Holdings Fine Arts and Applied Arts School of Music Don V. Moses Music and Papers Finding Aid Holdings Fine Arts and Applied Arts School of Music Don V. Moses Music and Papers Finding Aid By Sarah Blanco, Kailey Bowen, Katie Poland, Eunchae Hong, Olivia Palid, Bridgette Hammond, Colton Kurtz, Taylor Smith, Christine Willson, Jessie Knoles, and Carol Berthold
Title: Don V. Moses Music and Papers, 1960-2000
ID: 12/5/76
Primary Creator: Moses, Don V (1936-2025)
Extent: 5.5 cubic feet
Arrangement: Arranged in two series: Series 1, Performance scores; Series 2, Research materials. Both series are arranged alphabetically by the composer's name. Series 1 is also divided by size with one box of smaller scores and the oversized scores in boxes 2-7.
Date Acquired: 10/17/2019. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Choral music, Choral singing -- Instruction and study, Church music, Church music--Catholic Church, Classroom Instruction, Conducting--Instruction and Study, Conductors (Music), Faculty, Faculty Papers, Music, School of, University of Illinois, Vocal music
Formats/Genres: Sheet music
Consists of music scores used in the conducting, performance, and research of Don V. Moses from 1949 to 1979. The scores include many of Haydn's works, which Moses studied and regularly performed throughout his career, and many of them have extensive performance markings and annotations.
Don V. Moses was born December 21, 1936 in Garden City, Kansas. He earned his Bachelor's degree in music education from Fort Hays State University in 1959, and a Master of Music in 1962 and a Doctorate of Music in 1968 from Indiana University. During his tenure at Indiana he also served as Assistant Professor of Music among the conducting faculty from 1964-1973. In 1973 he became the Director of Choral Activities at the University of Iowa, and remained there until 1986 when he took the position of Director of Choral Activities at the University of Illinois. Two years later he became the Director of Illinois' School of Music. Among his published works are handbooks on choral conducting.
Moses was best known for his lifelong work on the masses of Joseph Haydn. He founded the Classical Musical Festival in 1975, which took place each year in Eisenstadt, Austria, where Haydn lived and worked, and for which he recieved recognition from the city of Eisenstadt and the state of Burgenland. In 2008 he published, along with Robert W. Demaree, The Masses of Joseph Haydn, based on this extensive research and performance experience. Moses died in 2025 in Arizona.
Choral music
Choral singing -- Instruction and study
Church music
Church music--Catholic Church
Classroom Instruction
Conducting--Instruction and Study
Conductors (Music)
Faculty
Faculty Papers
Music, School of
University of Illinois
Vocal music
Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Accruals: Additional .5 cubic feet of material was sent from the Music and Performing Arts Library on June 28, 2021.
Acquisition Source: Andrew Megill
Acquisition Method: Transfer from the School of Music.
Related Materials: American Choral Directors Association Archives - 12/9/172
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