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Collection Overview
Title: Michael Manion Music and Papers, 1965-2008
ID: 26/20/188
Primary Creator: Manion, Michael (1952-2012)
Extent: 5.25 cubic feet
Arrangement: Content is arranged in five series: Series 1 contains published and unpublished music, Series 2 contains correspondence, Series 3 contains materials related to publication and research, Series 4 contains materials related to Michael's education, Series 5 contains sound recordings and audiovisual materials of Michael's music as well as the music of his contemporaries. All series are arranged alphabetically.
Date Acquired: 02/04/2013
Subjects: Compositions-Music, Computer Music, Electronic Music, Music Composition
Languages: English, German
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of original and published music, new music ensemble performance directions and diagrams, correspondence, research notes, correspondence, audio recordings, photographs, concert programs, and posters documenting Michael Manion's career as a percussionist, composer of electroacoustical music, and scholar of the music and performance practices of Karlheinz Stockhausen between 1965 and 2008. Of particular interest is correspondence between Stockhausen and Manion related to the performance and notation practices for Stockhausen's works between 1984 and 1987 while Manion served as an assistant to Stockhausen.
Biographical Note
Michael Lawrence Manion (1952-2012), percussionist and American composer of electroacoustical music, earned his Bachelor of Music degree in composition and percussion performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 1977 and Master of Music in composition from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1983. He studied composition with Randolph Coleman, Dary John Mizelle, and Gary Lee Nelson at Oberlin and Salvatore Martirano and Ben Johnston at the University of Illinois. In addition, he studied with Robert Ashley at Mills Collection from 1977 to 1978, Mauricio Kagel at the Musikhochschule Koln from 1980 to 1981, and Jonathan Harvey at the Univeristy of Sussex from 1985 to 1988. Between 1984 and 1987 he served as an assistant to Karl Heinz Stockhausen for the publication of such works Kindheit, Nausenflugeltanz, Wochenkreis, and Madchenprozession. He remained an active composer and performer throughout his career in Europe and the United States until a stroke in 2008.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Acquisition Source:
Mrs. Floy Manion
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Related Materials:
Published scores of Stockhausen's music and books on Stockhausen's music that were not worked on by Michael Manion and not used for his research articles on Stockhausen were transfered to the Calvin College Library.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Original and published
music, ca. 1972-2008],
[
Series 2: Correspondence, ca. 1972-2004],
[
Series 3: Research, Publications, and Performance Materials, ca. 1977-2008],
[
Series 4: Education and Personal Papers, ca. 1974-2010],
[
Series 5: Sound Recordings, Audiovisual Materials, and Computer Files, ca. 1974-2007],
[
All]
- Series 1: Original and published music, ca. 1972-2008
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Iconoclasm (FS), 1972
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 2: Fantasy on "Hail to the Chief" (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 3: Fragments of scores, undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 4: Echoes/Densities (FS), 1974
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 5: Baroquen Pieces for Snare Drum and Orchestra (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 6: Minuet (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 7: Nothing at Newbegins (FS), 1972
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 8: Night (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 9: Orbis Musica, 1975
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 10: Overture to King Kong (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 11: Screen (FS), 1980
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 12: Six Pieces for Solo Flute, 1973
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 13: Variations on a Theme by Chopin, undated
- Composer/arranger: Chopin, Frederic; Manion, Michael
- Box 2
- Folder 1: A.D. (FS), 1973
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 2: Dialogue for Percussionist and Pre-Recorded Tape (FS), 1973
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 3: Fragments of scores, undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 4: Hexentanz (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 5: Islands (FS), 1988
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 6: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds (FS, P), 1990-1991
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 7: Orbis Musica, 1975
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 8: Screen (FS), 1980
- Composer/arrange: Manion, Michael
- Folder 9: Theme and Variations on a Theme by Chopin, undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 10: untitled, 1987
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 11: The Washing Machine, undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Combinations, 1976
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 2: Constellations, 1997
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 3: Islands (FS), 1997
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 4: Long Roll II (FS), 2006
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 5: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds (FS), 1990
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 6: Music for Electronic Percussion II, 2002
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 7: Music for Marimba and Violin (FS), 1992
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 8: Music for Solo Piano, 2006
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 9: Music for Solo Vibraphone, 2005
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 10: Music for Wind Ensemble (FS), 2002
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 11: Six Pieces for Solo Flute, 2002
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 12: Wheels (FS, P), 1977-1996
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Delta (FS), 1976
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 2: Dialogue for Percussionist and Pre-Recorded Tape (FS), 1973
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 3: Long Roll II, 2006
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 4: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds (FS, P), 1991
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 5: Music for Electronic Percussion II, 2002
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 6: Music for Flute and Marimba (FS), 1992
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 7: Music for Marimba and Violin (FS), 1992
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 8: Music for Solo Vibraphone, 2000-2005
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 9: Music for String Quartet (FS), 2008
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 10: Music for Wind Ensemble (FS), 1972
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 11: untitled (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Almanac (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 2: Combinations, 1976
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 3: Constellations, 1974
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 4: Epiphany, 1976
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 5: Fragments of scores, undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 6: Interjections (FS), 1974-1975
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 7: Meta (FS), 1977-1980
- Composer/arranger: Manion, MIchael
- Folder 8: Music for Organ, 1976
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 9: Regions, 1976
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 10: Trio (FS), 1975
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Box 6
- Folder 1: Aries (FS), 1981
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 2: A Key for "Momente", ca. 1971
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 3: Fragments of photocopied scores, undated
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 4: Kindheit (FS), 1984
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 5: Kurzwellen, 1969
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 6: A capella Version of Madchenprozession (FS), 1997
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 7: Mission und Himmelfahrt vom Donnerstag aus Licht (FS), 1985
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 8: Montag aus Licht fragment (FS), ca. 1987
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 9: Nasenflugeltanz vom Samstag aus Licht (FS), 1995
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 10: Tierkreis, ca. 1975
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 11: Welt-Parlament vom Mittwoch aus Licht (FS), 1996
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 12: Wochenkreis (FS), 1997
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Box 7
- Folder 1: ...until..., 1974
- Composer/arranger: Barlow, Clarence
- Folder 2: A Spell, 2004
- Composer/arranger: Kan-no, Shigeru
- Folder 3: Bales, Barrels, and Cones...Antebellum/Antibellum, 2002
- Composer/arranger: Bathory-Kitsz, Dennis
- Folder 4: Cantata III, "Gottes Lob", 2005
- Composer/arranger: Kan-no, Shigeru
- Folder 5: The Chilling Wind, undated
- Composer/arranger: Lorenz, Mike
- Folder 6: First Snow, 2005
- Composer/arranger: Mizelle, Dary John
- Folder 7: g-ring-oh!, undated
- Composer/arranger: Lach Lau, Juan Sebastian
- Folder 8: Interiors, 1966
- Composer/arranger: Moran, Robert
- Folder 9: Klavierstuck, undated
- Composer/arranger: Scharpenphlatz, G.
- Folder 10: kongulo kongulo, 2003
- Composer/arranger: Asgeirsson, Aki
- Folder 11: Millenium Soldier III, Hymnen Pinders, 2005
- Composer/arranger: Kan-no, Shigeru
- Folder 12: Pater Noster, 1999
- Composer/arranger: Kan-no, Shigeru
- Folder 13: untitled, unknown
- Composer/arranger: unknown
- Folder 14: RatGeyser, undated
- Composer/arranger: Bathory-Kitsz, Dennis
- Folder 15: Slumber Party Massacre, undated
- Composer/arranger: Lyon, Eric
- Folder 16: Spellbound, 1995
- Composer/arranger: Mizelle, Dary John
- Folder 17: String Quartet, 1970
- Composer/arranger: Brown, Earle
- Folder 18: Super-Solo with Voice, 2005
- Composer/arranger: Kan-no, Shigeru
- Folder 19: Trial IV "Sound-Sound", 2003
- Composer/arranger: Kan-no, Shigeru
- Folder 20: Trieb III, 2004
- Composer/arranger: Kan-no, Shigeru
- Box 8
- Folder 1: Bales, Barrels and Cones...Antebellum/Antibellum, undated
- Composer/arranger: Bathory-Kitsz, Dennis
- Folder 2: Creative Mountain, 1983
- Composer/arranger: Mizelle, Dary John
- Folder 3: Croche et Tient, undated
- Composer/arranger: Harrington, Jeffrey
- Folder 4: g-ring-oh!, 2003
- Composer/arranger: Lach Lau, Juan Sebastian
- Folder 5: kongulo kongulo, 2003
- Composer/arranger: Asgeirsson, Aki
- Folder 6: Linear A, 1978
- Composer/arranger: Gehlhaar, R.
- Folder 7: Locomotives stalking a leopard in a china closet, undated
- Composer/arranger: Gunn, David
- Folder 8: Mandala 1: Synchron, 1979
- Composer/arranger: Fleisher, Robert
- Folder 9: Michael's Journey Round the Earth (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 10: Personal Wellness Attack Points, undated
- Composer/arranger: Flanagan
- Folder 11: Photocopied fragments of pieces, undated
- Folder 12: Polytempus II, 1981
- Composer/arranger: Mizelle, Dary John
- Folder 13: RatGeyser, undated
- Composer/arranger: Bathory-Kitsz, Dennis
- Folder 14: Spellbound, 1996
- Composer/arranger: Mizelle, Dary John
- Folder 15: Stop, 1965
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 16: Superformula from Licht, Monday segment of Superformula, Triple-formula, Superformula from Donnerstag aus Licht, undated
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 17: Xi, Zeitplan Freitag aus Licht, Zeitstruktur der gesamten Gruppen, 1992-1994
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Oversize Portfolio Box 1
- Item 1: Constellations, 1974
- Removed for conservation August 8, 2014
- Item 2: Constellations (FS), 1974
- Removed for conservation August 8, 2014
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Original and published
music, ca. 1972-2008],
[
Series 2: Correspondence, ca. 1972-2004],
[
Series 3: Research, Publications, and Performance Materials, ca. 1977-2008],
[
Series 4: Education and Personal Papers, ca. 1974-2010],
[
Series 5: Sound Recordings, Audiovisual Materials, and Computer Files, ca. 1974-2007],
[
All]