Finding Aid for Alexander L Ringer Papers, 1921-2002 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

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Collection Overview

Title: Alexander L Ringer Papers, 1921-2002

ID: 12/5/43

Primary Creator: Ringer, Alexander L. (1921-2002)

Extent: 55.0 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Papers organized into five series, which are further organized into sub-series based on geography, professional group and Ringer's professional roles. The file are arranged chronologically.

Date Acquired: 06/18/2008

Subjects: Faculty Papers, Folk music - Instruction and study, Ford Foundation, Kodály Center of America, Kodály Musical Training Center, Music, School of, Music - Instruction and study - Hungary, Music - Instruction and study - Juvenile - 20th century, Music teachers - Scholarships, fellowships, etc., Music teachers - Training of - Israel, Music teachers - Training of - United States

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English, German, Hebrew, French, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch;Flemish, Spanish;Castilian

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Personal and professional papers of Alexander L. Ringer. Includes correspondence, education materials, administrative documents, video and sound recordings, manuscripts of articles, book chapters and lectures, and photographs that document Ringer's career as an educator, academic musicologist, researcher, and administrator at the University of Illinois and in various academic music associations. The papers also document the development of the Kodaly education program in the United States and Israel.

Biographical Note

Alexander L. Ringer was an American research musicologist and educator of Dutch and Polish descent (b. February 3, 1921-Berlin, d. May 3, 2002, Lansing, Michigan). He was a survivor of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp (1943-44). After the war, Ringer emigrated to New York City in 1947. There he received a M.A. in Sociology and psychology in 1948 from the New School for Social Research and a Ph.D. of Musicology in 1955 from the City College, Columbia University. At Columbia he studied under Paul Henry Lang.

Following the completion of his degree, Ringer then taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Oklahoma, among other places, before coming to the University of Illinois in 1958, where he attained full professor status in 1963. Beginning in 1963, Ringer served as chair of the musicology division for six years. After this period he then directed the school's graduate and professional curricula. Ringer supervised the theses and dissertations of many graduate students, while also teaching many undergraduate courses in musicology. Furthermore, Ringer served on numerous committees at UIUC, including the UIUC-Tehran University partnership, and was active in UIUC's American Professors for Peace in the Middle East, the American Association of University Professors, and the UIUC Philosophy Club (of which Ringer was president for many years). Ringer also founded the UIUC Committee on Jewish Culture and Society. Ringer retired from the university in 1991.

Ringer was also active in other universities, most notably the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he served as Fulbright Visiting Professor in 1962 to 1963 and in 1966 to 1967, in order to found and chair that school's musicology department. Ringer also served as visiting professor at the Eastman Schoolf of Music (1974), Tel Aviv University (1983), and Heidelberg University - Academy for Jewish Studies (1983). Ringer also gave guest lectures at universities, conferences and festivals throughout the world. He was highly active in the American Musicological Society, the College Music Society, the Organization of American Kodaly Educators, the International Kodaly Society, the Music Educators National Conference, the Music Library Association, the German Musicological Society, the World Congress on Jewish Music, the International Schoenberg Society, Society for Ethnomusicology and the International Folk Music Council.

In 1975 Ringer helped found the International Kodaly Society, and earlier Ringer was instrumental in bringing the Kodaly method in elementary music education from Hungary to the United States and Israel. He (with the help of Isaac Stern) received grant funding to launch and direct the Kodaly Fellowship program for many years both in America and in Israel. Ringer also served for many years as artistic adviser for the Jerusalem Music Centre.

Ringer also lead ethnomusicology research projects to study the maqam tradition in the Middle East (1970-1975) and the Hebrew Melodies in the Hungarian Oral Tradition (1977-1990). In addition, Ringer wrote and researched extensively on the life and works of Arnold Schoenberg, Kurt Weill, Ludwig von Beethoven, Gustav Mahler, George Rochberg. Ringer has also researched and written extensively on romantic era, Western European music; eastern influences on Western music throughout time; the history of Jewish music and Jewish influences into Western music; and Music Education. Ringer primarily wrote in English and German, but he also delivered lectures in Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, Hungarian, French and Dutch.

Ringer was a member of the editorial board of Musica Judaica and general co-editor of the collected edition of Arnold Schoenberg's writings. He also served as editor of the International Folk Music Council's Yearbook (1968-1970), which he also founded, and edited a volume in the Music and Society series, "The Early Romantic Era - Between Revolutions: 1789 and 1848."

Finally, as a conductor, Ringer held choral positions in New York, Philadelphia, Berkeley, and Norman, Oklahoma. At UIUC he presented works by Mozart, Beethoven and Bruckner, in addition to coaching a number of recitalists.

Subject/Index Terms

Faculty Papers
Folk music - Instruction and study
Ford Foundation
Kodály Center of America
Kodály Musical Training Center
Music, School of
Music - Instruction and study - Hungary
Music - Instruction and study - Juvenile - 20th century
Music teachers - Scholarships, fellowships, etc.
Music teachers - Training of - Israel
Music teachers - Training of - United States

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Alternate Extent Statement: 55.0 cu. ft.

Acquisition Source: Ringer Family

Acquisition Method: Donation

Processing Information: Series 1 completed 7/18/2008. Remaining series completed 3/16/2009.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Kodály method (music education), 1966-1997],
[Series 2: University committees, faculty correspondence, teaching and campus engagement, 1955-2000],
[Series 3: Research notes, drafts and correspondence],
[Series 4: Academic associations and professional travel],
[Series 5: Personal material],
[All]

Series 2: University committees, faculty correspondence, teaching and campus engagement, 1955-2000

Contains correspondence, administrative documents, internal memorandums, reports, student papers and other materials that document Ringer's role as a professor and educator at various institutions, but principally at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Of special note are Ringer's correspondence with Paul Henry Rang during the 1950's and the records of Ringer's involvement starting the Hebrew University's musicology department. Also includes Ringer's papers documenting his involvement with the American Association of University Professors and the American Professors for Peace in the Middle East.

Sub-Series 1: University-wide correspondence and committees, 1955-2000

Contains internal university correspondence, memorandums and reports of the various committees and schools with which Ringer was associated. Also includes external correspondence Ringer wrote as a representative of the University and Ringer's job search correspondence during the late 1950s. 1950s correspondence files include correspondence with Paul Henry Lang.

Box 20: Pre-UIUC correspondence and teaching, 1954-1964

Folder 1: Curriculum, correspondence and student papers (1 of 2), 1954-1960
Folder 2: Curriculum, correspondence and student papers (2 of 2), 1954-1960
Folder 3: Ringer newsclippings and performance/lecture programs, 1955-1964
Folder 4: University of Oklahoma - minutes, handbook and examinations, 1956-1958
Folder 5: Personal correspondence (Oklahoma-California), 1956-1958
Folder 6: University of Oklahoma - faculty-related correspondence, 1956-1958

Box 21: Job searching and UIUC engagement, 1957-1980

Folder 1: Correspondence and job search, 1957-1958
Folder 2: UIUC personal and faculty-related correspondence, 1958-1962
Folder 3: Professional and faculty correspondence, 1958-1959
Folder 4: Michigan State University and Oakland correspondence, 1959-1960
Folder 5: Graduate College faculty meeting minutes and reports (1 of 2), 1964-1980
Folder 6: Graduate College faculty meeting minutes and reports (2 of 2), 1964-1980
Folder 7: Urbana-Champaign Senate meeting, 1965

Box 22: University committees and proposals, 1965-1985

Folder 1: School of Liberal Arts & Sciences correspondence, 1965
Folder 2: Committee on Institutional Cooperation (C.I.C.) Inter-University Music Institute Proposal, 1966
Folder 3: Humanities at UIUC, 1966
Folder 4: Medieval & Renaissance Studies Committee, 1966-1968
Folder 5: Placement and grant applications, 1966-1969
Folder 6: Educational Policy Committee, 1966-1969
Folder 7: UIUC Philosophy Club memos and notes, 1966-1983
Folder 8: Lorado Taft Committee proposals, 1967-1973
Folder 9: Russian and East European Center (REEC) memos and course offerings (1 of 2), 1967-1985

Box 23: University committes and proposals, 1967-1981

Folder 1: Russian and East European Center (REEC) memos and course offerings (2 of 2), 1967-1985
Folder 2: Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities (M.U.C.I.A.), 1968
Folder 3: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Proposal, 1968
Folder 4: Fine and Applied Arts - courses and curriculum committee, 1968-1969
Folder 5: Federated Jewish Charities of Champaign-Urbana, 1968-1971
Folder 6: Fine and Applied Arts College bylaws committee, 1969-1970
Folder 7: Foreign Students Committee, 1969-1971
Folder 8: Planning Commitee for International Programs and Studies, 1969-1971
Folder 9: Humanities Lecture Series Committee, 1969-1973
Folder 10: UIUC International Studies and Study Abroad, 1969-1981

Box 24: University Senate, Committees and campus engagement, 1969-1984

Folder 1: Hillel Foundation, 1969-1970/1980-1984
Folder 2: French Department - Joint Programs, 1970
Folder 3: Graduate Applications - Fellowships, 1970
Folder 4: Strike Material, 1970
Folder 5: Office of International Programs in Education newsletter, 1970
Folder 6: Fine and Applied Arts (FAA) - Courses and curriculum, 1970-1971
Folder 7: Graduate College Fellowship Bulletin, 1970-1971
Folder 8: Papers by UIUC colleagues, 1970-1972
Folder 9: Long-range planning committee, 1970-1973
Folder 10: Various rules and regulations, re: leave, sabbaticals, etc., 1970-1974
Folder 11: UIUC Senate (1 of 2), 1970-1980
Folder 12: UIUC Senate (2 of 2), 1970-1980

Box 25: University committees and proposals, 1971-1978

Folder 1: University of Illinois press, 1971
Folder 2: Ad Hoc Fellowship Committee, 1971
Folder 3: Council on Intercultural Relations - Vienna - Paul Koutny Correspondence, 1971-1977
Folder 4: Center for Asian Studies Memos and Correspondence, 1972-1978
Folder 5: Extension in International Affairs Bulletin, 1973
Folder 6: Humanities - Committee on Medieval Civilization, 1974
Folder 7: Measurement and Research Division (MARD), 1975
Folder 8: Statutes, revised, 1975
Folder 9: Visual Aid Service, 1975-1978
Folder 10: Capricious Grading Committee, 1976
Folder 11: Committee on Committees, 1976-1977
Folder 12: Hillel Foundation memos, minutes and correspondence, 1976-1978
Folder 13: International Programs and Studies Memos, 1976-1978
Folder 14: Staff report - PAC/NEC Representation in Senate committees, 1977

Box 26: University committees and senate documents, 1977-1979

Folder 1: Union of Professional Employees at UIUC, 1977-1979
Folder 2: Office of International Programs and Studies Committee, 1977-1981
Folder 3: The Union Guardian - UIUC Union materials, 1978
Folder 4: Senate Search Committee, 1978
Folder 5: Committee on Committees, 1978-1979
Folder 6: Senate Committee on Committees, 1978-1979
Folder 7: Chancellor Search Committee, 1978-1979
Folder 8: UIUC Senate Meeting Minutes, 1978-1979
Folder 9: UIUC Senate Council (1 of 2), 1978-1979

Box 27: University Senate and Committees, 1978-1983

Folder 1: UIUC Senate Council (2 of 2), 1978-1979
Folder 2: UIUC Senate Minutes and Memos (1 of 2), 1978-1979
Folder 3: UIUC Senate Minutes and Memos (2 of 2), 1978-1979
Folder 4: Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees (1 of 2), 1978-1980
Folder 5: Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees (2 of 2), 1978-1980
Folder 6: Inter-institutional Dialogue - newsletter, 1979-1981
Folder 7: College of Fine and Applied Arts (FAA) annual meetings, 1979-1983

Box 28: University senate, committees and campus engagement, 1979-1991

Folder 1: Office of International Programs and Studies Committee, 1979
Folder 2: Chancellor correspondence - Thomas Everhart, John Cribbet, Edwin Goldwasser, 1979-1985
Folder 3: History department correspondence, 1980
Folder 4: UIUC Senate Minutes and memos, 1980-1982
Folder 5: UIUC Senates Conference, 1980-1982
Folder 6: Visitors to campus, 1980-1984
Folder 7: Committee on Jewish Culture and Society, 1980-1984: See also Box 94, Folder 11.
Folder 8: UIUC Research Board, correspondence and information (1 of 2), 1980-1991
Folder 9: UIUC Research Board, correspondence and information (1 of 2), 1980-1991
Folder 10: Letters to graduate faculty from chancellor, 1981
Folder 11: Senate Committee, external affairs, 1981-1982

Box 29: University senate and committees, 1981-1984

Folder 1: UIUC Administration, 1981-1982
Folder 2: Dissertation Research Grants Committee (1 of 2), 1981-1982
Folder 3: Dissertation Research Grants Committee (2 of 2), 1981-1982
Folder 4: UIUC external affairs, patent policy, 1981-1982
Folder 5: Urbana-Champaign Senate, 1981-1983
Folder 6: External Affairs Committee - Federal Regulation, 1981-1983
Folder 7: University Library, 1981-1984
Folder 8: UIUC Senate minutes and memos (1 of 2), 1981-1983

Box 30: University committees and senate, 1979-1983

Folder 1: Board of Trustees meeting reports, 1979
Folder 2: Board of Trustees Report/Senate meeting, 1979
Folder 3: Office of International Programs and Studies Committee (2 of 2), 1979
Folder 4: UIUC Senate minutes and memos (2 of 2)
Folder 5: Board of Trustees meeting reports, 1982
Folder 6: Senates Conference, 1982

Box 31: University committees and campus engagement, 1982-2002

Folder 1: Allerton Conference (Chancellor's) - March 6-7, 1982
Folder 2: Sub-Committee on Conflict of Interest Policy (Senate), 1983-1985
Folder 3: Visiting Colleague, Gerald R. Seaman, correspondence and recommendations, 1984-1989
Folder 4: Allerton Conference, March 31-April 1, 1985
Folder 5: Ringer's application for association position - Center for Advanced Study, 1986-1987
Folder 6: UIUC Healthcare, 1989
Folder 7: UIUC Philosophy Club, 1992-2000
Folder 8: Fine and Applied Arts (FAA) Correspondence and memos/campus involvement, 1995-2002

Box 64: 1958-1971

Folder 9: Searching for a faculty/teaching position, correspondence with schools, 1958-1960
Folder 10: Graduate Faculty memo, 1961
Folder 11: Faculty position offer from Brown University faculty, 1964-1965
Folder 12: Proposed interdisciplinary humanities course, "The Arts in Modern Life", 1961
Folder 13: Center for Asian Studies, UIUC (1 of 2), 1965-1971

Box 65: 1965-1989

Folder 1: Center for Asian Studies (2 of 2), 1965-1971
Folder 2: Office of International Programs in Education, 1967-1974
Folder 3: Urbana-Champaign Senate, 1969-1970
Folder 4: USIS - US Cultural Center - Israel, 1970
Folder 5: Yale - School of Music, 1971-1972
Folder 6: Graduate Studies correspondence and Bar-Ilan University Correspondence, 1971-1977
Folder 7: Research assistance - UIUC Research Board, 1972-1976
Folder 8: Sabbatical leaves - forms and applications - including for Schoenberg research, 1973, 1977, 1986, 1989

Box 66: 1974-1996

Folder 1: "Music Practica, Musica Speculativa" lecture to UIUC Medieval Club, research notes, 1974
Folder 2: Teaching at Eastman School of Music, 1974
Folder 3: Research assistance - UIUC research board - Linda Wilson, 1976-1979
Folder 4: UIUC Scholars' Travel Fund, 1977-1990
Folder 5: Basic Education Senate Resolution and research (Jim Armstrong), 1977
Folder 6: "Survey of Clock Hours of Professional Activities" and Ringer's protest/refusal to participate, 1978-1979
Folder 7: University of Western Ontario - job offer, 1979
Folder 8: YMCA Friday Forum talk, 1979: Title: "Sounds Blowing Back from the Future"
Folder 9: George Brinegar correspondence - International Programs and Studies, 1979
Folder 10: Munich Trip - establishing Munich-UIUC link, 1980
Folder 11: Teaching at Jewish Studies Center, Heidelberg, 1982-1984: See also Box 68, Folder 13 and Box 55, Folder 5
Folder 12: Contemporary Germany Seminar, at UIUC, 1982
Folder 13: Proposal for funding, UIUC's Office of West European Studies, 1984-1985
Folder 14: Research board - application for travel funds, 1987
Folder 15: Isaac Stern honorary degree proposal and correspondence, 1987-1992
Folder 16: "From Mozart to Mendelssohn" KCPA lecture, 1991
Folder 17: "1928" lecture in "Arts 2000" series, Beckman Institute, UIUC, 1993
Folder 18: Course on Nazi Germany, readings and correspondence, Office of West European Studies, 1976

Box 94: 1980-1989

Folder 11: Committee on Jewish Culture and Society, 1980-1989: See also Box 28, Folder 7

Sub-Series 2: Tehran Research Unit, 1967-1972

Box 36: 1967-1973

Folder 1: Tehran Research Unit (TRU) Student Exchange Program, 1967-1970
Folder 2: Tehran Research Unit - reports, memos and proposals, 1968
Folder 3: William Archer correspondence, 1968-1970
Folder 4: Tehran Research Unit Proposals, 1968-1971
Folder 5: Tehran Research Unit Correspondence, memos and reports (1 of 3), 1968-1973
Folder 6: Tehran Research Unit Correspondence, memos and reports (2 of 3), 1968-1972
Folder 7: Tehran Research Unit Correspondence, memos and reports (3 of 3), 1968-1972

Box 37: 1969-1972

Folder 1: Tehran Research Unit Committee Records (1 of 2), 1969
Folder 2: Tehran Research Unit Committee Records (2 of 2), 1969
Folder 3: Tehran Research Unit, committee records and correspondence, 1969-1970
Folder 4: Tehran Research Unit, committee records and correspondence (2 of 2), 1969-1970
Folder 5: US Information Services (USIS) - Tehran Research Unit, 1970
Folder 6: Advisory Committee, 1970-1972
Folder 7: Archer, William K. correspondence, 1972

Sub-Series 3: Hebrew University Musicology Program, 1958-1987

Box 38: 1958-1973

Folder 1: Fulbright applications, correspondence and vouchers, 1958-1965
Folder 2: Hebrew University related correspondence (1 of 2), 1963-1967
Folder 3: Hebrew University related correspondence (2 of 2), 1963-1967
Folder 4: Hebrew University related correspondence, 1965-1966
Folder 5: Israel Travel grant, 1966-1967
Folder 6: American Friends of the Hebrew University, 1966-1973
Folder 7: Hebrew University Music Department, 1967-1969

Box 39: 1969-1987

Folder 1: UIUC-Hebrew University proposed exchange program, 1969-1981
Folder 2: Hebrew University Musicology Department (1 of 2), 1970-1982
Folder 3: Hebrew University Musicology Department (2 of 2), 1970-1982
Folder 4: Hebrew University Applications, 1971-1972
Folder 5: American Friends of the Hebrew University, 1974-1980
Folder 6: American Friends of the Hebrew University - Student Applications, 1978-1987

Box 64: 1962-1983

Folder 1: Trip to Israel - Hebrew University, 1962-1967
Folder 2: Hebrew University correspondence, 1958-1963
Folder 3: Hebrew University of Jerusalem correspondence, 1969-1972
Folder 4: Fulbright fellowship to Hebrew University, U.S. Educational Foundation in Israel proposal and administrative documents, 1965-1967
Folder 5: Tel Aviv University - visiting professor, 1982-1983
Folder 14: Provost Amnon Shiloah's farewell message and Committee on Study programs, 1989

Sub-Series 4: School of Music faculty correspondence and committees, 1963-2000

Box 40: 1963-1971

Folder 1: Faculty applications - School of Music (1 of 2), 1963-1966
Folder 2: Faculty applications - School of Music (2 of 2), 1963-1966
Folder 3: Committee to revise graduate curriculum, 1964-1970
Folder 4: Music Education Proposals, UIUC, 1966-1969
Folder 5: School of Music Records and Memos, 1967-1970
Folder 6: Educational Placement Office, Music Placement Consultant, 1969-1970
Folder 7: University Extension in Music, 1969-1970
Folder 8: NDEA Title IV fellowship application - School of Music, 1970-1971
Folder 9: Kirk petition (Colleen Kirk), 1970
Folder 10: School of Music Memos and correspondence, 1970-1971

Box 41: 1969-1985

Folder 1: Undergraduate Educational Policy Committee - School of Music, 1969
Folder 2: Graduate Music Entrance Exam, 1970-1973
Folder 3: Graduate Inquiries, 1971
Folder 4: Pat Madsen, secretary, correspondence, 1971-1972
Folder 5: Graduate Music Affairs, 1972-1974
Folder 6: McGill University, 1973
Folder 7: Memos and correspondence (1 of 2), 1973-1977/1985
Folder 8: Memos and correspondence (2 of 2), 1973-1977/1985
Folder 9: Bays, Robert E. - Professional activites file, 1974
Folder 10: School of Music - Search for Director, 1974
Folder 11: Weekly schedules and Music Dept. directories, 1974-1980
Folder 12: Haim Alexander - visiting lecturer, 1978
Folder 13: General records, 1978-1980
Folder 14: Graduate Choral Committee, 1978
Folder 15: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, events and correspondence, 1979-1981

Box 42: 1979-2000

Folder 1: D.M.A. Choral Committee, 1979-1982
Folder 2: Scott Goldthwaite Memorial, 1980-1981
Folder 3: General records, 1981
Folder 4: Research Grants Committee, 1981
Folder 5: General records, 1982-1983
Folder 6: Correspondence and memos, 1983-1990
Folder 7: Kessler, Hubert memorial, 1985
Folder 8: Hennig, Heinz (proposed visit to UIUC with choir), 1989
Folder 9: By-laws, etc. School of Music faculty meetings, 1990-1991
Folder 10: Correspondence and memos, 1990-2000

Box 63: 1959-2000

Folder 1: Duane Branigan and other faculty-related correspondence, 1959-1971: Correspondence with visiting scholars, School of Music faculty applicants and other campus visitants.
Folder 2: Extension in Music Conference, UIUC, 1966: "Collegiate Conference on the Arts"
Folder 3: F.C. Lange - visiting lecturer, music in colonial Brazil, 1966
Folder 4: Frits R. Noske, visiting lecturer, 1969-1971
Folder 5: Ilona Vincze, Israel Academy of Music, Tel-Aviv University, 1969-1971
Folder 6: Sabbatical correspondence from Jerusalem to School of Music, 1971-1972
Folder 7: Applicants, various positions, 1972-1973
Folder 8: Information on research grants, 1973
Folder 9: Amnon Shiloah, visiting professor, 1974-1975 and correspondence, 1974-1987
Folder 10: Correspondence with performers, Eden and Tamir, George Mulder, Amstel Duo, 1974-1977
Folder 11: UIUC Wind Ensemble, Ringer conducting, 1975
Folder 12: Tel Aviv String Orchestra, campus visit, 1977
Folder 13: Mozart Requiem concert, Ringer conducting, 1979
Folder 14: Elaine Brody, visiting lecturer, correspondence, 1980-1981
Folder 15: Paul Martin Zonn and Ringer concert, Krannert, 1982
Folder 16: Dragan Plamenac memorial, sheet music, correspondence and research file, 1984
Folder 17: Dr. Arnfried Edler, keyboard performance proposal at UIUC, 1986
Folder 18: "An Hour with Mozart in Salzburg" Ringer lecture-demonstration, 1990/1975: Includes programs and photographs/ and "Allerton Serenade: An Hour of Eighteenth Century Wind Music" directed by Alexander Ringer, 1975
Folder 19: School of Music, concert programs and teaching, 1991-2000
Folder 20: Eric Frederick, visiting assistant professor, 1999

Box 131: 1997-2001

Folder 8: School of Music correspondence and memos, 1960-1970/1993-2001: Includes lecture drafts "The American University is an anachronism"; "How Can the University of Illinois Contribute to World Peace," 1960, Scott Keyes; plus memorandums, correspondence and student papers.

Sub-Series 5: Musicology Division faculty correspondence and committees, 1953-1989

Box 42: 1953-1960

Folder 1: Musicology/History of Music Division Minutes, Memos and Correspondence (1 of 2), 1953-1960
Folder 2: Musicology/History of Music Division Minutes, Memos and Correspondence (2 of 2), 1953-1960

Box 43: 1963-1986

Folder 1: Musicology Division Correspondence and memos (1 of 2), 1963-1967
Folder 2: Musicology Division Correspondence and memos (2 of 2), 1963-1967
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1966-1968
Folder 4: Records, 1968-1970
Folder 5: Correspondence and records, 1969-1974/1985-1986
Folder 6: Course outlines, timetables and curriculum planning, 1960-1964
Folder 7: Records and correspondence, 1972-1975

Box 44: 1979-1991

Folder 1: Musicology Position Search Committee, 1979-1980
Folder 2: Musicology Search Committee, 1979
Folder 3: Musicology Division Records, 1978-1980
Folder 4: Search Committee (Steven Blum's replacement), 1978
Folder 5: Memos and Correspondence, 1975-1977
Folder 6: Appointments committee, 1975
Folder 7: General records, 1981-1983
Folder 8: Musicology Division, 1981-1982
Folder 9: Bruno Nettl's "Chacun a son gout" manuscripts, 1981
Folder 10: Minutes and correspondence, 1988-1991
Folder 11: Maehder, Jurgen - visiting scholar, 1987-1989
Folder 12: Bruno Nettl correspondence, 1983-1987
Folder 13: Musicology Division records, 1983-1985

Sub-Series 6: Teaching material, 1955-1998

Lesson plans, syllabi, readings, course proposals etc.

Box 35: 1955-1991

Folder 6: 'Flybate' lecture notes - Music 27A, 1955-1956: Includes plans to publish lecture notes and correspondence with Random House/Susan Shapiro in 1968.
Folder 7: Music 423 readings - Kandinsky's The Blaue Reiter Almanac, 1974
Folder 8: Music 214 readings - Lang and Beethoven
Folder 9: Music 424 readings on Mahler
Folder 10: Music 130 readings
Folder 11: Music 130/Music 214 readings, 1980s
Folder 12: Music 315 readings, photocopied sections of Schoenberg's writings in translation, 1984

Box 45: 1955-1990

Folder 1: University of California Extension teaching, 1955-1957
Folder 2: Examinations: Preliminaries, finals, midterms (1 of 3), 1955-1990
Folder 3: Examinations: Preliminaries, finals, midterms (2 of 3), 1955-1990
Folder 4: Examinations: Preliminaries, finals, midterms (3 of 3), 1955-1990
Folder 5: Misc. Research/Teaching Materials (1 of 2), 1955-1970
Folder 6: Misc. Research/Teaching Materials (2 of 2), 1955-1970

Box 46: 1959-1998

Folder 1: Ringer C.V. and course proposals, 1959-1963
Folder 2: Teaching/research material (including sheet music photocopies), 1961-1962
Folder 3: Ringer's research assistants, 1964-1969
Folder 4: Grade Sheets, 1965-1973
Folder 5: Music 214 Course materials, 1973-1985
Folder 6: Advisee papers, 1978-1979/1991
Folder 7: Gluck seminar course materials, 1979
Folder 8: Music 315 Course materials and examinations, 1979-1990
Folder 9: Music 424 - Schoenberg - Spring 1980 - assignments and readings, 1980
Folder 10: Music and Society course readings, 198?/1998
Folder 11: Music 314 Course materials, 1982/1985
Folder 12: Music 424/428 course materials, 1985/1990
Folder 13: Music 130 Course materials, 1986
Folder 14: Music 317 course materials 1986

Box 63: 1980-1984

Box 143: Music for teaching

Item 9: Ringer 424. Cassette tape., Spring 1987
Item 10: MUSIC 214, Cassette 5. Cassette tape.
Item 11: MUSIC 214, Cassette 2. Cassette tape.
Item 12: MUSIC 130A, Cassette 3. Cassette tape.
Item 13: MUSIC 214. Beethoven. Cassette tape.
Item 14: MUSIC 130. Cassette 5. Cassette tape.
Item 15: MUSIC 424. Cassette tape.
Item 16: MUSIC 130. Cassette tape.
Item 17: MUSIC 423c, number 5. Cassette tape.
Item 18: MUSIC 130. Cassette tape., Spring 1986
Item 19: MUSIC 214, number 4. Cassette tape.
Item 20: MUSIC 130. Cassette tape.
Item 21: MUSIC 130, number 7. Cassette tape.

Box 145: Music for teaching

Folder 1: Unlabeled tape. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.
Folder 2: Unlabeled tape. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.
Folder 3: Schoenberg, Jakobsleiter. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.
Folder 4: Unlabeled. 3.75" and mini reel-to-reel tape.
Folder 5: Machine 3, Test 3. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.
Folder 6: MUSIC 317, Yemenite tradition. Cassette tape.
Folder 7: MUSIC 214, Opera excerpts. Cassette tape.
Folder 8: MUSIC 214, Mendelssohn and Schumann. Cassette tape.
Folder 9: MUSIC 317, Folksongs and Selihot. Cassette tape.
Folder 10: MUSIC 423c, Nocturnal, op. 70. Cassette tape.
Folder 11: Heritage. Cassette tape.
Folder 12: Wittlich ear training unit 8, dictation/analysis. Cassette tape.
Folder 13: MUSIC 130, Don Giovanni. Cassette tape.
Folder 14: MUSIC 423C. Cassette tape.
Folder 15: MUSIC 214. Cassette tape.

Box 147: Course material

Item 41: MUSIC 314 class material. Cassette tape. (1 of 3)
Item 42: MUSIC 314 class material. Cassette tape. (2 of 3)
Item 43: MUSIC 314 class material. Cassette tape. (3 of 3)

Sub-Series 7: Music Library

Box 47: 1957-1985

Folder 1: Music Library Committee, 1957-1960
Folder 2: Music Library records, 1963-1974
Folder 3: Music Library news, 1976-1985
Folder 4: Music Library Committee Minutes and Memos (1 of 3), 1971-1976
Folder 5: Music Library Committee Minutes and Memos (2 of 3), 1971-1974
Folder 6: Music Library Committee Minutes and Memos (3 of 3), 1971-1976
Folder 7: Berk, Laura E. - Sophie Lentschner, 1977

Box 64: 1970

Folder 1: Music Library Association, 1970

Sub-Series 8: American Association of University Professors, 1960-1975

Box 31: 1960-1986

Folder 9: Committee on Improvement of Teaching, 1960
Folder 10: Student Welfare Committee
Folder 11: Improvement of Teaching - Committee Report, 1961-1986
Folder 12: Peace Committee - "Turn Toward Peace", 1962

Box 32: 1963-1975

Folder 1: American Association of University Professors (1 of 2), 1963-1964/1969-1973
Folder 2: American Association of University Professors (2 of 2), 1963-1964/1969-1973
Folder 3: Academic Freedom Committee (1 of 2), 1968-1970
Folder 4: Academic Freedom Committee (2 of 2), 1968-1970
Folder 5: American Association of University Professors (1 of 2), 1968-1975
Folder 6: American Association of University Professors (2 of 2), 1968-1975

Box 35: 1960-1964

Folder 1: AAUP (1 of 2), 1960-1962: Includes involvement with Policy Committee, Committee on the Improvement of Teaching, newsletters and reports/recommendations.
Folder 2: AAUP (2 of 2), 1960-1962: Includes involvement with Policy Committee, Committee on the Improvement of Teaching, Committee on Student Welfare and Leo Koch case.
Folder 3: AAUP UIUC student chapter, 1961
Folder 4: AAUP student welfare resolution written by Ringer, 1959/1962: Includes statement on discrimination in housing.
Folder 5: AAUP response to amendments of UI statutes, 1964

Sub-Series 9: American Professors for Peace in the Middle East, 1975-1990

Box 33: 1969-1980

Folder 1: American Professors for Peace in the Middle East (APPME) (1 of 3), 1969-1975
Folder 2: American Professors for Peace in the Middle East (APPME) (2 of 3), 1969-1975
Folder 3: American Professors for Peace in the Middle East (APPME) (3 of 3), 1969-1975
Folder 4: American Professors for Peace in the Middle East (APPME) - Midwest Chapter, 1971-1976
Folder 5: Campus Visitors, vitae, etc. (Middle East visits), 1974
Folder 6: Ad hoc committee, 1974
Folder 7: UIUC chapter, 1974-1975
Folder 8: American Professors for Peace in the Middle East, 1974-1980

Box 34: 1975-1990

Folder 1: Israel Conflict - News Releases and clippings, publications, 1975-1977
Folder 2: American Professors for Peace in the Middle East, 1975-1990
Folder 3: RSVP to APPME meeting, 1976
Folder 4: Midwest Conference, 1976

Box 64: 1971-1975

Folder 7: Col. Meir Pa'it visits APPME, 1971-1975
Folder 8: World Affairs Conference - Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1971

Box 94: 1976-1983

Folder 10: APPME National Executive Council, 1976-1983

Sub-Series 10: Student papers, dissertations and student correspondence, 1966-2002

Box 48: 1961-1968

Folder 1: Karin Swanson - "Style Galant and Empfindsamkeit" student paper, undated
Folder 2: Recommendations for former students, 1961-1968
Folder 3: Past theses, students' correspondence and proposals, 1961-1968
Folder 4: Aubrey Garlington, correspondence and manuscripts, 1962
Folder 5: Rosen, Lee C., student thesis, 1965
Folder 6: Mary McHose Wardlow - student paper, 1965
Folder 7: Spinosa, Frank, D.M.A. student, 1966/1969
Folder 8: Dalia Cohen, dissertation manuscript, 1966-1968

Box 49: 1966-1984

Folder 1: Bartlett Butler, correspondence and dissertation manuscript, 1966-1970
Folder 2: David Eiseman, correspondence, 1967-1971
Folder 3: Barbara McMurty, 1968-1976
Folder 4: Sven Hansell, 1968-1979
Folder 5: Doctoral students - correspondence and forms, 1968-1984
Folder 6: Margaret Mary Rosso, senior thesis, 1969
Folder 7: Chrysanne Lawrence, 1969
Folder 8: Frank Spinosa - dissertation - "Beethoven and Bartok", 1969
Folder 9: Stephen Blum, correspondence, 1969-1982
Folder 10: William Frazier Stone, doctoral student, 1970-1976

Box 50: 1970-1987

Folder 1: Stephen Blum, Music 320 paper, undated
Folder 2: Fox Bertha, student paper, 1970
Folder 3: Alan Lessem (1 of 2), 1970-1987
Folder 4: Linda J. Vickerman, doctoral student, correspondence, 1970-1972
Folder 5: Ellen Ensel, 1970
Folder 6: Jerald Graue, 1970-1972
Folder 7: Perry, Richard Kent, D.M.A. student, 1971
Folder 8: Dale H. Peters, D.M.A. student, correspondence, 1971-1974
Folder 9: Jerry Call, student, correspondence, 1971-1973
Folder 10: Ronald Riddle, graduate student, 1972-1983
Folder 11: Nancy Sue Stagg, doctoral student, 1972
Folder 12: William Wilder Colson, doctoral student, 1971-1973
Folder 13: Robert Witmer, student paper on Wagner, 1971
Folder 14: Yehuda Yannay, doctoral student, 1972-1985
Folder 15: Conrad Douglas, 1973-1986
Folder 16: Susan Ferguson, 1973-1974
Folder 17: Musicology, student papers, 1973
Folder 18: Joyce Zastrow, D.M.A. student, 1973

Box 51: 1970-1987

Folder 1: Alan Lessem (2 of 2), 1970-1987
Folder 2: Sue Lutz - senior thesis, 1974
Folder 3: Alma Cook Browne - dissertation prelims and proposal/correspondence, 1974-1982
Folder 4: Vicki Covington, correspondence, 1974-1983
Folder 5: Laura Kathryn Bumpass, correspondence, 1974-1986
Folder 6: Former student correspondence, 1974-1987
Folder 7: Mischakoff, Anne, D.M.A. student, 1974-1987
Folder 8: Racy Jihad - Ethnomusicology in Egypt dissertation - Qasidah (1 of 2), 1974-1983
Folder 9: Racy Jihad - Ethnomusicology in Egypt dissertation - Qasidah (2 of 2), 1974-1983

Box 52: 1975-1984

Folder 1: Linda Hirt, 1975-1987
Folder 2: Alice Hanson - doctoral student correspondence, 1975-1979
Folder 3: Paul Benningfield, 1975
Folder 4: Melhorn, Cathy, D.M.A. student, 1976-1984
Folder 5: Melhorn, Cathy, D.M.A. student (2 of 2), 1976-1984
Folder 6: Steblin, Rita, doctoral student, 1976-1984
Folder 7: Susan Paris, preliminary exams, 1976
Folder 8: Kathleen Duck, 1976
Folder 9: Shirley Wilensky - student paper on Robert Schumann, 1976
Folder 10: Schleis, Thomas, doctoral student, 1977-1980

Box 53: 1976-1986

Folder 1: Marcello Sorce-Keller, doctoral student, 1976-1986
Folder 2: Marcello Sorce-Keller, doctoral student (2 of 2), 1976-1986
Folder 3: David Barford, doctoral student, 1977-1980
Folder 4: Julie Moore, Ph.D. student (1 of 2), 1978-1986
Folder 5: Julie Moore, Ph.D. student (2 of 2), 1978-1986
Folder 6: Kim Cook - former student file, 1978-1986

Box 54: 1978-1989

Folder 1: Anne Mischakoff dissertation, 1978
Folder 2: Mardia Melroy - D.M.A. and dissertation file, 1978-1987
Folder 3: Hal Simmons, doctoral student, 1979-1984
Folder 4: Student papers, 1979
Folder 5: Aaron Appelstein, doctoral student, 1979
Folder 6: Shirley Wilensky, student paper, 1979
Folder 7: Richard Cohn, D.M.A. student, 1980-1985
Folder 8: Thomas McGeary, 1980-1987
Folder 9: Robert Atkinson Bird, preliminary exams, 1980
Folder 10: Stephen Willier, Ph.D. student (1 of 2), 1980-1989

Box 55: 1980-1999

Folder 1: Stephen Willier, Ph.D. student (2 of 2), 1980-1988
Folder 2: Sandra Moore, graduate student, 1981-1983
Folder 3: Philip V. Bohlman, dissertation correspondence and letters of recommendation, 1981-1983
Folder 4: Mark Mecham, 1981-1982
Folder 5: Heidelberg University student papers, 1983-1984: See also Box 68, Folder 13 and Box 66, Folder 11
Folder 6: Steven Whiting, Ph.D. student, 1983-1995
Folder 7: Michele Berlin, 1984
Folder 8: Linda Stones, D.M.A. student, correspondence and research proposal, 1984-1990

Box 56: 1984-1997

Folder 1: Tom Ward, correspondence, 1984
Folder 2: John Hill, student file, 1985
Folder 3: Judith Ellison, 1984-1985
Folder 4: James Robbins, graduate student, 1986-1990
Folder 5: Stephen Westman, 1986-1987
Folder 6: Michael Grant Vaillancourt, doctoral student, 1986-1989
Folder 7: Deborah Nemko, former undergrad student, 1986-1988
Folder 8: Correspondence with students, 1986-1987
Folder 9: Sherri Jones, 1986
Folder 10: Allan Segall, D.M.A. candidate, 1987-1991
Folder 11: Michael Erviti, Ph.D. student, 1987-1997
Folder 12: Tucker Robinson, dissertation proposal on Carl Ruggles, 1987-1991

Box 57: 1987-2000

Folder 1: Sherri Jones, D.M.A. manuscripts and correspondence, 1989
Folder 2: Marilyn Joy Coles, D.M.A. proposal and prelims, 1989
Folder 3: Celso Chaves, D.M.A. file, 1989
Folder 4: Timothy Carrey, D.M.A. choral student, 1987-1988
Folder 5: Mark Williams, D.M.A. student, 1987
Folder 6: James Robbins, student file, 1988
Folder 7: Michael Strasster, Ph.D. student file, 1990-2000
Folder 8: Jacqueline Bobak, D.M.A. student, 1990-1992
Folder 9: Ellen Gerdeman-Klein, Ph.D. student (1 of 2), 1990-1994
Folder 10: Ellen Gerdeman-Klein, Ph.D. student (2 of 2), 1990-1994

Box 58: 1990-1997

Folder 1: Ken Wollberg, D.M.A. student, 1990-1994
Folder 2: Richard Zielinski, D.M.A. student, 1990-1992
Folder 3: Francis Daniels, D.M.A. proposal on "Maria Stuarda" and prelims, 1990
Folder 4: Betty Falkenberg, dissertation proposal, 1991
Folder 5: Joy Calico, D.M.A. student, 1991-1996
Folder 6: Barbara L. Kelly, Ph.D. student, 1991-1993
Folder 7: Christine Isley, D.M.A. student, 1991
Folder 8: David Gilbert, dissertation proposal, Academie des Beaux-Arts and Music, 1991
Folder 9: Judd G. Danby, D.M.A. student and papers, 1991-1997
Folder 10: Student file - Judd Danby, Charles Ives Research, 1991-1995

Box 59: 1991-1999

Folder 1: Joseph Darby / Judd G. Danby - Charles Ives Research (1 of 2), 1991-1995: Title: Charles Ives' Second String Quartet and the European Tradition. Includes drafts, correspondence and research notes/material.
Folder 2: Joseph Darby / Judd G. Danby - Charles Ives Research (2 of 2), 1991-1995
Folder 3: Paul Heiser - dissertation proposal and prelims, 1994: Title: Counterpoint in the Nineteenth Century
Folder 4: Jeffrey Herbert, D.M.A. candidate, music quotations, 1992
Folder 5: Andrew Kearns, D.M.A. student correspondence and proposals, 1992-1994
Folder 6: Paul Wolbers, Ph.D. student, 1994: Title: The Role of Seblang and Gandrung in the Development of the Music of Banyuwanki, East Java
Folder 7: Thomas Herlin, D.M.A. student (1 of 2), 1996-1998: Title: Carl Ruggles and the Viennese Tradition: A Comparative Analysis
Folder 8: Thomas Herlin, D.M.A. student (2 of 2), 1996-1998

Box 60: 1999-2000

Folder 1: Thomas Herlin, D.M.A. student (3 of 3), 1999-2000
Folder 2: Anna Christiansen, Ph.D. student, 1999: Title: Mechanical Music in Weimar Germany: Hanslick's Absolute Music as Performance Paradigm
Folder 3: Correspondence with former students, 1958-1961
Folder 4: David Barron, student paper, Music 423, Wagner, 1964: Title: The Role of Harmony and Counterpoint in early Wagner
Folder 5: Lawrence Daley, student paper, operatic aria, 1966: Title: A Brief history of operatic aria structure from late Mozart to early Wagner
Folder 6: Letters of recommendation, 1969-1971
Folder 7: Mary Tiffany, student paper, Mahler seminar, 1969: Title: A Structural Study of Gustav Mahler's songs
Folder 8: Ellen Ensel - Master's student and thesis, Modeste Musorgsky's Boris Godunov (1 of 2), 1977-1990
Folder 9: Ellen Ensel - Master's student and thesis, Modeste Musorgsky's Boris Godunov (2 of 2), 1977-1990

Box 61: 1979-1992

Folder 1: Alice Hanson, dissertation - Music in Vienna (1815-1830), 1979
Folder 2: Rita Steblin, Ph.D. student - "Key Characteristics in 18th and 19th centuries" (1 of 2), 1980
Folder 3: Rita Steblin, Ph.D. student - "Key Characteristics in 18th and 19th centuries" (2 of 2), 1980
Folder 4: Virginia Danielson, Ph.D. student, Umm Kulthum and Zakariya Ahmad (1 of 3), 1980-1992
Folder 5: Virginia Danielson, Ph.D. student, Umm Kulthum (2 of 3), 1980-1992

Box 62: 1980-2000

Folder 1: Virginia Danielson, Ph.D. student, Umm Kulthum (3 of 3), 1980-1992
Folder 2: Susan Parisi - Mantuan Court, Renaissance Italy, apprendices to dissertation, Susan Parisi (1 of 2), 1990s
Folder 3: Mantuan Court, Renaissance Italy, apprendices to dissertation, Susan Parisi (2 of 2), 1990s
Folder 4: James Brinkman, former student, 1991
Folder 5: Letters of recommendation for former students, 1997-2000
Folder 6: Susanne Lutz, senior thesis, Wagner, 1975
Folder 7: Tatiana Calhamer, senior thesis, Weber, 1989
Folder 8: Correspondence with former students, 1961-1970
Folder 9: Marcello Sorce Keller, dissertation bibliography, 1984

Box 137: 1985

Folder 5: Tel-Aviv University - seminar paper on Mahler's Sixth Symphony, Andree Ely-Croitoro, 1985

Box 145: Music of former students

Folder 16: Judd Danby, The Piano's Stuck (1995). Cassette tape., 1998
Folder 17: Alexander-Raffaelli Kieronski. Master's Degree Recital. Cassette tape., September 13, 1980.
Folder 18: Kim Cook and William Leland recital, New Mexico State University. Cassette tape., November 16, 1985.
Folder 19: Kim Diane Cook, cello, Boccherini/Kodaly/Beethoven. Cassette tape., January 6, 1987
Folder 20: Marcello Sorce Keller, Puccini a modo mio. Cassette tape., 1970
Folder 21: Liszt-Dante Symphony. Paul Wolbers. Cassette tape.
Folder 22: Paul Wolbers, Some Thoughts on Franz Liszt's Eine Symphonie zu Dantes Divina Commedia. Cassette tape.
Folder 23: Kim Cook, cello works. Bach Kodaly. Cassette tape.
Folder 24: Danielson thesis examples. Cassette tape.
Folder 25: Isley exam. Cassette tape.
Folder 26: Christine Isley, voice. Cassette tape.