Glenna Spitze Papers, 1942-1978

By Nolan Vallier

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Collection Overview

Title: Glenna Spitze Papers, 1942-1978

ID: 26/20/212

Primary Creator: Glenna Spitze

Extent: 0.5 cubic feet

Arrangement: Materials are arranged by name of music ensemble and then material type.

Date Acquired: 08/04/2017. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Music, School of, Music - United States, Vocal music

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of concert programs, posters, scores with annotations, and audio recordings documenting music performances that Glenna Spitze either performed in or attended during her time as a student at the University of Illinois between 1967 and 1979.

Biographical Note

Dr. Glenna Spitze received her bachelors and two graduate degrees in sociology from the University of Illinois between 1967 and 1979. While a student she sang in two ensembles directed by Neely Bruce, the American Music Group and the Contemporary Music Group. During her tenure in these ensembles, she sang in University of Illinois premieres of Gertude Stein and Virgil Thomson's "Four Saints in Three Acts" and George Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle." In addition, the groups premiered several pieces by Ben Johnston, Lou Harrison, Kenneth Gaburo, William Brooks, William Duckworth, and John Cage. While studying at Illinois, she also attended several performances given by students and associates of Herbert Brun. Dr. Spitze is currently a Distiguished Service Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Albany where she specializes in women in work place environments, gender dynamics in familylife, household labor, and family dynamics in aging children and siblings.

Subject/Index Terms

Music, School of
Music - United States
Vocal music

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Accruals:

Spoils of War (James Cuomo) sound recording donated by Paul Nance and Glenna Spitze on August 4, 2017, and originally preserved as part of the Musical Americana Collection. A second body of material was donated by Glenna Spitze on June 16, 2018, and the Spoils of War recording was later transferred to the Glenna Spitze Papers.

Addition received May 15, 2019.

Acquisition Source: gift

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: Sheet Music for Neely Bruce's Vocal Ensembles, ca. 1969 - 1977

Pieces include: "Memories of You (For Ranulph Glanville)," Neely Bruce and William Duckworth; "Most of the Time for Mixed Chorus," Dennis Kam; "A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts," Wallace Stevens (Text only); "Variations I," John Cage (Performance Instructions); "The Village Blacksmith;" "The Liberty Bird," George F. Root; "Rose," Ben Johnson; "Serenity" and "December," Charles Ives; "Alice Brand," Horatio Parker; "Crossing the Grand Sierras," Henry Work; and photocopies of various sacred harp pieces.

Folder 2: "Rip Van Winkle" by George Frederick Bristow, edited by Neely Bruce, VS and Libretto, 1973

Folder 3: "Four Saints in Three Acts" by Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson, VS, 1948

Folder 4: Concert Programs for Neely Bruce's Vocal Ensembles, 1972-1973

Folder 5: Posters for Neely Bruce's Vocal Ensembles, 1972 and 1974

Folder 6: American Music Group Personnel List and Programs, 1973 and 1974

Folder 7: Concert Programs for Various University of Illinois Choral Groups, 1967-1978

Folder 8: Concert Programs by Students and Associates of Herbert Brun, 1969-1975

Includes photographs of Herbert Brun and Noa Eshkol.

Folder 9: You're Invited to Hear the Spoils of War by James Cuomo, 1969

[Note: This item was transfered from Musical Americana Collection, Box 69 on 7/2/18.]

7" Record, 33 1/3, EP. Side A: "What Happened Now," "Now is Made in America," and "Henry T. Joseph;" Side B: "Void of Mystery," and "The Greyness Moves in Quietly." Recorded by Roger Francisco at RoFran Studios. Performers include: James Cuomo, Roger Fancisco, Frank Garvey, Al Lerardi, Anne Whitefish-Williams, and James Stroud. Folder includes record sleeve with musical notation by Herbert Brun.

Folder 10: Rip Van Winkle Performance, undated

7" Acetate Reel.

Folder 11: ISYM Ensemble Photographs, 1963-1966

Folder 12: "Man With the Oboe, The" by Webster Smalley, 1963

Box 2

Item 1: Illinois Summer Youth Music Junior String Camp, Senior String Camp, and Junior Chorus, 1963

LP. Junior String Camp conducted by Herman H. Slayman, Senior String Camp conducted by Paul Rolland, Junior Chorus Conducted by Colleen Kirk.

Side 1: Junior String Camp - "March Alceste," Gluck; "Gavotte," Handel; "Chorale and Fugue," Siennicki. Senior String Camp - "Adagio," Corelli-Filippi; "Minuetto," Bolzoni; "Capriol Suite," Warlock.

Side 2: Junior Chorus - "Praise we sing to thee," Haydn; "Grant us Peace," Rosenmuller; "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire," Bach; "My Heart Doth Beg You'll not Forget," di Lasso; "Maiden Fair," Haydn; "Deep River," arr. Burleigh; "Gossip, Gossip," Hairston; "I'd Enter Your Garden," Brahms; "The Ash Grove," Swanson; "Ching-a-Ring Chaw," Copland

Item 2: Illinois Summer Youth Music Junior Chorus, Senior String Camp, and Junior String Camp, 1964

LP. Conductors include Harry Begian, Margaret Hills, Edward Jones, Dale Kimpton, Colleen Kirk, Frank Laurie, Donald Mcginnis, Raymond Makeever, Donald Miller, James Robertson, Herman Slayman.

Side 1: Chorus - "Laudate Nomen Domini," Tye; "Swell the Full Chorus," Handel; "Everytime I feel the Spirit," arr. Smith; "Alleluia," Bach; "Piping Tim of Galway," arr. Swanson; "Gute Nacht;" "I Gave my Love a Pretty Little Ring," Davis; "I Like Men;" "Glory to Thee, My God, This Night," Tallis; "Cantate Domino," Pitoni; "To music," Schubert; "Little Wheel a Turnin," Kirk.

Side 2: Senior String Camp - "Variations on a Theme by Girolamo Frescobaldi," Tansman; "Divertimento, op. 20" Weiner. Junior String Camp - "Little Classic Suite," Akers; "Gavotte and Finale," Aubert; "Allegro from Fire Music," Handel-Carse; "Mr. Miller."

Item 3: Illinois Summer Youth Music Senior Chorus, 1965

LP. Harold Decker, conducting.

Side 1: "Ave Verum," W.A. Mozart; "Te Deum," W.A. Mozart; "Good Morrow, My Lady;" "Here amid the Shady Woods," G.F. Handel; "Let Nothing Ever Grieve Thee," Brahms; "Alleluia from Brazilian Psalm," Jean Berger.

Side 2: "Spring Comes Laughing from the Peasant Cantata," J.S. Bach; "Six Folk Songs," Brahms; "Shalom," Samuel Adler; "I hear a voice a-praying," Houston Bright; "Behold a star," arr. Dawson; "Ain'a That Good News," arr. Dawson.

Item 4: Urbana High School A Cappella Choir, 1965-1966

LP. Dennis Sparger, conductor.

Side 1: "Mass in G Major," Franz Schubert. Soloists: Jane Bonner, soprano; Mike Zbrozek, Tenor; Bill Munse, Baritone.

Side 2: "Make Joyful Noise unto the Lord," Lekberg; "Salvation is Created," Tschesnokoff; "Amen," arr. Hairston; "I'm Sad and I'm Lonely," arr. Maharg; "No Man is an Island," Berger; "Deep River," arr. Ringwald; "The Lord Bless you and Keep you," Lutkin.

Item 5: 1967 Illinois All-State Band and Chorus, 1967

LP. Conducted by Donald Cuthbert and Eward Sprague.

Side 1: "A Festival Prelude," Alfred Reed; "Liebestod," arr. Bainum; "Suite Francaise," Milhaud; "Minuteman," Pearson.

Side 2: "Choral from Die Meistersinger," Wagner; "Gloria in Excelsis," Mozart; "Michigan Morn," Owen Reed; "Ain'a That Good News," Dawson; "The Turtle Dove," Ralph Vaughn Williams; "Choose Something Like a Star from Frostiana," R. Thompson.