University Bands Collection

Overview

Scope and Contents

Biographical Note

Subject Terms

Detailed Description

Instruments

Photographs

Uniforms

Ephemera

Music

Pressbooks

University of Illinois Band Films and Audiovisual Recordings

Bound Concert Programs

University of Illinois Band Videocassettes

Administrative Records

Direct Cut Discs


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Finding Aid for University Bands Collection, circa 1840-2021 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

By Tracy Parish, Adriana Cuervo, Kelly A. Carlson, and William Fisher

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Collection Overview

Title: University Bands Collection, circa 1840-2021View associated digital content.

ID: 12/9/93

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University Bands

Extent: 114.85 cubic feet

Arrangement: Arranged by type of material.

Date Acquired: 09/16/2004. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Band Department, Brass Instruments, Chief Illiniwek, Clarke, Herbert L., Goldman, Edwin Franko, Harding, Albert Austin, Illinois Summer Youth Music, Musical Instrument Collections, Musical Instrument Makers - Europe, Musical Instrument Makers - United States, Radio Station - WILL, Sousa, John Philip, Summer Youth Music, Woodwind Instruments

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Includes musical instruments, band uniforms, photographs, music, newsclippings, audiovisual recordings, concert programs, and administrative records that document the University of Illinois Bands Department since its creation in 1905. The 1982 Chief Illiniwek Artifacts were deaccessioned in 2009. The three boxes of administrative records include band conference and clinic programs, festival adjudications, Illinois commencement programs and band concerts, Marching Illini programs, ISYM programs, and WILL Radio broadcasts that were managed by the Assistant Directors of Bands between 1956 and 1974, including Eldon Oyen who joined the University Bands staff in 1969.

Biographical Note

The University of Illinois Military Band was established in 1870 for the purpose of providing music for functions within the military department of the Illinois Industrial University. From 1868 to 1894, the band was administered by student leaders and from 1895 to 1904 was led by various university faculty members. From 1905-1907, the band was led by Albert Austin Harding, who was an undergraduate in engineering.

In 1907, Harding was named the first director of bands, serving in this role for over forty years (1907-1948) and leading the band to a position of national prominence. Under Harding, the University of Illinois band became the first band to perform at a collegiate baseball game (1906) and a collegiate football game (1907); one of the few collegiate bands to receive a march written by John Philip Sousa (1929); and a laboratory ensemble for many of Harding's mentees, which included William D. Revelli, Frederick Fennell, Clarence Sawhill, Ray Dvorak, and Glen Cliffe Bainum. In 1929, Harding became one of the founding members of the American Bandmasters Association.

In 1932, upon the death of John Philip Sousa, Sousa left his vast library of sheet music and original manuscripts in the care of the University of Illinois Band. In 1955, the Band Department had grown so large that they required a new building to be constructed. In 1958 the Harding Band Building was completed, becoming the first permanent building specifically constructed for a collegiate band program in the country.

Subsequent directors of the Band Department include: Mark H. Hindsley (1948-1970), Harry Begian (1970-1984), James F. Keene (1985-2008), Abel Saldivar Ramirez (2008-2009), Robert Rumbelow (2009-2014), Linda Moorhouse (2014-2015), Stephen Peterson (2015-2022), and Kevin Geraldi (2022- ). The University Band Department also saw the rise of several important assistant directors and directors of the Marching Illini, including: Ray Dvorak, Glen Cliffe Bainum, Clarence Sawhill, Everett Kisinger, Guy Duker, Eldon Oyen, Harvey Herman, Gary E. Smith, Ken Steinsultz, Peter Griffin, Tom Cavena, Roby George, Barry Houser, Jesse Leyva, Elizabeth Peterson, and Kimberly Fleming.

The Band Department is currently a unit of the University of Illinois School of Music, which is in turn a unit of the College of Fine and Applied Arts. Ensembles under the administration of the Band Department include the UI Wind Symphony, two symphonic bands, three concert bands, a British Brass Band, Clarinet Choir, the UI Basketball Band, the Orange & Blues and the Marching Illini.

Subject/Index Terms

Band Department
Brass Instruments
Chief Illiniwek
Clarke, Herbert L.
Goldman, Edwin Franko
Harding, Albert Austin
Illinois Summer Youth Music
Musical Instrument Collections
Musical Instrument Makers - Europe
Musical Instrument Makers - United States
Radio Station - WILL
Sousa, John Philip
Summer Youth Music
Woodwind Instruments

Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Instruments],
[Series 2: Photographs],
[Series 3: Uniforms],
[Series 4: Ephemera, 1912-2000],
[Series 5: Music],
[Series 6: Pressbooks],
[Series 7: University of Illinois Band Films and Audiovisual Recordings, 1932-2004],
[Series 8: Bound Concert Programs, 1906-1985],
[Series 9: University of Illinois Band Videocassettes, 1979-1999],
[Series 10: Administrative Records, 1906-2010],
[Series 11: Direct Cut Discs, 1937-1956],
[All]

Series 5: Music
Box 42
Folder 2: Ad Majorem Gloriam Universitatis Illinorum , 1958 (Full Manuscript Score)
Composer/Arranger: Harris
Folder 3: Three-in-One, Undated (Full Manuscript Score)
Composer/Arranger: Unidentified
Folder 4: I Fanfare (FS), undated
Folder 5: Concerto in D Major (FS), undated
Composer/Arranger: Torelli
Folder 6: Rhapsody in Blue for Band and Solo Trumpet (FS), undated
Composer/Arranger: Gershwin/Dokshitzer
Box 46
Folder 1: I Fanfare, Undated
Composer: J. Curnow
Folder 2: Concerto in D Major, 1975
Composer / Arranger: Tartini / R. Modell
Folder 3: Rhapsody in Blue, Undated
Composer / Arranger: Gershwin / Dokshitzer
Box 47: G. Ricordi & C. sheet music. Biblioteca dei Corpi di Musica series.
Folder 1: Giuseppe Mule (arr. Tommaso Ferrante) "Dafni" FS, 1938
Interludio e Danza Satiresca.
Folder 2: Giuseppe Mule (arr. Alfredo Palombi) "Vendemmia" FS, 1938
Folder 3: Alfredo Casella (arr. Antonio Romeo) "Il Convento Veneziano: Atto I. Ronde D'Enfants" FS, 1934
Folder 4: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (arr. Alfredo Ceccherini) "La Dama Boba Sinfonia" FS, 1940
Folder 5: Antonio D'Elia "Il Trionfo di Bellerofonte: Impressioni Sinfoniche" FS, 1929
Folder 6: Puccini (arr. Giovanni Pennacchio) "Madama Butterfly: Act II. Part 1" FS, 1905
Folder 7: Puccini (arr. Giovanni Pennacchio) "Madama Butterfly: Act I" FS, 1905
Folder 8: Puccini (arr. Giovanni Pennacchio) "Madama Butterfly: Act II. Part II" FS, 1905
Folder 9: Gomes (arr. Giuseppe Manente) "Salvator Rosa: Finale I" FS, 1928
Folder 10: Giuseppe Verdi (arr. Francesco de Divitus) "Le Tre Epoche: Oberto conte di S. Bonifacio" FS, undated
Folder 11: Giuseppe Verdi (arr. Giuseppe Manente) "Ernani: Act II" FS, 1930
Folder 12: Gomes "Il Guarany: Introduzione, Coro e Duetto Dell'Atto I" FS, 1928
Folder 13: Gomes "Lo Schiavo" FS, 1928
Folder 14: Alessandro Peroni "Genova: March. Op. 18. Number 2" FS, 1935
Folder 15: Giovanni Rinaldi (arr. Alessandro Peroni) "Mammolette" FS, 1930
Folder 16: Victorin Joncieres (arr. Alessandro Peroni) "Danse Moravienne" FS, 1930
Folder 17: E. Carabella (arr. Giuseppe Manente) First Rapsodia Romanesca: Su Temi Popolari Romani" FS, 1931
Folder 18: Alessandro Peroni "Esultanza March Op. 21. Number 1" FS, 1935
Folder 19: Arturo Buzzi-Peccia (arr. Antonino Parola) "Lolita: Serenata Spagnola", FS., 1936
Folder 20: Giacinto Sallustio (arr. Luigi Cirenei) "Inno a Benito Mussolini: Version of Emidio Mucci" FS, 1935
Folder 21: Alfredo Catalani (arr. Alessandro Peroni) "In Sogno: Melodia" FS, 1930
Box 48: G. Ricordi & C. sheet music. Biblioteca dei Corpi di Musica series.
Folder 1: Zandonai, Riccardo (arr. Salvatore Pappalardo) "Giuletta e Romeo: Sunto della tragedia: 1st Part" FS, 1927
Folder 2: Mancinelli, Luigi (arr. Pellegrino Neri) "Scene Veneziane Suite: Number 3. Fuga Degli Amanti a Chioggia" FS, 1912
Folder 3: Mule, Giuseppe (arr. Antonio D'Elia) "Sicilia Canora" FS, 1930
Folder 4: Victor De Sabata (arr. Raffaele Caravaglios) "Suite in Quattro Tempi, Op. 2" FS, 1929
Folder 5: Boito, Arrigo (arr. Ottino Ranalli) "Nerone: Fantasia sul I. Atto" FS, 1926
Folder 6: Arrigo Boito (arr. Ottino Ranalli) "Nerone: Fantasia sul III. Atto" FS, 1928
Folder 7: Zandonai, Riccardo (arr. Salvatore Pappalardo) "Giuletta e Romeo: Sunto della tragedia: 2nd Part" FS, 1927
Folder 8: Zandonai, Riccardo (arr. Carmelo Preite) "La Farsa Amorosa: Sinfonia" FS, 1939
Folder 9: Palombi, Alfredo "Pagine di Guerra (A.O.I.)", 1938
Folder 10: Palombi, Alfredo "Suite All'Antica", 1938
Folder 11: Verdi, Giuseppe (arr. Cesare Panizza) "Messa da Requiem per l'anniversario della morte di Alessandro Manzoni" FS, 1928
For large band
Folder 12: Martucci, Giuseppe (arr. Raffaele Caravaglios) "Notturno in Sol bemolle. Op. 70. N. 1" FS, 1911
Folder 13: Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno (arr. Carmelo Preite) "Il Campiello: Atto Secondo. Intermezzo" FS, 1938
Folder 14: Laccetti, Guido (arr. Raffaele Caravaglios) "Carnasciali. Atto Primo. Interludio" FS, 1927
Folder 15: Camillo de Nardis (arr. Raffaele Caravaglios) "Scene Abruzzesi: 2nd Suite. 1st Processione Notturna Del Venerdi Santo" FS, 1929
Box 49: G. Ricordi & C. sheet music. Biblioteca dei Corpi di Musica series.
Folder 1: Veretti, Antonio (arr. Tommaso Ferrante) "Saluto al Duce. Parole di F.P. Mule", 1936
Folder 2: Parelli, Attilio (arr. Antonio Parola) "Trombe, Pifferi e Tamburi: Marcia brillante" FS, 1934
Folder 3: De Sabata, Victor (arr. Raffaele Caravaglios) "Suite in Quattro Tempi: II. Tra Fronda e Fronda" FS, 1929
Folder 4: De Sabata, Victor (arr. Raffaele Caravaglios) "Suite in Quattro Tempi: I. Risveglio Mattutino" FS, 1929
Folder 5: Casavola, Franco (arr. Carmelo Preite) "Castello Nel Bosco Danze" FS, 1936
Folder 6: De Sabata, Victor (arr. Raffaele Caravaglios) "Suite in Quattro Tempi: III. Idillio" FS, 1929
Folder 7: Mule, Giuseppe (arr. Antonio D'Elia) "Sicilia Canora: Suite Per Orchestra" FS, 1930
Folder 8: Puccini, Giacomo (arr. for small band) "Tosca" FS, 1930
Folder 9: Puccini, Giacomo (arr. Antonio D'Elia) "Turandot" FS, 1927
Folder 10: Donato (arr. Giuseppe Manente) "Julian: Tango Milonga" FS, 1930
Folder 11: Camillo de Nardis (arr. Raffaele Caravaglios) "Scene Abruzzesi: 2nd Suite: San Clemente a Casauria" FS., 1929
Folder 12: Casavola, Franco (arr. Carmelo Preite) "Castello Nel Bosco: Danze" FS, 1936
Folder 13: Bossi, Renzo (arr. Tommaso Ferrante) "Tre Interludi per la tragedia La Figlia di Jorio" FS, 1935
Folder 14: Ricardo Pick-Mangiagalli (arr. Giuseppe Manente) "Il 'Carillon' Magico: Commedia mimo-sinfonica" FS, 1920
Folder 15: Luigi Tosi "Inno Eroico" FS, 1922
Folder 16: Montemezzi (arr. Alessandro Peroni) "L'Amore Dei Tre Re: Fantasia" FS, 1914
Box 50: G. Ricordi & C. sheet music. Biblioteca dei Corpi di Musica series.
Folder 1: Giuseppe Martucci (arr. Alessandro Peroni) "Novelletta. Op. 82" FS, 1922
Folder 2: Mancinelli, Luigi (arr. Giuseppe Ruta) "Cleopatra di P. Cossa" FS, undated
Folder 3: C. De Nardis (arr. Raffaele Caravaglios) "Scene Abruzzesi: Seconda Suite Per Orchestra: III. Serenata Agli Sposi", FS., 1929
Folder 4: C. De Nardis (arr. Raffaele Caravaglios) "Scene Abruzzesi: Seconda Suite Per Orchestra: IV. Festa Tragica", FS., 1929
Folder 5: Giuseppe Martucci (arr. Raffaele Caravaglios) "Giga. Op. 61. N. 3" FS, 1911
Folder 6: Gino Marinuzzi (arr. Pellegrino Neri) "Sicania: Poema Sinfonico" FS, 1914
Folder 7: Mascagni (arr. Domenico Ascolese) "Iris: Introduzione Il Sole", 1899
Folder 8: Guido Laccetti (arr. Raffaele Caravaglios) "Carnasciali: Atto I. Interludio" FS, 1927
Folder 9: Giuseppe Puccini (arr. Giuseppe Manente) "Suor Angelica: Sunto Dell'Opera" FS, 1920
Folder 10: Mule, Giuseppe (arr. Luigi Cirenei) "Marcia Trionfale" FS, 1930
Folder 11: Ottino Ranalli "Danza" FS, 1920
Folder 12: A. Franchetti (arr. Ubaldo Pannocchia) "Cristoforo Colombo: Epilogo" FS, 1913
Folder 13: G. Puccini (arr. Giuseppe Manente) "Il Tabarro Sunto dell'Opera" FS, 1921
Folder 14: Pietro Clavsetti "Nove Maggio: Inno" FS, 1939
Folder 15: Umberto Giordano (arr. Giovanni Pennacchio) "Andrea Chenier. 2nd Fantasia. Acts 1-4" FS, undated
Sonzogno, Editor
Folder 16: Pietro Mascagni (arr. Alfredo Caso) "Si: Introduzione Fantasia for Small Band", 1913

And (arr. Alessandro Vessella) "Isabeau"

Casa Musicale Sonzogno, Editor

Box 51: G. Ricordi & C. sheet music. Biblioteca dei Corpi di Musica series.
Folder 1: Puccini, G. (arr. Alessandro Peroni) "Tosca. Fantasia" FS, 1903
Folder 2: C.A. Silva (arr. Alessanro Peroni) "San Lorenzo: Marcia Defile Dell'Esercito" FS, 1927
Folder 3: Ottorino Respighi (arr. Antonio D'Elia) "Festa Romane: Poema Sinfonico in 4 parts" FS, 1930
Folder 4: Verdi, 1938
(arr. Tommaso Ferrante) "Otello: Ballabili"; (arr. Enrico Pinochi) "I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata: Preludio ed Introduzione"; (arr. Alessandro Vessella) "Sinfonia nell'Opera La Battaglia di Legnano"; (arr. Pio Nevi) "Marcia Funebre e Preghiera di Fenena nell'Opera Nabucco"; (arr. E. Pansini) "Aida: Duetto, Finale" FS
Folder 5: Pizzetti, Ildebrando (arr. Alfredo Ceccherini) "Musiche Corali e Strumentali per l'Agamennone di Eschilo" FS, 1940
Folder 6: Pietro Clavsetti (arr. Angelo Ruspantini) "Inno All'Impero Su Parole di Mussolini", FS., 1938
Folder 7: Antonio D'elia "Alla Milizia Fascista" and "Marcia Imperiale", FS., 1930
Folder 8: Gilbert Reynolds Combs "Dance of the Houri: Military Band" P, undated
manuscript
Folder 9: G. Jacobi "Scenes from the Ballet The Tzigane" P., undated
manuscript
Folder 10: John Francis Barnett "Choral and Orchestral Parts: The Ancient Mariner: Cantata", P., undated
Published by Hutchings & Romer. London.
Folder 11: Debussy "Le Martyre de Saint-Sebastien. Fanfares" FS, 1911
Folder 12: Debussy "La Boite a Joujoux" P, 1919
Folder 13: Jgnaz Brull "Serenade. Op. 36" P, undated
Box 52
Folder 1: Hector Berlioz (arr. Gabriel Pares) "Symphonie Fantastique" (1 of 3), undated
Folder 2: Hector Berlioz (arr. Gabriel Pares) "Symphonie Fantastique" (2 of 3), undated
Folder 3: Hector Berlioz (arr. Gabriel Pares) "Symphonie Fantastique" (3 of 3), undated
Folder 4: Giuranna, Barbara (arr. Alfredo Palombi) "X. Legio", 1938
Folder 5: Massarani, Renzo (arr. Salvatore Pappalardo) "Squilli e Danze per Il 18 BL", 1938
Folder 6: Rossellini, Renzo (arr. Alfredo Palombi) "Stampe della Vecchia Roma", 1918
Folder 7: Adriano Lualdi (arr. Buonomo Carmine) "Africa: Rapsodia Coloniale 1935, 1940
Box 53: Compact Disc (CD) recordings of University of Illinois bands
Item 1: Marching Illini. "Hitting Hard!, undated
Gary Smith, director
Item 2: In Concert with the University of Illinois Symphonic Band. Recording # 125, 1994
James F. Keene, conductor
Item 3: In Concert with the University of Illinois Symphonic Band. Recording # 126, 1994
James F. Keene, conductor
Item 4: In Concert with the University of Illinois Symphonic Band. Recording # 127, 1994
James F. Keene, conductor
Item 5: In Concert with the University of Illinois Symphonic Band. The Begin Years, Vol. 1, 1992
Item 6: In Concert with the University of Illinois Symphonic Band. The Begin Years, Vol. 2, 1992
Item 7: In Concert with the University of Illinois Symphonic Band. The Begin Years, Vol. 3, 1992
Item 8: In Concert with the University of Illinois Symphonic Band. The Begin Years, Vol. 6, 1996
Item 9: In Concert with the University of Illinois Symphonic Band. The Begin Years, Vol. 8, 1995
Item 10: In Concert with the University of Illinois Symphonic Band. The Begin Years, vol. 10, 1995
Item 11: University of Illinois Concert Band "The Hindsley Legacy", 1999
Mark H. Hindsley, conductor
Item 12: University of Illinois Symphonic Band. American Sounds 2. Germany +2., 1992
James F. Keene, conductor. Recording made in Japan with Japanese linear notes.
Item 13: University of Illinois Wind Symphony. "John Philip Sousa and his Band", Nov. 7, 2004
James F. Keene, conductor. A Sesquicentennial re-creation of a performance by the legendary Sousa band at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
Item 14: University of Illinois Wind Symphony. "John Philip Sousa and his Band", Nov. 7, 2004
DVD of performance. James F. Keene, conductor. A Sesquicentennial re-creation of a performance by the legendary Sousa band at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
Box 74
Folder 1: 9th Fanteria "Regina," marcia militare by Salvatore Rubino, 1936
Folder 2: 10th Fanteria "Regina," marcia militare by Salvatore Rubino, 1936
Folder 3: 13th Fanteria "Pinerolo," marcia militare by Salvatore Rubino, 1936
Folder 4: 14th Fanteria "Pinerolo," marcia militare by Salvatore Rubino, 1936
Folder 5: 39th Fanteria "Bologna," marcia militare by Salvatore Rubino, 1936
Folder 6: 47th Fanteria "Ferrara," marcia militare by Salvatore Rubino, 1936
Folder 7: 95th Fanteria "Udine," marcia militare by Salvatore Rubino, 1936
Folder 8: 96th Fanteria "Udine," marcia militare by Salvatore Rubino, 1936
Folder 9: 96th Fanteria "Genova," marcia militare by Salvatore Rubino, 1936
Folder 10: 225th Fanteria "Arezzo," marcia militare by Salvatore Rubino, 1936
Folder 11: Aviazione Italiana, marcia by Guglielmo Cecconi (arr. by Crescenzo di Miniello), 1911
Folder 12: Il Carillon Magico, commedia mimo - Sinfonica by Riccardo Pick-Mangiacalli (arr. by Giuseppe Menentte), 1920
Folder 13: Charmante Coquette, gavotte by Vincenzo Billi (arr. by Ezio Baroncini), 1912
Folder 14: Fanfare Introduction to the "Star Spangled Banner," by Arcady Dubensky, 1939
Folder 15: Fontane di Roma by Ottorino Respighi (arr. by Ottino Ranalli), 1920
Folder 16: Hans, il Suonatore di Flauto, overtura by Luigi Ganne (arr. by Alessandro Peroni), 1908
Folder 17: Himno Municipal Interamericano, canto y piano by Gonzalo Roig and Francesco Royas, ca. 1944
Includes correspondence from Carlos M. Moran dated 22 June 1944. Spanish Text by Carlos M. Moran, English Text by Gustavo Kielmann, French Text by Jose M. Bens and Carlos Johnson, Portugese Text by Manuel Abelend.
Folder 18: Marcia Militare per Banda sopra Motivi dell'Opera Mose di G. Rossini by A. Vassella, 1901
Folder 19: San Lorenzo, marcia defile dell'Esercito by C. A. Silva (arr. by Alessandro Peroni), 1927
Folder 20: Secret of Suzanne, overture by E. Wolf-Ferrari (trans. by Thomas Harris) (Parts), undated
Box 75
Folder 1: Sous le Pommiers!, scene champêtre by Paul Wachs (trans. by A. Peroni), 1930
Folder 2: Studi d'Instrumentazione per Banda by Alessandro Vessalla, 1931
Folder 3: Suite Siciliana in Quatro Tempi by Gino Marinuzzi (arr. by Ottino Ranalli), 1920
Contains extensive annotations by A.A. Harding, used for transcription of third movement Valse. See 12/9/22 Box 50, F. 4.
Folder 4: Terzetto e Duetto Finale nell Opera La Giorada by A. Ponchielli (arr. by G. Mariani), undated

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[Series 8: Bound Concert Programs, 1906-1985],
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