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Collection Overview

Title: Paul Vermel Papers, 1970-2024

ID: 12/5/90

Primary Creator: Vermel, Paul (1924-2024)

Extent: 16.5 cubic feet

Arrangement: Materials are organized in two series: Series 1) Orchestral Scores and Series 2) Personal Papers. Series 1 is arranged alphabetically by composer last name. Series 2 is arranged by subject and chronologically thereafter.

Date Acquired: 02/07/2025. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Conducting--Instruction and Study, Conductors (Music), Faculty, Faculty Papers, Music, School of, Music teachers, Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestras

Formats/Genres: Concert Programs, Papers, Sheet music

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of annotated orchestral scores and personal papers, documenting the career of Paul Vermel and his time as orchestra conductor at the University of Illinois from 1974 to 1994. Also includes annotated scores and notes used during Vermel's tenure as the conductor of the Portland Symphony Orchestra and the Northwest Symphony Orchestra.

Biographical Note

Paul Vermel (1924-2024) was an orchestra director, music educator, and professor emeritus at the University of Illinois. Vermel was born in Paris, France in 1924. His parents, Naoum Vermel and Marguerite Amirian Vermel, had previously fled Russia during the 1917 Revolution. As a young child, he studied organ with Andre Fleury and both composition and harmony with Andre Cluytens and Paul Kletzki. Vermel's studies were interrupted by the German occupation of Paris during World War II.

In 1949, he traveled to America and enrolled at the Juilliard School. After studying with Jean Morel, Vermel joined the Juilliard faculty, conducting the orchestra and opera orchestra. Throughout the 1950s, Vermel conducted several New York ensembles including the Hudson Valley Symphony, the Doctor's Orchestral Society, and the Brooklyn Community Orchestra. Vermel also made his Broadway debut in 1954 as the assistant conductor for Gian Carlo Menotti's Saint of Bleecker Street. In that same year, he became an American citizen and was honored by then-president Dwight Eisenhower for his contributions to American music. At this time he was married to his first wife, Ann Nelson Vermel, with whom he had a daughter, Valerie.

In the early 1960s, Vermel became the conductor of the Fresno Youth Orchestra in Fresno, California. In 1966, he moved to Maine, eventually conducting the Portland Symphony Orchestra. He would serve as the conductor for this ensemble from 1967 to 1975. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate in fine arts from Nasson College in 1975. In 1974, Vermel accepted a professorship at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, conducting both the University Symphony Orchestra and the Champaign-Urbana Symphony. In 1978, he met and married his second wife, Carolyn Paulin. He retired from the University of Illinois in 1994. Following this, he moved to Chicago, where he conducted the Northwest Symphony Orchestra until 2013 and the North Suburban Symphony until 2007.

Vermel was the recipient of the Koussevitsky Memorial Award at the Tanglewood Festival, the American Symphony Orchestra League's Recognition Award, a Ford Foundation grant, an ASCAP award, and the Max Rudolf Award from the Conductor's Guild. Vermel died in Portland, Maine at the age of 99.

Subject/Index Terms

Conducting--Instruction and Study
Conductors (Music)
Faculty
Faculty Papers
Music, School of
Music teachers
Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Orchestras

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Accruals: An additional 9 boxes of orchestral scores were donated on September 30, 2025.

Acquisition Source: Carolyn Paulin

Acquisition Method: Gift

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Orchestral Scores, ca. 1790, 1910-2015],
[Series 2: Personal Papers, 1970-2024],
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Series 1: Orchestral Scores, ca. 1790, 1910-2015

Consists of performance scores with annotations. Materials follow a rough alphabetical order, arranged by composer last name.

Box 1

Folder 1: J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concertos No. 2 and No. 3, 1956: Published score and part of score with notes.
Folder 2: J.S. Bach Works, undated: Includes: Piano Concerto in D minor; Musical Offeerings; Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor Air from the Suite in D; Brandenbirg Concerto No. 5; Brandenburg Concerto No. 6; Sheep May Safely Graze; Choral Prelude.
Folder 3: J.S.Bach - Stokowski Arrangenents, undated: Items include: Komm Suser Tod (Come Sweet Death); Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor;
Folder 4: Abels - Barber, undated: Items include: Michael Abels, Global Warming, 1991; John Adams, The Chairman Dances, 1989; Samuel Barbeer, Capricorn Concerto (parts), 1945; Samuel Barber, Adagio For Strings, 1939; Samuel Barber, Essay for Orchestra, 1941; Samuel Barber, Third Essay, 1978; Samuel Barber, Toccata Festiva, 1961; Samuel Barber, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 1942.

Box 2

Folder 1: J.S. Bach - Art of the Fugue, undated
Folder 2: Bartok, 1946, 1953: Items include: Magyar Kepekl Viola Concerto; Violin Concerto No. 2, full score.
Folder 3: Bela Bartok, undated: Items include: Piano Concerto No. 3. full score, 1947; Divertimento for String Orchestra (full score) Concerto for Orchestra, 1946; Rumanian Folk Dances, 1922.
Folder 4: Beethoven - Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 2, undated

Box 3

Folder 1: Beethoven - Eroica Inserts, undated
Folder 2: Beethoven - Eroica Tempi: Max Rudolf Comments, undated
Folder 3: Beethoven - Paul Vermel's Comments and Interpretation, 2015
Folder 4: Beethoven - Paul Vermel's Notes on Eroica, 1965-2005
Folder 5: Beethoven, udated: Items include: Ein Skizzenbuch; Symphony No. 5 in C minor; Symphony No. 4; Notes and articles.
Folder 6: Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 - Parts, Notes, undated

Box 4

Folder 1: Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 in F Major, undated: Items include: Parts.
Folder 2: Beethoven - Symphony No. 6, undated: Items include: Violin I; Violin II; Parts. Notes on Symphony No. 7.
Folder 3: Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 and Symphony No. 8, undated: Items include: Symphony No. 7 Score and notes; Symohony No. 8 and notes.

Box 5

Folder 1: Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 and Egmont Overture, undated: Items include: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, complete score and notes; Egmont Overture and notes.
Folder 2: Beethoven - Symphony No. 1 in C Major; Symphony No. 2 in D Major; Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major, undated: Items include: Complete scores for each.
Folder 3: Beethoven, undated: Items include: Scores for Five Piano Concertos - No. 1 in C Major, No. 2 in Bb Major, No. 3 in C Minor, No. 4 in G Major, and No. 5 in Eb Major; The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Score; King Stephen Overture, Score.
Folder 4: Beethoven, undated: Items include: Notes on various Beethoven pieces; Wellington's Victory, score; Three Cadenzas. notes.

Box 6

Folder 1: Beethoven, undated: Items include: Symphony No. 3, score; Symphony No. 5, score.
Folder 2: Beethoven, undated: Items include: Symphony No. 7, score; Symphony No. 8, score; Piano Concerto No. 1, score.
Folder 3: Brahms, Johannes, undated: Items include: Brahms, Symphony No. 4, score; notes on various Brahms works.

Box 7

Folder 1: Beethoven, undated: Items include: Leonore (Fidelio) Overture No. 1, Conductor's Score; Piano Concerto No. 4, Conductor's Score; Overture to Leonore No. 2, Orchestra Score.
Folder 2: Beethoven, undated: Items include: Piano Concerto No. 3, Conductor's Score; Piano Concerto No. 5, Conductor's Score; Piano Concerto No. 5, Conductor's Score; Cadenzas to Piano Concertos No. 1 - No. 4. Violin Concerto, Conductor's Score.
Folder 3: Beethoven, undated: Items include: Egmont, Conductor's Score; Leonore (Fidel9io) Overture No. 3, Conductor's Score (2 copies); King Stephen Overture, Conductor's Score; Coriolan Overture, Conductor's Score; Piano Concerto No. 2, Conductor's Score.

Box 8

Folder 1: Beethoven, undated: Notes,
Folder 2: Berlioz, Hector, undated: Item included: Complete Works, Part 2, Symphonies, Conductor's Scores.
Folder 3: Berlioz, undated: Items include: Roman Carnival Overture, Conductor's Score; Symphonie Fantastique, Conductor's Score; Overture to The Corsair, Orchestra Score; Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, Conductor's Score.
Folder 4: Berlioz, Romeo and Juliet, undated: Complete Conductor's Score,

Box 9

Folder 1: Leonard Bernstein, 1957-1967: Items include: Overture to Candide. Conductor's Score; Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Conductor's Score; Chichester Psalms, Full Score.
Folder 2: Binkerd - Bizet, 1935-1970: Items include: Gordon Binkerd, Symphony No. 2, Full Score; Georges Bizet, Symphony No. 1 Conductor's Score; Bizet. Petite Suite, Conductor's Score.
Folder 3: Berlioz, undated: Notes on various compositions.
Folder 4: Brahms, undated: Items include: Concerto for Violin and Cello, Score; Brahms, Violin Concerto, Conductor's Score; Brahms Tragic Overture, Conductor's Score (2 copies).

Box 10

Folder 1: Brahms, undated: Items include: Symphony, No. 1, Conductor's Score; Article on interpreting of Brahm's Symphony No. 1
Folder 2: Brahms, undated: Items include: Symphony No. 3; Academic Festival Overture; Serenade No. 1;
Folder 3: Brahms, undated: Items include: Symphony No, 4; Notes; Serenade No. 1.

Box 11

Folder 1: Brahms, 1967: Items within the volume: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Haden, opus 24; Variations for Piano Four Hands, opus 23; Arrangement from the Sextet, opus 18; Symphony No. 3, opus 90.
Folder 2: Brahms, undated: Symphony No. 2.
Folder 3: Bloch, Ernest - Bond, Victoria, undated: Items include: Ernest Bloch, Sacred Service; Ernest Bloch, Schelomo; Luigi Boccherini, Konzert fur Violoncello; Victoria Bond, Bridges for Chamber Orchestra.
Folder 4: Borodin, Alexander, undated: Items include: Prince Igor; Overture to Prince Igor; Symphony No. 2; In the Steppes of Central Asia; Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor.

Box 12

Folder 1: Brahms, undated: Items include: Hungarian Dances, Nos. 5 and 6; Hungarian Dances, Nos. 1, 3 and 10; Song of Fate for Chorus and Orchestra; Piano Concerto No. 2; Piano Concerto No. 1.
Folder 2: Britten, Benjamin, 1938-1943: Items include: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Soirees Musicales: Suite of Five Movements from Rossini; Matinees Musicales: Second Suite of Five Movements from Rossini.
Folder 3: Bruch, Max - Bruckner, Anton, undated: Items include: Max Bruch, Kol Nidrei; Anton Bruckner, List of Critical Complete Edition; Anton Bruckner, Te Deum; Notes and articles on Bruckner; Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 4.

Box 13

Folder 1: Chabrier - Chadwick, undated: Items include: Emmanuel Chabrier, Suite Pastorale; Chabrier, Joyeuse Marche; Chabrier, Espana; George Chadwick, Symphonic Sketches.
Folder 2: Chadwick - Chausson, undated: Items include: George Chadwick, Symphonic Sketches; Chadwick, Symphonic Sketches; Ernest Chausson, Poeme for Violin and Orchestra; Chausson, Sl=ymphony in B Flat Major.
Folder 3: Colgrass - Conus, undated: Items include: Michael Colgrass, As Quiet As; Julius Conus, Violin Concerto in E minor.
Folder 4: Copland, Aaron, undated: Items include: Copland, El Salon Mexico; Copland, Appalachian Spring; Copland, Lincoln Portrait.

Box 14

Folder 1: Britten - Bruch, undated: Items include: Benjamin Britten, Simple Symphony, 1934; Britten, Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes; Noye's Fludde1958; Max Bruch, Scottish Fantasy.
Folder 2: Chopin, undated: Items include: Piano Concerto No. 1; Piano Conceto No. 2.
Folder 3: Copland, Aaron, 1940-1945: Items include: Appalachian Spring, 1945; Notes; Happy Anniversary; An Outdoor Overture: Parts.
Folder 4: Copland, Aaron, 1940-1945: Items include: Billy the Kid, Ballet Suite, 1941; An Outdoor Overture,1940; Appalachian Spring, 1945.

Box 15

Folder 1: Corigliano - Couperin, undated: Items include: John Corigliano, Elegy for Orchestra, 1969; Corigliano, Promenade Overture, 1981; Francois Couperin, Overture and Allegro from La Sultane Suite, 1944.
Folder 2: Debussy, Claude, ca. 1930: Items include: Petite Suite; Nocturnes: I. Nuages, II. Fetes, III. Sirenes; Iberia.
Folder 3: Items include: Nocturnes; Printemps; La Mer.

Box 16

Folder 1: Debussy, 1930-1980: Items include: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faune, various arrangements (chamber ensemble, piano, orchestra score).
Folder 2: Debussy, 1910-1990: Items include: Trois Nocturnes, Parts; Premiere Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra.
Folder 3: Faure, Gabriel - Franck, Cesar, undated: Items include: Faure, Pelleas and Melisande, Score; Cesar Franck, Symphony in D Minor, Full Score.

Box 17

Folder 1: Gershwin, George - Grieg, undated: Items include: George Gershwin, Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra; Gershwin, I Got Rhythm, Variations for Piano and Orchestra; Gershwin, Of Thee I Sing, Overture; Gershwin, Cuban Overture; Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue; Edvard Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite No. 2.
Folder 2: Grieg, Edvard, undated: Items include: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1; Peer Gynt Suite No. 2; Piano Concerto in A Minor; Suite for Strings in Olden Style.
Folder 3: Ginastera - Gretry, undated: Items include: Alberto Ginastera, Danzas del Ballet Estancia; Alexander Glazunov, Violin Concerto; Mikhail Glinka, Overture to Rusian and Lyndmila; Reinhold Gliere, Russian Sailors' Dance; Christof von Gluck, Alceste Overture; Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Noche de los Tropicos; Andre Gretry, L'Epreuve Villageoise.

Box 18

Folder 1: Handel - Hanson, undated: Items include: G.F. Handel, Concerto Grosso; G.F. Handel, The Music for the Royal Fireworks; Howard Hanson, Symphony No. 2.
Folder 2: Harris - Holst, undated: Items include: Roy Harris, Third Symphony; Gustav Holst, The Planets; Holst, The Planets, Parts.
Folder 3: Haydn, ca. 1790: Items include: Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphny No. 104, score; Haydn, Symphony No. 104, score; Haydn, London Symphonies, Nos. 93 - 98, scores; Haydn, Symphony No. 102, score.

Box 19

Folder 1: Haydn, ca. 1790: Items include: Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 101 (The Clock), score; Haydn, Symphony No. 99, score; Haydn, Symphony No. 96, score; Haydn, Symphony No. 86, score.
Folder 2: Elgar, ca. 1920: Items include: Edward Elgar, Enigma Variations, score; Notes on the Enigma Variations; Elgar, Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, score; Elgar, Serenade for Strings; Elgar, Pomp and Circumstance, March No. 4, score.
Folder 3: Elgar, undated: Items include: Edward Elgar, Introduction and Allegro for Strings, score; Elgar. Symphony No. 1, score.

Box 20

Folder 1: Faure, de Falla, Dukas, Gershwin, undated: Items include: Gabriel Faure, Elegie for Cello and Orchestra; Manuel de Falla, El Amor Brujo, piano parts; Paul Dukas, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, score; George Gershwin, Porgy and Bess, piano score.
Folder 2: Dvorak, 1950-1955: Items include: Notes; Antonin Dvorak, Slavonic Dance No. 1, score; Dvorak, Slavonic Dance No. 3, score; Dvorak, Slavonic Dance No. 8, score; Dvorak, Slavonic Dance No. 10, score; Slavonic Dance No. 15, score; Dvorak, Cello Concerto, score.
Folder 3: Dvorak, undated: Items include: Antonin Dvorak, Serenade for Strings, score; Notes on Dvorak's Symphonies; Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 (New World Symphony), score; Notes.

Box 21

Folder 1: Dvorak, undated: Items include: Antonin Dvorak, Symphony No. 2, score; Dvorak, Symphony No. 1, score; Dvorak, Carneval Ouverture, score; Dvorak, Symphony No. 8, score.
Folder 2: Delibes, Delius, Dittersdorf, undated: Items include: Leo Delibes, Coppelia, Vaalse de la poupee, score; Coppelia, Preluse and Mazurka, score; Delibes, Coppelia, Entr'acte et Valse, score; Frederick Delius, The Walk to the Paradise Garden, Intermezzo, score; Delius, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, score; Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Konzert in E-Dur, score.
Folder 3: Haydn, undated: Items include: Franz Joseph Haydn, Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, score (2 versions); Haydn, Toy Symphony, score. Article on Haydn's Symphonies No. 93 - 104.

Box 22

Folder 1: Herold - Humperdinck, undated: Items include: Ferdinand Herold, Zampa Overture; Paul Hindemith, Five Pieces for String Orchestra; Hindemith, Trauermusik: Music of Mourning; Gustav Holst, St. Paul's Suite; Arthur Honegger, Cello Concerto; Karel Husa, Music for Prague 1968; Engelbert Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel, Prelude.
Folder 2: Ibert - Ives, undated: Items include: Jacques Ibert, Concertino da Camera; Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question (3 different copies); Ives, Variations on "America"; Ives, Symphony No. 2.

Box 23

Folder 1: Mendelssohn, undated: Items include: Felix Mendelssohn, Four Pieces from A Midsummer Night's Dream, score; Mendelssohn, Overture The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), score; Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3, score; Notes; Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4, score; Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 5 (Reformation).
Folder 2: Mozart, undated: Items include: Titus, Overture; Drei Marsche; Don Giovanni Overture; Die Entfuhrund aus dem Serail Overture; Idomeneo Overture; La Finta Giardiniera Overture; La Nozze Di Figaro Overture; Violin Concerto No. 4; Conceerto for Violin and Orchestra in G Major, Violin Concertto No. 2; Violin Concerto No. 1; Clarinet Concerto; Bassoon Concerto.
Folder 3: Mozart, undated: Items include: The Impresario Overture; Six German Dances; Adagio and Fugue for String Orchestra; Three German Dances; Piano Concerto No. 10; Eighteen Cadenzas and Four Fermatas to Mozart's Piano Concertos by Soulima Stravinsky.

Box 24

Folder 1: Mahler, Gustav, undated: Items include: Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 4; Songs of a Wayfarer.
Folder 2: Mahler, Gustav, undated: Items include: Symphony No. 1; Urlicht Primeval Light; Symphony No. 2; Adagietto.
Folder 3: Massenet, Jules, undated: Items include: Scenes Pittoresques; Phedre Overture; Le Cid Ballet.

Box 25

Folder 1: Mendelssohn, undated: Items include: Concert for Violin and Orchestra; Piano Concerto No. 1; Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Folder 2: Milhaud, Darius, undated: Items include: Suite Fraicaise; La Creation du Monde.
Folder 3: Mozart, undated: Items include: Concerto in A Major for Piano and Orchestra; Piano Concerto in C Major; Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor; Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat Major; Horn Concerto No. 3; Horn Concerto No. 2; Horn Concerto No. 4.

Box 26

Folder 1: Jones, Samuel, undated: Items include: Benediction; Elegy for String Orchestra; Hymn to the Earth; Let Us Now Praise Famous Men; Listen Now, My Children; Reflections (includes cd); Symphony No. 3.
Folder 2: Kabalevsky - Kodaly, undated: Items include: D. Kabalevsky, Colas Breugnon Overture; Theron Kirk, On Orchestra Primer, Score and Text; Zoltan Kodaly, Dances of Galanta.
Folder 3: Lalo - Lully, undated: Items include: Edouard Lalo, Symphony Espagnole; Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole; Lalo, Cello Concerto; Benjamin Lees, Passacaglia for Orchestra; Anatol Liadov, The Enchanted Lake; Franz Liszt, Symphonische Dichtungen; Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 1; Jean Baptiste Lully, Le Temple de la Paix.

Box 27

Folder 1: Mozart, undated: Items include: Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Clarinette; Horn, Fagott and Orchestra; Symphony No. 52; Symphony No. 41; Symphony in C, parts; Symphony No. 40.
Folder 2: Mozart, undated: Items include: Symphony. No. 39; Concert for Flute and Harp, Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter), parts, score; Symphony No. 40.
Folder 3: Mozart, undated: Items include: Symphony No. 25; Symphony No. 4; Symphony No. 1; Concert for Flute and Harp; Conxerto in C Major for Oboe and Orchestra; Symphony No. 31; Symphony No. 29; Symphony No. 25; Violin Concerto No. 5; Symphony in D (Haffner Symphony).

Box 28

Folder 1: Mozart, undated: Items include: SYmphony No. 35; Symphony No. 34; Symphony No. 32; Symphony No. 38; Symphony in C, parts.
Folder 2: Messiaen - Mussorgsky, undated: Items include: Olivier Messiaen, L'Ascension; Modest Mussorgsky, Introduction fo Khovantchina; Moussorgsky, Pictures from an Exhibition; Mussorgsky, Night on Bald Mountain; Mussorgsky, Gopak.
Folder 3: Saint-Saens, undated: Items include: Piano Concerto No. 2; Violin Concerto No. 3; Third Concerto for Violin and Orchestra.

Box 29

Folder 1: Nicolai - Nielsen, undated: Items include: Otto Nicolai, Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor; Carl Nielsen. Prelude to the 2nd Act from Masquerade; Nielsen, Concert for Clarinet and Orchestra; Nielsen, Concert for Flute and Orchestra; Nielsen, Simphony No. 5; Nielsen, The Inextinguishable, Symphony for Orchestra.
Folder 2: Ott, David, 1995-2013: Items include: Catalogue of Selected Works of David Ott; Elegy; Fanfare of Celebration; Symphonette No. 1.
Folder 3: Paganini and Rossini, undated: Items include: Paganini, Violin Concerto No. 1; Gioachino Rossini, Opera Overtures; Rossini, The Barber of Seville Overture; Rossini, Overture to Semiramide.

Box 30

Folder 1: Paine, John Knowles - Paulus, Stephen, undated: Items include: John Knowles Paine, Prelude to Oedipus Tyrannus; Stephen Paulus, Concertante; Paulus, Sea Portraits; Paulus, Concerto for Orchestra.
Folder 2: Piston, Walter - Poulenc, Francis, undated: Items include: Walter Piston, Pine Tree Fantasy for Orchestra; Piston, Concerto for Viola and Orchestra; Piston, Symphony No. 4; Francis Poulenc, Les Biches.
Folder 3: Prokofieff, Serge, undated: Items include: Peter and the Wolf; Symphony No.5; Classical Symphony; Notes; Lieutenant Kije Suite; Piano Concerto No. 1.

Box 31

Folder 1: Puccini - Purcell, undated: Items include: Giacomo Puccini, Preludio Sinfonico; Puccini, Capriccio Sinfonico; Henry Purcell, Chacony in G Minor for Strings.
Folder 2: Rachmaninoff, Serge, undated: Items include: Third Symphony; Piano Concerto No. 2; Symphony No. 2; Piano Concerto No. 3.
Folder 3: Ravel, Maurice, undated: Items include: Pavane Pour une Infante Defunte; Rapsodie Espagnole; Valses Nobles et Sentimentales.

Box 32

Folder 1: Ravel - Respighi, undated: Items include: Maurice Ravel, Introduction et Allegro; Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin, 2 copies; Peter Re, Celebratory Overture; Ottorino Respighi, The Pines of Rome.
Folder 2: Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai, undated: Items include: Capriccio Espagnol; Polonaise from Christmas Eve; Russian Easter Overture.
Folder 3: Rinsky-Korsakoff - Rossi, undated: Items include: Rimsky-Korsakoff, Scheherazade; Rossini, Overture to William Tell.

Box 33

Folder 1: Ott, David - Saint-Saens, Camille, undated: Items include: Ott, List of music composed by David Ott; Saint-Saens, Danse Macabre; Saint-Saens, Le Carnaval des Animaux; Saint-Saens, Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso; Saint-Saens, La Muse et le Poete.
Folder 2: Saint-Saens, Camille, undated: Items include: Piano Concerto No. 5; Piano Concerto No. 4; Le Carnaval des Animaux, 1st Piano; Carnival of the Animals, Piano II.
Folder 3: Still, William Grant - Strauss Jr., Johann, undated: Items include: William Grant Still, Afro-American Symphony; Johann Strauss Sr., Radetzky March; Johann Strauss Jr., On the Beautiful Blue Danube; Strauss Jr., Tandelei (Flirtation); Strauss Jr., Die Fledermaus, Overture; Strauss Jr., Tales From the Vienna Woods.

Box 34

Folder 1: Sibelius, Jean, undated: Items include: The Swan of Tuonela; Finlandia; Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 7; Symphony No. 2.
Folder 2: Strauss Jr., Johann, Undated: Items include: The Gypsy Baron Overture; Voices of Spring; Emperor Waltzes.
Folder 3: Strauss, Richard, undated: Items include: Till Eulenspiegel; Don Quixote; Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) and articles about; Don Juan; Concerto for Horn No. 1.

Box 35

Folder 1: Schubert, Franz, undated: Items include: Symphony No. 7; Symphony No. 3; Rosamunde.
Folder 2: Schubert, Franz, undated: Items include: Die Zauberharfe; Symphony No. 6; Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished").
Folder 3: Schubert, Franz - Schumann, Robert, undated: Items include: Notes about Schubert, Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished"); Schubert, Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished"); Robert Schumann, Symphony No. 1; Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor; Schumann, Cello Concerto in A Minor.

Box 36

Folder 1: Schumann, Robert, undated: Items include: Symphony No. 2; Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 4.
Folder 2: Schumann, Robert, undated: Items include: Photocopy of Robert Schumann's manuscript of Symphony No. 1 from original copy in The Library of Congress; Overture to Manfred.
Folder 3: Shostakovich, Dimitri, undated: Items include: Symphony No. 5; Concerto No. 1 and No. 2; Concerto No. 1 and Concerto No. 2.

Box 37

Folder 1: Sarasate, Pablo de - Schoenberg, Arnold, undated: Items include: Sarasate, Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs); Schoenberg, Theme and Variations; Schoenberg, FIve Pieces for Orchestra; Schoenberg, Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra.
Folder 2: Shostakovich, Dimitri, undated: Items include: Symphony No. 10; Piano Concerto No. 1; Festive Overture.
Folder 3: Smetana, Bedrich - Strauss, Richard, undated: Items include: Bedrich Smetana, The Bartered Bride; John Philip Sousa, The Stars and Stripes Forever; Sousa, Semper Fidelis; Sousa, El Capitan March; Sousa, The Thunderer March; Karl Stamitz, Viola Concerto; Richard Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel.

Box 38

Folder 1: Strauss, Richard, undated: Items include: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier; Also Sprach Zarathustra; Death and Transfiguration.
Folder 2: Stravinsky, Igor, undated: Items include: Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring); Le Sacre dy Orubtenos (The Rite of Spring), Original version; Firebird Suite.
Folder 3: Tschaikowsky, undated: Items include: 1812 Overture; Serenade for Strings; Variations on a Rococo Theme. Le Voyvode, Symphonic Ballad.

Box 39

Folder 1: Stravinsky, Igor, undated: Items include: Danses Concertantes for Chamber Orchestra; The Fairy's Kiss; Symphonies of Wind Instruments, 2 copies.
Folder 2: Stravinsky, Igor, undated: Items include: A Soldier's Tale, reading, orchestral, combined; Ebony Concerto; Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra.
Folder 3: Stravinsky, Igor, undated: Items include: Suite No. 1; Greeting Prelude, for the eightieth birthday of Pierre Monteux; Histoire du Soldat, parts; The Soldier's Tale, Score; Suite de Pulcinella; Notes on Petrushka.

Box 40

Folder 1: Stravinsky, Igor, undated: Items include: Notes on Rite of Spring; Petrouchka, score.
Folder 2: Tschaikowsky, undated: Items include: Swan Lake, suite; Suite No. 3; Symphony No. 1, score.
Folder 3: Tschaikowsky, undated: Items include: Symphony No. 2, score; Notes about other Tschaikowsky symphonies.

Box 41

Folder 1: Tschaikowsky, undated: Items include: Symphony No 3; Symphony No. 4; Symphony No. 5.
Folder 2: Tschaikowsky, undated: Items include: Waltz from Eugene Onegin; Andante Cantabile; Violin Concerto; Symphonie Pathetique;
Folder 3: Tschaikowsky, undated: Items include: Piano Concerto No. 1; Notes on various Tschaikowsky compositions; Capriccio Italien; Romeo and Juliet, Overture - Fantasy.

Box 42

Folder 1: Verdi, Giuseppe - von Suppe, Franz, undated: Items included: Verdi, Nabucco Overture; Henri Vieuxtemps, Violin Concerto No. 5; John Vincent, Symphony in D; Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto No. 2 and No. 3 for Flute; Franz von Suppe, Light Cavalry Overture.
Folder 2: Wagner, Richard, undated: Items include: Prelude and Love Death from Trristan and Isolda, score; Rienzi Overture, score; Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg; Siegfried's Funeral March from The Twilight of the Gods, score.
Folder 3: Wagner, Richard - Walton, William, undated: Items include: Richard Wagner, SIegfried's Rhine Journey, Wagner, Siegfried Idyll, score; William Walton, Partita for Orchestra.

Box 43

Folder 1: Svoboda, Tomas - Ward, Robert, undated: Items include: Tomas Svoboda, Overture of the Season; Franz von Suppe, Overture to Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna; William Walton, Crown Imperial, Coronation March, score; Walton, Facade; Robert Ward, Prairie Overture.
Folder 2: Weber, Carl Maria von - Webern, Anton, undated: Items include: Weber, Oberon, Overture; Weber, Euryanthe Overture; Weber, Invitation to the Dance, score; Weber, Die drei Pintos; Weber, Der Freischutz Overture, score; Anton Webern, Funf Stucke for Orchestra; Webern, Variations for Orchestra; Webern, Passacaglia for Orchestra; Webern, Im Sommerwind.
Folder 3: Wieniawski, Henri - Williams, R. Vaughan, undated: Items include: Wieniawski, Violin Concerto No. 2, score; Wieniawsky, Violin Concerto No. 1, score; Williams, Symphony No. 5, score; Williams, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, score; Williams, Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra, score.

Box 44

Folder 1: Beethoven, undated: Items include: Sammtliche Overtures; Symphonies 1-5, Piano, Four-Hands, Vol. I..
Folder 2: Beethoven, undated: Items include: Symphonies No. 6-9, Piano, Four-Hands, Vol. II; Symphony No. 4, Four-Hands, excerpts; Symphony No. 1, Four-Hands, excerpts; Egmont Overture, Piano Four-Hands; Coriolan Overture, Piano Four-Hands; Leonore III, Piano Four-Hands.
Folder 3: Beethoven, undated: Items include: Symphony No. 2, Piano Four-Hands, excerpts; Eroica, Piano Four-Hands, 1st Movement, Beginning; Eroica, 4th Movement, Piano Four-Hands, Beginning; Eroica, 4th Movement, Piano Four-Hands "Poco Adante"; Symphony No. 5, Piano Four-Hands, excerpts; Symphony No. 7, Piano Four-Hands, excerpts.

Box 45

Folder 1: Brahms - Symphony No. 3 and No. 4, undated: Items include: Symphony No. 3, Piano Four-Hands; Symphony No. 4, Piano I and II, Vol. I; Symphony No. 4, Piano Four-Hands, Piano I and II, Vol. II.
Folder 2: Brahms - Symphonies, undated: Items included: Symphonies No. 1 and No. 2; Piano Four-Hands; Symphony No. 2, Piano Four-Hands; Symphony No. 3, Piano Four-Hands, Vol. I; Symphony No. 3, Piano Four-Hands, Vol. II. Symphony No. 4, Piano Four-Hands.
Folder 3: Haydn, Mahler, Mendelssohn, undated: Items include: Haydn, Symphony No. 104, Piano Four-Hands. Mahler, Symphony No. 1, Piano Four-Hands; Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3, "Scottish," Piano Four-Hands, 1st and 3rd Movements only.

Box 46

Folder 1: Mozart, undated: Items include: Magic Flute Overture, Piano Four-Hands, Beginning (chords); Magic Flute Overture, Piano Four-Hands; Overtures, Piano Four-Hands; Symphonies, Piano Four-Hands; Original Compositions for One Piano, Four Hands.
Folder 2: Mussorgsky, Rossini, R. Schumann, Johann Strauss, undated: Items include: Muaaorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition for the Piano; Rossini, Barber of Seville, Overture; R. Schumann, Symphonies for Piano Duet; Strauss, Die Fledermaus, Overture, Piano Teo Hands; Strauss, DIe Fledermaus, Overture, for Piano Two- or Four-Hands; Strauss, Die Fledermaus Overture for Piano Four-Hands.
Folder 3: Tschaikowsky; von Suppe, Franz, undated: Items include: Tschaikowsky, Symphony Pathetique, Piano Four-Hands; Tschaikowsky, Symphony No. 4, Piano Four-Hands; Tschaikowsky, Symphony No. 5, Piano Four-Hands; von Suppe, Overtures, Piano Four-Hands.

Box 47

Folder 1: Tschaikowsky, undated: Items include: Symphony No. 4, Piano Four Hands, excerpts; Capriccio Italien, Piano-Four-Hands.
Folder 2: Weber, Carl Maria von, undated: Items include: Der Freischutz, Overture, Piano Four- Hands; Four Original Compositions for Piano Four-Hands; Overtures for Piano Duet.

Series 2: Personal Papers, 1970-2024

Consists of concert programs, conducting notes, and exercises; articles about conducting; teaching notes; photograph; and obituary documents. Materials are arranged by subject and chronologically therein.

Box 48

Folder 1: Articles on Conducting - Various Authors, undated
Folder 2: Biographies - Paul Vermel, undated
Folder 3: Exercises and Teaching Materials, undated
Folder 4: Exercises: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and Silent Night, undated
Folder 5: Exercises, Articles, Checklists, undated
Folder 6: Guest Conducting, 1970-1979
Folder 7: Premieres, Failures, Triumphs, undated
Folder 8: Conducting - University of Illinois Symphony, Symphonic Band, and Chamber Orchestra, 1989-1990
Folder 9: Conducting - Champaign-Urbana Symphony, 1990-1991
Folder 10: Conducting - Champaign-Urbana Symphony, 1991-1992
Folder 11: Conducting - Champaign-Urbana Symphony and Univ. of Illinois Symphony, 1980-1982

Box 49

Folder 1: Conducting - Univ. of Illinois Symphony; Champaign-Urbana Symphony; and Other Illinois Orchestras, 1974-1976
Folder 2: Conducting - Univ. of Illinois Symphony; Champaign-Urbans Symphony; and Other Illinois Orchestras, 1977-1978
Folder 3: Conducting - Univ. of Illinois Symphony; and Champaign-Illinois Symphony, 1978-1979
Folder 4: Conducting = Univ. of Illinois Symphony; Champaign-Urbana Symphony, 1979-1980
Folder 5: Conducting - Univ. of Illinois Symphony; Champaign-Illinois Symphony; and Other Illinois Orchestras, 1976-1982
Folder 6: Conducting - Champaign-Urbana Symphony; and Univ.of Illinois Symphony, 1982-1985
Folder 7: Conducting - Univ. of Illinois Symphony, 1985-1988
Folder 8: Conducting - Univ. of Illinois Symphony, 1988-1990
Folder 9: Conducting - Champaign-Urbana Symphony, 1984-1986
Folder 10: Conducting - Champaign-Urbana Symphony, 1986-1987
Folder 11: Conducting - Champaign-Urbana Symphony, 1987-1988
Folder 12: Conducting - Champaign-Urbana Symphony
Folder 13: Conducting - Champaign-Urbana Symphony, 1989-1990

Box 50

Folder 1: Conducting - Champaign-Urbana Symphony and Univ. of Illinois Opera, 1992-1993
Folder 2: Conducting - Univ. of Illinois Symphony and Champaign-Urbana Symphony, 1993-1994
Folder 3: Teaching Notes, undated
Folder 4: In Memory, 2024
Folder 5: Photograph of Paul Vermel and Friends, undated

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