic Music, Faculty, Faculty Papers, Illiac Computers, Music, School of
Formats/Genres: Experimental Music, Papers
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The James W. Beauchamp Harmonic Tone Generator and Papers, 1963-1966 includes materials concerning Dr. James W. Beauchamp's research in acoustics, electronics, and music during his time at the University of Illinois. Includes the Harmonic Tone Generator, a voltage-controlled electronic music synthesizer, a bound copy of his dissertation, photographs, and professional publications.
Biographical Note
James Warren Beauchamp (1937-2022) was Professor Emeritus in both the School of Music and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois. Dr. Beauchamp received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Michigan, in 1960 and 1961 respectively. In 1965, he graduated from the University of Illinois with a PhD in electrical engineering. His dissertation was entitled Electronic Instrumentation for the Synthesis, Control, and Analysis of Harmonic Musical Tones. He worked closely with his mentor, chemist and composer Lejaren Hiller, during his PhD studies to create the Harmonic Tone Generator (HTG). The device was among the first voltage-controlled electronic music synthesizers. The HTG was used in a number of electronic music projects staged at the University of Illinois, including Salvatore Martirano's Underworld. He joined the electrical engineering faculty in 1965. Shortly after, he took a leave of absence which he spent working in Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He returned in 1969 to his joint appoitment in electrical engineering and music. During his tenure at Illinois, he served as director of the School of Music's Experimental Music Studios, during which time he headed the Hybrid Computer Project and the Computer Music Project. Dr. Beauchamp was a fellow of both the Audio Engineering Society and the Acoustical Society of America. He was also a visiting scholar at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics and a visiting researcher at the Institut de recherche et coordination in acoustique musique (IRCAM) in Paris.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Accruals:
Folder of news-clippings donated on 11/16/2017.
Acquisition Source:
James Beauchamp
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Related Materials:
For further information about other Lejaren Hiller sound recordings and personal papers please visit the University at Buffalo's Lejaren Hiller Papers. For more information please see https://research.lib.buffalo.edu/hiller.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Instruction, c. 1960s - 2010s],
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Series 2: Research and Publications, c. 1950s - 2020s],
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Series 3: Professional Service, c. 1970s - 2020s],
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Series 4: Administrative Records, c. 1960s - 2020s],
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Series 5: Personal Papers, c. 1950s - 2010s],
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Series 6: Harmonic Tone Generator Components and Papers, 1963-1966],
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- Series 1: Instruction, c. 1960s - 2010s
- Consists of courses taught by Beauchamp at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Organized into two subseries.
- Sub-Series 1: College of Engineering
- Arranged by course number, then chronologically by semester
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Advisees, Masters and Doctoral Student Records, 1996-1999
- Folder 2: Audio Tutorial Lessons and Notes (1 of 2), 2014
- Contains lesson plans, notes, and homework problems compiled by Beauchamp for an independent study mentee.
- Folder 3: Audio Tutorial Lessons and Notes (2 of 2), 2014
- Contains lesson plans, notes, and homework problems compiled by Beauchamp for an independent study mentee.
- Folder 4: ECE 210/211 Exams and Solutions, 2007-2010
- Folder 5: ECE 210/211 Notes, Roster, 2009-2010
- Includes a copy of 'Dr. Everitt's Neighborhood' an ECE curriculum guide created by the Eta Kappa Nu chapter at Illinois.
- Folder 6: ECE 210/211 Notes (1 of 3), Spring 2010
- Folder 7: ECE 210/211 Notes (2 of 3), Spring 2010
- Folder 8: ECE 210/211 Notes (3 of 3), Spring 2010
- Folder 9: ECE 302 Exams and Solutions (1 of 3), 1973-1994
- Folder 10: ECE 302 Exams and Solutions (2 of 3), 1973-1994
- Folder 11: ECE 302 Exams and Solutions (3 of 3), 1973-1994
- Folder 12: ECE 302 Lists of Casette Tape Examples, undated
- Folder 13: ECE 302 Rosters and Pictures, 1973-1992
- Folder 14: ECE 302 Course Outlines, Schedules, Bibliographies, c. 1976-1995
- Folder 15: ECE 302 Course Outlines and Roster, Fall 1985
- Folder 16: ECE 302 Course Outlines and Roster, Fall 1986
- Folder 17: ECE 302 Course Outlines and Roster, Fall 1987
- Folder 18: ECE 302 Notes, Fall 1988
- Includes student term paper proposals.
- Folder 19: ECE 302 Course Outlines and Roster, Fall 1989
- Folder 20: ECE 302 Course Outlines and Roster, Fall 1990
- Folder 21: ECE 302 Course Outlines and Roster, Fall 1991
- Folder 22: ECE 302 Course Outlines and Roster, Fall 1992
- Folder 23: ECE 302 Course Outline and Roster, Fall 1995
- Folder 24: ECE 302 Notes, Assignements, Exams, Fall 1996
- Folder 25: ECE 302 Notes, Assignments, Exams, Fall 1997
- Folder 26: ECE 303 Books and Articles, undated
- Folder 27: ECE 303 Notes and Journal Articles (1 of 3), 1936-1996
- Folder 28: ECE 303 Notes and Journal Articles (2 of 3), 1936-1996
- Folder 29: ECE 303 Notes and Journal Articles (3 of 3), 1936-1996
- Folder 30: ECE 303 Sound Localization Notes and Journal Articles (1 of 2), 1960-1983
- Folder 31: ECE 303 Sound Localization Notes and Journal Articles (2 of 2), 1960-1983
- Folder 32: ECE 303 Homework Assignments and Exams, 1974-1993
- Folder 33: ECE 303 Rosters and Pictures, 1974-1999
- Folder 34: ECE 303 Course Packet Notes (Part 2), 1991
- Folder 35: ECE 303 Course Outlines and Assignments (Kurt Hebel), Spring 1995
- Contains course overviews, homeowrk and exams from the Spring 1995 semester's ECE 303 class taught by Kurt J. Hebel.
- Folder 36: ECE 303 Course Packet Notes (Part 1), 1999-2000
- Folder 37: ECE 303 Course Packet Notes (Part 2), Spring 1999
- Folder 38: ECE 403 Course Packet Notes (Part 1), Spring 2007
- Folder 39: ECE 403 Course Packet Notes (Part 2), Spring 2007
- Folder 40: ECE 403 Course Packet Notes (Part 3), Spring 2007
- Box 3
- Folder 1: ECE 403 Lecture Syllabus and Problem Sets, Spring 2007
- Folder 2: ECE 403 Notes and Journal Articles (Part 1), Spring 2007
- Folder 3: ECE 403 Notes and Journal Articles (Part 2), Spring 2007
- Folder 4: ECE 403 Roster, Schedule and Notes, Spring 2007
- Folder 5: ECE 403 Notes, Spring 2014
- Folder 6: ECE 490 Notes, Fall 1987
- Folder 7: ECE 490 Notes, Fall 1988
- Folder 8: ECE 498 Notes, MUS 320 (Section F) Notes, Spring 1982
- Sub-Series 2: School of Music
- Arranged by course number, then chronologically by semester
- Box 3
- Folder 9: Articles on Computer Music, ca. 1985-1988
- Folder 10: Music and ECE Course Rosters, 1970-1997
- Folder 11: MUS 302 Exams and Solutions (1 of 2), 1970-1990
- Folder 12: MUS 302 Exams and Solutions (2 of 2), 1970-1990
- Folder 13: MUS 302 Handout Notes, ca. 1974-1994
- Folder 14: MUS 302 Handwritten Notes, 1970-1984
- Folder 15: MUS 302 Homework and Solutions (1 of 2), 1970-1985
- Folder 16: MUS 302 Homework and Solutions (2 of 2), 1970-1985
- Folder 17: MUS 302 Rosters and Photos, 1970-1997
- Folder 18: MUS 302 Course Outlines, Schedules and Bibliography, 1977-1995
- Folder 19: MUS 302 Notes, Fall 1984, 1982-1984
- Folder 20: MUS 302 Notes, Spring 1985, 1977-1985
- Folder 21: MUS 302 Notes, Spring 1986
- Folder 22: MUS 302 Course Articles (Kinko's Copies), 1987
- Contains printed articles on percussion and string acoustics for MUS 302 by Kinko's Copies (Professor Publishing).
- Folder 23: MUS 302 Notes, Spring 1987, 1985-1987
- Folder 24: MUS 302 Notes, Spring 1989
- Folder 25: MUS 302 Notes, Spring 1990
- Folder 26: MUS 302 Notes, Spring 1991
- Folder 27: MUS 302 Notes, Spring 1992
- Folder 28: MUS 302 Course Notes and Handouts, 1993-2012
- Folder 29: MUS 302 Notes, Spring 1993
- Folder 30: MUS 302 Notes, Spring 1994
- Folder 31: MUS 302 Notes, Spring 1996
- Folder 32: MUS 302 Lesson Notes and Handouts (1 of 2), 1997
- Includes written notes, annotations, and diagrams for MUS 302 lessons.
- Folder 33: MUS 302 Lesson Notes and Handouts (2 of 2), 1997
- Includes written notes, annotations, and diagrams for MUS 302 lessons.
- Folder 34: MUS 302 Notes, Spring 1997
- Folder 35: MUS 304 Notes, Summer 1970
- Folder 36: MUS 309, MUS 320, MUS 448 - Rosters, 1970-1998
- Box 4
- Folder 1: MUS 320 (Section G) Notes, Spring 1983
- Folder 2: MUS 320 (Section JWB) Notes, Spring 1985
- Folder 3: MUS 320 (Section D) Notes, Spring 1986
- Folder 4: MUS 320 (Section D) Notes, Spring 1987
- Folder 5: MUS 320 (Section F) Notes, Summer 1987
- Folder 6: MUS 320 (Section F) Notes, Fall 1988
- Folder 7: MUS 320 (Section G), Notes, Spring 1989
- Folder 8: MUS 320 (Section F and Section I) Notes, Fall 1989 and Spring 1990
- Folder 9: MUS 320 (Section C) Notes, Fall 1990
- Folder 10: MUS 320 (Section E) Notes, Spring 1991
- Folder 11: MUS 320 (Section E) Notes, Spring 1992
- Folder 12: MUS 320 (Section E) Notes, Spring 1993
- Folder 13: MUS 320/448 Projects Assignments, Notes, and Rosters, 1994-1996
- Folder 14: MUS 320 (Section D) Notes, Fall 1995
- Folder 15: MUS 320 (Section D) Notes, Fall 1996
- Folder 16: MUS 320 (Section F) Notes, Spring 1997-2003
- Folder 17: MUS 448 Notes, 1970-1984
- Folder 18: MUS 448 Notes, Fall 1986
- Folder 19: MUS 448 Notes, Fall 1987
- Folder 20: MUS 448 Notes, Fall 1991
- Folder 21: MUS 448 Notes, Fall 1992
- Folder 22: MUS 448, Fall 1993
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Series 3: Professional Service, c. 1970s - 2020s],
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Series 4: Administrative Records, c. 1960s - 2020s],
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Series 5: Personal Papers, c. 1950s - 2010s],
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Series 6: Harmonic Tone Generator Components and Papers, 1963-1966],
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