Robert Wykes Music and Papers

Overview

Scope and Contents

Biographical Note

Subject Terms

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Original Music Compositions

Education and Personal Papers

Student and Associate Papers and Music



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Collection Overview

Title: Robert Wykes Music and Papers, ca. 1940-2018Add to your cart.

ID: 26/20/260

Primary Creator: Robert Wykes (1926-2021)

Extent: 1.5 cubic feet

Arrangement: Unarranged, being processed

Date Acquired: 05/22/2024

Subjects: Alumni, Composers, Music, School of

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of scores of original compositions, music notes and sketches, correspondence, and essays documenting Robert Wykes' education and career as a composer; in addition to books, music, and programs related to his students and associates.

Biographical Note

Robert Wykes was an American composer and flutist born May 19, 1926 in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. He began playing the flute at age 9 and appeared with the Pittsburgh Little Symphony as a teenager. After serving in the United States Army during World War II, Wykes attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York to study music theory, earning his Master's degree in 1950. From 1950-1952, he was on faculty at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and played flute with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra. From 1952-1955, he continued his studies at the Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, earning hist Doctor of Musical Arts in 1955. In adddition to studying music composition with Burrill Phillips and music theory with Hubert Kessler, Wykes also taught music theory during his time at UIUC.

In 1955, he joined the music faculty at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, where he taught until his retirement in 1988. Some of his students included Oliver Nelson, Jocy de Oliveira, Rhian Samuel, and Olly Wilson. From 1963-1967, Wykes played flute with the St. Louis Symphony and with the Studio for New Music from 1966-1969. From 1990-1991, he undertook research as a visiting scholar at Stanford Univerisity. Additional achievements of Wykes' include having his orchestral works performed throughout the country, scoring several films, and recieving awards and honors including the Distinguished Faculty Award from Washington University in 1976. Wykes died in St. Louis, Missouri on June 29, 2021.

Subject/Index Terms

Alumni
Composers
Music, School of

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: MPAL

Acquisition Method: Transfer


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Series 1: Original Music CompositionsAdd to your cart.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: "Four Portraits" (Miniatures for Four C Flutes) (FS), 2001Add to your cart.
Movements 1. Mr. Saudek's Pavane, 2. Preludio for Joseph Mariano, 3. A Ballad for Henry, 4. Tipton's Rondo
Folder 2: Musical Scenes. A new concert arrangment of selected music from the film Time of the West (FS, P), 2018Add to your cart.

Writer Director: Richard T. Heffron

Narrator: Richard Boone

Cinematography/Editor: Robert Pierce

Music and Orchestration: Robert Wykes

Musical Scenes 1. Title Music, 2. The Santa Fe Trail, 3. The Oregon Trail, 4. For Other Americans It Was a Different Time of Day, 5. The 49ers: Gold!, 6. The U.S. Army, 7. Steel Rails -- Final Connection; Reprise and Finale

Box 2Add to your cart.
Folder 1: "Adequate Earth" (FS), 1975Add to your cart.

Music by Robert Wykes

Poems by Donald Finkel

Folder 2: Composer's Manuscript Folio Sketches, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: "Divertimento" for Chamber Orchestra (FS), 1949Add to your cart.
Movements I, II, III, IV, and V
Folder 4: Double Quintet Sketches, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Movements I, II, and III
Folder 5: "Duet" Clapping Orchestra Sketch, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: "Horizons" (FS), 1964Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Quintet Sketches Unfinished, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: "Sonata" Flute and Piano (FS), 1982Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Spiral Manuscript Book No. 99 Sketches, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: Spiral Manuscript Book Number 2 Sketches, 1944Add to your cart.
Folder 11: "String Sextet in [one movement]" 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (FS)Add to your cart.
Box 3Add to your cart.
Folder 1: "Towards Time's Receding" (FS), 1972Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Trio Sketches - Flute, Cello, Piano - Unfinished, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: "Wave Forms and Pulses" (FS), UndatedAdd to your cart.
Box 4Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Double Woodwind Quintet Unfinished Sketch, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Oversize Portfolio Case 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: "Now Therefore Let It Be" Sketches, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: "Resonances" (FS), 1971Add to your cart.
Folder 3: The Shape of Time Robert Wykes (FS), 1965Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Untitled Sketches and Notebook, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Series 2: Education and Personal PapersAdd to your cart.
Box 4Add to your cart.
Folder 2: "A Memorial Review of his life and works" by Bela Bartok, 1950Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Assignments for Music 442 - Robert Wykes, 1953-1954Add to your cart.
Folder 4: "Compose: Discover the Feeling", 1976Add to your cart.
Book
Folder 5: "Critique of Judgement" by Immanuel Kent, 1953Add to your cart.
Book
Folder 6: Electronic Music Photograph and Program, 1963Add to your cart.
Folder 7: "Kristen Johnson University of Illinois" correspondence, programs, and photograph, 1952-1965Add to your cart.
Folder 8: List of Recorded Performances with Notes - Robert Wykes, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: "The Musical Quarterly" by Paul Henry Lang, 1949Add to your cart.
Book
Folder 10: "New Choral Noation (A Handbook)" by Frank Pooler and Brent Pierce, 1971Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Programs, 1982-2011Add to your cart.
Folder 12: "The Technique of my Musical Language" by Olivier Messiaen, 1956Add to your cart.

Book by Olivier Messiaen

Translated by John Satterfield

Series 3: Student and Associate Papers and MusicAdd to your cart.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 3: "Agrupamento Em 10" (FS), 1966Add to your cart.

Music by Claudio Santoro

Para Ayres de Andrade

Folder 4: "An Avalanche for Pitchman, Prima Donna, Player Piano, Percussionist and Prerecorded Playback" (FS, P) and Scripts, 1968Add to your cart.

Music by Lejaren Hiller

Text by Frank Parman

Folder 5: "Musica Su Due Dimensioni" per flauto e registrazione stereofonica (P), 1960Add to your cart.
Music by Bruno Maderna
Box 3Add to your cart.
Folder 4: "A Game of Chance" Comic Opera in One Act (FS), UndatedAdd to your cart.

Music by Seymour Barab

Libretto by Evelyn Manacher

Folder 5: "Canzona IV" (FS), 1966Add to your cart.

Words by Alberta Phillips

Music by Burrill Phillips

Folder 6: "Chanson de Florian" (FS) and "The Light That is Felt" (FS), 1950Add to your cart.
Pieces by Charles Ives
Folder 7: Cover Page of "Suite Concertante" for Tuba and Woodwind Quintet (piano reduction), UndatedAdd to your cart.
Music by Armand Russell
Folder 8: "Echoes" (FS, P), UndatedAdd to your cart.
Music by A. Giron
Folder 9: "Forever and Sunsmell" song with Percussion Duet (FS) and a John Cage Edition Peters, 1940Add to your cart.

Words From a Poem by E. E. Cummings

Music by John Cage

Folder 10: "Honeyreves" per Flauto E Pianofore (P), 1963Add to your cart.
Music by Bruno Maderna
Folder 11: "Improvisations" pour batterie et piano (FS), 1961Add to your cart.
Music by Marcel Mihalovici
Folder 12: "Music for the Double Bass Alone" (FS) with letter, 1963Add to your cart.
Music by Thomas Fredrickson
Folder 13: "Song in a Winter Night" (FS), 1957Add to your cart.

Music by Burrill Phillips

Words by Bink Noll

Folder 14: "Suite Pour Contrebasse" Six Pieces Pour Contrebasse ou Violoncelle et Piano (P), 1949Add to your cart.

Music by Valerie Soudere

Movements I Discorde, II Serenade, III Fughetta, IV Ombres, V Lunaire, VI. Gire

Folder 15: "Two Songs for Soprano Voice" from "The Ivory Campus" (FS), 1953Add to your cart.

Music by Burrill Philllips

Movements 1. Tostissimamente il canto, 2. Seguendo in palco

Folder 16: Unidentified Composition (FS), UndatedAdd to your cart.

Music by John MacEnulty

Movements I Capriccio, II Ballade, III Scherzo, IV Burlesca

Folder 17: "Vertical Thoughts 5" (FS) with Morton Feldman Edition Peters, 1963Add to your cart.
Music by Morton Feldman
Box 4Add to your cart.
Folder 13: "American Music Teacher" Magazine Featuring Burrill Philips, 1953Add to your cart.
Folder 14: "Days and Routes Through Maps and Scores, Dias E Caminhos Seus Mapas E Partituras", 1983Add to your cart.
Book by Jocy De Oliviera
Folder 15: "Four Figures In Time" for Flute and Piano (FS, P), 1953Add to your cart.

Music by Burrill Phillips

Movements 1. Pantomime, 2. A Quiet Field, 3. Stilit March, 4. Racing Rhyme

Folder 16: "O'Connell Bridge" 3 Serial Pieces for Piano (PS), UndatedAdd to your cart.

Music by David M. Jones

Movements 1. O'Connell Bridge, 2., and 3. Waltz

Folder 17: "Six Pieces for Solo Voice" (P), 1966Add to your cart.

Music by Paul Arma

Movements 1. Quasi improvisando, 2. Moderato, 3. Comodo, 4. Ad libitum, 5. Parlando, 6. Molto quieto

Box 5Add to your cart.
Item 1: Burril Phillips Music LP, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Item 2: Contemporary Songs Magnetic Audiotape, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Item 3: "Music Aus Dem Studio der fruhen Musik" LP, 1969Add to your cart.
Item 4: "Music by Guillaume de Machaut performed by Collegium Musicaum" LP, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Item 5: "String Quartet, Elliot Carter, The Walden Quartet" LP (1 of 3), UndatedAdd to your cart.
Item 6: "String Quartet, Elliot Carter, The Walden Quartet" LP (2 of 3), UndatedAdd to your cart.
Item 7: "String Quartet, Elliot Carter, The Walden Quartet" LP (3 of 3), UndatedAdd to your cart.

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