By Carol Berthold
Title: Harvey Albert Hermann Music and Papers, 1908-2016
ID: 12/9/32
Primary Creator: Hermann, Harvey Albert (1934-2017)
Extent: 9.25 cubic feet
Arrangement: Organized in five series: Series 1: Personal Papers & Records, 1935-2013; Series 2: Clarinet Choir Records, 1964-2016; Series 3: University of Illinois Band & Ensemble Concert Programs & Music, 1908-2016; Series 4: Clarinet and Woodwind Journals, 1950-2011. Series 5: Sound Recordings, 1961-1984.
Date Acquired: 09/19/2017. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Band Musicians, Instrumental music, Music - Instruction and study, Music teachers
Languages: English
Consists of correspondence, programs, audio recordings, academic and performance journals, published music, photographs, performance and lecture notes, business records, and instructional and pedagogical materials documenting Hermann's career as a musician, clarinetist, music educator and private studio teacher, clarinet choir director, and Woodwind Assistant to the University of Illinois Bands' director between 1962 and 2016.
Harvey Albert Hermann (August 26, 1934 - August 4, 2017) was born in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the U.S. Army Band in Japan from 1954-1959. During that time, he held the solo clarinet position in the Far East Headquartes Band for four years and played principal clarinet with the Tokyo ABC and Yokohama Symphony Orchestra. In 1959, Hermann returned to the University of Illinois to complete his B.S. and M.S. degrees in music education. He served on the University of Illinois Bands' faculty as the Woodwind Assistant to the Director between 1964 and 1994, and founded the University's Clarinet Choir. He married Yasue "Jean" Koiwai in 1957, and they had two children, Yuki Hashimoto and Ted Hermann. After his first wife died in 1985 he later married Sandra Lilly in 1989. Throughout his professional career, Hermann was active as a conductor and a prominent music educator and lecturer for regional, national, and international woodwind conferences.
Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Accruals: Sandra Hermann donated two postcards of the Illinois Military Band on January 22, 2021. Sandra Hermann donated the remainder of Harvey Herman's audio recordings (box 10-12) of the University Band and Clarinet Choir on August 9, 2024.
Acquisition Source: Sandra Hermann
Acquisition Method: Gift
LP, 33 1/2 RPM
Elton R. Curry, Director
Side 1: The Impresario (W.A. Mozart); Folk Song Suite (R. Vaughn-Williams); Westward Ho (Clair W. Johnson)
Side 2: Recitative and Fugue for Trombone Quartet (Patrick-McCarty); Sonata for Percussion (A. Andriz); Lohengrin, Excerpts from the Opera (Richard Wagner); Rhumba Sincopada (James Ploybar); Francaise Militaire (C. Saint-Sens); Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson)
Manufacturer: Century Record Co., Saugus, CA.
LP, 33 1/2 RPM
Mark Hindley, Conductor
Diamond Anniversary Year Festival Concerts
Side A: Transylvania Fanfare (Benson); The Alamo (Jager); Battle Hymn (Gould); Stand the Storm (Work).
Side B: Concerto No. 2 in E Flat (Weber/Morelli); Allegro- Andante con moto - (Polacca), Harvey Hermann (clarinet); Dixie Cup (Ingalls).
Columbia Transcriptions.
LP, 33 1/2 RPM
Conductors: Harvey Hermann, Geroge Townsend. Ensembles: UI Bands Clarinet Choir; Champaign-Urbana Clarinet Choir; Western Illinois University Clarinet Choir; Capital University; Illinois Wesleyan University. Individual performers listed on back of album cover.
Side 1: Champaign Urbana Clarinet Choir, Praeludium and Fugue in D Minor (Bach/Arr. Hite/Southern). Festival Mass Choir; Symphony No. 5, Allego and Andante con Moto (Schubert/Arr. Hermann & Moffitt/ Manuscript).
Side 2: Festival Mass Choir; Symphony No. 5, Manuetto, Allegro Molto and Allegro Vivace (Schubert/Arr. Hermann/Manuscript). Overture to the Barber of Seville (Rossini/Arr. Hermann/Manuscript).
Crusade Enterprises, Flora, IL.
LP, 33 1/2 RPM
University of Illinois.
Side 1: Euryanthe, Jesu, Little Fugue.
Side 2: Tales from the Vienna Woods, Roman Carnival Overture.
Crusade Enterprises, Flora, IL.
LP, 33 1/2 RPM
International Clarinet Congress, Denver, CO. Harvey Hermann (conductor). Individual performers listed on back of album cover.
Side 1: Overture to Euryanthe (Weber/arr. D. Freeman); Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (J.S. Bach/arr. D. Freeman); Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue), (J.S. Bach/arr. E. Curry).
Side 2: Tales from the Vienna Woods (J. Strauss, Jr./arr. D. Freeman); Roman Carnival Overture (H. Berlioz/arr. J. Moffitt).
Crusade Enterprises, Flora, IL.
LP, 33 1/2 RPM
Crusade Enterprises, Flora, IL.
LP, 33 1/2 RPM
International Clarinet Congress, Paris, France. Harvey Hermann (conductor). Individual performers listed on back of album cover.
Side 1: Fingal's Cave Overture, The Hebrides (Felix Mendelssohn/arr. D. Freeman); Bassoon Concerto in Bb Major, K186A, Allegro (W.A. Mozart/arr. J. Moffitt).
Side 2: Wine, Women and Song (J. Strauss/arr. D. Freeman); Overture to Der Freischutz (C.M. von Weber/arr. C. Hanson).
Crusade Enterprises, Flora, IL.
LP, 33 1/2 RPM
UI Bands and Clarinet Choir, Harvey Hermann (conductor).
Side 1: Fingal's Cave Overture (F. Mendelssohn/arr. D. Freeman); Adagio & Allegro, Symphony No. 104 (F. J. Haydn/K. Hersey); Waltz and Beguine (R. Roden); Canzona per sonare No. 2 (G. Gabrielli).
Side 2: Overture from Barber of Seville (G. Rossini/arr. Harvey Hermann); Introduction and Rondo (G. Jacob); Londonderry Air (traditional/arr. D. Casteel/ed. D. McCathren); Finale, Symphony No. 104 (F.J. Hayden/arr. K. Kersey).
Crest Records, Huntington Station, NY.
LP, 33 1/2 RPM
Chicago, IL. UI Bands Clarinet Choir, Harvey Herman (conductor).
Side 1: Fingal's Cave Overture (F. Mendelssohn/arr. D. Freeman); Adagio & Allegro, Symphony No. 104 (F. J. Haydn/K. Hersey); Waltz and Beguine (R. Roden); Canzona per Sonare No. 2 (G. Gabrielli).
Side 2: Overture from Barber of Seville (G. Rossini/arr. Harvey Hermann); Introduction and Rondo (G. Jacob); Londonderry Air (traditional/arr. D. Casteel/ed. D. McCathren); Finale, Symphony No. 104 (F.J. Hayden/arr. K. Kersey).
Crest Records, Huntington Station, NY.
LP, 33 1/2 RPM
Palm Beach International Festival of Music, Florida; Harvey Hermann (conductor); individual performers listed on back of album cover.
Side 1: Overture to Magic Flute (W.A. Mozart/arr. C. Yassky). Suite of Carols (Leroy Anderson/arr. D. Freeman).
Side 2: Suite of Carols (continued); Rondo from Serenade No. 10 (W.A. Mozart/arr. B. Pillin).
Crusade Enterprises, Flora, IL.
LP, 33 1/2 RPM
Note: Label of selections on recording do not match those on record jacket. Recording is same as recording in Item 12.
LP, 33 1/2 RPM
Harvey Hermann, conductor.
Side 1: Marriage of Figaro Overture (Mozart/arr. Cailliet & Leblanc); Fugue in G Minor, Little Fugue (Bach/arr. Curry/Manuscript); First Movement, Concerto No. 1 for Flute (Mozart/arr. Hatton/Manuscript); Passo Mezzo e Mascherada from Ancient Airs & Dances for Lute, Suite No. 1 (Respighi/arr. Hatton/Manuscript).
Side 2: Prelude and Fugue in Bb Major; Little Romance from Shumann Suite, Op. 68 (Schumann/arr. Underwood & Kendor); Lady of Spain (Evans/arr. Jarcho & Fox); Andante from Divertimento No. 8 (Mozart/arr. Dominick & Rebo); Allegro Molto quasi Presto, String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 2; Chorale & Danza (Nethybel/Leblanc).
Crusade Enterprises, Flora, IL.
LP, 33 1/2 RPM
Harvey Hermann, conductor.
Side 1: Caprice for Clarinets (Grundman/Boosey & Hawkes); Difference of Opinion (Roden/Leblanc); Allegro Vivace, String Quartet K387 (Mozart/arr. D. Hite/Southern); Adagio for Strings (Barber/arr. Hermann/Manuscript).
Side 2: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (Bach/Arr. Curry/ Manuscript); Finale from Sympony No. 88 (Haydn/arr. Athey/Manuscript); Litanies (Alain/arr. Curry/ Manuscript).
Crusade Enterprises, Flora, IL.