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Biographical Note

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Series 3: Research notes, drafts and correspondence

The series contains drafts of writings for publication, research material (including archival documents), and Ringer's research notes. Note that there is overlap between this series and the series entitled "Academic associations," as both ser

Sub-Series 1: Arnold Schoenberg research, writing and publication, 1950-2002

This sub-series documents Ringer's growing interest in Arnold Schoenberg, culminating in an English language book, Arnold Schoenberg: The Composer as Jew published in 1990; and a German-language book, Arnold Schonberg: Das Leben im Werk, published in 2002. In addition to galley proofs, drafts and correspondence relating to these two books, and other articles and lectures written by Ringer on Schoenberg, the sub-series also contains copies of the research material Ringer used and the notes he took in pursuing this study. Of special note is the correspondence with Nuria Nono Schoenberg, Schoenberg's daughter, and the collection of photocopied archival documents related to Schoenberg Ringer collected from the U.S., Europe and Israel.

Box 67: 1950-1974

Folder 1: Photocopy of Kammersymphonie, fur 15 solo-Instrumente op. 9, Wien : Philharmonia Partituren in der Universal Edition, with Ringer's annotations, 1950

Folder 2: Miscellaneous Schoenberg newsletters, concert/festival programs, 1971-1998

Folder 3: Schoenberg related research corresponce with various archives, and research notes, 1972-1975/1985

Folder 4: Schoenberg Centennial Festival at Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 1974, correspondence with participants, 1972-1974

Folder 5: "Schoenbergiana in Jerusalem" article drafts and research notes, for Israel Musicology Society, 1972

Folder 6: Correspondence relating to Schoenberg paper delivered at 10th Annual International Association of Music Libraries, Jerusalem, 1974

Folder 7: "Schoenberg and the Concept of the Law" proofs and correspondence relating to First Congress of the International Schoenberg Society, Vienna, 1974, 1973-1976

Folder 8: Schoenberg Centennial Celebration, University of Southern California, 1974, correspondence and "Arnold Schoenberg and the Prophetic Image in Music" draft, 1973-1976

Folder 9: Programs for Schoenberg-related events, 1974-1976

Folder 10: Applications to Guggenheim Foundation for Schoenberg research, 1975/1987

Box 68: 1975-1997

Folder 1: Schoenberg book reviews for Musical Quarterly and Notes - Music Library Association, 1974-1975

Folder 2: Arnold Schoenberg Institute correspondence, and related correspondence, 1975-1987

Folder 3: Nuria Schoenberg Nono correspondence and correspondence relating to Schoenberg Archives, 1977/1996-1997

Folder 4: International Schoenberg Society correspondence, 1977-1979

Folder 5: "Arnold Schoenberg and the Prophetic Image in Music"/"Schoenberg and the Law"/"Schoenberg and the concept of the Law"/"Schoenberg and the Word" article drafts and correspondence, 1977

Folder 6: Rudolf Stephan correspondence, includes "Das Ei des Columbus? - Amerika entdeckt Arnold Schonberg" draft, 1976-1977/1992

Folder 7: "Arnold Schoenberg and the Politics of Jewish Survival" drafts and correspondence, 1978-1979

Folder 8: Correspondence relating to Cincinnati Schoenberg lecture, 1979

Folder 9: "Schoenberg Weill and Epic Theater" drafts for Schoenberg Journal and "Weill, Schonberg und die 'Zeitoper'" drafts for Musik Forschung, and related correspondence, 1980

Folder 10: Marianne Wurlitzer-Bruck correspondence, re: The Arnold Schoenberg - Marya Freund correspondence, 1912-1951, 1980

Folder 11: Working file for Arnold Schoenberg: The Composer as Jew, draft essays and notes, 1980-1988

Folder 12: General Schoenberg research material and related ephemera, 1980s

Folder 13: Teaching at Jewish Studies Center, Heidelberg, and Schoenberg lecture, 1981-1984

See also Box 66, Folder 11, Teaching at Jewish Studies Center, Heidelberg, 1982-1984, and Box 55, Folder 5, Heidelberg University student papers, 1983-1984

Folder 14: Jewish Studies Center, Heidelberg University, student papers on Schoenberg, 1984

Folder 15: Arnold Schoenberg profile for St. James Press "Thinkers of the Twentieth Century", 1982-1984

Folder 16: Research notes and draft of "Zur Einleitung", 1983-1984

Box 69: 1982-1993

Folder 1: Pendragon Press correspondence, re: The Composer as Jew project, 1982-1983

Folder 2: "Zum Begriff 'Bearbeitung' bei Arnold Schoenberg"/"Die Treue zum Original Arnold Schoenberg als Bearbeiter" drafts and research notes/photocopies, 1983-1985

Folder 3: Copies of Schoenberg sheet music, news clippings, and research notes, 1985

Folder 4: International Schoenberg Conference, Vienna, correspondence and lecture notes, 1984

Folder 5: Photocopies of correspondence between Arnold and Georg Schoenberg, from Schoenberg Archives, with Ringer's notes, 1987

Folder 6: International Schoenberg Society correspondence, 1983-1989

Folder 7: University of Houston Symposium, "Stefan George and Arnold Schoenberg's Quest for Language" draft, 1989

Folder 8: "Arnold Schoenberg: The Composer as a Jew" book draft, 1989

Folder 9: "Schoenberg and his Circle - A Viennese Portrait" book review for Journal of Musicological Research, draft and correspondence, 1990

Folder 10: Schoenberg sheet music - "Buch der Hangenden" for Music 424 class, 1990

Folder 11: Los Angeles Schoenberg Conference, book and related correspondence, includes draft "Arnold Schoenberg and the Emancipation of Historical Dissonance", 1991-1993

Box 70: 1990-1999

Folder 1: "Arnold Schoenberg: The Composer as Jew" with editor David Blackwell's comments, 1990

Folder 2: Indexer's copy of Arnold Schoenberg: The Composer as Jew, 1990

Folder 3: Klaus Wolfgang Niemöller festschrift correspondence, and contribution "Uber die musikalische rede bei Beethoven und Schonberg", 1991

Folder 4: Schoenberg conference, Duisberg, and drafts of paper "Das ei des Columbus?", 1993

Folder 5: Schoenberg and his World conference, Bard College, 1999, "Zusammenhange" draft, and related correspondence, 1996-1999

Folder 6: Drafts of book chapter for "Constructive Dissonance," University of California Press, "Assimilation and the Emancipation of Historican Dissonance." Includes related correspondence, 1996

Box 71: 1995-2002

Folder 1: Book reviews for Notes: Music Library Association, 1992/1995-1996

Includes Hummel book review from 1992.

Folder 2: Correspondence relating to publication of Arnold Schoenberg's letters, with Laaber-Verlag, "Historisch Kritische Ausgabe" (1 of 2), 1994-1996

Folder 3: Correspondence relating to publication of Arnold Schoenberg's letters, with Laaber-Verlag, "Historisch Kritische Ausgabe" (2 of 2), 1994-1997

Folder 4: Correspondence, drafts of Arnold Schoenberg leters publication, Ivan Vojtech, Nuria Nono-Schoenberg, Muller-Buscher, 1994-1996

Folder 5: International Schoenberg Society, opening of Arnold Schoenberg Center, Vienna, 1993-1998

Folder 6: Bard Music Festival on Schoenberg and draft of lecture entitled "Identity", 1999

Folder 7: Schoenberg research notes, trip to Germany, March, 1999

Folder 8: Draft chapters for "Arnold Schonberg - Das Leben im Werk", 2000-2001

Folder 9: Thomas Emmerig correspondence, Laaber-Verlag correspondence, re: Schoenberg book, 2000-2001

Folder 10: "Lehre als Sozialreform" drafts, research notes and editorial notes, 2001

Box 72: Arnold Schonberg - Das Leben im Werk, 2000-2002

Folder 1: Final chapter drafts

Folder 2: Research notes and draft chapter "Abschluss und Neubeginn"

Folder 3: Book chapter drafts

Folder 4: Book chapter drafts (2 of 2)

Folder 5: "Zur Einleitung: Ein judisches Schicksal" drafts and research notes, material

Folder 6: Book chapters and material relating to lecture on Mahler, Weill and Schoenberg, Weimar, 1998

Box 73: Arnold Schonberg - Das Leben im Werk, 2000-2002

Folder 1: German Schoenberg book research file, photocopied material, notes and chapter drafts (1 of 3)

Folder 2: German Schoenberg book research file, photocopied material, notes and chapter drafts (2 of 3)

Folder 3: German Schoenberg book research file, photocopied material, notes and chapter drafts (3 of 3)

Folder 4: Schoenberg research material and Schoenberg Chronology book chapter

Folder 5: Photocopy of Ringer's notes/table for Schoenberg chronology

Box 74: Arnold Schonberg - Das Leben im Werk and general research material, 1975-2002

Folder 1: Schoenberg chronology research notes and drafts (1 of 2)

Folder 2: Schoenberg chronology research notes and drafts (2 of 2)

Folder 3: Photocopied book chapters, news clippings, correspondence, sheet music relating to Schoenberg (includes Ringer's copy of Schoenberg's 'Last Musical Utterance')

Folder 4: Schoenberg and Wassily Kandinsky research file

Folder 5: Photocopied book chapters on Schoenberg

Folder 6: Schoenberg and Kurth research file

Folder 7: "Die biblische weg schauspiel in 3 akten" photocopy with Ringer's notes

Folder 8: Schoenberg and Jewish Politics research material and notes

Folder 9: Los Angeles Schoenberg lecture research material

Box 75: General research material

Folder 1: Miscellaneous research material (photocopied Schoenberg correspondence, book chapters, news clippings) and Ringer's notes

Folder 2: Schoenberg, Eisler, Weill and Hindsmith research file

Folder 3: Ringer's handwritten notes on Schoenberg, 1981

Folder 4: Photocopied Schoenberg sheet music

Folder 5: Schoenberg research material and sheet music (includes Serge Koussevitzky letters and other archival documents) (1 of 2)

Folder 6: Schoenberg research material and sheet music (includes Serge Koussevitzky letters and other archival documents) (2 of 2)

Folder 7: Schoenberg related articles, newsletters and research notes

Box 76: Arnold Schoenberg: The Composer as Jew, 1985-1990

Folder 1: Draft of Arnold Schoenberg: The Composer as Jew" (1 of 2)

Folder 2: Draft of Arnold Schoenberg: The Composer as Jew" (2 of 2)

Folder 3: Hanging Gardens - "Arnold Schoenberg and the Word" Drafts

Folder 4: Partial draft of Schoenberg book, Composer as Jew

Box 94: 1999-2000

Folder 13: Schoenberg notes for Carnegie Hall program, 1999-2000

Box 136: 1939-1955

Folder 8: Listing of Schoenberg letters for publication, Nuria Schoenberg Nono, 1994

Folder 9: Arnold Schoenberg - "Five Piano Pieces" - op. 23, with Ringer's annotations and transcriptions, 1952

Folder 10: Schoenberg 1906 Sketchbook, photocopy, from Arnold Schoenberg Institute Archives

Box 144: Audio recordings

Item 1: Schoenberg, Die Jakobsleiter. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 2: Schoenberg Das Buch der hangenden Garten, Op. 15. Recorded in Smith Music Hal. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape., October 14, 1974

Item 3: Weill/Schoenberg. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Includes program for Schoenberg-Ives Centennial Festival.

Item 4: Schoenberg lecture. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 7: Unlabeled. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 8: Property of John R. Dugan. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 9: Unlabeled. 3.75" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 10: Illegible. 3.75" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 11: Schoenberg, et.al. and Weill, Die Dreigroschenoper. Cassette tape.

Item 12: Schoenberg, Serenade, conducted by William DeFotis. Cassette tape.

Item 13: Schoenberg, opus 15 (George). Cassette tape.

Box 149: Arnold Schoenberg slides

Item 11: Arnold Schoenberg slides, Schoenberg Institute, USC, and Schoenberg art, including self-portraits. Slides.

Sub-Series 2: Man & Music Series, Volume 6, The Early Romantic Era: Between Revolutions: 1789 and 1848, 1985-1990

Contains correspondence with contributors, editors, publishers and drafts of chapters of this volume edited by Ringer, published in the U.K. by Macmillan in 1990 and in the U.S. by Prentice Hall in 1991.

Box 76: 1985-1990

Folder 5: Stanley Sadie/Alexander Ringer circular letter to contributors, 1985-1986/1990

Folder 6: Correspondence with Stanley Sadie, general editor, Man & Music series, 1985-1990

Folder 7: Correspondence with Joel Sachs, draft of chapter on London, 1985-1989

Folder 8: Correspondence with David Brown, draft of St. Petersburg chapter, 1985-1986

Folder 9: Correspondence with Ludwig Finscher, Vienna and Prague chapters, 1985

Folder 10: Miscellaneous correspondence with potential contributors, 1985-1986

Box 77: 1985-1990

Folder 1: Correspondence with Barry Brook on Music in the Life of Man project with Africa/North America drafts, project flow-charts, 1985

Folder 2: Jacque Barzun correspondence, Paris chapter, 1986

Folder 3: Ralph Locke correspondence, and Paris chapter drafts (1 of 2), 1986-1989

Folder 4: Ralph Locke correspondence, and Paris chapter drafts (2 of 2), 1986-1989

Folder 5: Correspondence with Sieghart Dohring, Dresden and Leipzig chapters, 1986-1989

Folder 6: Kathryn Bumpass correspondence and USA chapter drafts, 1986-1987

Folder 7: John Rosselli correspondence, Italy chapter drafts, 1986-1990

Folder 8: Christoph-Hellmut Mahling correspondence, Berlin chapter draft, 1987-1990

Folder 9: Malcolm Brown correspondence, St. Petersburg and Moscow chapter drafts, 1987-1989

Box 78: 1987-1990

Folder 1: Sigrid Wiesmann correspondence and Vienna chapter drafts, 19871990

Folder 2: Gerard Behague correspondence and Latin America chapter draft, 1988

Folder 3: Ringer's first chapter draft - "Music and Musical Life in an Age of Revolution", 1989

Folder 4: Gerald R. Seaman correspondence and Russia draft, 1990

Folder 5: Galley proofs (1 of 2), 1990

Folder 6: Galley proofs (2 of 2), 1990

Folder 7: Galley proofs with Ringer's notes, 1990

Sub-Series 3: Ludwig van Beethoven: Interpretationen seiner Werke, edited by Albrecht Riethmuller, Alexander L. Ringer, Carl Dahlhaus. And related Beethoven research., 1967-1994

Most of this sub-series is devoted to the two-volume Ringer edited with Dahlhaus and Riethmuller on Beethoven's opuses, including drafts and correspondence. Also included are some articles and lectures showing Ringer's early interest in Beethoven.

Box 81: 1967-1994

Folder 1: Beethoven article drafts for Knopf's Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians, 1967

Folder 2: "Structural Variety and the Classical Tradition in Beethoven" drafts and research notes/research material, 1970-1973

Folder 3: "Klassisches Formbewusstsein und Strukturelle Vielfalt" Beethoven article drafts and correspondence, 1977-1984

Folder 4: Copies of Beethoven article, book chapters, with Ringer's research and teaching notes, 1988

Folder 5: Beethoven: Interpretationen, draft chapters and correspondence (1 of 4), 1990-1994

Folder 6: Beethoven: Interpretationen, draft chapters and correspondence (2 of 4), 1990-1994

Folder 7: Beethoven: Interpretationen, draft chapters and correspondence (3 of 4), 1990-1994

Box 82: 1990-1994

Folder 1: Beethoven: Interpretationen, draft chapters and correspondence (4 of 4), 1990-1994

Folder 2: Beethoven: Interpretationen, draft chapters and correspondence (5 of 6), 1990-1994

Folder 3: Beethoven: Interpretationen, draft chapters and correspondence (6 of 6), 1990-1994

Folder 4: Op. 35, 4, 103, 5 drafts and related correspondence, 1993

Folder 5: Op. 1 and 104 draft chapters and correspondence, 1994

Folder 6: "Ein 'Trio Caracteristico'?: Randglossen zu Beethovens op. 70 nr. 2" Beethoven chapter for Ludwig Finscher festschrift, 1994

Folder 7: Beethoven: Interpretationen seiner, Vorwort drafts and related correspondence, 1994

Box 112: 1961-1992

Folder 6: "Beethoven and the London Pianoforte School" drafts and research notes, 1961-1972

Folder 7: "Beethoven Interpretation seiner werke" and Carl Dahlhaus festschrift preprints, 1988/1992

Box 144: Audio recordings

Item 14: Beethoven, op. 95. Budapest. Cassette tape.

Item 15: Beethoven, Canons, Epigrams and Scherzi. Cassette tape.

Box 149: Beethoven and Chasse microfilm

Item 1: Beethoven, String Quartet no. 14 in C# minor, opus 131. Sheet music. Microfilm.

Item 2: German sheet music from UIUC Reproduction Services. Microfilm., 1970s

Item 3: Beethoven draft, String Quartet, no. 16 in F major, op. 35. Microfilm

Item 4: Beethoven, string quartet in Bb, op. 130, sketches. Microfilm.

Item 5: Beethoven, op. 131, sketches. Microfilm.

Item 6: Beethoven drafts, op. 31 and op. 33/And 1st and 2nd Symphonies for large orchestras. Microfilm

Item 7: Beethoven, Grosse Fuge and others. Microfilm.

Item 8: Beethoven Sketches for String Quarter in Bb, op. 130. Microfilm.

Item 9: Beethoven Sketches for Opp. 130, 131. Microfilm.

Item 10: Beethoven Sketches, op. 131-132

Box 150: Beethoven/Chasse microfilm and vacation slides

Item 2: Beethoven microfilm

Item 3: Chasse microfilm

Item 4: Unlabeled reel-to-reel tape

Sub-Series 4: George Rochberg correspondence, sheet music and publicity, 1947-1999

Documenting Ringer's long friendship with George Rochberg, this sub-series includes original Rochberg manuscript sheet music, published sheet music, a large amount of correspondence between Ringer and Rochberg and news clippings relating to Rochberg's life and work.

Box 18: Sheet music (oversized)

Folder 4: George Rochberg, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1974) reduced for piano by Stephen Paul Hartke, 1974

Signed and addressed by George Rochberg. With Ringer's annotations.

Folder 5: George Rochberg, Songs in Praise of Krishna for Soprano and Piano: Texts from the Bengali translated by Edward C. Dinock, Jr. and Denise Levantov, June-August 1970

Manuscript version

Folder 6: George Rochberg, Songs to Poems of Paul Rochberg for Mezzo-Soprano and piano, September 20, 1969

"To Gene for her Birthday"

Sections: I. We are like the may flies

II. All my Life

III. I am baffled by this wall

Manuscript version

Folder 7: George Rochberg, String Quartet Number 2 with Soprano, [1970s]

Text from 9th Duino Elegy by Rainer Maria Rilke translated by Harry Behn. Commissioned by the Contemporary Chamber Society of Philadelphia and dedicated to Mrs. Herbert C. Morris.

Manuscript version.

Box 79: 1947-1980

Folder 1: Published George Rochberg sheet music, 1947-1979

Includes: Four Songs of Solomon for voice and piano, 1949; String Quartet no. 6, 1979; String Quartet no. 5, 1979; String Quartet no. 4, 1979; Contra mortem et tempus for flute, clarinet, violin and piano, 1967; Trio for violin, cello and piano, 1967; Nach bach fantasy for harpsichord or piano, 1967. Note: Many of the pieces feature Rochberg's autograph and a hand-written note to Ringer.

Folder 2: Articles by and about Rochberg, news clippings and related correspondence with publishers (1 of 2), 1949-1971

Folder 3: "George Rochberg and the New Image of Musical Tradition" article by Ringer and supporting research documents, 1960-1971

Folder 4: George Rochberg correspondence, and Felix Meyer correspondence (1 of 2), 1956-1980 (1997)

Folder 5: George Rochberg correspondence (2 of 2), 1956-1980

Box 80: 1956-2000

Folder 1: Correspondence from George Rochberg (1 of 2) - originals, 1956-1997

Folder 2: Correspondence from George Rochberg (2 of 2) - originals, 1956-1997

Folder 3: Correspondence to George Rochberg, 1959-1982

Folder 4: Drafts of articles by George Rochberg, news clippings, concert programs, 1960-1979

Folder 5: Draft chapters of Rochberg's "The New Image of Music", 1962-1963

Folder 6: George Rochberg news clippings, concert programs, articles and correspondence, 1970-1997

Box 137: Sheet music

Folder 3: "Contra Mortem et Tempus" by George Rochberg, for flute, clarinet, violin and piano (manuscript version), 1965

Folder 4: George Rochberg sheet music - music examples for Chapters I & II, "The New Image of Music," handwritten, 1974

Box 138: Audio recordings

Item 11: George Rochberg, Night Music, N.Y. Philharmonic Mitropoleos. 5" reel-to-reel.

Item 12: George Rochberg, Black Sounds. 7" reel-to-reel.

Item 13: Rochberg: sixth concerto. Boston Symphony Orchestra. 7" reel-to-reel tape., August 15, 1976

Item 14: Rochberg, third symphony. 7" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 15: George Rochberg, second symphony. Cleveland Orchestra, Szell. 7" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 16: George Rochberg, first symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Ormandy. 7" reel-to-reel tape.

Sub-Series 5: Drafts, galley proofs, editing and related correspondence, 1947-2002

Box 101: 1947-1960

Folder 1: Ringer's student papers/student research (1 of 2), 1947-1954

Contains Ringer's Master's thesis from the New School for Social Research, "Musical Attitudes of Metropolitan College Students," February 1949

Folder 2: Ringer's student papers/student research (2 of 2), 1947-1954

Folder 3: "The Course of Musical Composition" volume I, two manuscript versions (1 of 2), 1950's

Folder 4: "The Course of Musical Composition" volume I, two manuscript versions (2 of 2), 1950's

Folder 5: Reference file of articles written by Ringer, 1954-1986

Folder 6: "Philips of Holland: Recording's Latest Prodigy" draft and correspondence, 1957-1958

Folder 7: "Music in the American University" in Philips Music Herald, 1957

Folder 8: Jean-Jacques Barthelemy article drafts and correspondence, 1957-1960

Includes draft of "Young Anarchists and the Music of the French Revolution"

Box 102: 1955-1962

Folder 1: Ringer's dissertation - "The Chasse: Historical and Analytical Bibliography of a Musical Genre" (1 of 2), 1955

Folder 2: Ringer's dissertation - "The Chasse: Historical and Analytical Bibliography of a Musical Genre" (2 of 2), 1955

Folder 3: Drafts of articles and correspondence with editors, 1958-1969

Folder 4: Drafts of book reviews and correspondence, 1959-1962/1967-1980

Folder 5: "Handel and the Jews" research file and drafts, 1960

Folder 6: "Music in the Commonwealth of Learning" for Journal of Higher Education, 1960-1961

Folder 7: Journal of the History of Ideas - "Barthelemy and Musical Utopianism in Revolutionary France", 1960-1961

Folder 8: "Clementi and the Eroica" correspondence and drafts, 1961

Folder 9: Draft versions of c.v and bibliography, 1962-1993

Box 103: 1963-1969

Folder 1: Correspondence with publishers/editors (1 of 2), 1963-1971

Folder 2: Correspondence with publishers/editors (2 of 2), 1963-1971

Folder 3: Research file on "tempo" for Zurich Congress book, 1964

Folder 4: "Musical Composition in Modern Israel" Musical Quarterly, drafts and correspondence, 1964

Folder 5: "Clementi and the Eroica" research file and "The Profession of Music as a Liberal Art", mid-1960's

Folder 6: Cherubini article drafts and correspondence, 1968-1969

Folder 7: Bence Szabolsci festschrift book chapter - "Salomon Sulzer, Joseph Mainzer", 1968

Folder 8: Chapter in Paul Henry Lang tribute, drafts and research, 1968-1969

Folder 9: Christoph-Hellmut Mahling festschrift book chapter "Salomon Sulzer - ZwischenEmanzipation und Exotik" drafts, correspondence and research file, 1969/1995-1997

Folder 10: Cantor Salomon Sulzer - research notes, articles, programs for performances, 1969/1991-1992

Box 104: 1970-1973

Folder 1: Environmental Crisis Week, UIUC, 1970, paper "Aural Pollution and the Juke Box Syndrome", 1970

Folder 2: "Musical Composition" in Encyclopedia Britannica drafts, 1970-1975

Folder 3: Drafts of articles - "The Early 1880s: The Franckists Seize Control," "Handel - Ein deutscher Komponist?" "Conditio Judiaca" "Friedrich Gernsheim - ein Beispiel", 1970-1978

Folder 4: Published articles by Ringer, pre-prints and photocopies, on Romanticism, 1970s

Folder 5: Ernst Emsheimer correspondence, manuscript of "Islamic Civilization..." for festschrift emsheimer - Gustaf Hillestrom, 1972-1974

Folder 6: Ursula Katzbichler correspondence, publication of Chasse dissertation, 1971-1976

Folder 7: Correspondence with publishers, 1972-1985

Folder 8: Grove's Dictionary of Music & Musicians, 1973-1990

Folder 9: "Political Uses of Opera in Revolutionary France" drafts, 1973

Box 105: 1973-1982

Folder 1: W.W. Norton correspondence, re: 19th century romanticism book project, 1973-1990

Folder 2: "Ghost and Demons" romanticism article draft and research file, 1973

Folder 3: Revision of "The Chasse" dissertation and research notes, 1974

Folder 4: "Education in Music - 1600-1800" Grove's Dictionary article drafts, 1974-1975

Folder 5: Mendelssohn book reviews drafts, Musical Quarterly, 1965

Title of book reviewed: Mendelsohn. A New Image of the Composer and his Age. by Eric Werner.

Folder 6: "Melody" - Grove's Dictionary drafts and proofs, 1975-1982

Folder 7: Chapter drafts for "Early Romantic Era," Norton book project entitled "Eighteenth Century Roots" - all chapters written by Ringer, 1976-1977

Box 106: 1973-1983

Folder 1: Chapter drafts for "Early Romantic Era," Norton book project entitled "Eighteenth Century Roots" - all chapters written by Ringer (1 of 2), 1973-1977

Includes draft and research file for "A Language of Feeling" and "The Idea of Absolute Music" chapters

Folder 2: Garland Symphony Score Series, The Symphony, 1720-1840, 1978-1982

With Barry S. Brook

Folder 3: Encyclopedia Britannica articles, drafts and correspondence (1 of 2), 1978/1981-1982

Folder 4: Encyclopedia Britannica articles, drafts and correspondence (2 of 2), 1978/1981-1982

Folder 5: "Friedrich Gernsheim and the Lost Generation" drafts for Musica Judaica, correspondence with Israel Katz

Folder 6: Musicology Colloquium, UIUC "Of Music, Myth, and the Corporate State: Nazi Lessons reluctantly learned and quickly forgotten" Israel Studies in Musicology/Journal of the History of Ideas, 1979-1983

Box 107: 1979-1990

Folder 1: Middle East Review correspondence, 1979

Ethnic Politics book project

Folder 2: Barry Brook festschrift contribution research file, and "Germany and France in the History of Music of the Eighteenth Century", 1980-1985

Chapter title: A German Gluckist in pre-Revolutionary France

Folder 3: "On the Question of Exoticism in 19th Century Music" research file, Forum IV, 1980-1984

Folder 4: "A Language of Feeling" multiple drafts

Folder 5: Jewish Music article drafts - "Musical History and the conditio judaica" and "Jude, Christ und Organist - Mendelssohn und die Sprache der Empfindung"

Folder 6: "Allusion and Romantic Irony in Late Nineteenth Century France" drafts and research sheet music (1 of 2), 1980/1990

Folder 7: "Allusion and Romantic Irony in Late Nineteenth Century France" drafts and research sheet music (2 of 2), 1980/1990

Box 108: 1981-1988

Folder 1: Mahler research for paper "Zinspeling en citaat in de muzick van Gustav Mahler", 1988

Folder 2: Drafts of Mahler papers/Mahler research notes, 1959-1988

Folder 3: Paul Henry Lang, 80th Birthday address and festschrift, 1981-1985

Folder 4: Musica Judaica editorial board and "A Family of Jewish Musicians in mid-18th Century Paris", 1981-1987

Folder 5: Donizetti paper and related correspondence, 1982-1985

"Some Socio-Economic Aspects of Opera at the Time of Donizetti"

Folder 6: "Proxy Wars and Horns of Plenty" For Paul Henry Lang festscrift, research, 1983

Folder 7: Encyclopedia of Religion correspondence and draft entries, 1983-1987

Folder 8: "Music in Terezin" by Joza Karas and correspondence, Robert Kessler, Pendragon Press, 1979/1985

Box 109: 1985-1992

Folder 1: "A Family of Jewish Musicians in mid-18th Century Paris" drafts for Ninth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, 1985

Folder 2: Educational Testing Service Correspondence - GRE Music Test qustions written by Ringer, 1985

Folder 3: Carl Dahlhaus festschrift chapter drafts, correspondence, 1986-1989

Folder 4: History of Ethnomusicology conference, Bruno Nettl, UIUC, 1988, paper "One World or None: Untimely Reflections on a Timely Musicological Question", 1987-1990

Folder 5: Carl Dahlhaus memorial, Acta Musicologica, 1989

Folder 6: Rudolf Stephan festschrift chapter, Mahler, Brahms, 1989-1990

Folder 7: "How Magic a Flute?" paper drafts and research file, 1989-1991

Folder 8: Alexander L. Ringer "Musik als Geschichte:  Gesammelte Aufsätze" Beethoven Interpretation, with Albrecht Riethmuller, festschrift, chapter drafts (1 of 2), 1989-1992

Folder 9: Alexander L. Ringer "Musik als Geschichte:  Gesammelte Aufsätze" Beethoven Interpretation, with Albrecht Riethmuller, festschrift, chapter drafts (2 of 2), 1989-1992

Box 110: 1989-1995

Folder 1: Neue Zuricher Zeitung, re: Harmonie und Gottesgedanke", 1989-1990

Folder 2: "Opera in an Age of Revolution," article on fidelio written for Royal Opera House, 1990

Folder 3: Photocopies of journal articles by Ringer

Includes: Jewish Music - Old Problems, New Dilemmas; Schoenberg on Holiday: His Six Summers on Lake Traun; Music in the Commonwealth of Learning; Schoenberg and the Concept of the Law; Of Music, Myth, and the Corporate State; Faith and Symbol - On Arnold Schoenberg's Last Musical Utterance; A Family of Jewish Musicians in mid-Eighteenth Century Paris; Dance on a Volcano: Notes on Musical Satire and Parody in Weimar Germany; Friedrich Gernsheim (1839-1916) and the Lost Generation; Schoenberg book reviews.

Folder 4: Drafts, correspondence and manuscripts, 2000

Includes draft chapters from German Schoenberg book.

Folder 5: Revising Romanticism book for Norton (1 of 2), 1990/1995

Book title: "A Language of Feeling - Musical romanticism revisited"

Folder 6: Revising Romanticism book for Norton (1 of 2), 1990/1995

Book title: "A Language of Feeling - Musical romanticism revisited"

Folder 7: "Homburg" and "Jude, Christ und Organist - Mendelssohn und die Sprache der Empfindung" article drafts

Folder 8: Carl Dahlhaus article for New Grove Dictionary of Opera, 1990

Folder 9: Articles by Ringer, off-prints, pre-prints and programs (1 of 2)

Box 111: 1991-1998

Folder 1: Articles by Ringer, off-prints, pre-prints and programs (2 of 2)

Folder 2: "Johann Strauss und Gustav Mahler" drafts and correspondence, Riethmuller, 1991-1996

Folder 3: "Musik in der emigration 1933-1945" symposium, Essen, 1992, 1992/1995

Paper title: "Innere Ruckkehr - Judische Musiker nach der Gleichschaltung"

Folder 4: Shofar book reviews, 1993-1999

Folder 5: Laaber-Verlag editorial correspondence, Schoenberg/Beethoven projects., 1993-1996

Correspondents includes Nuria Nono-Schoenberg, Lawrence Schoenberg, Thomas Emmerig, Riethmueller, Muller-Buscher

Folder 6: "Prejudice Without Pride - Goldhagen Revisited" drafts, re: Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust, and research material, 1996

Folder 7: Bruckner-Probleme book/symposium Berlin "Germanenzug bis Helgoland: Zu Anton Bruckners Deutschtum" drafts and research, 1996-1999

Box 112: 1997-2002

Folder 1: "Mendelssohn und der musikalische Fortschrift" drafts and research, 1997

Folder 2: Leon Kirchner entry for Grove's Dictionary and research material, 1997

Folder 3: Thomas Emmerig correspondence, Laaber, "Harmonie und Gottesgedanke" Schonberg and Hindemith, 1998-2001

Folder 4: "Quellen zur Geschichte Emigrierter Musiker: 1933-1950" book project with Herst Weber, 1998-1999

Folder 5: "Handel - ein deutscher Komponist?" for Musikwissenschaftliches seminar, Munster, 2002

Box 132: 1991-2001

Folder 1: Drafts of lectures and articles, and c.v. for Grove's Dictionary, 1991-2001

Drafts include "A Hundred Years Later - Unheeded Lessons of the Prussian Emancipation Centennial"; "F in Rast"; "Germanenzug bis Helgoland - Zu Anton Bruckners Deutschtum"; "Friedrich Gernsheim - Ein Beispiel"; "Im Zeichen von Exotik und Emancipation: Kantor Salomon Sulzer"; "The Kodaly Promise in the Promised Land"; "Zwolf Punkte fur Dresden - Januar 1993"; "Du sollst nicht - Du musst: Professor Riethmuller, meine verehrten Damen und Harren"; "Arnold Schoenberg in America: A Brief Chronology"; "Alexander Ringer Recognized as Music Educator" - from Organization of American Kodaly Educators; "Jewish Music in a New Tune"; and Kodaly address labels.

Sub-Series 6: Maqam research, Israel, Tunisia, 1964-1975

Box 112: 1964-1970

Folder 8: Smithonian Institute funded Maqam research, proposals and correspondence, 1964-1969

Folder 9: Israel travel authorizations, Smithonian, 1968-1974

Box 113: 1969-1976

Folder 1: Smithonian Maqam Projects, Tunisia, correspondence, 1969-1975

Includes a copy of Ringer's marriage certificate.

Folder 2: Smithonian-funded Maqam research project, Israel, correspondence, 1969-1973

Folder 3: Israel project, financial file, 1970-1974

Folder 4: Equipment catalog for field research, 1970

Folder 5: Financial records, 1970-1976

Folder 6: Arabic study sheets, 1970s

Folder 7: Israel project, travel and financial records, 1971-1976

Folder 8: Maqam lecture/paper research file, 1971

Folder 9: Smithonian Project, Karl Signell, Turkey, correspondence, 1972

Folder 10: Contracts and Amendments, Israel project, 1972

Folder 11: Journal of the American Musicological Society, Taqsim, Maqam tradition, 1974-1976

Title: Structural concepts in Taqsim Tradition

Box 114: 1972-1977

Folder 1: Smithonian Research Projects Reports, 1972-1977

Box 136

Folder 13: Arabic Maqam Sheet music

Box 143: Maqam

Item 1: Arabic, Ringer - Marum Ashkar and Bashar Nadaf. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

UIUC Ethnomusicology Archive, Collection number 108, tape number 1.

Item 2: Mazun Ashkar and Yusuf al Nimo. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape., 1972

UIUC Ethnomusicology Archive, Collection number 108, tape number 3.

Item 3: Naser Shahwar and others. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape., 1971

UIUC Ethnomusicology Archive, Collection number 108, tape number 4.

Item 4: Arabic songs and games, recorded by Sabra Webber. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape., 1968

Item 5: Barbara Goldmann, Castel Nuovo Tel-Aviv/Tehran, 1968

Item 6: Oud demonstrations. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 7: Persian. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 8: Arab School children. 3.75" reel-to-reel tape., February 28, 1972

Sub-Series 7: Kurt Weill research and writing, 1973-1997

Box 114: 1973-1996

Folder 2: "Dance on a Volcano" and Weimar research, 1973/1981

Folder 3: Transcriptions of Ringer's lectures on Kurt Weill, 1980's

Folder 4: A New Orpheus: Essays on Kurt Weill, related correspondence and drafts, 1983-1989

Folder 5: Kurt Weill research file, 1983-1997

Includes material on Kurt Weill conference, 1983.

Folder 6: Lectures on Kurt Weill and reseach material, 1983/1993

Folder 7: Kurt Weill Foundation, correspondence and archival documents, 1984-1996

Box 115: 1986-1998

Folder 1: Jon Cecker, David Farneth correspondence, Kurt Weill's Happy End, 1986-1987

Folder 2: Kurt Weill's Happy End, adapted for Wind Ensemble by Jon Becker, 1987

Folder 3: Kurt Weill symposium, "The Cantor's Son" research, 1987

Folder 4: Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill - Happy End, Ringer conducting, 1989

Includes sheet music for performance.

Folder 5: Kurt Weill symposium, Dusseldorf, research and drafts, 1990

Folder 6: Kurt Weill - The Cantor's Son - York University, Yale and related correspondence, 1992-1993

Folder 7: Articles and news clippings on Kurt Weill's "The Eternal Road, 1994

Folder 8: "Ein Fremder ward Ich im fremden Land: Werfel, Weill and 'The Eternal Road'" - book chapter drafts for "Driven Into Paradise", 1995-1998

Box 116: 1994-2000

Folder 1: "Musical Migration," conference and book/essay on Kurt Weill and the Eternal Road, 1994-1996

Paper title: 'The Eternal Road' and Kurt Weill's German, Jewish, and American Identity"

Folder 2: Brooklyn Academy of Music's performance of Kurt Weill's Eternal Road, 2000

Box 144: Audio recordings

Item 5: Kurt Weill I. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 6: Weill. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Box 147: Audio recordings

Item 7: Happy End by Kurt Weill, arranged for wind ensemble by Jon Becker, Berlin. Cassette tape., April-May 1988

Item 8: Brecht and Weill on Life and Death, music building auditorium. Cassette tape., April 6, 1989.

"Music and German Literature" opening concert, Ringer conducting, vocal soloist and UIUC wind ensemble.

Item 9: Weill, Hatikug. Cassette tape.

Item 10: The Original Threepenny Opera. Shrink-wrapped cassette tape.

Item 11: Kurt Weill Backing Tracks arranged by Alexander Goldscheider. Cassette tape.

Item 12: Happy End, suite proposal. Cassette tape.

Item 13: Happy End and more. Cassette tape.

Item 14: Ringer lecture/seminar on Kurt Weill. Cassette tape.

Item 15: Ringer lecture/seminar on Kurt Weill. Cassette tape. (2 of 3)

Item 16: Ringer lecture/seminar on Kurt Weill. Cassette tape. (3 of 3)

Item 17: Brecht and Weill on Life and Death. Cassette tape., April 6, 1989

Sub-Series 8: Correspondence, 1958-2002

Box 116: 1958-1965

Folder 3: Paul Fromm, Fromm Music Foundation, reviewing music, 1958-1959

Folder 4: General correspondence (1 of 2), 1958-1961

Folder 5: General correspondence (2 of 2), 1958-1961

Folder 6: Robert Laudon correspondence - former student, 1961-1980

Folder 7: Harrison Kerr correspondence and research file for article on Kerr in American Composers Alliance Bulletin, "Harrison Kerr at Sixty," 1959, 1959-1978

Folder 8: General professional correspondence, 1963-1965

Box 117: 1963-1971

Folder 1: Personal and professional correspondence from time in  Israel, Hebrew University, 1962-1964

Includes programs for concerts attended in Israel, including the Jerusalem Chamber Music Society.

Folder 2: Israeli correspondence, 1965-1967/1977

Folder 3: Walter Salmen correspondence, Musikwissenschaftliches Institute, 1968-1979

Folder 4: Carl Dahlhaus correspondence, 1968-1991

Includes paper "The Idea of Absolute Music," 1977 American Musicological Society Midwest Chapter meeting.

Folder 5: Ethnomusicology correspondence, Indiana University, Bruno Nettl, Midwest Universities Consortium, 1964

Folder 6: General correspondence, 1968-1970

Folder 7: Abol Hassan Saba, Iranian music, 1968

Folder 8: General correspondence, 1969-1971

Folder 9: General correspondence, 1963-1964/1971

Box 118: 1970-1979

Folder 1: General correspondence (including with Paul Henry Lang), 1970-1979

Folder 2: Israel sabbatical, 1971-1972

Folder 3: Ivo Supicic correspondence, Arti Musices, 1971

Folder 4: Utrecht, Netherlands correspondence, 1972-1973

Folder 5: Henry M. Jackson, senator, 1973-1974

Folder 6: Frank Hoogerwerf correspondence, Wilhelm Pijper, 1973

Folder 7: Josef Tal correspondence and biographical information, 1973-1993/1996

Folder 8: Professor Dr. Marius Flothius, 1973-1984

Folder 9: Ralph Waddey, 1974-1980

Folder 10: Paul Henry Lang, 1975/1988

Folder 11: Collegianerverein, College francais, 1975-1984

Folder 12: Jerome Barry, 1976

Folder 13: Ludwig Finscher (and Michael de la Fontaine) correspondence, 1976-1996

Folder 14: Reinhold Brinkmann, 1976-1977

Folder 15: Hungary  and Zurich Trip, May-June 1976

Folder 16: Kurt von Fischer correspondence, 1976-1977/1984

Folder 17: Thomasin LaMay, 1976

Folder 18: Benzion Orgad - Israel Choral Project, 1976

Folder 19: Arthur Jacobs, 1976-1986

Folder 20: Walter Wiora and Wolf Foundation, Isaac Stern nomination, 1976

Folder 21: Correspondence with student/faculty applicants and Rita Roswitha Trexler, 1978

Folder 22: Hungarian research, Rajeczky, Scheiber, Frigyesi, Laki, 1978-1985

Folder 23: Percy Young, 1979

Folder 24: Klaus Wachsmann, 1979

Box 119: 1978-1985

Folder 1: Ringer business trips and publicity for speaking engagements, 1978-1982

Folder 2: Eva Badura-Skoda, 1980

Folder 3: John Blacking correspondence, ethnomusicology, 1980-1981

Folder 4: Mrs. Michael Smoira-Cohen, Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem, 1980-1984

Folder 5: Martin Zimmer, 1980

Folder 6: Jaacov Ziso and miscellaneous Israeli newsclippings/correspondence, 1980-1988

Folder 7: Peter Laki and Judit Frigyesi, 1980-1983

Folder 8: Peer-review for "A Sound of Strangers" by Nicholas E. Tawa - Pendragon Press, 1981

Folder 9: Marburg correspondence, 1981

Folder 10: Albrecht Riethmuller, "Komposition im Deutschen Reich um 1936" and other papers from International Musicology Congress, Bayreuth, 1981, 1981

Folder 11: Sabbatical-related correspondence - Tel-Aviv and Heidelberg, 1982-1983/1988

Folder 12: Albrecht Riethmuller correspondence, 1982-1994

Folder 13: Andre Neher correspondence, for publication, 1982/1992

Folder 14: Jerald Graue memorial, and visit to Oregon State University, David Eiseman, David Eiseman articles/correspondence, 1982

Folder 15: Alexander Main and Lejaren Hiller/Michael Sokoloff, Iowa City - Iowa Humanities Board proposal "He Who Says Yes", 1985

Box 120: 1985-1990

Folder 1: Personal correspondence, 1985-1987

Folder 2: Philip V. Bohlman, research proposal and article pre-prints, 1986

Folder 3: Stephen Blum correspondence, articles, ethnomusicology, 1986-1987

Folder 4: David Bloch, Terezin Music Project and Ringer's European trip, 1988, 1987-1988

Folder 5: General correspondence (1 of 2), 1987-2001

Folder 6: General correspondence (2 of 2), 1987-2001

Folder 7: Request to name Ringer Tel-Aviv Yafo Music Consultant, 1989

Box 121: 1993-2001

Folder 1: General correspondence, 1993-2001

Folder 2: Albrecht Riethmuller correspondence, 1993-2001

Folder 3: Kandinsky material - Peg Weiss, 1992

Folder 4: Susanne Vill - University of Bayreuth-Wagner, 1997-1998

Folder 5: Guido Fackler - Denzlingen, 1995-1996

Folder 6: Dancing Bear Music Series - Dennos Museum, Jon Becker, 1993

Folder 7: Christine Fischer - Defoy correspondence - "Forbidden Sounds"/banned music exhibit, 1938, 1991-1993

Box 131: 1984-1987

Folder 1: Ernst Lichtenhahn correspondence - Ernst Kurth commemorative volume, 1984/1987

Folder 2: General correspondence, including with Laszlo Vikar, International Kodaly Society, 1984-1987

Folder 3: Michael von Albrecht correspondence, 1986

Box 132: 1992-2001

Folder 2: Personal and scholarly correspondence, 1992-2001

Includes correspondence with Jerusalem Music Centre, Kodaly Csoport '97 (twenty-fifth reunion), former students, colleagues, editors and friends.

Sub-Series 9: Research notes, general reference files, and photocopied material used for research purposes, 1939-1999

Box 18: Oversized material

Folder 11: Ringer's transcriptions of Mendelssohn, 15.3 (1826) and Beethoven, op. 103, undated

Folder 12: Poster for Leon Kirchner performance, University of Chicago., May 3, 1961

Program: String Quartet No. 1; Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello; String Quartet No. 2.

Box 121: 1939-1950s

Folder 8: Research material relating to Jewish Holy Music in New York (mostly handwritten sheet music) (1 of 2), 1939-1950s

Includes draft of short paper "On research in Arabic music in the 19th century." Sheet music are transcriptions of recordings held at Columbia University, done by Sophie Lentschner, and are accompanied by analysis of the recordings. Oversized sheet music pulled. Also includes article by Sophie Lentschner, "Field Work in Jewish Music," 1939, in The Reconstructionist.

Folder 9: Research material relating to Jewish Holy Music in New York (mostly handwritten sheet music) (2 of 2), 1939-1950s

Includes Sofie Lentschner's Master's thesis from Columbia University, "The Four Hymns Appended to the Passover Hagada of the German Jews," 1939.

Box 122: 1939-1960s

Folder 1: Papers of Sofie Lentschner, from Columbia University reseach, Laura E. Berk, 1939

Folder 2: Miscellaneous sheet music (including Ringer's Sonatina for woodwind solo), 1942-1958

Also includes Schubert sheet music, "Psalm XIII" and Schoenberg sheet music, "Die Glueckliche Hand."

Folder 3: Dutch Instrumental Chansons transcribed and arranged by Hugo Leichtentritt, sheet music, 1940s

Folder 4: Etienne Nicolas Mehul research file for Musical Quarterly article "A French Symphonist at the Time of Beethoven: Etienne Nicolas Mehul," includes galley prints, 1951

Folder 5: Miscellaneous research material, notes and correspondence, 1951-1955

Includes drafts of "A French Symphonist at the Time of Beethoven: Etienne Nicolas Mehul," book reviews, concert program notes, article "The Jew in American Music: A Tercentenary Note," research proposals

Folder 6: Hans Krieg news clippings and articles in Dutch, 1958-1961

Folder 7: Eastern Elements in Medieval Polyphony research file, 1960s

Folder 8: Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen, The Ring research file, 1960s

Folder 9: Articles and research notes, 1960s-1970s

Includes memorabilia from trips to Budapest, correspondence with Tel-Aviv/Hebrew University, and a variety of photocopied magazine and journal articles.

Folder 10: Paraphonistae/Polyphony research file, 1966

Folder 11: Classic Romantic research material and notes, 1967

Box 123: 1967-1972

Folder 1: Max Bruch, Friedrich Gernsheim and Cologne research file and article, 1967-1980

Folder 2: Miscellaneous photocopied articles and reports, 1967-1980

Includes reports from UIUC's Computer-Based Education Research Laboratory.

Folder 3: American music research file and trip to Tehran, 1969

Folder 4: Fellowship opportunities, 1970-1971

Folder 5: Musicology articles by other authors, photocopied, 1970s

Folder 6: Various photocopied book chapters and articles on philosophy/history, 1970s

Folder 7: Musical Systems research file, and Maqam, with Dalia Cohen, 1970s

Box 124: 1974-1977

Folder 1: Melody and folklore research file, with focus on Latin America, "Shaping Forces in Music" (1 of 2), 1974

Folder 2: Melody and folklore research file, with focus on Latin America, "Shaping Forces in Music" (2 of 2), 1974

Folder 3: Italian Opera research file - Donizetti, Verdi, 19th century (1 of 2), 1974-1975

Folder 4: Italian Opera research file - Donizetti, Verdi, 19th century (2 of 2), 1974-1975

Folder 5: Icelandic music curriculum for for children, 1974-1978

Includes Stefan Edelstein correspondence.

Folder 6: American Philosophical Society, grant application, Music in 19th Century Europe, 1976

Folder 7: Hebrew Music in Hungary research, funding correspondence, International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), 1975-1979

Folder 8: Handwritten French Revolution research notes, 1977

Folder 9: "A Conceptual Approach to International Understanding for Undergraduate Professional Students" grant proposals, 1977-1981

Alexander Ringer as Principal Investigator on proposal.

Box 125: 1978-1990s

Folder 1: Folk song classification research file, 1978

Folder 2: Research into Jewish Music in Hungary, with Judit Frigyesi and Peter Laki, 1978-1979

Folder 3: Miscellaneous scholarly correspondence, 1979-1988

Folder 4: Gesellschaft fur Musikforschung, Kassel, 1980

Folder 5: Holocaust compositions research, 1980

Folder 6: Ernst Kunst research file with handwritten notes, 1981-1987

Folder 7: Wagner research file, 1982

Folder 8: Israel Academy research, grant proposals in musicology, 1982

Folder 9: Joachim Stutschewsky research file and article drafts, 1984

Folder 10: Zemlinsky research file, Horst Weber correspondence, 1984

Folder 11: Jurgen Maehder correspondence, French Revolution and Opera conference, 1988-1990

Folder 12: Nationalism in Hungarian Music research project, funding, 1989-1990

Wagner, Verdi opera

Folder 13: Miscellaneous photocopied sheet music for piano and voice, 1990s

Folder 14: Research assistant's notes, summer, 1990

Box 126: 1990-1999

Folder 1: French Revolutionary Hymns research file - sheet music "Livre Premier des Epoques de la Revolution Francaise", 1990

Folder 2: Royal Opera House, London, correspondence, fidelio article "Opera in an Age of Revolution", 1992-1993

Folder 3: Synagogue music research file, 1995-1996 (1970)

Folder 4: Leo Ornstein research file, includes article draft "Leo Ornstein - ein amerikanischer Futurist?"

Folder 5: Mahler research material and notes (1 of 2)

Folder 6: Mahler research material and notes (2 of 2)

Folder 7: Jewish holy music - sheet music, including Adon-Olam and Hodu, arranged by Ringer and Kiddush, Tzedek tirdof, L'Shalom

Folder 8: Iberian sephardic Jewish sheet music - photocopy of "The Ancient Melodies of the Liturgy of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews"

Box 127: Research reference folders

Folder 1: Isaac Stern/Gershwin news clippings

Folder 2: "100 Jahre Villa Sturm zu Rudesheim am Rhein" by Ursula Jung and photocopied correspondence, 1995

Folder 3: Composers' statements - Profokiev, Kodaly, Bartok, Schoenberg

Folder 4: Romanticism research file

Folder 5: Research file - Christianity and music

Folder 6: Reference file - classical composers

Folder 7: Plato on music research file, aesthetics

Folder 8: Aesthetics research file, 1949-1972

Folder 9: Research reference files - compositional procedures, includes Music Writing Book with "Der Berggeist" (1825)

Folder 10: Research reference files - French Revolution, Jazz, Sociology of Music, Chopin and Liszt

Folder 11: Research reference files - Faust, Characterization, Bach Revival

Box 128: Research reference folders

Folder 1: Research reference folders - Robert Franz, Gluck, Seyfried, Realism, Donizetti, Chasse, Education, Noise Pollution, Parliamentary Procedures, Moscheles, History of Theory, Local Color - 19th Century Music, Oskar Guttmann, Goldmarck

Folder 2: Research reference files (1 of 2) - Romanticism, Festivals, Dance, Conservatories

Folder 3: Research reference files (2 of 2) - Misc., Opera, Sonata, Composers

Folder 4: Research material (photocopied articles and notes) (1 of 2), 1990s-2000s

Folder 5: Research material (photocopied articles and notes) (2 of 2), 1990s-2000s

Folder 6: General research reference binder, 1960s

Box 131: 1976-1993

Folder 4: National Endowment for the Humanities - Summer Seminars for College Teachers, 1976-1987

Folder 5: National Endowment for the Humanities - Summer Stipends and Fellowships for Scholars in Residence, 1976-1980

Folder 6: Miscellaneous research notes and research material (including on Brian Ferneyhough), 1990s

Box 132: Research material

Folder 3: Research material

Includes copy of Fulbright application to Hebrew University, 1966-1967; copies of archival research sources; copies of book articles and chapters; copies of sheet music, with Ringer's notes.

Folder 4: Newspaper and magazine clippings (1 of 2), 1985-2001

Folder 5: Newspaper and magazine clippings (2 of 2), 1985-2001

Box 133: 1888-1921/1947-1951/1984-2001

Folder 1: Newspaper clippings, 1984-1994

Folder 2: Music manuscript books with Ringer's handwritten transcriptions, 1998

Folder 3: Newspaper clippings (1 of 2), 1947-1951

1947-1949 - mostly Dutch, from Amsterdam

1950-1951 - mostly English, from New York

Folder 4: Newspaper clippings (2 of 2), 1947-1951

1947-1949 - mostly Dutch, from Amsterdam

1950-1951 - mostly English, from New York

Folder 5: Toonkunst-Nieuws : Officieel Orgaan van de Maatschappij tot Bevordering der Toonkunst, volumes 4-5, 1912-1914

Folder 6: Toonkunst-Nieuws, vol. 3; and Geschiedenis en Handelingen, Achtste Reeks, vol 7/9-12; and Vijfde Reeks, vol. 16/11/1, 1898-1901/1911-1912/1917-1920

Box 134: Research material

Folder 1: Bouwsteenen, Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis.; Vereeniging voor Noord-Nederlands Muziekgeschiedenis, 1869-1881

Folder 2: Ringer's notebooks from New School for Social Research, 1947-1948

Box 136: 1939-1941

Folder 11: Sofie Lentschner papers - Holy Music of Yemini Jews - research notes, handwritten sheet music and interview transcriptions, 1941

Folder 12: Sofie Lentschner papers (2 of 2), 1939/1941

Box 139: Classical music recordings

Item 1: Clarinet dialogues/Sonata Fantasia. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 2: Sunflower song/Bagatelles 12.37. 7.5" Reel-to-reel tape.

Item 3: Anton Bruckner, Mass in E-minor. Grad Chorale, Wind Ensemble with Alexander Ringer conducting. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape (1 of 2), March 7, 1982

Item 4: Anton Bruckner, Mass in E-minor. Grad Chorale, Wind Ensemble with Alexander Ringer conducting. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape (2 of 2), March 7, 1982

Item 5: Mozart Requiem recorded in Smith Hall. 7.5" Reel-to-reel tape (1 of 2), April 22, 1979

Item 6: Mozart Requiem recorded in Smith Hall. 7.5" Reel-to-reel tape (2 of 2), April 22, 1979

Item 7: Smith Music Hall recording. 7.5" Reel-to-reel tape., February 4, 1981

Item 8: Friedrich Gernsheim Trip, Op. 28. 3.34" reel-to-reel tape

Item 9: Willem Pijper and Flothius. 3.34" reel-to-reel tape., Dec. 24, 1954

Item 10: Levy sonate excerpts. Casssette tape.

Item 11: Berlin, Reform Gemeinde. Casssette tape., 1928-1930

Item 12: Quartetto di Ruzu Brogman. Casssette tape.

Item 13: Mozart Requiem recorded in Smith Hall. Alexander Ringer conducting. Cassette tape., April 22, 1979

Item 14: Mozart Requiem recorded in Smith Hall. Alexander Ringer conducting. Cassette tape. (2 of 2), April 22, 1979

Item 15: Woodstock Mozart Festival 6, Program one. Cassette tape., 1992

Item 16: Christopher Lyndon-Gee, "Hymn to Sarum," 1984. Canberra pro Arte Orchestra. Cassette tape., 1992

Item 17: William Mengelberg conducting Mahler and Kodaly. Cassette tape.

Item 18: William Mengelberg, Mahler #4, 1939. Cassette tape.

Concertgebonn Orchestra, Jo Vincent, soprano.

Item 19: Mahler, Das lied von der Erde. New York Philharmonic, November 19, 1944

Kerstin Thorberg, Charles Kullman, Artur Rodzinsky.

Item 20: Mahler inskumenta. Cassette tape.

Box 140: Classical music recordings.

Item 1: Mahler and other classical. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Includes notebook with Ringer's notes.

Item 2: Flothius, Sonata da Camera and more. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Lionel Novak.

Item 3: Pijper violin solo sonata, preceded by Herkencus flute concerto I. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 4: String Quartet, Ron Riddle, recorded "live" at New College by the New College String Quartet. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape., October 21, 1973

Item 5: Handel, St. John Passion. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 6: Susan Leonard recording. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 7: Kirchner, Sinfonia and Piano Concerto. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 8: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter conducting, Mahler #9. Cassette tape., January 15-16, 1938

Item 9: Philharmonia Orchestra, Mahler #2/Berlin State Opera Orchestra., 1963/1931

Item 10: Eric Zeisl, Chamber Music. Cassette tape.

Item 11: Das lied von der Erde, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter conducting, May 24, 1936.

Item 12: Beethoven Triple Concerto, The Delphian Trio, Sylvan, Cook, Leland, The Las Cruces Symphony, Gabbi Conducting. Cassette tape., Oct. 11, 1986.

Item 13: Viktor Ullmann concert, Tzavta Tel-Aviv. The Group for New Music Kol Israel live broadcast. Cassette tape., April 4, 1987

Item 14: Imago for Chamber Orchestra (1982), The Contemporary Chamber Players, New York, Arthur Weinberg conducting/With all my Soul (1978), for Chamber Orchestra, Baritone solo and choir, Jarry Berhimi conducting. Cassette tape.

Item 15: 400 Jaar Nederlandse Muziek residentie Orkest. Cassette tape.

Box 141: Hebrew and Israeli music.

Item 1: Orjad, Monologue (Sonata) for viola solo/Sefer, Reicercar violin, viola, celo and string orchestra. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 2: Sinfonia concertante Oedoen Partos, viola and orchestra. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 3: Meyerbeer, Der Prophet. Orchestra of the Berlin Staatsoper. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape., December 13, 1970.

Lent by Professor Davidson.

Item 4: Part, Rudolf Nelson, "Ein Leben in Liedern." 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 5: Mozart Serenade. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 6: Margaret P. Berry - Mozart Violin Concerto Cadenzas. 7 1/2" reel-to-reel tape

Item 7: Jewish holy music. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 8: Oedoen Partos, "Tehilim" string quartet, the New Israeli Quartet. 3 3/4" reel-to-reel tape., 1963

Item 9: Survivor from Warsaw/Schoenberg, Portrait of a Jewish Composer. 3 3/4" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 10: Jewish holy music. 3 3/4" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 11: Georgan Poliphonic Folksongs (Tiflis, 1964) and Synagogue Selihot. 3 3/4 reel-to-reel tape., 1965

Item 12: Victor Ullmann, Sonata #6, Edith Steiner-Kraus. Cassette tape.

Item 13: Milton Babbitt, Piano concerto. Cassette tape.

Item 14: Salomon Sulzer. Cassette tape., 1928

Box 142: Hebrew and Israeli music.

Item 1: Israeli music (label in Hebrew). 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 2: Israel, Ringer. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 3: Yaakov, Sephardic Chant. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 4: Church of the Air, Temple Judea. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape., May 9, 1954

Item 5: Jewish/Middle Eastern Holy Music. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 6: Josef Tal, Cello Concerto/Portos, Dmuyot (Visions). 7.5" reel-to-reel tape., 1960-1961

Item 7: Portos, Aggaola (legend)/Saoloni, Ricercar Symphonigue. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape., 1960

Item 8: Chasidic Favorites, Luberitch-Chabad Choir. Cassette tape.

Item 9: Maqam. Cassette tape.

Item 10: Moroccan Jews, Jewish Folk song. Cassette tape.

Item 11: Yemenite Slichot. Cassette tape.

Item 12: Rabbi Hochberger, Budapest. Cassette tape., June 13, 1977

Item 13: Masterpieces of the Synagogue, the Art of Cantor Joseph Rosenbaltt.

Item 14: Christmas in the Holy Land. Cassette tape.

Item 15: Mizmora, Dr. Avi Amzallag, "Folk Roots of Israel." Cassette tape.

Item 16: Popular Music of the Non-Western World, Peter Manuel. Cassette tape.

Box 146: Classical music recordings

Item 1: Project Renewal, Jeff Dell Film Service, New York. Film, 1979

Item 2: Vera Brodsky, Escher suite. 15" reel-to-reel tape.

Item 3: Flothius/League of Composers' Broadcast. 15" reel-to-reel tape., May 19, 1952

Item 15: Italian Folksongs. Collected in the province of Trento. Cassette tape., Spring/Summer 1977

Item 16: 400 Jaar Nederlandse Muziek, residentie Orkest, Bernard Zweers. Cassette tape.

Item 17: Music of Chou Wen-Chung. Cassette tape., 1954/1958/1989/1990

Item 18: American Folk Music (Dobszay). Cassette tape.

Item 19: Symphony number 1 (1993) by John Melby. Paul Martin Zonn Conducting/Grieg Symphony in C Minor in memory of Rikard Nordraak. Goteborg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi conducting. Cassette tape., 1993

Box 148: Classical cassette tapes

Item 1: Act I, Zemire et Azor Conducted by Paul Struss. Cassette tape, 1975

Item 2: Act II, Zemire et Azor Conducted by Paul Struss. Cassette tape, 1975

Item 3: Act III, Zemire et Azor Conducted by Paul Struss. Cassette tape, 1975

Item 4: Act IV, Zemire et Azor Conducted by Paul Struss. Cassette tape, 1975

Item 5: Pierrot performance, from Joan, with letter. Cassette tape.

Item 6: Artur Rubinstein, Grieg concerto in A minor for piano and orchestra, with Alfred Wallenstein conducting the RCA Symphony Orchestra. Cassette tape., circa February 1956

Item 7: Artur Rubinstein, Rachmaninoff concerto #2 for piano and orchestra in C minor, op. 18 (movements I and II), with Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Cassette tape., circa February 1956

Item 8: Cantorial. Cassette tape.

Item 9: Beethoven, Singspielarieu. Cassette tape.

Item 10: Leon Kirchner, "Of things exactly as they are," S. Ozawa conducting. Boston Symphony Orchestra. Cassette tape., August 27, 1997

Item 11: Alexander Ringer Voltrag Kassel. Cassette tape., 1991

Item 12: Take 3. Cassette tape.

Item 13: Rimanot/Mahler lecture. Cassette tape.

Item 14: Mahler lecture musical examples. Cassette tape.

Item 15: Kurt Weill paper, set to Nelson. Cassette tape.

Item 16: Musical examples for lecture. Cassette tape.

Item 17: Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Berlin Philharmonic. Cassette tape. (1 of 2), 1967-1970

Item 18: Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Berlin Philharmonic. Cassette tape. (2 of 2), 1967-1970

Item 19: Don Giovanni, II, Elisabeth Schwantzkopf, Mi Tradi. Cassette tape., 1956/1959

Item 20: Mahler allusion, instrumental/Lieder examples. Cassette tape.

Item 21: Leipzig, Mendelsohn musical examples for lecture. Cassette tape.

Item 22: Paulo Salomon-Lindberg, Sei stille dem Herrn (Mendelssohn). Cassette tape., 1995

Item 23: Anne, Folk Songs. Cassette tape.

Item 24: Sulzer lecture examples. Cassette tape.

Item 25: Bach lecture. Cassette tape., July 11, 2000

Item 26: Art Songs of Israel, Rosalie Becker, Soprano and Linda Hirt, piano. Cassette tape., January 29, 1987

Item 27: Andre Hajdu, Ludus Paschalis/Plagues of Egypt/The Floating Tower/Purim-Play. Cassette tape.

Item 28: Luserna, Messa delle oro 10, May 28, 1977

Item 29: Univergessener, Leo Skozak, George Tellenek, Cantortial singing. Cassette tape.

Item 30: Emilie Berendsen, mezzo-soprano, Israeli Contemporary vocal music. Cassette tape.

Item 31: Mendelssohn, Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Mount Holyoke College Glee Club, University of Virginia Glee Club, Catharine Melhorn, conductor. Cassette tape., November 14, 1982

Item 32: Wozzeck. Cassette tape., December 2, 1987

Item 33: Hans Rott, Symphony in E, Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra, Gerhard Samuel conducting. Cassette tape., April 26, 1990

Item 34: Bartok, Mengelberg, Strauss musical examples. Cassette tape.

Item 35: Hans Eisler, Deutsche Sinfonie. Cassette tape., February 19-21, 1992

Item 36: Charles Dodge/Joel Chadabe. Cassette tape.

Item 37: Rinanot (Herzog). Cassette tape.

Item 38: Eros Reminisced, Lee Dougherty/Concertino for Violin and Chamber Orchestra, Piotr Janowsky, 1980

Item 39: John Melby concertos. Cassette tape.

Item 40: Otto Klemperer in conversation with John Freeman/Mahler, Symphony #1, Kathleen Ferrer, Bruno Walter. Cassette tape., 1960/1954/1952

Item 41: Oliver Niemoller, Bea's Trix. Cassette tape., August 11, 1992

Item 42: Wittlich, Ear Training, Unit 8, Tape 1, Beethoven, 7th Symphony, Movement 2. Cassette tape.

Item 43: Gustav Mahler, Bruno Walter farewell to the Vienna Philharmonic. Cassette tape., 1951-1952/1960

Item 44: Mahler remembered, eyewitness comments on Mahler. Cassette tape.

Item 45: Max Aruns' speech. Cassette tape.

Item 46: Bruckner, Mass in E Minor. Cassette tape.

Item 47: Karnatic Classical, sung by Dr. S. Ramanathan. Cassette tape.

Item 48: The Best of Struggles, Multicultural Women's Projects in Music. Cassette tape.

Item 49: Overture, Guy Garnett, UIUC Symphony. Cassette tape.

Item 50: MUSIC 314, continued. Cassette tape.

Item 51: Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra, Afikim. Cassette tape., December 31, 1983

Item 52: Hochberger. Cassette tape.

Item 53: Rozanticin, unclear tape. Cassette tape.

Item 54: Unlabeled tape. Cassette tape.