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Collection Overview

Title: William Heiles Audio Recordings and Papers, 1957-2010

ID: 12/5/85

Primary Creator: William Heiles (1937-)

Extent: 2.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: Materials are arranged in two series: 1) Audio Recordings and 2) Papers. Series 1 is arranged chronologically by media type and Series 2 is arranged by subject corresponding to topics in Heiles' dissertation.

Date Acquired: 09/15/2023

Subjects: Instrumental music, Music, School of, Music - Instruction and study, Piano

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of audio recordings, notebooks, doctoral dissertation, and compositional sketches, documenting William Heiles' performance career as a pianist and scholar.

Biographical Note

William Heiles (1937- ) was born in Brooklyn, NY. He earned his B.Mus. degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 1958. Following two years of study at the Städtliche Hochschule für Musik in Munich, Germany, on a Fulbright grant, he earned his M.M, and D.M.A. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Heiles was the first pianist to earn a DMA degree from UIUC, studying with Stanley Fletcher and Soulima Stravinsky. Beginning in 1968, he became a member of the piano faculty at the University of Illinois, serving as chair of the Piano Division from 1980 until his retirement. Professor Heiles performed frequently as pianist and harpsichordist in recitals and festivals. His repertoire spanned the early Baroque to the present, with special emphasis on Bach, Chopin, Schumann, and music of recent decades. He has presented numerous local premieres of major works by Pierre Boulez, Elliott Carter, Gyorgy Ligeti, and other contemporary composers.

Subject/Index Terms

Instrumental music
Music, School of
Music - Instruction and study
Piano

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: William Heiles

Acquisition Method: Gift

Box and Folder Listing

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Series 1: Audio Recordings, 1957-2009

Consists of reel-to-reel tapes, cassette tapes, and CDs, documenting William Heiles' performance career. Materials are arranged chronologically by material type.

Box 1

Reel 1: Bach - Partita #6 in e Minor, 2/9/1960: 5" acetate tape. William Heiles' submission in support of his fellowship application to the University of Illinois.
Reel 2: William Heiles Performance Tape, 6/2/57: 7 inch acetate tape. Pieces include: Bach, Prelude and Fugue in C# Minor; Beethoven, Sonata op. 101, Adagio, Allegro; Chopin, Ballade in F Minor, op. 52; Stravinsky, Serenade in F.
Reel 3: William Heiles, Graduate Recital (1 of 3), 5/9/1961: 7 inch acetate tape. Pieces include: Fescobaldi, Partite 12 sopra l'Aria di Ruggerio; Beethoven, Sonata, Op. 10, No. 2.
Reel 4: William Heiles, Graduate Recital (2 of 3), 5/9/1961: 7 inch acetate tape. Pieces include:Debussy, Images, 2 Serie; Schoenberg, Klaverstuck, Op. 33a and 33b.
Reel 5: William Heiles, Graduate Recital (3 of 3), 5/9/1961: 7 inch acetate tape. Pieces include: Chopin, Preludes, Op. 28.
Reel 6: William Heiles, Piano Recital (1 of 3), 5/9/1962: 7 inch acetate tape. Pieces include: Mozart, Ten Variations on "Unser dummer Pobel meint" by Gluck, K. 455; Mozart, Rondo in A Minor, K. 511.
Reel 7: William Heiles, Piano Recital (2 of 3), 5/9/1962: 7 inch acetate tape. Pieces include: Chopin, Four Mazurkas; Beethoven, Sonata in B Flat, op. 106, Allegro, Scherzo.
Reel 8: William Heiles, Piano Recital (3 of 3), 5/9/1962: 7 inch acetate tape. Pieces include: Beethoven, Sonata in B Flat Major, Op. 106, Adagio sustenuto, Largo.
Reel 9: Chamber Music Concert: Works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 7/18/1962: 7 inch acetate tape. William Heiles, pianist. Pieces involving Mr. Heiles include Sonata in C Major for piano, four hands, K. 521; Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453.
Reel 10: Bartok, Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, 10/4/1962
Reel 11: William Heiles, Piano, 10/11/1962: 7 inch acetate tape. Pieces include: Six Chinese Songs; Debussy, En Blanc el Noir.
Reel 12: William Heiles, Graduate Recital (1 of 3), 4/28/1963: 7 inch acetate tape. Piece included: Dubussy, Images, Book I.
Reel 13: William Heiles, Graduate Recital (2 of 3), 4/28/1963: 7 inch acetate tape. Pieces include: Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin.
Reel 14: William Heiles, Graduate Recital (3 of 3), 4/28/1963: 7 inch acetate tape. Pieces include: Mozart, Sonata, D Major, K. 576; Chopin, Ballade in F Minor, Op. 52.
Reel 15: William Heiles, Pianist (1 of 3), 5/22/1963: 7 inch acetate tape. Pieces include: Mozart, Adagio in B Minor, K. 540; Mozart, Gigue, K. 574; Mozart, Rondo in D Major, K. 485; Schoenberg, Duei Klavierstucke, Op. 11.
Reel 16: William Heiles, Pianist (2 of 3), 5/22/1963: 7 inch acetate tape. Pieces include: Beethoven Sonata in C Minor, Op. 111
Reel 17: William Heiles, Pianist (3 of 3), 5/22/1963: 7 inch acetate tape. Pieces included: Schumann, Carnival, Op. 9.
Reel 18: William Heiles, Pianist, 3/12/1964: 7 inch acetate tape. Bach, Goldberg Variations.
Reel 19: William Heiles, Pianist, 11/11/1965: 7 inch acetate tape. Pieces include: Beethoven, Bagatelles, Op. 126 and Sonata, Op. 101; Liszt, Die Trauergondel and Sonata in B Minor.
Reel 20: William Heiles, Piano Recital (1 of 2), 3/3/1966: 7 inch acetate tape. Piano Music at Mid Century. Pieces Include: Messiaen, Ile de feu, 1; Rochberg, Twelve Bagatelles; Berio, Five Variations; Boulez, First Sonata, two movements; Dallapiccola, Quademo Musicale de Annalibera; Messiaen, Il de feu, 2.
Reel 21: William Heiles, Piano Recital (2 of 2), 3/3/1966: 7 inch acetate tape. Piano Music at Mid-Century. Piece by following composeers: Messiaen, Rochberg, Berio, Boulez, Dallapiccola.
Reel 22: University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, 8/5/1966: 7 inch acetate tape. William Heiles, piano. Bella Bartok, Piano Concerto No. 2.
Reel 23: William Heiles, Piano (1 of 3), 1/7/1969: 7 inch acetate tape. Part I.
Reel 24: William Heiles, Piano (2 of 3), 1/7/1969: 7 inch acetate tape. Part II.
Reel 25: William Heiles, Piano (3 of 3), 1/7/1969: 7 inch acetate tape.
Reel 26: William Heiles, Lecture-Recital, 11/11/1969: 7 inch polyester tape.William Heiles, piano. Secnd Piano Sonata of Pierre Boulez.
Reel 27: William Heiles, Harpsichord, Part 1, 12/7/1971: 7 inch polyester tape.
Reel 28: William Heiles, Harpsichord, Part 2, 12/7/1971: 7 inch polyester tape.
Reel 29: Chamber Music Concert, William Heiles, Piano, 10/17/1972: 7 inch polyester tape. Beethoven, Variations, Op. 121a.
Reel 30: Beethoven Cello Sonata, Op. 102, 1/7/1973: 7 inch polyester tape. William Heiles, piano; Gabriel Magyar, cello.
Reel 31: Beethoven, Cello Sonata, Op. 65, 1/7/1973: 7 inch polyester tape. William Heiles, piano; Gabriel Magyar, cello.
Reel 32: William Heiles, Piano Recital, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, (1 of 2), 2/14/1977: 7 inch polyester tape. Pieces include: Bartok, Out of Doors; Debussy, Three Etudes (Book I); Boulez, Third Sonata.
Reel 33: William Heiles, Piano Recital, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, (2 of 2), 12/14/1977: 7 inch polyester tape. Pieces include: Boulez, First Sonata; Debussym Three Etudes (Book II); Bartok, Sonata.
Reel 34: Don Martino, Pianississimo, William Heiles, Piano, 3/2/1982: 7 inch polyester tape.
Reel 35: William Heiles, Piano, Faculty Recital (2 of 3), 2/1/1984: 7 inch polyester tape. Program includes: Bartok, Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20; Beethoven, Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 106; Schumann, Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6.
Reel 36: William Heiles, Piano, Faculty Recital (1 of 3), 2/1/1984: 7 inch polyester tape. Pieces include: Bartok, Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20; Beethoven, Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 106; Schumann, Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6.
Reel 37: Willia Heiles, Piano, Faculty Recital (2 of 3), 3/13/1986: 7 inch polyester tape. Elliott Carter, Night Fantasies (1980), (2 of 3).
Reel 38: Chamber Players, William Heiles, Piano, undated: 7 inch polyester tape. John Garvey, leader. Mozart, Concerto in A Major, K. 488.

Box 2

Disc 1: William Heiles, 1/16/2000
Disc 2: William Heiles, 1/24/2002
Disc 3: William Heiles, 1/30/2003
Disc 4: Stuck on Stella, S. Martirano; William Heiles, Piano, 3/1/2003
Disc 5: William Heiles, 2 CDs, 1/23/2004
Disc 6: American Liszt Society, 40th Annual Conference, Recital, 3/4/2004: Remarks on and a performance of the Liszt Sonata for Piano in B Minor, William Heiles, University of Illinois.
Disc 7: William Heiles, Piano, Faculty Recital (Disc 1), 1/26/2005: Foellinger Great Hall.
Disc 8: William Heiles, Piano; Faculty Recital (Disc 2), 1/26/2005: Foellinger Great Hall
Disc 9: William Heiles, Piano; Faculty Recital, 9/18/2005: Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
Disc 10: William Heiles, Piano, Faculty Recital, 9/10/2006: Smith Memorial Hall, Recital Hall.
Disc 11: William Heiles, Piano; Faculty Recital, 1/25/2009: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Foellinger Great Hall.
Disc 12: William Heiles, Piano, 2 CDs, 10/28/2010: Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
Disc 13: William Heiles, undated
Disc 14: WILL-FM Second Sunday Concerts, undated
Disc 15: Steve Taylor, Fran Seven Memorial, undated: Note on disc: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
Disc 16: William Heiles, undated: Note on disc case: Use what is on this CD.
Disc 17: Lisa Moore Plays Frederic Rzewski, Which Side Are You On?, 2003: Based on Oscar Wilde's letters from Reading Jail. Pieces include: De Profundis; North American Ballads.
Disc 18: William Heiles, Piano, Stuck on Stella, Salvatore Martirano, undated: Recorded in Smith Recital Hall.

Box 3

Cassette 1: Harpsichord Recital, ISU, 3/18/1981: Sice A: Rameau, 6 Pieces; Couperin, 8th Ordre. Side B: Bach, French Suite V; Scarlatti, 5 Sonatas.
Cassette 2: Bach, Goldberg Variations, Harpsichord, 1983
Cassette 3: Harpsichord Recital, Fall, 1987: Pieces include: Rameau , Pieces; Bach, French Overture; Couperon, 23rd Ordre; Scarlatti. Sonatas.
Cassette 4: William Heiles, Kirk Corey, 2/1988: Pieces include: Ligeti, Three Pieces for Two Pianos (1976)
Cassette 5: William Heiles, Harpsichord Recital, Fall, 1988: Pieces include: Back, French Suite I; Couperin, 5th Ordre, 14th Ordre; Bach, Partita V.
Cassette 6: William Heiles, Studio Recording, 11/1988: Pieces include: Bach, French Suite I; Couperin, 5th Ordre, 14th Ordre; Bach, Partita V.
Cassette 7: William Heiles, Studio Recording, 11/1988: Pieces include: Bach, French Suite I; Couperin, 5th Ordre, 14 Ordre; Bach, Partita I.
Cassette 8: William Heiles, Harpsichord Session, Tape 2, 11/11/1988: Pieces include: Couperin, 5th and 14th Ordre.
Cassette 9: William Heiles, Piano, Program I, 1/29/1989: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Great Hall. Pieces include: Beethoven, op. 34 and op. 35; Schubert, Piano Sonata D959.
Cassette 10: William Heiles, Piano, 2/12/1989: Krannert Center for the Peerforming Arts, Great Hall. Pieces include: Schubert, D894: Beethoven, op. 120, beginning and conclusion.
Cassette 11: William Heiles, Piano, Faculty Recital, Music of Chopin, 9/28/1990
Cassette 12: William Heiles, Piano, Faculty Recital, Music of Chopin, 11/4/1990
Cassette 13: William Heiles, Piano, Facluty Recital, Music of Chopin, 11/4/1990
Cassette 14: William Heiles, Piano, Piano Music of Chopin, 2/1/1991
Cassette 15: William Heiles, Schubert, Legeti, Bartok, 9/12/1993
Cassette 16: William Heiles, Piano, Faculty Recital, Preludes, 2/22/1996
Cassette 17: Recital, 2/22/1996
Cassette 18: William Heiles, Piano, 4/9/1997: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Great Hll.
Cassette 19: William Heiles, Piano, Faculty Recital, 2/11/98
Cassette 20: william Heiles, 6/30/1998
Cassette 21: William Heiles, Bach, Goldberg Variaions, 11/3/1998
Cassette 22: William Heiles, Boulez Lecture I, undated
Cassette 23: William Heiles, Boulez Lecture I, undated
Cassette 24: William Heiles, Boulez II, undated
Cassette 25: William Heiles, Boulez II, undated
Cassette 26: William Heiles, Boulez III, undated
Cassette 27: William Heiles, Boulez III, undated
Cassette 28: William Heiles, Harpsichord, undated: Pieces include: Frescobaldi, Toccata Quinta (1637); Bach, Fantasy and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 904; Bach, Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major (WTC, Vol. 1).
Cassette 29: Legeti, Etudes1,2,,6 7, 8, 13, undated
Cassette 30: Legeti, Etudes 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 13, undated
Cassette 31: Night Fantasies, undated
Cassette 32: Chopin Piano Music, Morris Rosenthal, undated
Cassette 33: Chopin Mazurkas, Ignaz Friedman, undated
Cassette 34: Chopin Piano Music, DePachmann and Paderewski, undated

Series 2: Papers, 1961-1964

Consists of compositions, notebooks, doctoral dissertation, and dissertation examples. Materials are arranged by subject in relation to Heiles' doctoral dissertation.

Box 1

Folder 1: William Heiles, Compositions, 1961-1962

Box 4

Reel 1: Chopin Piano Music, Morris Rosenthal, undted: 7 inch acetate tape. Side I pieces include: Chopin, Nocturne in Db major, Op, 27, no. 1; Nocturen in Eb major, Op. 9, no, 2; Mazurka in B minor, Op. 33, no. 4; Mazurka in Ab jajor, Op. 50, no. 2; Waltz in Ab major, Op. 42; Waltz in C# minor, Op. 64, no. 2; Prelude in B minor, Op. 28, no. 6; Prelude in G major, Op. 28, no. 3; Pelude in A major, Op. 28, no. 7. Side II: Chopin-Liszt-Rosenthal, The Maiden's Wish.
Reel 2: Chopin Mazurkas, Ignaz Friedman, undated: 7 inch 1cetate tape. Side I pieces include: :F minor, Op. 7, no. 3; Bb major, Op. 7, no. 1; A minor, Op. 7, no. 2; D major, Op. 33, no. 2; Bb minor, Op. 24, no. 4; B minor, Op. 33, no. 4; C# minor, Op. 41, no. 1; Ab major, Op. 50, no. 2; C# minor, Op. 63, no. 3; A minor, Op. 67, no. 4; A minor, Op. 68, no. 2. Side II: A minor, Op. 68, no. 2.
Reel 3: Chopin Piano Music, DePachmann and Paderewski, undated: 7 inch acetate tape. Side I pieces include: DePachmann: Nocturne in B major, Op.32, No. 1; Impromptu in F# major, Op. 36; Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72; Mazurka in C# minor, Op. 63, no. 3; Mazurka in A minor, Op. 67, no. 4;. Padeerewski: Nocturne in F major, Op. 15, no, 1; Nocturne in F# major, Op. 15, no. 2; Prelude in Ab major, Op. 28, no. 17. Side II: Paderewski: Prelude in Db major, Op. 28, no. 15; Paderewski: Nocturne in Bb major, Op.6, no. 4.
Folder 1: William Heiles, Rhythmic Nuane in Chopin Performances Recorded by Moriz Rosenthal, Ignaz Friedman and Ignaz Jan Paderewski, Docor of Musical Arts, 1964
Folder 2: William Heiles, Ryhthmic Nuance in Chopin Performances Recorded by Moriz Rosenthal, Ignaz Friedman and Ignaz Jan Paderewski, Doctor of Musical Arts, 1964
Folder 3: William Heiles, Drafts of Compositions, undated
Folder 4: William Heiles, Composition notebook, undated

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