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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Arrangement: Content is arranged in five series: Series 1 contains published and unpublished music, Series 2 contains correspondence, Series 3 contains materials related to publication and research, Series 4 contains materials related to Michael's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:
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Series 1: Original and published music, ca. 1972-2008],
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Series 2: Correspondence, ca. 1972-2004],
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Series 3: Research, Publications, and Performance Materials, ca. 1977-2008],
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Series 4: Education and Personal Papers, ca. 1974-2010],
[Series 5: Sound Recordings, Audiovisual Materials, and Computer Files, ca. 1974-2007],
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All]
- Series 5: Sound Recordings, Audiovisual Materials, and Computer Files, ca. 1974-2007
- Box 16
- Reel 1: Combinations, 1976
- 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel. 7 1/2 ips, 1/2 track stereo.
- Reel 2: Constellations, 1974
- 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel. Tail out.
- Reel 3: A Concert of Works by Manion, 1976
- 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel.
- Reel 4: Screen, undated
- 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel. 15 ips, 4-channel.
- Reel 5: Screen, 1980
- 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel. 15 ips, 4-channel.
- Reel 6: Dialogue for Percussion and Pre-Recorded Tape, undated
- Pre-recorded tape. Side one only. 7 1/2 ips. 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel.
- Reel 7: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, 1990-1991
- Electronic music. Tail out. Eight track. 15 ips. 1/2 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Reel 8: Ephiphany, 1976
- 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel.
- Reel 9: Islands, 1987
- 7 1/2 ips, stereo. 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel.
- Reel 10: Islands, 1982
- Performance tape. 4-track, 15 ips. Tail out. 1/2 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Reel 11: Islands, undated
- 1/2 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Reel 12: Islands, Music for Cello and Electronic Music, undated
- 1/2 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel. 4-channel.
- Box 17
- Reel 1: Islands, Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, undated
- Demo. 4 track, 15 ips. Tail out. 1/2 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Reel 2: Islands, undated
- 8 track, 15 ips. Tail out. 1/2 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Reel 3: Manion, undated
- 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel.
- Reel 4: Meta, 1977
- Tail out. 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel.
- Reel 5: Orbis Musica, undated
- Tail out, 15 ips, 4-channel. 1/2 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Reel 6: Orbis Musica, undated
- 1/4 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel. 4-channel. 7 1/2 ips.
- Reel 7: Pulse, 1977
- 2-channel, 1/4 track, 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel. 7 1/2 ips.
- Reel 8: Screen, undated
- Head out, 7 1/2 ips. 1/2 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Reel 9: Screen, undated
- Master. 1/4 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Reel 10: Islands, 1987
- 15 ips, stereo. 1/4 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Box 18
- Disc 1: Manion, ca. 1971
- Disc 2: Master, undated
- Contains Two Discs, second disc unlabeled. Barlow, Bathory-Kitsz, Harrington, Koepf, Asgeirsson, Flanagan, Manion.
- Disc 3: Michael Manion and Vince Reyes at Notice, 2003
- Disc 4: Music for Solo Piano, Part I, undated
- Disc 5: Music for Solo Piano, 2006
- 1. Live, Dante Oei, piano; 2. Studio, Michael Manion.
- Disc 6: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, undated
- Disc 7: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, 1991
- 1. Performance; 2. Rehearsal mix.
- Disc 8: Music for Solo Piano, 2006
- World premiere.
- Disc 9: Michael Manion, undated
- 1. Music for Electronic Percussion II; 2. Music for Solo Vibraphone; 3. Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds; 4. Combinations; 5. Part I.
- Disc 10: Michael Manion, undated
- 1. Part I; 2. Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 11: Michael Manion, undated
- 1. Music for Solo Piano; 2. Part I.
- Disc 12: Michael Manion, undated
- 1. Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds; 2. Part I; 3. Echoes/Densities; 4. Music for Solo Vibraphone; 5. Long Roll; 6. Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 13: Manion, undated
- Michael Manion: Music for Electronic Percussion II, version 1; Bathory-Kisz: RatGeyser.
- Disc 14: Music for Electronic Percussion II, 2002
- Disc 15: Manion, undated
- Music for Solo Vibraphone, Music for Electronic Percussion II, Wheels.
- Disc 16: Music for Electronic Percussion II, 2007
- Disc 17: Manion, undated
- Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, Music for Solo Vibraphone, Combinations, Music for Electronic Percussion II, Echoes/Densities, Part I.
- Disc 18: Music for Electronic Percussion II, undated
- Disc 19: Part I, 2005
- Disc 20: Manion, undated, 2005
- Part I, Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 21: Den Haag photos, undated
- Disc 22: Michael Manion, undated
- Part I, Music for Solo Vibraphone, Long Roll, Music for Solo Piano, Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 23: Michael Manion, Electronic Percussion, undated
- 1. RatGeyser; 2. Croche et Tient; 3. Kongulo Kongulo, 4. Personal Wellness Attack Points; 5. Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 24: Michael Manion, Electronic Percussion, undated
- 1. ...until...; 2. RatGeyser; 3. Croche et Tient; 4. Playtime; 5. Kongulo Kongulo; 6. Personal Wellness Attack Points; 7. Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 25: Michael Manion, Electronic Percussion, undated
- 1. Music for Electronic Percussion II; 2. RatGeyser; 3. ...until... .
- Disc 26: Michael Manion, 1999
- Disc 27: Part I, undated
- Disc 28: Michael Manion, undated
- Part I, Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 29: Part I, undated
- Disc 30: Long Roll II, 2006
- Disc 31: Michael Manion, Electronic Percussion, undated
- 1. ...until...; 2. RatGeyser; 3. Croche et Tient; 4. Playtime; 5. Kongulo Kongulo; 6. Personal Wellness Attack Points; 7. Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 32: Michael Manion, Electronic Percussion, undated
- Disc 33: Michael Manion, Electronic Percussion, undated
- 1. Music for Electronic Percussion II; 2. RatGeyser; 3. Part I; 4. ...until... .
- Disc 34: Michael Manion, Electronic Percussion, undated
- 1. RatGeyser; 2. Croche et Tient; 3. Kongulo Kongulo; 4. Personal Wellness Attack Points; 5. Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 35: 25 Jahre Feedback, 1996
- 1. Improvisation Zurich 1972; 2. Cellokonzert, Micahel von Biel; 3. Feuermusik, Peter Eotvos; 4. Interludium, Silvio Foretic; 5. Ton-antition, David Johnson; 6. Pulse Music I, John McGuire; 7. Violectra, Johannes Fritsch; 8. Hochtoner, Johannes Fritsch; 9. Trio 1977, Johannes Fritsch; 10. Swallowtails, Rolf Gehlhaar; 11. Pandora, Klarenz Barlow; 12. Trio 1993, Volker Staub and Johannes Frtisch; 13. Ohne Titel fur Orgel, Siegfried Koepf; 14. Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, Michael Manion; 15. Vaterkomm, Herbert A. Mtischke; 16. Pendulum, Herbert A. Mitschke.
- Disc 36: Islands Pro tools, undated
- Disc 37: ICMC Late Night, undated
- Electronic percussion (three pieces).
- Disc 38: Personal Wellness Attack Points, undated
- Disc 39: Karnatic, undated
- Disc 40: Flanagan, undated
- Disc 41: Jazz festival, 2008
- Disc 42: Jazz festival, 2008
- Disc 43: Hinterhausmusik, 2005
- Feedback Studio Cologne. John Cage, Composed Improvisation for Snare Drum; Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, Memento Mori for Noah Creshevsky; Alvin Lucier, Silver street car for the orchestra; Michael Manion, Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 44: Eric Lyon, undated
- Second Skin; Onceathon; Stem Cells; A Guzy Ree; Maisma.
- Disc 45: Den Haag, 2003
- Disc 46: Combinations, undated
- PDF.
- Disc 47: Cologne Musikhochschule, undated
- Disc 48: Cologne November/October, undated
- Disc 49: Cologne, undated
- Disc 50: RatGeyser, undated
- Disc 51: RatGeyser, undated
- Disc 52: Bales, Barrels, and Cones...Antebellum/Antibellum, undated
- 1. Electronic music; 2. Demo.
- Disc 53: Bales, Barrels, and Cones...Antebellum/Antibellum, undated
- Play copy.
- Disc 54: Bales, Barrels, and Cones...Antebellum/Antibellum, undated
- Play copy.
- Disc 55: Archive copy 1, undated
- Disc 56: Archive copy 2, undated
- Disc 57: Michael Manion: Concert in Cologne, undated
- Disc 58: Michael Manion, 1999
- Audio files.
- Disc 59: Manion Archive 2, undated
- 1. Wheels; 2. Islands; 3. Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds.
- Disc 60: Manion Archive 1, undated
- 1. Constellations; 2. Echoes/Densities; 3. Trio; 4. Combinatons; 5. Oberlin Real-Time Orchestra; 6. Meta; 7. Music for Flute and Marimba.
- Disc 61: Manion samples, undated
- Disc 62: Manion time, undated
- Disc 63: Michael Manion, undated
- 1. Long Roll II for Four Drums; 2. Long Roll for Trom; 3. Music for Solo Vibraphone; 4. Part I; 5. Music for Solo Piano; 6. Music for Electronic Percussion.
- Disc 64: Manion, undated
- Disc 65: Manion, undated
- Disc 66: Long Roll, undated
- Disc 67: Long Roll concert, undated
- Disc 68: Long Roll concert, undated
- Disc 69: Long Roll II, undated
- Disc 70: Long Roll toast, undated
- Disc 71: Module, undated
- Disc 72: Karnatic Cats, 2005
- Box 19
- Disc 1: PYPL Sibelius, undated
- Disc 2: Music for Electronic Percussion, 2002
- Disc 3: Music for Electronic Percussion II, undated
- Disc 4: Music for Electronic Percussion, undated
- Disc 5: Music for Electronic Percussion II, undated
- Disc 6: Michael Manion, Electronic Percussion, undated
- 1. RatGeyser; 2. Croche et Tient; 2. Playtime; 4. Kongulo Kongulo; 5. Personal Wellness Attack Points; 6. Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 7: Music for Electronic Percussion II, undated
- Disc 8: Music for Electronic Percussion II, undated
- Disc 9: Music for Electronic Percussion, Kongulo Kongulo, undated
- Disc 10: Music for Electronic Percussion Long Roll II, undated
- Disc 11: Music for Electronic Percussion II, 2007
- Disc 12: Music for Electronic Percussion II, undated
- Disc 13: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, undated
- Disc 14: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, Islands, undated
- Disc 15: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, Islands, undated
- Disc 16: Montpelier concert, undated
- Disc 17: Montpelier concert, undated
- Disc 18: Montpelier concert, undated
- Disc 19: Montpelier concert I, undated
- Disc 20: Montpelier concert II, undated
- Disc 21: Montpelier concert perfect, undated
- Disc 22: Montpelier concert, undated
- Disc 23: Montpelier concert, undated
- Disc 24: Montpelier concert, undated
- Disc 25: Music for Electronic Percussion II, undated
- Disc 26: Mellotone audio, undated
- Disc 27: Mellotone 2, undated
- Disc 28: Mellotone 3, undated
- Disc 29: Mellotone 4, undated
- Disc 30: Music for Solo Piano, 2006
- Disc 31: Michael Manion, undated
- 1. Echoes/Densities; 2. Wheels; 3. Music for Solo Vibraphone.
- Disc 32: Quartet corrected, undated
- Disc 33: Manion normal, undated
- Disc 34: Music for Solo Piano, Mellotone, undated
- Disc 35: Manion, undated
- 1. Music for Solo Vibraphone; 2. Part I; 3. Music for Solo Piano.
- Disc 36: Long Roll, undated
- Disc 37: Practice, undated
- Disc 38: Michael Manion, undated
- 1. Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds; 2. Echoes/Densities; 3. Music for Electronic Percussion II; 4. Part I; 5. Combinations.
- Disc 39: Music for Electronic Percussion II, 2002
- Disc 40: Music for Solo Piano, undated
- Disc 41: Long Roll, undated
- Disc 42: Long Roll, undated
- Disc 43: Oberlin Real Time Orchestra, 1977
- Disc 44: Oberlin Real Time Orchestra, 1977
- Disc 45: Long Roll, undated
- Disc 46: Realbooks, undated
- Disc 47: Manion, ca. 1972
- Disc 48: Music for String Quartet, 2008
- Disc 49: Michael Manion, undated
- Disc 50: Music for String Quartet, 2008
- Disc 51: Long Roll PDF, undated
- Disc 52: Long Roll, undated
- Disc 53: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, Islands, undated
- Rehearsal CD.
- Disc 54: Part I, undated
- Disc 55: Amanda Miralrio and the Jazz Furnace, undated
- 1. Cry me a river; 2. Feel good; 3. I love being here with you; 4. Impressions; 5. Night and day; 6. Peel me a grape; 7. Summertime; 8. Take five; 9. Honesuckle rose.
- Disc 56: Jazz Furnace processed, undated
- Disc 57: Excerpts, undated
- Disc 58: Music for Solo Piano, Part I, undated
- Disc 59: Solo vibe, undated
- Disc 60: Long Roll small, undated
- PDF.
- Disc 61: ZAAL 100-1, undated
- Disc 62: Wind ensemble, undated
- Disc 63: untitled, undated
- 1. 4; 2. Deviations; 3. Meditase/Pesta Raksasa;4. Drumming; 5. Trio for Piano, Violin, and Violoncello: IV. Ardente, Sperduto; 6. Delivery Boy Biography; 7. Two Pages; 8. June; 9. Trance I; 10. Certain Movement; 11. Money Management for a Better Life; 12. In C; 13. Lick; 14. Also Sprach Einstein; 15. Sweet Air; 16. Bolis Me, Lasko; 17. Tone Cloud II; 18. Silver Wings.
- Disc 64: untitled, undated
- Disc 65: Shigeru Kan-no: Portrait, 2004
- Quaoar fur Violine, Tenor-Bass Posaune und Orgel; String Quartet VI, Dietro il Pontecello; Semi-Concerto-Grosso I for Accondion and String Orchestra, Terrolismo; Flute-Quartet II for Shinobue, Flute, Alto- and Bass Flute, Nagauta; Cadance, 24 Variation without Theme for Ensemble; Engagement for Accordion and Baritone Saxophone; Septet III, Tanzglockenspiel; Otnacca fur Klarinette solo.
- Disc 66: Shigeru Kan-no: Sound Portrait II, 2004
- Duo-Kyogen; Spell.
- Disc 67: Shigeru Kan-no: Portrait III, 2005
- Situation on the Situation fur Kammerorchester in zweit Satze; Streichtrio-Zwilling fur 2 Geigen und Bratsche; Die Wuste und das trockene Land sollen sich freuen von Jesaja 35,1-6 fur gemischen Chor und 4 instrument; Blechblaserquintett III mit Schlagzeug, Der Rosarote Elefant mit Schlagzeug; Klang-Meditation I fur Orgel und Metallschlagzeug.
- Disc 68: Shigeru Kan-no: Portrait IV, 2005
- BLechblaserquintett I, Noiram for 2 Trumpets and 3 Trombones; Streichduo I fur Geige und Cello, Freiburgisches Thema; Streichtrio I fur Geige, Bratsche, und Cello; Flammender Pfeil fur kleines Orchestra; Duo-Kyogen fur Flote und Gitarre; Hornquartett II, Exposition-Metamorphose-Fantasie mit 2 Wagnertuben.
- Disc 69: Music for Solo Piano, undated
- PDF.
- Disc 70: Solo Piano 2a, undated
- Disc 71: Per Leonardo, undated
- Disc 72: Piano-orch, undated
- Disc 73: Part I audio, undated
- Item 74: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, undated
- DAT cassette tape.
- Item 76: Travan 8 GB cartridge, undated
- Item 75: Music for Flute and Marimba, undated
- Computer-demo performance. Side 1: Music for Flute and Marimba; Side 2: Unknown piano piece. Cassette tape.
- Item 77: Music for Flute and Marimba, Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, Islands, undated
- Item 78: Islands, Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, undated
- Islands, first West Coast performance; Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, first performance.
- Item 79: Massimiliano Viel "Vi" per electronica, 1994
- DAT cassette tape.
- Item 80: Islands for flute and tape, 1991
- Cassette tape.
- Item 81: untitled, undated
- 1. Cello rehearsal; 2. Islands rehearsal; 3. Cello demo mix; 4. Islands demo mix. DAT cassette tape.
- Item 82: Performances, undated
- Echoes/Densities; Music for Flute and Marimba; Constellations. DAT cassette tape.
- Item 83: Manion and Martirano, 1991
- Old First Concert, 9/13/1991. Cassette tape.
- Box 20
- Audio-Visual Recording 1: Manion, undated
- VHS tape.
- Audio-Visual Recording 2: Islands, undated
- Electronic music. VHS tape.
- Audio-Visual Recording 3: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, undated
- Electronic music. VHS tape.
- Box 21
- Item 1: ADAT Recording "JH", undated
- Liner notes contain the following track listing: 1) PH, 2) Five, 3) TWCM, 4) CYSM, 5) HJ, 6) AATW, 7) SF, 8) CT, 9) MP, 10) RH, 11) FL, 12) -.
- Item 2: Box of Mini Diskettes, ca. 1990
- Box contains four diskettes labeled as follows: "READ ME Sys Control," "SI SF Void," "Family Tree," and "SI SF Info."
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Original and published music, ca. 1972-2008],
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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],
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All]