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By Kelli McQueen
Collection Overview
Title: Sever Tipei Music and Papers, 1961-2015
ID: 12/5/78
Primary Creator: Tipei, Sever
Extent: 15.15 cubic feet
Arrangement: Organized in five series: Series 1: Computer Music Project Administrative Records; Series 2: Sever Tipei Personal Papers; Series 3: Coursework and Instructional Materials; Series 4: Performance Recordings and Digital Audio Tapes (DAT); Series 5: Computer Music Project Technology. Series 2 constists of two subseries: Subseries 1: Adiministrative Papers, including grant applications, conference presentations, and faculty appointments, organized chronologically; Subseries 2: Sheet Music, Scores, and Concert Programs, organized alphabetically by title. Series 3 consists of two subseries: Subseries 1: Sever Tipei's Course Materials, organized by course number; Subseries 2: James Beauchamp's course materials and articles.
Date Acquired: 06/28/2021
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of the music and papers of Sever Tipei and James W. Beauchamp. Sever Tipei is an emeritus professor of music composition theory and the director of the University of Illinois' Computer Music Project. James Beauchamp is an emeritus professor of electrical engineering and music. Beauchamp was the director the Experimental Music Studios from 1969-1972, and co-founder of the Computer Music Project.
Biographical Note
Sever Tipei was born in Bucharest, Romania, immigrated to the United States in 1972 and became a U.S. citizen in 1978. He holds degrees in composition from the University of Michigan and in piano performance from the Bucharest Conservatory (now National University of Music at Bucharest). Sever Tipei has been teaching since 1978 at the University of Illinois School of Music where he directs the Computer Music Project. MP1, his program for computer-assisted composition in use between 1973 and 1998, was the first such program to be implemented on a supercomputer ( NCSA 's CRAY X-MP), in 1986. Sever Tipei also had a Faculty Appointment (visiting scientist) at the Argonne National Laboratory between 1994 and 2003. In collaboration with Hans Kaper, Senior Mathematician (now retired), at Argonne Tipei worked on developing an Environment for Music Composition (EMC), that included software for composition, sound synthesis, automatic music notation, and visualization of music in a virtual environment. Tipei and Kaper have also pursued the sonification of complex scientific data. A more recent project, DISSCO, a Digital Instrument for Sound Synthesis and Composition, available on Github.com represents a unified approach to composition and sound synthesis.
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Acquisition Source:
Sever Tipei
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Computer Music Project Administrative Records],
[Series 2: Sever Tipei Personal Papers],
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Series 3: Coursework and Instructional Materials],
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Series 4: Performance Recordings and data discs],
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Series 5: Computer Music Project Technology],
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All]
- Series 2: Sever Tipei Personal Papers
- Sub-Series 1: Administrative Papers
- Box 3
- Folder 1: International Computer Conferences, 1978-1987
- Folder 2: Musical Score Submissions - correspondence, 1979-1989
- Folder 3: Guggenheim Fellowship application and letters, 1981-1997
- Folder 4: American New Music Consortium Festival, June 1984
- Folder 5: IRCAM: International Computer Music Conference, 1984
- Folder 6: ICMC - Vancouver, 1985
- Folder 7: Midwestern Composers Symposium, April 19-20, 1985
- Folder 8: ICMH and ICCH, 1986-1987
- Folder 9: Center For Advanced Study grant applications, 1986-2000
- Folder 10: Computers in Music Research Conference, 1988
- Folder 11: International Computer Music Composition "Manifold Compositions", 1989
- Folder 12: New Music and Arts Festival - Bowling Green, November 9, 1989
- Folder 13: Conferences and Festivals Travel Funding, 1989
- Folder 14: Midwest Composers Symposium, November 10-11, 1989
- Folder 15: Illinois Arts Council applications, 1989-1992
- Folder 16: National Endowment for the Arts applications, 1989-1994
- Folder 17: National Center for Supercomputing applications, 1990
- Folder 18: Southwest Texas State University Music Festival and Conference, November 12-16, 1990
- Folder 19: Computer scores advertisement, November 16, 1990
- Folder 20: Grant writing workshop, 1990
- Folder 21: association for Computers and the Humanities, 3rd Biennial Conference, 1990
- Folder 22: Second International Symposium on Electronic Art (SISEA), 1990
- Folder 23: New Music Festival - DANA, "Manifolds" presentation and travel documents, 1991
- Folder 24: Juniata College, PA - presentation, letters, documents, September 9, 1991
- Folder 25: Computer Workshop - Gubbio, 1991
- Folder 26: International Computer Music conference, 1991
- Folder 27: NYU - presentation and travel funds, 1991-1994
- Folder 28: Illinois Arts Council - Arts tour applications, 1991-1997
- Folder 29: Forum on Romanian Music, November 9, 1992
- Folder 30: International Festival of New Music - Moldova, 1992
- Folder 31: Romania - letters, documents, photographs, 1993-1996
- Folder 32: "Sounds Encounters: The Festival" Society for Composers, April 15-18, 1993
- Folder 33: Argonne National Library programs and applications, 1993-1999
- Folder 34: College of Fine and Applied Arts Special Grant Request, 1993-2008
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Asian Contemporary Music Festival performance - Korea, 1993
- Folder 2: Midwest Slavic Conference - Michigan State, 1993
- Folder 3: Rice University - Houston, Texas, January 20-24, 1993
- presentation and travel documents
- Folder 4: ICMC - Aarhus, Denmark, 1994
- Folder 5: Proposal for a Radio Show, 1994
- Folder 6: ICMC - Banff, Canada, 1995
- Folder 7: ICMC - Banff Paper (poster), 1995
- Folder 8: Critical Research Initiatives Program application, 1995-1996
- Folder 9: ICMC - Hong Kong, 1996
- Folder 10: Critical Research Initiatives Application, 1997
- Folder 11: Argonne National Laboratory application, 1997
- Folder 12: ICMC - Greece, 1997
- Folder 13: The International Conference on Computer Design (ICAD), 1997
- articles, participation list, program
- Folder 14: Composer's Forum, 1997, 1999
- Folder 15: University of Chicago - Argonne National Laboratory seed grant application, 1997
- Folder 16: International Study for Computing in the Arts, 1997-1998
- proposal, letters, lecture notes
- Folder 17: ICMC - Ann Arbor, 1998
- Folder 18: ICAD - "Scientific Sonification with DIASS", 1998
- Folder 19: ISCM days in Romania letter, July 12, 1999
- Folder 20: Arts International - Romania ISCM World Days, 1999
- budget and application materials
- Folder 21: Journee d'Informatique Musicale (JIM), 1999
- Folder 22: International Computer Conference China "Formalizing the Concept of Sound", 1999
- Folder 23: NCSA/UIUC Faculty Fellows Program application, 1999-2000
- Folder 24: The Structure of Sound Information Channel grant application, 2000
- Folder 25: ICMC - Berlin, 2000
- Folder 26: CAS presentation "Music Composition, Sound Synthesis, and Sonification of Complex Data Sets", November 16, 2000
- Folder 27: Enescu Symposium "Between Oedipus and Odysseus", 2000-2005
- Folder 28: Honor's Symposium, 2000-2001
- Folder 29: NCSA/UIUC Faculty Fellows Program grant applications, 2001
- Folder 30: Beckman Talk, September 20, 2001
- Folder 31: ITR/HCI: The Structure of Sound as an Information Channel, 2001
- Folder 32: ASA - Chicago, June 6, 2001
- Folder 33: ICMC: "Loudness Scaling in a Digital Instrument", 2002
- Folder 34: An "Incorrect" Forum, December 10, 2002
- Folder 35: UIUC Scholars Travel Fund: "Control and Randomness in Musical Composition", 2002
- Folder 36: IRCAM: "Sound Design", 2004
- Folder 37: ICMC - Miami, 2004
- Folder 38: ICMC: Scholars Travel fund, 2010, 2013, 2016
- Folder 39: Conference Presentation in Iasi, Romania, 2010
- "Concieving Music Today: Manifold Compositions, DISSCO, and Beyond"
- Folder 40: Research Board Application "Sculpting Sound", 2011
- Folder 41: NCSA IACAT fellowship, 2012
- Folder 42: UIUC Campus Research Board, 2013
- Folder 43: "Complex Dynamic Systems" - WOCMAT, 2015
- Folder 44: SMC - Hamburg: "Emerging Composition", 2016
- Folder 45: ICMC - Barcelona, 2005
- Folder 46: Center for Advanced Study application, 2005
- Folder 47: ICMC - Tulane, 2006
- Folder 48: UIUC Campus Research Board Travel Fund, FAA Creative Research Award
- Folder 49: UIUC Campus Research Board travel fund and ICMC, 2010-2012
- Folder 50: FAA Creative Research Awards, 2012
- Folder 51: NCSA and Composers Forum, March 3, 2015
- "Music, Collaborations, and Sewing Machines", "High Performance Computing in Music Composition and Sound Design"
- Folder 52: SEAMUS composer contract, August 20, 2015
- Folder 53: Campus Research Board application: "Complex Dynamic System", August 2015
- Folder 54: Center for Advanced Study application: "Mirrored", October 2, 2018
- Folder 55: NCSA Fellows, 2019
- Folder 56: "What am I Doing" presentation slides and transparencies, undated
- Folder 57: "Computer Assisted Composition" presentation and slides, undated
- Box 5
- Folder 1: School of Music Faculty Appointment letters, 1978-1999
- Folder 2: Professional correspondence, recommendations, thank you cards, 1978-2009
- Folder 3: Composers Forum "MPI - A Computer Program for Composition", February 21, 1983
- Folder 4: Sabbatical letters and reports, 1984-1999
- Folder 5: Tenure and Promotion, 1991
- Folder 6: Composition-Theory Divison Meeting Notes, 1994
- Folder 7: Composition-Theory Divison Meeting Notes, 1995-1996
- Folder 8: School of Music Faculty Appointments, 2000-2019
- Folder 9: Sabbatical application and report, 2004-2006
- Folder 10: Application to California Institute for the Arts, 2007
- Folder 11: Papers by Sever Tipei, 1972-1989
- Folder 12: "Non-sequential TIme in the Compositional Process" article and notes, 1984
- Folder 13: Computing in Science and Engineering article "Data Sonification", 1998
- Folder 14: "Data Sonification and Sound Visualization" reprint, 1999
- Folder 15: "A Learning System for DIASS", 1999
- Folder 16: P.M.1.a flow diagram-original, undated
- Folder 17: "Slavic Review"-peer reviewed and edited article, 1988
- Folder 18: "Solving Specific Compositional Problems with MPI" - draft, 1983
- Folder 19: "Sonification Report: Status of the Field"- "Sonification of Scientific Data", 1998-1999
- Folder 20: "Music, Words, and Beyond" concert program, notes, newspaper clippings, May 8, 1986
- Folder 21: Concert Programs and thankyou letters, 1987-2019
- Folder 22: ORPHEUS software business letters, 1987
- Folder 23: Veriatza recording project, 1987
- Folder 24: WILL Second Sunday Concert letters, program, notes, 1992
- Folder 25: Recording Project Tirreno Group Editoriale - letters, fax, memos, 1 of 2, 1995-1997
- Folder 26: Recording Project Tirreno Group Editoriale - letters, fax, memos, 2 of 2, 1995-1997
- Folder 27: Sonic Residues concert program, 1997
- Folder 28: Browning/Tipei Duo - notes, letters, recital program, undated
- Sub-Series 2: Sheet Music, Scores, and Concert Programs
- Box 6
- Folder 1: "AGA matter" score and article, undated
- Folder 2: "ANL-folds" score, 1996
- Folder 3: "Cage Variations-Maverick", December 8, 2002
- Folder 4: "Cantus Interruptus" score, 1994
- Folder 5: "Clariphannies" score and article, 1980-1988
- Folder 6: "Cunicull" score transparenccies, undated
- Folder 7: "Cuniculi", 1985
- Folder 8: "Cuniculi" stage notes, 1987
- Folder 9: "Curses (Blesteme)" score and notes, 1996
- Folder 10: "Dad Cabaret" and "Manifest i" - performance stage notes, undated
- Folder 11: "Dux Markovians and Tress", undated
- Folder 12: "Funktasia" and "Stripped Throat", 2003-2007
- Folder 13: "HB with G & B" - "Translation for Voice, Clarinet, and Piano", undated
- Folder 14: "HB with G & E" score, 2010
- Folder 15: "Happy And" score, undated
- Folder 16: "Ianus" Instrumental Parts, 1 of 2, 2006
- Folder 17: "Ianus" Instrumental Parts, 2 of 2, 2006
- Folder 18: "Jewel Steps Grievance" score, 2011
- Folder 19: "Lament" score and article, 1979-1994
- Folder 20: "Maiden Voyages (I)" score and notebook, 1984
- Folder 21: "Maiden Voyages" presentation and score, 1985
- Folder 22: "Maiden Voyages (II)" score and article, 1985
- Folder 23: "Maiden Voyages - A Score Produced with MP1", 1986
- Folder 24: "Memories of Thoughts Past" score and parts, 1991
- Folder 25: MP1 -notes and printouts, 1 of 2, 1992
- Folder 26: MP1 - notes and printouts, 2 of 2, 1992
- Folder 27: "Portrait of the Artists as a Young Woman Killing Herself with a coup de telephone", 1994
- Folder 28: New Record document for "Raw Cuts", February 19, 2002
- Folder 29: "Rumage Sale", 1975
- Folder 30: "Sound in C" - notes, undated
- Folder 31: "UI0622 MWDAT1 BIN 05", December 1, 1989
- Folder 32: Composition Sketches on manuscript paper, undated
- Box 7
- Folder 1: "Cuniculi: For Five Tubas", 1986
- Folder 2: "Dux Markovians and Tress", "HB with G & E", "Ianus, 2002-2010
- Folder 3: "Happy And", "Kings Nap", undated
- Folder 4: "Les Liasons Dangereux", "Many Worlds", "Melopoeia", "Musica Natura", 1985-1989
- Folder 5: "Never Mind" - "Reconnaissances Pour Gerard", 1978
- "Never Mind"; "On the Church of St. John of the Studion"; "Pardon my Motski"; "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman"; "Reconnaissances Pour Gerard"
- Folder 6: "Translation for Voice, Clarinet, and Piano"-"Toaca", undated
- Folder 7: "Undulating Michigamme", undated
- Folder 8: Newspaper articles, promotional materials, 1986-2001
- Folder 9: Concert prorams and Photograph, 1975-1978
- Box 8
- Folder 1: "Canto CXVI", "Cuniculi", "Clariphanies", 1980-1986
- Folder 2: "L'Execration du Pere-Mere", 2002
- Folder 3: "HB with G & E", undated
- Folder 4: "Maiden Voyages", 1984
- Folder 5: "Melopoeia: A Song for Sappho", undated
- Folder 6: "Nevermind", "Reconaissance pour Gerard", "Popea", undated
- Folder 7: "Three Improvisations", "Toaca", "Translation", 1976-2004
- Folder 8: "Undulating Michigamme", 1976-1978
- Folder 9: Conference and concert posters, 2003
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Series 1: Computer Music Project Administrative Records],
[Series 2: Sever Tipei Personal Papers],
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Series 3: Coursework and Instructional Materials],
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Series 5: Computer Music Project Technology],
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