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By D. Baron, K. Reiser, B. Murphy, C. Fuller, L. Graham, A. Small, K. Hewitt, J. Shelly, A. Bishop, J. Holton, R. Senese, G. de Keersmaecker, M. Djenno, L. Booker, and C. Berthold
Collection Overview
Title: William Brooks Papers, 1936-2013
ID: 12/5/31
Primary Creator: Brooks, William (1943-)
Extent: 28.05 cubic feet
Arrangement: Organized in seven series: Series 1: Biographical Materials and Calendars, 1943-2003; Series 2: Correspondence, 1964-2011; Series 3: Course Papers and Instructional Resources, 1970-2002; Series 4: School of Music; Series 5: Writings, Presentations and Research, 1936-2000; Series 6: Music Composition and Performance Programs, 1961-2012; Series 7: Audio-Visual Recordings, 1964-1992.
Date Acquired: 03/30/2001. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Cage, John, Faculty Papers, Music, Music, School of, Music - United States, Musical Repertoires, Music Composition, New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Teaching, Vocal music
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of correspondence; teaching materials including lectures notes, student records and evaluations, and student dissertations; audio-visual recordings; research notes; and original compositions documenting Brooks' career as a student, composer, performer, musicologist, and educator at the University of Illinois [UIUC] (1969-1973 and 1987-2000), University of California at Santa Cruz [UCSC] (1973-1975); University of California at San Diego [UCSD] (1975-1977); University of Keele (1977-1978), Middlebury College (1982), the Institute for Studies in American Music at Brooklyn College (1983), Goldsmiths College, London (1995-1996), and University of York (2006). Organized in seven series: Series 1: Biographical Materials and Calendars, 1943-2003; Series 2: Correspondence, 1964-2011; Series 3: Course Papers and Instructional Resources, 1970-2002; Series 4: School of Music; Series 5: Writings, Presentations and Research, 1936-2000; Series 6: Music Compositions and Performance Programs, 1961-2012; Series 7: Audio-Visual Recordings, 1964-1992. Of particular interest are Brooks's research and publications on John Cage and his research collaborations with the editors of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and Gilbert Chase.
Biographical Note
William Brooks (1943-) is an American composer, performer, conductor, musicologist, and educator. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in music and mathematics from Wesleyan University (1965), and his Master of Music in musicology (1971) and Doctorate of Musical Arts in composition-theory (1976) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Brooks served on the music faculty at the University of Illinois between 1969-1973 and 1987-2000 as Professor of Composition, Director of the Contemporary Chamber Singers, and Chair of the Composition-Theory Division for many years. His other faculty positions included appointments at the University of California, Santa Cruz (1973-1975) and University of California, San Diego (1975-1977). Between 1977 and 1987 he worked as a freelance composer, scholar and performer. Brooks has also held visiting appointments at the University of Keele (1977-1978), Middlebury College (1982), the Institute for Studies in American Music, Brooklyn College (1983), and Goldsmiths College, London (1995-1996). He was also a Senior Research Fellow at the Orpheus Institute, Ghent, Belgium (2009-2010). Brooks also served as Associate Professor Emeritus of Composition and Theory at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1987-2000), and beginning in 2000 became Reader in Music at the University of York. He became full Professor in 2006.
Brooks is closely associated with John Cage as both a performer and scholar. He played in the world premiere of Cage's HPSCHD and directed several productions of Cage's Song Books. Brooks has published extensively on 20th-century American music, especially on John Cage and Charles Ives, vocal music, popular music, and musical instruments. He served as the adviser for the article, "19th-century Music," for The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. He is composer of American experimental music whose work focuses on mappings between music and other fine arts. He has received commissions from the British Arts Council (1978), the Gulbenkian Foundation (1981) and the Kronos Quartet (1986). In addition his research and compositions have been sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Gulbenkian Foundation, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Fulbright Scholar program.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Accruals:
Additions acquired 12/20/2002, 5/23/2012, 8/6/2013, 12/2/2013 (items from Northwestern University acquired on this date), March 27, 2017, July 2, 2021 (transfer from the Music and Performing Arts Library), and July 23, 2024.
Acquisition Source:
William Brooks
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Appraisal Information:
In Box 46, Folder 3, the first and last pages of the paperclipped papers labeled "Sketches & Drafts For Orpheus" were printed on scrap paper including Brooks' personal financial information. High-quality photocopies of the fronts of these pages (containing drafts of the composition) were made on acid-free paper in order to preserve their informational content. The originals were discarded so that the folder could remain unsrestricted and accessible.
Processing Information:
The Brooks Papers were re-processed in June 2012 by the LIS590AA class to accomodate the significant addition of materials that were donated to the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music in May 2012. Additions made on 8/6/2013 were processed on 8/7/2013.
Box and Folder Listing
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Series 1: Biographical Materials and Calendars, 1943-2003],
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Series 2: Correspondence, 1964-2011],
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Series 3: Course Papers and Instructional Resources, 1970-2002],
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Series 4: School of Music, 1987-2000],
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Series 5: Writings, Presentations and Research, 1936-2000],
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Series 6: Original Music Compositions, Performance Programs, and Collection of Performance Scores, 1961-2012],
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Series 7: Audio-Visual Recordings, 1964-1992],
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- Series 1: Biographical Materials and Calendars, 1943-2003
- Consists of Brooks' school and college papers, curriculum vitae, calendars, day books, ledgers, and awards documenting his day-to-day activities as a student as well as his professional career between 1943 and 2003. The papers of the first donation are unarranged, and the second donation are arranged chronologically.
- Box 1
- Folder 1: William Brooks (WB) Brief Vita, March, 1997.
- Folder 2: Cash books, 1978-1980
- Folder 3: Appointment diaries, 1983-1985
- Folder 4: Ledgers, 1981-1982
- Folder 5: Ledgers, 1983-1984
- Folder 6: Ledgers, 1985-1986
- Folder 7: Ledgers, 1988
- Folder 8: Week at a Glance, 1977-1987
- Folder 9: Week at a Glance, 1988-1992
- Box 2
- Folder 1: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Music Schedules, 1988-1992
- Folder 2: Wall Calendar, 1999
- Box 9
- Folder 1: Birth Announcement, 1943
- Folder 2: Art-Music, 1956-1957
- Folder 3: High School Report Card, Programs, 1956
- Folder 4: Report Card, Programs, Award, 1957
- Folder 5: Report Card, Programs, 1958
- Folder 6: Report Card, Programs, Awards, 1959
- Folder 7: Report Card, Programs, Awards, 1960
- Folder 8: South Pacific, 1960
- Folder 9: Academic, 1961
- Folder 10: Programs, Schedules, Awards, 1961
- Folder 11: Bill - Amity, 1955-1962
- Folder 12: Bill - High School Pictures, 1950s-1960s
- Folder 13: Amity Regional High School Diploma - William Brooks, undated
- Folder 14: High School Varsity Letters, 1950s-1960s
- Folder 15: "Amity Embers" Yearbook and Commencement Program, 1961
- Folder 16: Physics 5-6, 1962
- Folder 17: Physics 11, 1962-1963
- Folder 18: Physics 19, 1962
- Folder 19: French 19-20, 1962
- Folder 20: Mathematics 11-12, 1961
- Folder 21: Mathematics 21-22, 1962
- Folder 22: Mathematics 32, 1963
- Folder 23: Mathematic 25-26, 1964
- Folder 24: Mathematics 231-232, 1964
- Folder 25: Mathematics 241, 1964
- Folder 26: Psychology 1R, 1962
- Folder 27: Wesleyan Academic, 1964
- Folder 28: Programs - Personal, 1965
- Folder 29: Smith - Wesleyan Concert Choir, 1961-1962
- Folder 30: Wesleyan - musical (1962), 1961-1963
- Folder 31: Pinnacle - 1964 season, 1963-1964
- Folder 32: Camp Pinnacle for Boys, c. 1965
- Folder 33: Bill - Scores, College Prep., 1959-1961
- Folder 34: Wesleyan, 1961-1962
- Folder 35: Bill - College Programs, 1962-1968
- Folder 36: Wesleyan Booklet, c. 1960s
- Folder 37: Bill - College - Scholarships - etc., 1960-1965
- Folder 38: Brooks, W, c. 1965
- Folder 39: Directory - Wesleyan Class, 1965
- Box 10
- Folder 1: Exam Blue Books-College, 1961-1964
- Folder 2: Phi Beta Kappa Certificate, 1965
- Folder 3: Millions of Suns, 1968
- Folder 4: Bachelor's & Master's Diplomas, 1965, 1971
- Folder 5: Personal/Professonal Education - University of Illinois, 1966-1974
- Folder 6: DMA Diploma, 1976
- Folder 7: Misc. Lunacy, 1956-1991
- Folder 8: Personal/Professional - Interviews, 1995
- Folder 9: Personal Desk Diary, 2002-2003
- Folder 10: Personal Planner, 2003
- Folder 11: Personal/Professional - C.V. - Old, 1970-1994
- Folder 12: Personal/Professional - C.V., 1992-1994
- Folder 13: Personal/Professional - C.V., 1993-1994
- Folder 14: Personal/Professional - C.V., 1994-1995
- Folder 15: Personal/Professional - C.V., 1995-1996
- Folder 16: Personal/Professional - C.V., 1995-1997
- Folder 17: C.V., 1998-1999
- Folder 18: Personal/Professional - C.V., 1999-2000
- Box 36
- Folder 5: Excellence in Teaching award, June 11, 2014
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1964-2011
- Organized in two subseries: Subseries 1, Departmental Correspondence, 1986-2001, and Subseries 2, Personal and Professional Correspondence, 1962-2011. The departmental correspondence encompasses all matters associated with the administration of the Composition and Theory Division as well as the general operation of the School of Music. The personal and professional correspondence is organized alphabetically and chronologically within six sections: General A-Z (1965-1977) and (1978-1989); General Correspondence (1977-1995); Business and Employment (1962-2001); Individual Correspondence (1970-2011); Organization and Institutional Correspondence (1964-1996); Personal and Family Correspondence (1965-1985).
- Sub-Series 1: Departmental Correspondence
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Student Evaluations, Fall 1990-Spring 1993
- Folder 2: Student Evaluations, Fall 1993-Fall 1996
- Folder 3: Teaching Evaluations, Fall 1986-1988
- Folder 4: Teaching Evaluations, 1997-2001
- Folder 5: Composition Division Business, 1988-1989
- Folder 6: Composition Division Business, 1989-1990
- Folder 7: Composition Division Business, 1991-1992
- Folder 8: Composition Division Business, 1992-1993
- Folder 9: Composition Division Business, 1993-1994
- Folder 10: Composition Division - EMS, 1994-1995
- Folder 11: Composition Division, 1995-1996
- Folder 12: Composition Division Business, 1996-1997
- Folder 13: Composition Division Business, 1997-1998
- Folder 14: Composition Division Business, 1998-1999
- Folder 15: Composition Division - CAMIL, undated
- Folder 16: Composition Division - CMP, 1994
- Folder 17: Composition Division - Faculty-Individual-Frederickson, 1990-1993
- Folder 18: Composition Division - Faculty, ca. 1994
- Folder 19: Composition Division - Curriculum Theory, Upper Level
- Folder 20: Composition Division - Curriculum 100-104, 107-109, 202-203, 1988-1993
- Folder 21: Composition Division - Concert/Guests, 1990-1991
- Folder 22: Composition Division Faculty - Individuals: Lund, 1990-1994
- Folder 23: Composition Division - Faculty - Individuals: Tipei, 1991-1994
- Folder 24: Composition Division - Faculty - Individuals: Taube, 1998
- Folder 25: Composition Division - Faculty - Individuals: Powell, 1986-1995
- Folder 26: Composition Division - Faculty - Individuals: Zonn, 1990
- Folder 27: Composition Division - Faculty - Individuals: Wyatt, 1998
- Folder 28: Composition Division - Faculty - Individuals: Von Gunden, 1991
- Folder 29: Composition Division - New Music Ensemble, 1986-1990
- Folder 30: Composition Division - Faculty-Long Range Plans and Projections, 1981-1994
- Folder 31: Composition Division - Graduate Students, 1993-1996
- Folder 32: Composition Division - Undergraduates, 1992-1996
- Folder 33: Composition Division - Events, 1996-1997
- Folder 34: Composition Division - Events, 1997-1998
- Folder 35: Composition Division - Events, 1998-1999
- Folder 36: Composition Division - Events, 1999-2000
- Folder 37: University Employment Promotion, 1993
- Folder 38: School of Music Committees - Ensembles and Scheduling, 1988-1989
- Folder 39: School of Music Commitees - Computer Advisory, 1988-1990
- Folder 40: UI Ensembles Committee, 1992-1994
- Folder 41: School of Music Committees - Centennial Celebration, 1993
- Folder 42: School of Music Committees - Capricious Grading, 1997-1998
- Folder 43: School of Music Committees - Ensembles Conductors, 1993-1994
- Folder 44: School of Music Committees - Excellence in Teaching, 1996-1997
- Folder 45: School of Music Committees - Excellence in Teaching, 1997-1998
- Folder 46: School of Music - Contemporary chamber players, 1986-1987
- Folder 47: School of Music - Contemporary chamber players - CMS concerts, 1989
- Folder 48: School of Music - Contemporary chamber players, 1989-1990
- Folder 49: School of Music Contemporary chamber players, 1990-1991
- Folder 50: School of Music - Contemporary chamber players, 1991-1992
- Folder 51: School of Music Miscellaneous Business, 1986-1997
- Folder 52: School of Music Miscellaneous Business, 1987-1988
- Folder 53: School of Music Miscellaneous Business, 1988-1989
- Folder 54: School of Music Miscellaneous Business, 1989-1990
- Folder 55: School of Music Miscellaneous Business, 1990-1991
- Folder 56: School of Music Miscellaneous Business, 1991-1992
- Folder 57: School of Music Miscellaneous Business, 1992-1993
- Folder 58: School of Music Miscellaneous Business, 1993-1994
- Folder 59: School of Music Miscellaneous Business, 1994-1995
- Folder 60: School of Music Miscellaneous Business, 1995-1996
- Folder 61: School of Music Miscellaneous Business, 1996-1997
- Folder 62: School of Music Miscellaneous Business, 1997-1998
- Folder 63: School of Music Miscellaneous Business, 1998-1999
- Folder 64: School of Music Miscellaneous Business, 1999-2000
- Sub-Series 2: Personal and Professional Correspondence, 1964-2011
- Box 10
- Folder 19: A-B, 1965-1977
- Folder 20: C-D, 1965-1976
- Folder 21: E-G, 1970-1977
- Folder 22: H-K, 1965-1977
- Folder 23: L-M, 1973-1977
- Folder 24: N-P, 1971-1977
- Folder 25: Q-S, 1965-1977
- Folder 26: T-V, 1969-1976
- Folder 27: W-Z, 1965-1977
- Box 11
- Folder 1: Correspondence A-D, 1980-1986
- Folder 2: Correspondence E-H, 1978-1987
- Folder 3: Correspondence I-P, 1980-1986
- Folder 4: Correspondence Q-Z, 1980-1989
- Folder 5: Correspondence Misc., 1977-1978
- Folder 6: Correspondence Misc., 1978-1993
- Folder 7: Correspondence Misc., 1980-1981
- Folder 8: Correspondence Misc., 1985-1995
- Folder 9: Correspondence Business, 1962-1983
- Folder 10: Personal/Professional Employment Correspondence, 1978-1999
- Folder 11: Personal/Professional Employment Camp Pinnacle, undated
- Folder 12: Correspondence U. of Calif., 1974-1976
- Folder 13: Personal/Professional Employment UCSD, 1975-1977
- Folder 14: Correspondence University of California at Santa Cruz, 1972-1974
- Folder 15: Personal/Professional Employment UCSC, 1973-1974
- Folder 16: Personal/Professional Employment U. Ill., 1969-1973
- Folder 17: UIUC Employment Contracts, 1986-2001
- Folder 18: Abbinanti, Frank, 1993
- Folder 19: Anderson, Gill, 1992-1993
- Folder 20: Applebaum, Mark, 2000
- Folder 21: Atovsky, Sheldon, 1992-1993
- Folder 22: Barron, David, 1980
- Folder 23: Barkin, Elaine, 1981
- Folder 24: Behm, Mark, 1978-1991
- Folder 25: Bobak, Jacqui, 1991-2000
- Folder 26: Bonin, Jean, 1977-1978
- Folder 27: Brown, Chris, 1988-1999
- Folder 28: Brun, Herbert, 1998
- Folder 29: Bryn-Julson, Phyllis, 1978-1980
- Folder 30: Burt, Warren, 1979-1992
- Folder 31: Byrd, Joseph, 1978-1979
- Folder 32: Cameron, Michael, 1995
- Folder 33: Campana, Debbie, 1987-1992
- Folder 34: Celli, Joseph, 1987
- Folder 35: Chang, Jocelyn, 1990-2002
- Folder 36: Chase, David, 1977
- Folder 37: Chase, Gilbert, 1971-1977
- Folder 38: Chase Book, 1979-1982
- Folder 39: Chase Festschrift, 1980-1981
- Folder 40: Choi, Insook, 1995-1997
- Folder 41: Cockrell, Dale, 1978-1999
- Folder 42: Code, David, 1988
- Folder 43: Colgrass, Michael, 1991
- Folder 44: Corbett, Sydney, 1994-1995
- Folder 45: Cross, Julianne, 1997-1998
- Folder 46: DeBoer, Katherine, 1999
- Folder 47: Defotis, Bill, 1987-1999
- Folder 48: Demare, Tony, 1992
- Folder 49: Dennehy, Donnacha, 2000
- Folder 50: Dick, Robert, 1993
- Folder 51: Dickinson, Peter, 1979-2002
- Folder 52: Diesendruck, Tamar, undated
- Folder 53: Dirks, Vice Chancellor of UCSC, 1974
- Folder 54: Dodge, Charles, 1987-1993
- Folder 55: Duckworth, Bill, 1979-1995
- Box 12
- Folder 1: Edgerton, Mike, 1994-1999
- Folder 2: Edwards, Terry, 1978-1994
- Folder 3: Eichman, Jennifer, 1989
- Folder 4: Ellison, Mary, 1982-1994
- Folder 5: Elrod, Pam, 2000
- Folder 6: Endicott, Mary Jane, 1993
- Folder 7: Evangelista, Jose, 1987
- Folder 8: Fairchild, Charles, 1989-1993
- Folder 9: Feldman, Hilary, 1993-1997
- Folder 10: Feldman, Ira, 1987-1989
- Folder 11: Finnissy, Michael, 1987
- Folder 12: Fonville, John, 1988-1994
- Folder 13: Frank, Peter, 1978-1979
- Folder 14: Fravel, Carl, 1978-1980
- Folder 15: Fulkerson, Jim, 1980-1990
- Folder 16: Ganz, Isabelle, 1988-1994
- Folder 17: Geil, Jean, 1980
- Folder 18: Gilbert, Jan, 1989-1994
- Folder 19: Gillespie, Don, 1987
- Folder 20: Gilmore, Bob, 1994
- Folder 21: Goldstein, Malcolm, 1990-1997
- Folder 22: Gore, Georgianna, 1979
- Folder 23: Hamm, Charles, 1978-1992
- Folder 24: Hammitt, John, 1995
- Folder 25: Harding, Susan, 1989-1990
- Folder 26: Henkels, David, 1994-1998
- Folder 27: Hannan, Joe, 1977-1996
- Folder 28: Harkins, Ed, 1979-1990
- Folder 29: Helms, Hans, 1979
- Folder 30: Hesse, Mick, 1987-1997
- Folder 31: Higgins, Dick, 1989
- Folder 32: Hill, Jackson, 1980
- Folder 33: Hirst, Linda, 1989-1991
- Folder 34: Hitchcock, Wiley, 1989-1995
- Folder 35: Hoitenga, Camilla, 1994-1997
- Folder 36: Hollingworth, Robert, 1996-2000
- Folder 37: Hoover, Cynthia, 1981-1987
- Folder 38: Horton, Denise, 1988
- Folder 39: Horn, David, 1987
- Folder 40: Jensen, Karen, 1979-1980
- Folder 41: Johnson, Tom, 1992-1995
- Folder 42: Johnston, Ben, 1979-1999
- Folder 43: Jolas, Betsy, 1992-1993
- Folder 44: Jones, Ann, 1991
- Folder 45: Kahn, Douglas, 1993
- Folder 46: Kelleher, John & Vicki, 1978
- Folder 47: Key, Steve, 1986-1995
- Folder 48: Kopperud, Jean, 1990-1997
- Folder 49: Kostelanetz, Richard, 1989-2000
- Folder 50: Krummel, Karen, 1988-1995
- Folder 51: Kurowski, Kerry, 1992-1995
- Folder 52: Larsen, Libby, 1990-1995
- Folder 53: Larson, Philip, 1998
- Folder 54: Lawrence, Lucinda, 1987-1993
- Folder 55: Leach, Mary Jane, undated
- Folder 56: Liptak, David, 1992-1997
- Folder 57: Lockwood, Annea, 1991-1994
- Folder 58: London, Edwin, 1979-2000
- Folder 59: Lynne, 2011
- Folder 60: Marder, Norma, 1990
- Folder 61: Marsh, Roger, 1992
- Folder 62: May, Beth, 1998-2000
- Folder 63: Martland, Steve, 1988-1990
- Folder 64: Mayer, Julia, 1993
- Folder 65: Mendoza, Emilio, 1994-1995
- Folder 66: Mercer, Janis, 1988-1994
- Folder 67: Middleton, Richard, 1980
- Folder 68: Miles, Steve, 1988-1995
- Folder 69: Montague, Steve, 1990-1996
- Folder 70: Mumma, Gordon, 2000
- Folder 71: Murphy, Hilary, 1987-1988
- Folder 72: Nally, Donald, 1991-1996
- Folder 73: Narmour, Eugene, 1978
- Folder 74: Neely, Bruce, 1978-1997
- Folder 75: Neely, Bruce, 1982-1986
- Folder 76: Nelson, Mark, 1991-1995
- Folder 77: Nicholls, David, undated
- Folder 78: Nyman, Michael, 1979
- Folder 79: Ogle, Nancy, 1990
- Folder 80: Oja, Carol, 1996
- Folder 81: Oliveros, Pauline, 1977-1978
- Folder 82: Olson, Lesley, 1992-1998
- Folder 83: Osborn, Mark, 1994
- Folder 84: Parenti, Susan, 1990-1999
- Folder 85: Passler, Jan, 1991
- Folder 86: Paul, Jessica, 1994-1998
- Folder 87: Pelzer, Dwight, 1977-1979
- Folder 88: Perlis, Vivian, 1978
- Folder 89: Potter, John, 1978-1979
- Folder 90: Potter, Keith, 1980-1996
- Folder 91: Poyourow, David, 1977-1996
- Folder 92: Preston, Kitty, 1988-1996
- Folder 93: Radano, Ron, 1987
- Folder 94: Rands, Bernard, 1977-1993
- Folder 95: Repar, Patricia, 1992-1997
- Folder 96: Reynolds, Roger, 1977-1979
- Folder 97: Rhode, Alissa, 1993-1994
- Folder 98: Richey, John, undated
- Folder 99: Rivest, Johanne, 1999
- Folder 100: Rosenberg, Pamela, 1977
- Folder 101: Rosenboom, David, 1997
- Folder 102: Ruffer, Nancy, 1980-1981
- Folder 103: Scaletti, Carla, 1993
- Folder 104: Schneider, Daphne, undated
- Folder 105: Senn, Dan, 1987-1996
- Folder 106: Shapiro, Gerald, 1993
- Folder 107: Shatin, Judith, 1992-1994
- Folder 108: Shultis, Chris, 1990-1994
- Folder 109: Spark, Clare, 1986-1994
- Folder 110: Stabler, Gerhard, 1987-1995
- Folder 111: Stanfield, Laura, 1993
- Folder 112: Sterne, Tracy, 1977
- Folder 113: Stowe, Sondra, undated
- Folder 114: Tagg, Philip, 1978-1993
- Folder 115: Taylor, Janet, 1993
- Folder 116: Tenney, Jim, 1988
- Folder 117: Tick, Judith, 1997
- Folder 118: Tiley, Allison, 1998
- Folder 119: Todd, George, 1990
- Folder 120: Twining, Toby, 1995
- Folder 121: Udow, Michael, 1977-1993
- Folder 122: Von Foerster, Heinz, 1977
- Folder 123: Vorwerk, Paul, 1982-1988
- Folder 124: Watson, Claudia, 1991
- Folder 125: Weber, William, 1977
- Folder 126: Weintraub, Becky, 1995-1996
- Folder 127: Winslow, Dick, 1970-1997
- Box 13
- Folder 1: Winslow, Sandy, 1995
- Folder 2: Wishart, Trevor, 1988-1993
- Folder 3: Wolff, Christian, undated
- Folder 4: Wolman, Amnon, 1989-1997
- Folder 5: Wood, James, undated
- Folder 6: Yates, Elizabeth, 1979-1995
- Folder 7: A.M.T.G., 1993
- Folder 8: Danforth Conference, 1965
- Folder 9: Danforth Conference, 1967-1968
- Folder 10: De Volharding, 1978
- Folder 11: Electric Pheonix, 1982-1990
- Folder 12: E.V.T.E., 1977-1978
- Folder 13: IASPM, 1982-1996
- Folder 14: Industrial & Domestic Theatre Contractors, 1984
- Folder 15: Kronos Quartet, 1990-1995
- Folder 16: Mayfield Publishing, 1988
- Folder 17: Muzak, 1975
- Folder 18: National Radio Theatre, 1983-1985
- Folder 19: Oakley Dam, 1967-1968
- Folder 20: Sonneck Society, 1976-1995
- Folder 21: Sonneck Society-Oxford Conf., 1987-1988
- Folder 22: University of Akron, 1995
- Folder 23: U. of Illinois, 1964-1975
- Folder 24: UIUC School of Music Memos and Polemics, 1970-1989
- Folder 25: Personal, Parents, 1965-1969
- Folder 26: Parents, 1970-1985
- Folder 27: Jacky, ca. 1981
- Box 35
- Folder 2: POEMPIECE II, 1970-1979
- Box 36
- Folder 6: Professional correspondence, 2005-2014
- Cambridge University Press, University of Illinois Press, University of York, The Crossing Choir, Ryedale Festival, and Universitaire Pers Leuven.
- Folder 7: Correspondence re: Pragmatics of Silence, 2006
- Folder 8: Personal correspondence, 2013
- Box 39
- Folder 1: Smith, Stuart, 1997
- Folder was originally located in Box 12; it was moved on May 24, 2023 in order to accomodate additional materials received by Brooks.
- Series 3: Course Papers and Instructional Resources, 1970-2002
- Consists of course materials, handwritten notes, student evaluations, dissertation committee documents, and teaching resources used by William Brooks in his courses.
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Teaching Evaluations, 1986-2001
- Folder 2: The Advisory, 1970-1972
- Folder 3: Students Written Evaluations, 1973-1975
- Folder 4: Students Evaluations (Santa Cruz), 1973-1976
- Box 13
- Folder 28: Music 11 (Appreciation) - UCSD 1976-77, 1975-1977
- Folder 29: Music 220 (Criticism) - UCSD - Spring, 1976
- Folder 30: Music 100 - Syllabi, 1988-1997
- Folder 31: Music 101 - Exams, undated
- Folder 32: Music 101 - Exams, Placement & Proficiency, undated
- Folder 33: Music 101 - Masters, 1981-1989
- Folder 34: Music 101 - Materials (Browning), 1988
- Folder 35: Music 101 - Materials (Liptak), undated
- Folder 36: Music 101 - Materials (Freeman-Toole), undated
- Folder 37: Music 101 - Placement & Proficiency Exams, 1988-1989
- Folder 38: Music 101 - PLATO Instructions, undated
- Folder 39: Music 101 - Quizzes, undated
- Folder 40: Music 101 - Fall, 1988
- Folder 41: Music 101 - Tests, Fall, 1988
- Folder 42: Music 101 - Spring, 1989
- Folder 43: Music 101A - Fall, 1997
- Box 14
- Folder 1: Music 102 - Materials (Liptak), 1983-1986
- Folder 2: Music 102 - Proficiency Exams, 1992
- Folder 3: Music 102 - Fall, 1992
- Folder 4: Music 102 - Fall, 1993
- Folder 5: Music 102 - Spring, 1993
- Folder 6: Music 102 - Spring 1994, 1993-1994
- Folder 7: Music 103 - Materials (Von Gunden), ca. 1980s
- Folder 8: Music 103 - Fall, 1986
- Folder 9: Music 103 A - Spring, 1998
- Folder 10: Music 104 - Spring, 1997
- Folder 11: Music 106 - Fall, 1988
- Folder 12: Music 107 - Materials (Cottle), 1988-1991
- Folder 13: Music 107 - Materials (Liptak), 1978-1979
- Folder 14: Music 107 - Fall, 1992
- Folder 15: Music 107 - Spring 1993, 1992-1993
- Folder 16: Music 107 - Fall, 1993
- Folder 17: Music 107 - Spring 1994, 1993-1994
- Folder 18: Music 108 - Fall, 1986
- Folder 19: Music 202 - Spring, 1987
- Folder 20: Music 203 and 100 - Exams, Proficiency, 1979
- Folder 21: Personal/Professional - Lectures - Kagel - Hallelujah, undated
- Folder 22: Music 304 C - Fall 1993 (Microtonality - L. Ayers), 1993
- Folder 23: Music 308 C, 2000-2001
- Folder 24: Tests - Various (308), 1999
- Folder 25: Music 315 (20th Century Music) Masters for Handouts, Quizzes, etc. Spring, 1985-1988
- Folder 26: Grad Theory Review (320 B) Fall, 1998
- Folder 27: Music 320 R - Fall, 1999
- Folder 28: Theory Courses - Old Materials (1970s), 1970-1974
- Folder 29: Theory - Handouts - Music for Analysis, undated
- Folder 30: Music Theory - Syllabi, undated
- Folder 31: Theory - Handouts - Fundamentals, undated
- Folder 32: Theory - Handouts - Phrase Structure, undated
- Folder 33: Theory - Handouts - Motivic Structure, undated
- Folder 34: Theory - Handouts - Progressions, undated
- Folder 35: Theory - Handouts - Part-Writing, undated
- Folder 36: Music Theory - Wkly Assignments, undated
- Folder 37: Music Theory: Curricula & History, 1976
- Folder 38: 1st Species - 2pt CTP, undated
- Folder 39: 1st Species - 3 Part CTP, undated
- Folder 40: 1st Species - 4 Part CTP, undated
- Folder 41: 2nd Species - 2 Part CTP, undated
- Folder 42: 2nd Species - 2 Part CTP, undated
- Folder 43: Teaching Materials - Analysis (General), 1993-1997
- Folder 44: Teaching Materials - Bach, undated
- Folder 45: Teaching Materials - Bach - Chorales, 1998
- Folder 46: Teaching Materials - Bach - Fugues, undated
- Folder 47: Teaching Materials - Beethoven - Chamber Music, undated
- Folder 48: Teaching Materials - Beethoven - Concertos, 1999
- Folder 49: Teaching Materials - Beethoven - Piano Music, 2000
- Folder 50: Teaching Materials - Beethoven - Symphonies, undated
- Folder 51: Teaching Materials - Berlioz, 1999-2000
- Folder 52: Teaching Materials - Bottesini, 1999
- Folder 53: Teaching Materials - Brahms, 1998-2001
- Folder 54: Teaching Materials - Canon, 1997
- Folder 55: Teaching Materials - Carter, undated
- Folder 56: Teaching Materials - Chopin, undated
- Folder 57: Teaching Materials - Chromatic Harmony, 1992-1997
- Folder 58: Teaching Materials - Diatonic Harmony, 1993-1998
- Folder 59: Teaching Materials - Debussy, undated
- Box 15
- Folder 1: Teaching Materials - Dring, undated
- Folder 2: Teaching Materials - Dvorak, undated
- Folder 3: Teaching Materials - Faure, 2000
- Folder 4: Teaching Materials - Figured Bass, undated
- Folder 5: Teaching Materials - Foster, 2002
- Folder 6: Teaching Materials - Franck, 2000
- Folder 7: Teaching Materials - Ives, undated
- Folder 8: Teaching Materials - Joplin, undated
- Folder 9: Teaching Materials - Mahler, 2002
- Folder 10: Teaching Materials - Moskoloski, undated
- Folder 11: Teaching Materials - Mozart, undated
- Folder 12: Teaching Materials - Part-Writing/Fig. Bass, 1993
- Folder 13: Teaching Materials - Reinecke, undated
- Folder 14: Teaching Materials - Schubert, undated
- Folder 15: Teaching Materials - Schumann, 2000-2001
- Folder 16: Teaching Materials - Stravinsky, undated
- Folder 17: Teaching Materials - Strauss, 2002
- Folder 18: Teaching Materials - Tchaikovsky, undated
- Folder 19: Teaching Materials - Wolf, undated
- Folder 20: Teaching Materials - Work, undated
- Folder 21: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Ayers (DMA Spring 1994), 1994-1995
- Folder 22: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Bobax (DMA 1992), 1991-1992
- Folder 23: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Berk, 1995
- Folder 24: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Bohn (DMA Summer 1994), 1993-1994
- Folder 25: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Chan (DMA Fall 1996), 1995-1997
- Folder 26: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Chen, 1997-2000
- Folder 27: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Coles (DMA Spring 1992), 1991-1992
- Folder 28: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Cottle (DMA Spring 1993), 1991-1993)
- Folder 29: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Cross (DMA Spring 1995), 1991-1995
- Folder 30: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Edgerton (DMA Sum 1994), 1990-1996
- Folder 31: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Elrod (DMA Sam 2000), 1992-2000
- Folder 32: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Freeman-Toole (DMA Spring 1998), 1997-1998
- Folder 33: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Gladstone (DMA), 1999
- Folder 34: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Hammitt (ISMA Spring 1992), 1991-1992
- Folder 35: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Hoitenga (DMA Fall 1996), 1995-1996
- Folder 36: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Holm-Hudson (DMA Spring 1992), 1991-1992
- Folder 37: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Kushida (DMA Spring 1998), 1996-1998
- Folder 38: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Masterson, 1998-1999
- Folder 39: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Matheson, 1996-1998
- Folder 40: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Mauceri (DMA Spring 1996), 1991-1996
- Folder 41: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Nally (DMA Spring 1995), 1991-1995
- Folder 42: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Olson (DMA July 1998), 1989-1998
- Folder 43: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Repar (DMA Spring 1993), 1991-1993
- Folder 44: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Reynolds (DMA Fall), 1991
- Folder 45: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Roubal, 1998-1999
- Folder 46: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Scher, 1995
- Folder 47: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Shirk, 1991
- Folder 48: School of Music - Instruction - Warde (DMA Sp. 99), 1994-1999
- Folder 49: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Watson, 1996-1997
- Folder 50: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Yampolschi, 1994-1997
- Folder 51: School of Music - Instruction - Dissertations - Zielinski (DMA Fall 1991), 1990-1991
- Folder 52: School of Music - Instruction - Doctoral Committees, 1990-1991
- Folder 53: School of Music - Instruction - Doctoral Committees, 1991-1992
- Folder 54: School of Music - Instruction - Doctoral Committees, 1993-1994
- Folder 55: School of Music - Instruction - M.A. Theses - Chen, 1993-1996
- Folder 56: School of Music - Instruction - M.A. Theses - Freeman, 1987
- Folder 57: School of Music - Instruction - M.A. Theses - Tan, undated
- Series 4: School of Music, 1987-2000
- Consists of concert programs, School of Music memorandums, graduate entrance listening exam questions, reference letters, and project files documenting the general administration of the School of Music as well as specific School of Music projects Brooks was involved in during his final years at the University of Illinois.
- Box 5
- Folder 1: School of Music Library, 1989-1998
- Folder 2: Jazz and Commercial Music Programs, 1991
- Folder 3: School of Music History, undated
- Folder 4: Graduate Listening Exam, undated
- Folder 5: Reference Letters (Faculty), April 19, 1994
- Folder 6: Reference Letters (Graduate Students), 1989-1994
- Folder 7: Reference Letter (Undergraduate Students), 1990-1995
- Folder 8: Open Studies, 1992
- Folder 9: Voices for the Future (Summer), 1992
- Folder 10: Recordings, 1996
- Folder 11: Division, 1999-2000
- Folder 12: College of FAA Interdisciplinary Projects, Dance Department and Arts 2000, 1990-1993
- Folder 13: College of FAA - Arts, 2000
- Folder 14: KCPA Four Score and More (20th Anniversary Festival), 1989
- Folder 15: KCPA Recordings, 1987-1989
- Series 5: Writings, Presentations and Research, 1936-2000
- Organized in five subseries: Subseries 1, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1981-2000; Subseries 2, The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 1983-1986; Subseries 3, Writings, 1945-1999; Subseries 4, Presentations, 1978-2000; and Subseries 5, Research, 1936-2000. Arranged alphabetically and chronologically within each subseries.
- Sub-Series 1: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1981-2000
- Arranged chronologically.
- Box 2
- Folder 3: Source Lists Submitted (folder 1), 1981-1982
- Folder 4: Amerigrove Blue-card Index from Susan Feder, October, 1981
- Folder 5: Amerigrove Art- Music Composers with Susan Feder Correspondence, December 26, 1981
- Folder 6: Amerigrove Art - Singers with Correspondence to Susan Feder., February 19, 1982
- Folder 7: Instrumentalists Draft with Correspondence to Susan Feder, February 24, 1982
- Folder 8: Amerigrove draft -- Writers, Poets, Impresarios, and Sacred Music Draft and Correspondence to Susan Feder, April 19, 1982
- Folder 9: Amerigrove Art -- Music Conductors and Educators with Correspondence to Susan Feder, March 6, 1982
- Folder 10: Amerigrove Draft -- Popular Music Draft with Correspondence to Susan Feder, June 4, 1982
- Folder 11: Amerigrove Worksheets, 1870s Addenda, and Correspondence to Susan Feder, November 13, 1982
- Box 6
- Folder 4: Source Lists Submitted (folder 2), 1981-1982
- Box 16
- Folder 18: Personal/Professional - Writings - New Grove, 1998 edition, 1998-2000
- Box 37
- Folder 1: Dictionary Article: "Instrumental and Vocal Resources in the Twentieth Century", 1977
- Drafts
- Sub-Series 2: The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 1983-1986
- Arranged chronologically.
- Box 6
- Folder 5: Amerigrove Articles (drafts), January 1983
- Folder 6: Amerigrove Revisions and Additions with Correspondence with Susan Feder, 1983-1984
- Folder 7: Amerigrove Articles - Masters, May, 1983
- Folder 8: Amerigrove Correspondence with Stanley Sadie, Alyn Shipton, and Susan Feder, 1985-1986
- Sub-Series 3: Writings, 1945-1998
- Arranged and includes published and unpublished works.
- Box 4
- Folder 5: American Music (draft version), 1978
- Folder 6: Jackson, Carr, Shaw (published version), 1978
- Folder 7: John Cage Festival (published version), 1979
- Folder 8: Phillip Tag-Meaning in Music (published version), 1979
- Folder 9: Review of Chase Hamm (draft and published version), 1980
- Folder 10: The Piano in America (draft and published version), 1981
- Folder 11: On Being Tasteless (draft), 1982
- Folder 12: Getting Their Acts Together (draft), 1984
- Folder 13: American Experimental (published), undated
- Folder 14: Ages of George Washington (published), undated
- Folder 15: A Drummer Boy Looks Back, undated
- Box 6
- Folder 1: Edition of Charles Ives' Fourth Symphony, Commentary, Sketches, and List of Sources, undated
- Folder 2: Edition of Charles Ives' Fourth Symphony, Critical Notes, undated
- Folder 3: Edition of Charles Ives' Fourth Symphony; History, Drafts, undated
- Box 15
- Folder 58: Personal/Professional - Writings - About Cage About Thoreau, 1987-1988
- Folder 59: Personal/Professional - Writings - American Music, ca. 1980
- Folder 60: Personal/Professional - Writings - American Music on Record, 1986
- Folder 61: Personal/Professional - Writings - The American Piano, 1979-1980
- Folder 62: Personal/Professional - Writings - Billings, Ives, Cage, 1971-1982
- Folder 63: Personal/Professional - Writings - Billings, Ives, Cage prologue, ca. 1978
- Folder 64: Personal/Professional - Writings - Cage, 1988
- Folder 65: Personal/Professional - Writings - Cambridge Companion to John Cage, 1999
- Folder 66: Personal/Professional - Writings - Cambridge History of American Music, 1994-1998
- Box 16
- Folder 1: Personal/Professional - Writings - Choice and Change, 1981-1987
- Folder 2: Personal/Professional - Writings - Chorus - Experiment - Ensemble, 1991
- Folder 3: Personal/Professional - Writings - Competenza Maledetta, 1978-1980
- Folder 4: Personal/Professional - Writings - Cooking Piano, 1978
- Folder 5: Personal/Professional - Writings - Dictionary Articles - Instrumental & Vocal Resources, 1969-1974
- Folder 6: Personal/Professional - Writings - Dictionary Articles (Misc), 1973-1978
- Folder 7: Personal/Professional - Writings - Dissertation - Introduction to Structuralism and Music, 1976
- Folder 8: Personal/Professional - Writings - Down, Down, Down, 1994
- Folder 9: Personal/Professional - Writings - Good Musical Paste, 1980-1982
- Folder 10: Personal/Professional - Writings - Ives Edition, 1988
- Folder 11: Personal/Professional - Writings - Ives Today, 1975-1977
- Folder 12: Personal/Professional - Writings - John Cage and History, 1993-1997
- Folder 13: Personal/Professional - Writings - Liner Notes - Cage: 16 Dances, 1984
- Folder 14: Personal/Professional - Writings - Liner Notes - Cage: Hymns & Variations, 1986
- Folder 15: Personal/Professional - Writings - Liner Notes - Flowering of Vocal, 1978
- Folder 16: Personal/Professional - Writings - Misc. Short Articles, 1979-1995
- Folder 17: Personal/Professional - Writings - Music in the Americas 1945-1970, 1993-1994
- Folder 18: Personal/Professional - Writings - New Grove, 1998 Edition, 1998-2000
- Folder 19: Personal/Professional - Writings - New World Records, 1978
- Folder 20: Personal/Professional - Writings - Old Business, 1979-1994
- Folder 21: Personal/Professional - Writings - On Being Tasteless, 1982
- Folder 22: Personal/Professional - Writings - Pocahontas, 1980
- Folder 23: Personal/Professional - Writings - Reviews - American Music (Pop Music), ca. 1983
- Folder 24: Personal/Professional - Writings - Reviews - Cage Festival (Contact), 1981
- Folder 25: Personal/Professional - Writings - Reviews - Hamm, Yesterdays, 1980
- Folder 26: Personal/Professional - Writings - Reviews - Pritchett & Revill, 1994
- Folder 27: Personal/Professional - Writings - Reviews - Kostelanetz, Conversing, 1988-1989
- Folder 28: Personal/Professional - Writings - Reviews - Tagg; Kojak, 1979
- Folder 29: Personal/Professional - Writings - Reviews for Publishers, 1977-1998
- Folder 30: Personal/Professional - Writings - Short Reviews, Letters to Editors, 1975-1976
- Folder 31: Personal/Professional - Writings - Unity and Diversity in Charles Ives Fourth Symphony draft, 1975-1978
- Folder 32: Personal/Professional - Writings - Unity and Diversity in Charles Ives Fourth Symphony, 1974
- Folder 33: Personal/Professional - Writings - Unity and Diversity in Charles Ives Fourth Symphony - Research - Ives Manuscripts Symphony #4 Movement #1, undated
- Folder 34: Personal/Professional - Writings - Unity and Diversity in Charles Ives Fourth Symphony - Research - Austin Charles Ives, undated
- Box 37
- Folder 2: Progress and Protest in the Gilded Age - Drafts, 1977
- Drafts of liner notes for New World Record. On songs from the Civil War to the Columbian Exposition.
- Folder 3: Unity and Diversity in Charles Ives Fourth Symphony - Drafts, undated
- Folder 4: Unity and Diversity in Ives Fourth Symphony - Galley Proofs, 1977
- Box 38
- Folder 1: Pocahontas: Her Life and Times - Drafts, undated
- Sub-Series 4: Presentations, 1981-2000
- Arranged alphabetically two sections: Consulting and Lectures.
- Box 16
- Folder 35: Personal/Professional - Consulting - CalArts 2000, 1999-2000
- Folder 36: Personal/Professional - Consulting - CIES (Fulbright), 1981-1984
- Folder 37: Personal/Professional - Consulting - Mills College, 1998
- Folder 38: Personal/Professional - Consulting - New Grove Dict of Am Music, 1981-1983
- Folder 39: Personal/Professional - Consulting - Open Space, 1999
- Folder 40: Personal/Professional - Consulting - Pacific Street Films, 1996
- Folder 41: Personal/Professional - Consulting - Popular Music Yearbook, 1978-1986
- Folder 42: Personal/Professional - Consulting - Smithsonian Institution 1981-1983, 1981-1984
- Folder 43: Personal/Professional - Consulting - Trinity College, 1999
- Folder 44: Personal/Professional - Lectures - Cage, 1983
- Folder 45: Personal/Professional - Lectures - Kronos Quartet, 1993
- Folder 46: Personal/Professional - Lecture - Society of Comoposers, Inc., 1993
- Folder 47: Personal/Professional - Lectures - Stockhausen Stimmung, undated
- Box 39
- Folder 2: Personal/Professional - Lectures - Music in Philadelphia, 1981-1982
- Folder was originally located in Box 16, it was moved on May 24, 2023 to accomodate additional materials added by Brooks.
- Sub-Series 5: Research, 1936-2000
- Content in this subseries is organized in three sections: Research/Awards which is arranged chronologically; People which is arranged alphabetically; and Topics which is arranged alphabetically.
- Box 16
- Folder 48: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications, 1969-1971
- Folder 49: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications, 1976-1977
- Folder 50: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications, 1977-1978
- Folder 51: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications - Fulbright, 1977-1978
- Folder 52: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications, 1978-1979
- Folder 53: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications, 1979-1980
- Folder 54: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Smithsonian Fellowship, 1979-1980
- Box 17
- Folder 1: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications, 1980-1981
- Folder 2: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Middlebury College, 1981
- Folder 3: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - NEA, 1982
- Folder 4: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications, 1985-1986
- Folder 5: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Ill. Arts Council, 1986
- Folder 6: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications, 1986-1987
- Folder 7: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Apple Seedlings, 1988-1989
- Folder 8: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications, 1990-1991
- Folder 9: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - FAA Outstanding Faculty, 1991
- Folder 10: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications, 1991-1992
- Folder 11: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Research Board, 1991-1992
- Folder 12: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications, 1992-1993
- Folder 13: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Mucia (Incl Int'l Prog Grant & FAA Special Grant), 1993
- Folder 14: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Ed. Tech. Board, 1993
- Folder 15: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Scholar's Travel Fund, 1993
- Folder 16: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications, 1993-1994
- Folder 17: Personal/Professional - Center for Advanced Study, 1994-1995
- Folder 18: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Ed. Tech. Board, 1994
- Folder 19: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Undergraduate Inst. Award, 1994
- Folder 20: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications, 1994-1995
- Folder 21: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Research Board, 1994-1995
- Folder 22: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications, 1995-1996
- Folder 23: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Sabbatical Leave, 1995-1996
- Folder 24: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications, 1996-1997
- Folder 25: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - FAA Travel, 1992-1997
- Folder 26: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - FAA Special Grant, 1997
- Folder 27: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications, 1997-1998
- Folder 28: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Applications, 1998-1999
- Folder 29: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - Research Board, 1999
- Folder 30: Personal/Professional - Grants, Awards - UIUC Scholars Travel, 1999
- Folder 31: Black bound notebook: musician research, 1976
- Folder 32: American Music - Misc., undated
- Folder 33: American Musicians A - C, ca. 1976
- Folder 34: American Musicians D - F, ca. 1976
- Folder 35: American Musicians G - H, ca. 1978
- Folder 36: American Musicians I - M, ca. 1984
- Folder 37: American Musicians N - R, ca. 1984
- Folder 38: American Musicians S - T, ca. 1987
- Folder 39: American Musicians U - Z, ca. 1984
- Folder 40: Bibliography, etc., ca. 1980
- Folder 41: Music in GT (Great) Britain, ca. 1984
- Folder 42: Songs (Information), undated
- Folder 43: Theatre & Music, ca. 1984
- Folder 44: Adorno, Theodor, 1986
- Folder 45: Andriessen, Louis, ca. 1997
- Folder 46: Austin, Elizabeth, undated
- Folder 47: Babbitt, Milton, ca. 1976
- Folder 48: Bartok, Bela, undated
- Folder 49: Beckett, Samuel, undated
- Folder 50: Berio, Luciano, undated
- Folder 51: Billings, William 1, 1977
- Folder 52: Billings, William 2, ca. 1976
- Folder 53: Boulez, Pierre, undated
- Folder 54: Brougham, John, undated
- Folder 55: Bryars, Gavin, undated
- Folder 56: Cage, John, 1978-1995
- Folder 57: Carter, Elliott, 1988-1998
- Folder 58: Chase, Gilbert, 1978-1992
- Folder 59: Cowell, Henry, ca. 1985
- Folder 60: Crawford, Ruth, ca. 1973
- Folder 61: Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1999
- Folder 62: Davies, John, 1980
- Folder 63: Debussy, Claude, undated
- Folder 64: Donatoni, Franco, 1992-1993
- Folder 65: Duchamp, Marcel, ca. 1973
- Folder 66: Ellington, Duke, undated
- Folder 67: Fisher, Fred, undated
- Folder 68: Gaburo, Kenneth, 1972-1995
- Folder 69: Gershwin, George, undated
- Folder 70: Hamilton, Ann, 1997
- Folder 71: Hopkins, (Charles) Jerome, ca. 1984
- Folder 72: Johnston, Ben - Fonville Manuscript, 1994
- Folder 73: Josephs, Norman, 1980
- Folder 74: Key, Steve, ca. 1980
- Folder 75: Kirkpatrick, John, 1980
- Box 18
- Folder 1: Ligeti, Gyorgy, 1976-1998
- Folder 2: Lutoslawski, Witold, 1992
- Folder 3: Maretzek, Max, undated
- Folder 4: Martirano, Salvatore, 1995
- Folder 5: Messiaen: Cinq Rechants, ca. 1987
- Folder 6: Milhaud, Darius, 1992
- Folder 7: Monk, Meredith, 2000
- Folder 8: Ohr, George, 1992
- Folder 9: Partch, Harry, 1980
- Folder 10: Ran, Shulamit, 1996
- Folder 11: Root, Deane, 1990
- Folder 12: Rzewski, Frederic, ca. 1997
- Folder 13: Saariaho, Kaija, 1996-1998
- Folder 14: Schmidt, Clarence, 1974
- Folder 15: Schoenberg, 1998
- Folder 16: Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, 1988
- Folder 17: Schoenefeld, Henry, 1988
- Folder 18: Skelly, Joseph (Paul), undated
- Folder 19: Stockhausen: Stimmung, 1987
- Folder 20: Strakosch, Maurice, ca. 1984
- Folder 21: Takemitsu, Toru, ca. 1994
- Folder 22: Tams, Arthur W., 1984
- Folder 23: Theremin, 1990
- Folder 24: Ullman, Bernard, 1986-1987
- Folder 25: Ung, Chinary, undated
- Folder 26: Varese, Edgard, undated
- Folder 27: Vivier, Claude, ca. 1975
- Folder 28: Webern, undated
- Folder 29: White, Charles A(lbert), ca. 1982
- Folder 30: Wiesenthal, T(homas) V(an Dyke), undated
- Folder 31: Wood, Joseph and Mary Ann Paton, undated
- Folder 32: American Music - Performers (19th Century), undated
- Folder 33: American Music - Popular (19th Century), 1977
- Folder 34: American Music - Plays, 1980
- Folder 35: Analysis - Misc. Fragments, undated
- Folder 36: Audio Tech Notes, ca. 1973
- Folder 37: Copyright, 1985-1998
- Folder 38: Crossover (Art/Pop), 1993
- Folder 39: Discographies, 1991
- Folder 40: Guitar, undated
- Folder 41: Hawaiian Music, 1994
- Folder 42: Indianists, 1996
- Folder 43: Islington, 1995
- Folder 44: Ives Society, 1936-1982
- Folder 45: Linguistics and Music - Reference Materials, 1969-1988
- Folder 46: Nature and Music, 1989
- Folder 47: New American Music '87, 1987
- Folder 48: Opera in America - 19th Century, ca. 1994
- Folder 49: Philadelphia - 18th Century, ca. 1994
- Folder 50: Popular Music - Definitions, Scope, 1982-2000
- Folder 51: Psalmody, English and American, 1972
- Folder 52: Psychoacoustics, 1990
- Folder 53: Publishing, undated
- Folder 54: Referentiality, undated
- Folder 55: Schubert's Ghostly Double, undated
- Folder 56: Self-Reference, 1972
- Folder 57: State of the Arts, 1983-2000
- Folder 58: Technology, ca. 1995
- Folder 59: Tuning, 1992
- Folder 60: Vamphorn, undated
- Folder 61: Web, 1995
- Series 6: Original Music Compositions, Performance Programs, and Collection of Performance Scores, 1961-2012
- Consists of original music sketches, parts, and scores; sheet music; concert programs and event posters; and newspaper clippings documenting Brooks' compositional and performance careers between 1961 and 2012. Also contains collection of performance scores by colleagues, UIUC alumni, and Brooks' students. The materials are organized in three subseries: Subseries 1, Music Sketches, Parts and Scores, 1967-2011; Subseries 2, Performances, 1961-2011; and Subseries 3, Collection of Performance Scores.
- Sub-Series 1: Music Sketches, Parts and Scores, 1967-2013
- Contains music sketches, drafts, and scores documenting William Brooks' compositional career. Of particular interest is his 1972 composition, Untitled. Folders containing the title "Unidentified" denotes a composition that has no title. Folders labelled with "Untitled" denotes Brooks' music composition titled by the composer as "Untitled."
- Box 4
- Folder 16: POEMPIECE I: whitegold blue, 1967
- Photocopy of instructions and published score. For solo flute. See also Box 18, Folder 64; Box 35, Folder 1, and Box 37, Folders 27 and 28.
- Folder 17: Many Returns, 1977
- Score (gift version: gifts for the other 1). Voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. See also Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; Box 31, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 20-23 and 29.
- Folder 18: Many Returns, 1977
- Score (gift version: gifts for the other 1). Voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. See also Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; Box 31, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 20-23 and 29.
- Folder 19: Many Returns, 1977
- Score (gift version: gifts for the other 1). Voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. See also Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; Box 31, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 20-23 and 29.
- Folder 20: Many Returns, 1977
- Score (gift version: gifts for the other 1). Voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. See also Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; Box 31, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 20-23 and 29.
- Folder 21: Many Returns, 1977
- Score (gift version: gifts for the other 1). Voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. See also Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; Box 31, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 20-23 and 29.
- Folder 22: Many Returns, 1977
- Score (gift version: gifts for the other 1). Voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. See also Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; Box 31, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 20-23 and 29.
- Folder 23: Many Returns, 1977
- Score (gift version: gifts for the other 2). Voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. See also Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; Box 31, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 20-23 and 29.
- Folder 24: Many Returns, 1977
- Score (gift version: gifts for the other 2). Voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. See also Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; Box 31, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 20-23 and 29.
- Folder 25: Many Returns, 1977
- Score (gift version: gifts for the other 2). Voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. See also Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; Box 31, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 20-23 and 29.
- Folder 26: Many Returns, 1977
- Score (gift version: gifts for the other 2). Voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. See also Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; Box 31, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 20-23 and 29.
- Folder 27: Many Returns, 1977
- Score (gift version: gifts for the other 2). Voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. See also Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; Box 31, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 20-23 and 29.
- Box 6
- Folder 9: Untitled, 1972
- First edition. Photocopies of fragments; assembled masters for singers' scores, choach's score, and instructions. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 10: Four from the Song of Solomon, 1967
- Sketches, pencil draft, annotated pencil fair copy. For soprano, eight violas, flute, clarinet, bassoon, harp, and percussion. See also Box 24, Folder 1 and Box 38, Folder 4.
- Folder 11: The Kitchen Sink and the Water in It, 1991
- Photocopies of scores. For flute (piccolo), clarinet (Bb, Eb, and Bb bass), trumpet (cornet), two trombones, and percussion.
- Box 7
- Folder 1: Many Returns, 1977
- Plans, drafts, fair copies. For voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. See also Box 4, Folders 17-27; Box 18, Folder 71; Box 31, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 20-23 and 29.
- Folder 2: A Peal for Calm, 1990
- Sources, sketches, and drafts. For choir. Written for the Contemporary Chamber Singers. See also Box 24, Folder 8.
- Folder 3: Untitled, 1972
- Sources, plans, drafts, photocopies of fragments, fair copy of instructions. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 4: Untitled, 1972
- First edition. Microfilm copies of time scores; annotated performers' scores; photocopies of annotated performers' scores. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 5: Untitled, 1972
- First edition. Assembled locations scores and fragments. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 6: La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, 1984
- Plans, drafts, photocopies of scores. Newly composed parts for harp and percussion, for the film score by Leo Pouget and Victor Alix, written to accompany Carl Dreyer's La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc. Commissioned by Gillian Anderson.
- Box 18
- Folder 62: Three Early Songs, 1963
- Scores (pencil and photocopy). For voice and piano. Texts by A.E. Housman.
- Folder 63: Motet, 1965
- Score. For male chorus, tenor solo, percussion, two conductors, and drone. Text excerpted from Isaiah chapters 5, 11, and 12.
- Folder 64: POEMPIECE I: whitegold blue, 1967
- Sketches, draft, and published score. For solo flute. See also Box 4, Folder 16; Box 35, Folder 1; and Box 37, Folders 27 and 28.
- Folder 65: Ecclesiastes, 1967-1968
- Fair copy. For oboe, reader, and two baritone voices. Text from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.
- Folder 66: Conversation Piece I and Sextet, 1973-77 and 1966
Folder contains two distinct works Conversation Piece I, 1973-77 and Sextet, 1966.
Conversation Piece 1: Draft and fair copy. For conversationalists. Written for Adela Basayne.
Sextet: Sketches and drafts. For flute, oboe, horn, piano, and two percussionists. See also Box 32, Folders 7 and 8.
- Folder 67: Four Graduals, 1967-1968
- Correspondence, sketches, and drafts. For church choir, soloists, and various instruments. Texts from the liturgy.
- Folder 68: POEMPIECE II: how I fooled the armies, 1969
- Draft and fair copy. For solo bass trombone. See also Box 32, Folder 5 and Box 37, Folder 26.
- Folder 69: Por Ventura, 1972
- Fair copy. For SATB chorus, 2 trumpets, and percussion. Text by St. John of the Cross.
- Folder 70: Untitled, 1972
- First edition, annotated. Location score: The Cauldron. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 71: Many Returns, 1977
- Bound set of photocopied excerpts. For voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. See also Box 4, Folders 17-27; Box 7, Folder 1; Box 31, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 20-23 and 29.
- Folder 72: Madrigals, 1978
- Photocopy of score, US paper. For amplified SATB quartet. Texts by Orlando Gibbons and Stephen Foster. See also Box 18, Folder 73; Box 34, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 15-19.
- Folder 73: Madrigals, 1978
- Proofs (for Schott edition, never issued). For amplified SATB quartet. Texts by Orlando Gibbons and Stephen Foster. See also Box 18, Folder 72; Box 34, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 15-19.
- Folder 74: Medley, 1978
- Photocopy of score, US paper. For voice and piano. Text by Gertrude Stein. Commissioned by Meriel and Peter Dickinson. See also Box 32, Folder 3; Box 36, Folder 3; and Box 37, Folder 25.
- Folder 75: The Legacy, 1978-1983
- Correspondence and Sketches. Theatre piece for SATB quartet and electronics. Commissioned by Electric Phoenix. See also Box 18, Folder 75.
- Folder 76: Duets, 1978
- Correspondence, score, and photocopy of score on US paper. For vocalist and synthesizer. See also Box 37, Folders 10 and 11.
- Folder 77: Doors, 1983
- Correspondence, Sketches, and drafts. For mixed chorus, non-orchestral reed instruments, percussion and soprano with piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein and nonymous. For Richard Winslow. See also Box 31, Folder 5, and Box 37, Folders 8-9.
- Folder 78: March Piece, 1988
- Score as published in The Noble Snare. Realization of the fourth piece in Different Drummers. For solo snare drum. Written for Stuart Smith. Duplicates Box 37, Folder 24. See also Box 36, Folder 2.
- Folder 79: Odes and Incidental Music for Promethus Bound, Medea, and The Frogs, 1985
- Planning, sketches, and session notes. For women's chorus, brass quartet, clarinet, and percussion (Prometheus Bound); women's chorus, string quartet, guitar, oboe, and percussion (Medea); mixed chorus, brass, strings, clarinet, guitar, and percussion (The Frogs). Texts by Aeschylus, Euripides, and Aristophanes. Commissioned by National Radio Theatre. See also Box 21, Folders 21 and 22.
- Folder 80: Odes and Incidental Music for Promethus Bound, Medea, and The Frogs, 1985
- Performance scores for Prometheus Bound. For women's chorus, brass quartet, clarinet, and percussion. Texts by Aeschylus, Euripides, and Aristophanes. Commissioned by National Radio Theatre. See also Box 21, Folders 21 and 22.
- Folder 81: Odes and Incidental Music for Promethus Bound, Medea, and The Frogs, 1985
- Performance scores for Medea. For women's chorus, string quartet, guitar, oboe, and percussion. Texts by Aeschylus, Euripides, and Aristophanes. Commissioned by National Radio Theatre. See also Box 21, Folders 21 and 22.
- Folder 82: Odes and Incidental Music for Promethus Bound, Medea, and The Frogs, 1985
- Performances scores for The Frogs. For mixed chorus, brass, strings, clarinet, guitar, and percussion. Texts by Aeschylus, Euripides, and Aristophanes. Commissioned by National Radio Theatre. See also Box 21, Folders 21 and 22.
- Box 19
- Folder 1: Sins of the Fathers and Unnamed piece for drum set, 1998 and 1989
- Sketches. For steel band (five movements projected); and for drum set.
- Folder 2: in memoriam reducere studemus, 1996
- Score. For SATB Soloist, SATB Chorus, and piano. Text by Pierre Joris and Notker Balbulus. Commissioned by Donald Nally and West Chester University. See also Box 32, Folder 4; Box 37, Folder 14; and Box 38, Folder 5.
- Folder 3: KS/CH, 2002
- Score. For solo flute. Written for Camilla Hoitenga.
- Folder 4: Six Medieval Lyrics (version for choir), 2010
- Sketches. For women's choir. Texts anonymous. See also Box 32, Folder 6.
- Folder 5: A Wake of Music, 2009
- Sketches, drafts, and proofs. For soprano, clarinet, cello, and piano. Texts by Emily Dickinson. Written for Laurie Matheson. See also Box 35, Folder 4.
- Folder 6: An Everingham Legacy, 2010
- Sketches and drafts. For mezzo-soprano and piano. Text assembled from titles published by J. Everingham. Dedicated to Roger Marsh.
- Folder 7: In Memoriam WVL , 2011
- Sketches and drafts. The third of Three Memorial Encores. Arrangement of the Fain-Kahal standard "I'll Be Seeing You." For choir. Written for The 24.
- Folder 8: Jasmine Flower , 2011
- Sketches and drafts. The fourth of Four Folk Songs. Text anonymous. For choir. Written for The 24.
- Folder 9: Shenandoah, 2011
- Sources and drafts. The third of Four Folk Songs. Text anonymous. For choir. Written for The 24. NB: on the reverse are sketches and drafts for The Master of Music; see also Box 19, Folder 18.
- Folder 10: Sketches for The 24 Concert, February 1, 2012
- Includes sketches for an arrangement of "Around the World" in counterpoint with "Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends." For choir. Written for The 24.
- Folder 11: Three Monodies, 2003
- Score, third movement only. For voice and prepared piano. Texts by St. John of the Cross. Written for Nicky Losseff, John Potter, and Rachel Rudich. See also Box 36, Folder 9.
- Folder 12: Everlasting Voices, 2012
- Sketches, script only. For actress, bass clarinet, and fixed media. Commissioned by Sound Weave.
- Folder 13: Exhibit, 1978
- Sketches, text only. Theatre piece for piano.
- Folder 14: Timepiece I and II, 1978
- Score. For piano solo.
- Folder 15: Greensleeves, 2012
- Sketches. The first of Four Folk Songs. Text anonymous. For choir. Written for The 24.
- Folder 16: Back to Shoppin', 2011
- Sketches. Adaptation of "To Love Again." Text by Jerry Vale. For choir. Written for The 24.
- Folder 17: Security Announcement, 2007
- Sketch. For soprano and percussion. Conceived for Damien Harron and Anna Friman. Unfinished.
- Folder 18: The Master of Music, 2011
- Sketch, text only. For choir. Commissioned by Kristina Boerger and Bob Demaree. Dedicated to Chet Alwes on the occasion of his retirement.
- Folder 19: What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor?, 2012
- Source and draft. Collage-arrangment, with "Home Sweet Home." For choir. Written for The 24.
- Box 21
- Folder 1: Program: Candlelight Concert, 1961
- Folder 2: Untitled, 1972
- Second edition (2000). Coach's score. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 3: Untitled, 1972
- Second edition (2000). Singer's score: Agustin de Vedia. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 4: Untitled, 1972
- Second edition (2000). Location score: Brimstone. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 5: Untitled, 1972
- First edition. Location score: Brimstone. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 6: Untitled, 1972
- Second edition (2000). Location score: The Cauldron. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 7: Untitled, 1972
- First edition, annotated. Coach's score. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 8: Untitled, 1972
- Second edition (2000). Location score: A Garbage Disposal. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 9: Untitled, 1972
- First edition. Location score: A Garbage Disposal. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 10: Untitled, 1972
- Second edition (2000). Singer's score: Luis Melian Lafinur. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 11: Untitled, 1972
- Second edition (2000). Singer's score: Meximo Perez. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 12: Untitled, 1972
- Second edition (2000). Singer's score: Napoleon. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 13: Untitled, 1972
- Second edition (2000). Singer's score: The Negro Timoteo. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 14: Untitled, 1972
- Second edition (2000). Singer's score: Olimar. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 15: Untitled, 1972
- First edition. Location score: Vigils. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 16: Untitled, 1972
- Second edition (2000). Singer's score: The Train. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 17: Untitled, 1972
- First edition. Singer's score: The Train. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 18: Untitled, 1972
- Second edition (2000). Singer's score: The Whale. For eight singers (SSSAATTBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 19: Untitled, 1972
- Second edition (2000). Notes on Notation. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators). Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 20: Bryant's Ridge Disco Phase No. 1, 1978
- Sketches, draft, and photocopy of score, US paper. For pulse instruments, high and low percussion, voices, harmony instruments, and bass instruments. Text by Roger Madison.
- Folder 21: Odes and Incidental Music for Prometheus Bound, Medea, and The Frogs, 1985
- Photocopied and annotated scripts for Prometheus Bound (two copies), for Medea (one copy), and for The Frogs (two copies). For women's chorus, string quartet, guitar, oboe, and percussion (Prometheus Bound); women's chorus, string quartet, guitar, oboe, and percussion (Medea); mixed chorus, brass, strings, clarinet, guitar, and percussion (The Frogs). Texts by Aeschylus, Euripides, and Aristophanes. Commissioned by National Radio Theatre. See also Box 18, Folders 79-82.
- Folder 22: Odes and Incidental Music for Prometheus Bound, Medea, and The Frogs, 1985
- Photocopied and annotated partial scores for Prometheus Bound and Medea. For women's chorus, string quartet, guitar, oboe, and percussion (Prometheus Bound); women's chorus, string quartet, guitar, oboe, and percussion (Medea). Texts by Aeschylus, Euripides, and Aristophanes. Commissioned by National Radio Theatre. See also Box 18, Folders 79-82.
- Folder 23: Wallpaper Pieces, 1978-84
- Photocopied score. For solo piano.
- Box 22
- Folder 1: Dancing on Your Grave - Bass A, 1990
- Folder 2: Dancing on Your Grave - Bass B, 1990
- Folder 3: Dancing on Your Grave - Bassoon, 1990
- Folder 4: Dancing on Your Grave - Cello A, 1990
- Folder 5: Dancing on Your Grave - Cello B, 1990
- Folder 6: Dancing on Your Grave - Clarinet 1, 1990
- Folder 7: Dancing on Your Grave - Clarinet 2, 1990
- Folder 8: Dancing on Your Grave - Horn, 1990
- Folder 9: Dancing on Your Grave - Trombone, 1990
- Folder 10: Dancing on Your Grave - Trumpet, 1990
- Folder 11: Dancing on Your Grave - Tuba, 1990
- Folder 12: Dancing on Your Grave - Viola A, 1990
- Folder 13: Dancing on Your Grave - Viola B, 1990
- Folder 14: Dancing on Your Grave - Violin 1A, 1990
- Folder 15: Dancing on Your Grave - Violin 1B, 1990
- Folder 16: Dancing on Your Grave - Violin 1C, 1990
- Folder 17: Dancing on Your Grave - Violin 1D, 1990
- Folder 18: Dancing on Your Grave - Violin 2A
- Folder 19: Dancing on Your Grave - Violin 2B
- Folder 20: Dancing on Your Grave - Violin 2D
- Box 23
- Folder 1: Untitled - Drafts of Music Maps, 1972
- Folder 2: Untitled: Agustin de Vedia (in mylar), 1972
- Folder 3: Untitled: Gas (in mylar), 1972
- Folder 4: Untitled: Luis Melian Lafinur (in mylar), 1972
- Folder 5: Untitled: Napoleon (in mylar), 1972
- Folder 6: Untitled: Negro Timoteo (in mylar), 1972
- Folder 7: Untitled: Olimar (in mylar), 1972
- Folder 8: Untitled: The Train (in mylar), 1972
- Folder 9: Untitled: The Whale (in mylar), 1972
- Box 24
- Folder 1: Four from The Song of Solomon, 1967
- Ink score, ozalid copy of score, and parts. For soprano, eight violas, flute, clarinet, bassoon, harp, and percussion. Duplicates Box 38, Folder 4. See also Box 6, Folder 10 and Box 38, Folder 4.
- Folder 2: Untitled, 1972
- Second edition (2000). Location Score: The Flesh Blanket. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 3: Untitled, 1972
- Second edition (2000). Location score: Gas. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 4: Untitled, 1972
- Second edition (2000). Location Score: Nine. For eight singers (SSSAATBB) and two narrators. Texts by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Folder 5: The Legacy, 1978-1983
- Drafts. Theatre piece for SATB quartet and electronics. Commissioned by Electric Phoenix. See also Box 18, Folder 75.
- Folder 6: De Harmonium, 1986
- Score. For amplified string quartet, amplified SATB quartet, and fixed media. Commissioned by Electric Phoenix and the Kronos Quartet.
- Folder 7: Dancing on Your Grave, 1990
- Score. For chamber orchestra. Includes hand-written conductor's note. Commissioned by the Cleveland Chamber Orchestra. See also Box 22.
- Folder 8: A Peal for Calm, 1990
- Score. For choir. Written for the Contemporary Chamber Singers. See also Box 7, Folder 2.
- Folder 9: For Violin, 1990
- Score. For solo violin. Written for Claudia Watson. See also Box 37, Folder 13 and Box 38, Folder 3.
- Folder 10: Common Ground, 1995
- Full Score. For wind ensemble and steel band. Written for the Centennial of the University of Illinois School of Music.
- Folder 11: Small Talk, 2002
- Score. For any four unlike melodic instruments. Written for Departure Lounge. See also Box 31, Folder 6.
- Folder 12: Rubaiyat, 2001
- Movement 1. For two sopranos, flute, cello, and harp. Texts by Rumi. Commissioned by Katharine DeBoer and Jacqueline Bobak.
- Folder 13: Three Songs, 2003
- Sketches and drafts. For voice and piano. Texts by Kenneth Rexroth. See also Box 36, Folder 10.
- Box 25
- Folder 1: 2x4 School of Music performance poster, 1990-1991
- Folder 2: Untitled: Clubs (in mylar), 1972
- Folder 3: Oversized Music Map of Untitled: The Plot, 1972
- Folder 4: Oversized Music Map of Untitled: The Aleph, 1972
- Folder 5: Oversized Map of Untitled: Pierre Menard: Author of the Quixote, 1972
- Folder 6: Oversized Music Map of Untitled: A New Refutation of Time, 1972
- Folder 7: Oversized Music Map of Untitled: Funes, The Memorious, 1972
- Folder 8: Untitled: The Flesh Blanket Music Manuscript (in mylar), 1972
- Folder 9: Untitled: Vigils Music Manuscript, 1972
- Folder 10: Untitled: Nine Music Manuscript (in mylar), 1972
- Box 31
- Folder 1: Many Returns, 1977
- Photocopy of gift version, realized, "Occasion" through "13th Return." Voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. Duplicates Box 37, Folder 21. See also Box 4, Folders 17-27; Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; and Box 37, Folders 20, 22-23, and 29.
- Folder 2: Many Returns, 1977
- Photocopy of gift version, realized, "14th Return" through "28th Return." Voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. Duplicates Box 37, Folder 22. See also Box 4, Folders 17-27; Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; and Box 37, Folders 20-22, and 29.
- Folder 3: Many Returns, 1977
- Photocopy of gift version, realized, "29th Return" through "50th Return." Voice and Piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. Duplicates Box 37, Folder 23. See also Box 4, Folders 17-27; Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; and Box 37, Folders 20-22, and 29.
- Folder 4: Diamandagrama, 1981
- Ink score. For theatrical vocalist. Written for Diamanda Galas. See also Box 37, Folders 6 and 7.
- Folder 5: Doors, 1983
- Ink score and annotated copy of realized canon. For mixed chorus, reed instruments, percussion, and soprano with piano accompaniment. Texts by Gertrude Stein and anonymous. For Richard Winslow. See also Box 18, Folder 77, and Box 37, Folders 8 and 9.
- Folder 6: Small Talk, 2002
- Sketches and drafts. For any four unlike melodic instruments. Written for Departure Lounge. See also Box 24, Folder 11.
- Box 32
- Folder 1: Stages, 1972
- Sketches and draft. For soprano, actor, dancer, lights, and fixed media.
- Folder 2: Stages, 1972
- Score and rehearsal score. For soprano, actor, dancer, lights, and fixed media.
- Folder 3: Medley, 1978
- Performance score used for the recording made by William Brooks and Lucinda Lawrence in 1985. See also Box 18, Folder 74; Box 36, Folder 3; and Box 37, Folder 25.
- Folder 4: in memoriam reducere studemus, 1996
- Poser and poem by Pierre Joris printed as a broadside. See also Box 19, Folder 2; Box 37, Folder 14; and Box 38, Folder 5.
- Folder 5: POEMPIECE II: how I fooled the armies, 1969
- Score. For solo bass trombone. See also Box 18, Folder 68, and Box 37, Folder 26.
- Folder 6: Six Mediaeval Lyrics (version for trio), 2006
- Drafts, proof, and score. For women's trio. Texts anonymous. Written for Trio Mediaeval.
- Folder 7: Sextet, 1966
- Ink score, pencil fair copy, and ozalid copy of score. For flute, oboe, horn, piano, and two percussionists. See also Box 18, Folder 66.
- Folder 8: Sextet, 1966
- Parts. For flute, oboe, horn, piano, and two percussionists. See also Box 18, Folder 66.
- Box 34
- Folder 1: Madrigals, 1978
- Photocopy of score, US paper, and drafts for revisions. For amplified SATB quartet. See also Folders 72 and 73; Box 34, Folders 2 qnd 3; and Box 37, Folders 15-17 and 19.
- Folder 2: Madrigals , 1978
- Photocopy of score, UK paper. For amplified SATB quartet. See also Box 18, Folders 72 and 73; Box 34, Folders 1 and 3; and Box 37, Folders 15-17 and 19.
- Folder 3: Madrigals , 1978
- Annotated (performance) photocopy of score; set of proofs for Schott edition (never issued), lacking movement 1 and with two copies of movement 4; and bound set of proofs for Schott edition (never issued). For amplified SATB quartet. See also Box 18, Folders 72 and 73; Box 34, Folders 1 and 2; and Box 37, Folders 15-17 and 19.
- Box 35
- Folder 5: A Wake of Music, 2009
- Printed score and parts, revised; and CD of recording session. For soprano, clarinet, cello, and piano. Texts by Emily Dickinson. Written for Laurie Matheson.
- Folder 6: Tracce (first version), 2015
- Annotated sources, plans, sketches, draft, and annotated proofs. For amplified SATB quartet. Texts by Petrarch and J.M. Synge.
- Box 36
- Folder 1: 5 Strings, 1987
- Sketches and drafts. For two violins and viola.
- Folder 2: Different Drummers, 1992
- Sketches, drafts, and proofs. A set of pieces for solo snare drum: 3 for 1, Silksmith, past tense, March Peace. Written for Stuart Smith. See also Box 38, Folder 2.
- Folder 3: Medley, 1978
- Sketches and drafts. For voice and piano. Commissioned by Meriel and Peter Dickinson. See also Box 18, Folder 74; Box 32, Folder 3; and Box 37, Folder 25.
- Folder 4: The Walk to the Tarn, 2013
- Sketches, drafts, and proofs. For piano. Written for Terry Holmes, on his eightieth birthday.
- Folder 9: Three Monodies, 2003
- Proofs. For tenor, flute, and prepared piano. Texts by St. John of the Cross. Written for Nicky Losseff, John Potter, and Rachel Rudich. See also Box 19, Folder 11.
- Folder 10: Three Songs, 2003
- Score. For voice and piano. Texts by Kenneth Rexroth. See also Box 24, Folder 13.
- Folder 11: The Man I Love's Wonderful!, 2013
- Drafts. Medley-arrangement of two Gershwin songs. For soprano and string quartet. Written for Sophie Simpson and Lisa Coates.
- Folder 12: Two Septembers, 2013
- Sources, sketches, draft. For choir. Written for The 24.
- Oversize Portfolio Case 1
- Item 1: Oversized Music Map -Untitled: A New Refutation of Time, 1972
- Item 2: "Sunday Singing" poster
- Oversize Portfolio Box 1
- Folder 10: Oversize scores and posters, 1972-1988
- Item 3: Analysis of Warren Burt's Nighthawk, circa 1974-1975
- Analysis was done by William Brooks while in California, but it was never published.
- Box 37
- Folder 5: Bryant's Ridge Disco Phase No. 1 , 1978
- Photocopy of score, US paper. For pulse instruments, high and low percussion, voices, harmony instruments, and bass instruments. Text by Roger Madison. Duplicates Box 21, Folder 20.
- Folder 6: Diamandagrama, 1981
- Drafts. For theatrical vocalists. Written for Diamanda Galas. See also Box 31, Folder 4 and Box 37, Folder 7.
- Folder 7: Diamandagrama, 1981
- Photocopy of score, US paper. For theatrical vocalist. Written for Diamanda Galas. See also Box 31, Folder 4 and Box 37, Folder 6.
- Folder 8: Doors , 1983
- Drafts. For mixed chorus, non-orchestral reed instruments, percussion, and soprano with piano accompaniment. Texts by Gertrude Stein and anonymous. For Richard Winslow. See also Box 18, Folder 77; Box 31, Folder 5; and Box 37, Folder 8.
- Folder 9: Doors , 1983
- Photocopy of published score. For mixed chorus, reed instruments, percussion, and soprano with piano accompaniment. Texts by Gertrude Stein and anonymous. For Richard Winslow. See also Box 18, Folder 77; Box 31, Folder 5; and Box 37, Folder 8.
- Folder 10: Duets , 1978
- Drafts. For vocalist and synthesizer. See also Box 18, Folder 76 and Box 37, Folder 11.
- Folder 11: Duets, 1978
- Bound Photocopy of score on US paper. For vocalist and synthesizer. See also Box 18, Folder 76 and Box 37, Folder 10.
- Folder 12: Footnotes, 1981-1984
- Sketches and drafts. For solo guitar.
- Folder 13: For Violin, 1990
- Sketches and drafts. For solo violin. Written for Claudia Watson. See also Box 24, Folder 9 and Box 38, Folder 3.
- Folder 14: in memoriam reducere studemus, 1995-1996
- Bound photocopy of first edition. For SATB soloists, SATB chorus, and piano. Text by Pierre Joris and Notker Balbulus. Commissioned by Bonald Nally and West Chester University. See also Box 19, Folder 2; Box 32, Folder 4; and Box 38, Folder 5.
- Folder 15: Madrigals, 1977-1978
- Sketches, drafts, and proofs. For amplified SATB quartet. Texts by Orlando Gibbons and Stephen Foster. See also Box 18, Folders 72 and 73; Box 34, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 16-19.
- Folder 16: Madrigals , 1978
- Proofs, movement 1 (for Schott edition, never issued). For amplified SATB quartet. Text by Orlando Gibbons. Duplicates Box 18, Folder 73. See also Box 18, Folder 72; Box 34, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 15 and 17-19.
- Folder 17: Madrigals , 1978
- Proofs, movement 2 (for Schott edition, never issued). For amplified SATB quartet. Duplicates Box 18, Folder 73. See also Box 18, Folder 72; Box 34, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 15-16 and 18-19.
- Folder 18: Madrigals, 1978
- Photocopy of score, US paper. For amplified SATB quartet. Duplicates Box 18, Folder 72. See also Box 18, Folder 73; Box 34, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 15-17 and 19.
- Folder 19: Madrigals, 1978
- Photocopy of score, US paper. For amplified SATB quartet. Text by Stephen Foster. Duplicates Box 18, Folder 72. See also Box 18, Folder 73; Box 34, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 15-18.
- Folder 20: Many Returns, 1977
- Annotated proofs, "Occasion" only. Voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. See also Box 4, Folders 17-27; Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; Box 31, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 21-23 and 29.
- Folder 21: Many Returns, 1977
- Photocopy of gift version, realized, "Occasion" through "19th Return." Voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. Duplicates Box 31, Folder 1. See also Box 4, Folders 17-27; Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; Box 31, Folders 2 and 3; and Box 37, Folders 20, 22-23 and 29.
- Folder 22: Many Returns, 1977
- Photocopy of gift version, realized, "20th Return" through "39th Return." Voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. Duplicates Box 31, Folder 2. See also Box 4, Folders 17-27; Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; Box 31, Folders 1 and 3; and Box 37, Folders 20-21, 23, and 29.
- Folder 23: Many Returns, 1977
- Photocopy of gift version, realized, "40th Return" through "50th Return." Voice and piano. Texts by Gertrude Stein. Written for Neely and Phyllis Bruce on the occasion of their wedding. Duplicates Box 31, Folder 3. See also Box 4, Folders 17-27; Box 7, Folder 1; Box 18, Folder 71; Box 31, Folders 1 and 2; and Box 37, Folders 20-22 and 29.
- Folder 24: March Piece, 1988
- Score as published in The Noble Snare. Realization of the fourth piece in Different Drummers. For solo snare drum. Written for Stuart Smith. Duplicates Box 18, Folder 78. See also Box 36, Folder 2 and Box 38, Folder 2.
- Folder 25: Medley, 1978
- Photocopy of Linda Hirst's performance score, annotated by WB in 1986 when editing the recording made by Hirst and Neely Bruce. For voice and piano. Commissioned by Meriel and Peter Dickinson. See also Box 18, Folder 74; Box 32, Folder 3; and Box 36, Folder 6.
- Folder 26: Poempiece II: how I fooled the armies, 1969
- Photocopy of score. For solo bass trombone. See also Box 18, Folder 68 and Box 32, Folder 5.
- Folder 27: POEMPIECE I: whitegold blue , 1967
- Annotated fair copy (part 1 of 2). For solo flute. See also Box 4, Folder 16; Box 18, Folder 64; Box 35, Folder 1; and Box 37, Folder 28.
- Folder 28: POEMPIECE I: whitegold blue, 1967
- Annotated fair copy (part 2 of 2). For solo flute. See also Box 4, Folder 16; Box 18, Folder 64; Box 35, Folder 1; and Box 37, Folder 27.
- Folder 29: Some Returns, 1977
- Set of Photocopied excerpts from Many Returns, annotated by William Brooks for performance. For voice and piano. See also Box 4, Folders 17-27; Box 7, Folder 1; Box 31, Folders 1-3; and Box 37, Folders 20-23.
- Box 38
- Folder 2: Different Drummers, 1992
- Score. A set of pieces for solo snare drum: 3 for 1, Silksmith, past tense, March Peace. Written for Stuart Smith. See also Box 36, Folder 2.
- Folder 3: For Violin, 1990
- Score. For solo violin. Written for Claudia Watson. Duplicates Box 24, Folder 9.
- Folder 4: Four from the Song of Solomon, 1967
- Ozalid copy of score. For soprano, eight violas, flute, clarinet, bassoon, harp, and percussion. Partly duplicates Box 24, Folder 1. See also Box 6, Folder 10.
- Folder 5: in memoriam reducere studemus, 1995-1996
- Sketches and Drafts. For SATB soloists, SATB chorus, and piano. Text by Pierre Joris and Notker Balbulus. Commissioned by Donald Nally and West Chester University. See also Box 19, Folder 2; Box 32, Folder 4; and Box 37; Folder 14.
- Folder 6: Makers, 1991-1992
- Sketches and drafts. Theatre piece for flute, clarinet, percussion, violin, and cello. Commissioned by the New York Music Ensemble.
- Folder 7: Makers, 1992
- Score. Theatre piece for flute, clarinet, percussion, violin, and cello. Commissioned by the New York New Music Ensemble.
- Box 40
- Folder 1: After Yeats, 2013-2014
- Set of performance instructions.
- Folder 2: The Ballad of Dale and Linda, 1986
- Folder 3: Bryant's Ridge Disco Phase No. 1, 1978
- Full score and parts. For percussion, voices, harmony inturments, and bass instruments.
- Folder 4: Bonjo Bananas, 1978
- Includes source material, notes, and full score.
- Folder 5: Blight, 2013
- Script of stage play.
- Folder 6: Chroma, 1987
- Plans, sketches, draft, fair copy. For harpsichord.
- Folder 7: Cello e Cielo, 2018-2019
- Notes and sketches. For cello.
- Folder 8: Canticanon (1 of 2), 2003
- Sketches and drafts. For vibraphone, clarinet, piano, mixed percussion, and drumset.
- Box 41
- Folder 1: Canticanon (2 of 2), 2003
- Full score and parts. For violin, vibraphone, bass clarinet, two pianos, percussion, drumset.
- Folder 2: A Company, 1978
- SKetches and notes. Written for Dutch experimental group De Volharding.
- Folder 3: Consort, 1978-1979
- Sketches and partial draft.
- Folder 4: Common Ground (1 of 8), 1994-1996
- Notes and sketches.
- Folder 5: Common Ground, 2 of 8, 1994-1996
- Sketches and drafts.
- Folder 6: Common Ground (3 of 8), 1994-1996
- Drafts and fair copies. For wind ensemble and percussion.
- Box 42
- Folder 1: Common Ground (4 of 8), 1994-1996
- Full score. For wind ensemble and steel band.
- Folder 2: Common Ground (5 of 8), 1994-1996
- Full score.
- Folder 3: Common Ground, (6 of 8), 1994-1996
- Parts.
- Folder 4: Common Ground (7 of 8), 1994-1996
- Parts.
- Folder 5: Common Ground (8 of 8), 1994-1996
- Full score draft.
- Folder 6: Disconcerted, 2005-2010
- Notes and sketches.
- Box 43
- Folder 1: De Harmonium (1 of 7), 1986
- Texts, planning notes, and sketches.
- Folder 2: De Harmonium (2 of 7), 1994-1996
- Drafts.
- Folder 3: De Harmonium, 3 of 7, 1986
- Fair copies.
- Folder 4: De Harmonium (4 of 7), 1986
- Full score.
- Folder 5: De Harmonium (5 of 7), 1986
- Cueing score with edits and corrections.
- Folder 6: De Harmonium (6 of 7), 1986
- Parts.
- Folder 7: De Harmonium (7 of 7), 1986
- Rehearsal notes, performance notes, and rehearsal score with corrections.
- Box 44
- Folder 1: Dancing on Your Grave (1 of 6), 1989-1990
- Planning notes, research, and sketches.
- Folder 2: Dancing on Your Grave (2 of 2), 1989-1990
- Drafts and notes.
- Folder 3: Dancing on Your Grave (3 of 6), 1989-1990
- Complete draft of first version, full score.
- Folder 4: Dancing on Your Grave (4 of 6), 1989-1990
- Master score.
- Folder 5: Dancing on Your Grave (5 of 6), 1989-1990
- Parts masters.
- Box 45
- Folder 1: Dancing on Your Grave (6 of 6), 1989-1990
- Performance score: full score and parts.
- Folder 2: The Legacy, 1978-1983
- Programs, posters, and correespondence; notes; drafts; and full performance scores.
- Folder 3: Novae Cantiones Duarum Vocum, 2008
- Notes and photocopy of source material.
- Folder 4: Odes and Incedental Music for Prometheus Bound, Medea, and The Frogs (1 of 2), 1985
- Recording cues and notes, drafts.
- Folder 5: Odes and incedental Music for Prometheus Bound, Medea, and The Frog (2 of 2), 1985
- Full score and parts masters.
- Box 46
- Folder 1: Exhibit, 1976
- Notes and sketches.
- Folder 2: Friends and Relations, 1993
- Structural draft.
- Folder 3: For Orpheus, 2015-2016
- Sketches and drafts.
- Folder 4: Four Graduals, 1967-1968
- Composition masters.
- Folder 5: From...On...For..., 2002
- Drafts, score, correspondence, and program.
- Folder 6: How High, 2005
- Notes and draft.
- Folder 7: InSignIAm, 1978
- Planning notes, drafts, and review of performance.
- Folder 8: Joe, Scott, Lil, and Jim, 1973
- Research materials for musical show.
- Folder 9: Lombardiran, 2009
- Drafts, notes, and final full score.
- Folder 10: Lullaby, 1998
- Sources, sketches, drafts, proofs, and programs.
- Folder 11: Life as We Know It, 1991-1993
- Sources, sketches, and notes.
- Box 47
- Folder 1: Metamorphoses (1 of 3), 2004-2005
- Texts, sketches, and revisions.
- Folder 2: Metamorphoses (2 of 3), 2004-2005
- Drafts.
- Folder 3: Metamorphoses (3 of 3), 2004-2005
- Full score, text, and supplemental materials.
- Box 48
- Folder 1: Metamorphoses Corrections, 2004-2005
- Notes, proofs, correspondence, and programs.
- Folder 2: November 8, 2016, 2016-2017
- Notes and drafts.
- Folder 3: Oooo Will!, 2015-2016
- Sketches and drafts.
- Box 49
- Folder 1: Metamorphoses - Projected Video, 2004-2005
- DVD Fromat NTSC.
- Folder 2: Metamorphoses - Electroacoustic Tracks CD Mix and DVD Surround, 2004-2005
- Disc 1: DVD Surround Sound 5.1; Disc 2: CD stereo mix of surround sound (for rehearsal only).
- Box 50
- Item 1: Metamorphoses - Surround Sound Cues, 2004-2005
- AC3 format.
- Item 2: Metamorphoses - Audio (stereo), 2004-2005
- Item 3: Metamorphoses 5.1 Audio DVD, 2004-2005
- Item 4: Metamorphoses - AVI Data Files (1 of 2), 2004-2005
- Item 5: Metamorphoses - AVI Data Files (2 of 2)
- Item 6: Metamorphoses - Nuendo Backup (1 of 4), 2005
- Item 7: Metamorphoses - Nuendo Backup (2 of 4), 2005
- Item 8: Metamorphoses - Nuendo Backup (3 of 4), 2005
- Item 9: Metamorphoses - Nuendo Backup (4 of 4), 2005
- Item 10: Metamorphoses Pt. III Drum Tracks, 2004-2005
- 1. No frills version; 2. Slightly frilly version. Case contains handwritten note.
- Item 11: Metamorphoses - Drum Tracks - Raw, 2004-2005
- Performed by Ned Potter.
- Item 12: Metamorphoses - DVD Video, 2004-2005
- Item 13: Metamorphoses - Mac OSX Digital Peformer, Data DVD (Backup), and Redcat Performance, 2004-2005
- Item 14: Metamorphoses - Part 7 aiff File, 2004-2005
- Item 15: Metamorphoses - Sound Files (Data) All Cues, 2004-2005
- Sub-Series 2: Performances, 1961-2013
- Consists of programs, publicity materials, newspaper clippings, reviews, concert planning notes related to performances of both Brooks' original compositions as well as concerts he was directly involved in.
- Box 4
- Folder 28: Concert Programs, 1961-1974
- Folder 29: Concert Programs, 1976-1977
- Folder 30: Concert Programs, 1981-1986
- Box 19
- Folder 20: Programs, 1965-1973
- Folder 21: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1968-1969
- Folder 22: Performance Reviews, 1969-1986
- Folder 23: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1972-1973
- Folder 24: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1973-1974
- Folder 25: Programs, 1973-1977
- Folder 26: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1975-1976
- Folder 27: Programs, 1977-1981
- Folder 28: Programs, 1979-1981
- Folder 29: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1980-1981
- Folder 30: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1982-1983
- Folder 31: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1984-1985
- Folder 32: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1985-1986
- Folder 33: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1986-1987
- Folder 34: School of Music - Contemporary Chamber Singers, 1986-1987
- Folder 35: Dodge Recording, 1987
- Folder 36: Concert, September 29, 1987
- Folder 37: Concert, October 22, 1987
- Folder 38: Concert, December 1, 1987
- Folder 39: Concert, February 9, 1988
- Folder 40: Concert, March 17, 1988
- Folder 41: Contemporary Chamber Series, 1987-1988
- Folder 42: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1987-1988
- Folder 43: School of Music - Contemporary Chamber Singers, 1987-1988
- Folder 44: Computer Music Conference, 1987-1989
- Folder 45: Personal/Professional - Performing - Pierrot, 1988
- Folder 46: New Music Concerts, 1988
- Folder 47: Personal/Professional - Performing - Cage Festival; Wesleyan University, 1988
- Folder 48: Concert - "Windows", November 8, 1989
- Folder 49: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1988-1989
- Folder 50: School of Music - Contemporary Chamber Singers, 1988-1989
- Folder 51: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1989-1990
- Folder 52: Personal/Professional - Promotional Materials, 1989-1991
- Folder 53: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1990-1991
- Folder 54: Personal/Professional - Performing - UI Contemporary Chamber Singers, 1990-1991
- Folder 55: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1991-1992
- Folder 56: Personal/Professional - Performing - Cage Festival, Northwestern University, 1992
- Folder 57: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1992-1993
- Box 20
- Folder 1: Personal/Professional - Performing - UI Contemporary Chamber Singers, 1992-1993
- Folder 2: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1993-1994
- Folder 3: Personal/Professional - Performing - UI Contemporary Chamber Singers, 1993-1994
- Folder 4: Programs, 1994-1996
- Folder 5: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1994-1995
- Folder 6: Personal/Professional - Performing - UI Contemporary Chamber Singers, 1994-1995
- Folder 7: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1996-1997
- Folder 8: Personal/Professional - Performing - UI Contemporary Chamber Singers, 1996-1997
- Folder 9: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1997-1998
- Folder 10: Personal/Professional - Performing - Contemporary Chamber Singers, 1997-1998
- Folder 11: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1998-1999
- Folder 12: Personal/Professional - Performing, 1999-2000
- Folder 13: Programs, 2000-2011
- Folder 14: Program: Colloque International: Nouvelles perspectives sur l'oeuvre musicale et plastique de John Cage, June 21-22, 2012
- Folder 15: Commentary to Performance of William Brooks' Madrigal No. 4: Nellie was a Lady, 2012
- Box 34
- Folder 4: Madrigals - programs and correspondence, 1979-1995
- Box 35
- Folder 1: POEMPIECE I - correspondence, programs, instructions, 1970-2002
- Folder 3: Trio Mediaeval, 2004-2006
- Folder 4: A Wake of Music, 2008
- Folder 8: Missals - First Congregational Church of Christ, Decatur, IL, May, August, 2013
- Folder 7: A Windy Affair, February 24, 2013
- Oversize Portfolio Box 1
- Folder 9: The Flesh Blanket, 1972
- Folder 10: Oversize scores and posters, 1972-1988
- Item 1: Untitled: Vigils, 1972
- Item 2: ChAnGEs (sic), New Music and Recognition of John Cage's 75th Birthday poster, 1987-1988
- Item 4: Poster: "Sunday Singing," UCSD Gospel Choir; Cecil Lytle, director; William Brooks, conductor, undated
- Box 36
- Folder 13: Performance programs: The 24, 2009-2014
- Folder 14: Performance programs, 2013-2014
- Folder 15: Performance programs: acknowledgements to William Brooks, ca. 2014
- Box 49
- Folder 3: De Harmonium, 1986-1988
- Folder 4: Dancing on Your Grave, 1989-1990
- Sub-Series 3: Collection of Performance Scores
- Consists of scores by former colleagues, alumni of the UIUC composition department, and Brooks' former students. Materials are arranged alphabetically by composer last name and then alphabetically by composition.
- Box 48
- Folder 4: Browning, Zack - Black Notes, Undated
- Folder 5: Brün, Herbert - Mobile, 1962
- Folder 6: London, Edwin - Roll, 1974
- Folder 7: London, Edwin - Psalm of These Days I, 1977
- Folder 8: London, Edwin - Psalm of These Days V, 1991
- Folder 9: Martirano, Salvatore - Sampler, Undated
- Folder 10: Taylor, Stephen Andrew - Areophony, 2000
- Folder 11: Antas, Linda - Sueño Sin Palabras, 2001
- Folder 12: Antas, Linda - A River From the Walls, 1999
- Folder 13: Bobak, Jacqueline - Opening Shaken Headlines, 1995-1996
- Folder 14: Bobak, Mark - five poems of ee cummings, 1995
- Folder 15: Bobak, Mark - as if as, (fea, n(o)w, 1994-1995
- Folder 16: Bohn, David - dies irae, 1994
- Folder 17: Bohn, David - reformed music for ritual, Undated
- Folder 18: Chan, Hing-Yan - Four Pieces for Five Players, 1996
- Folder 19: Chan, Hing-Yan - Seven Images of the Moon, 1996
- Folder 20: DeFotis, William - How Many Times Had We Found Ourselves..., 1989
- Box 51
- Folder 1: Dennehy, Donnacha - After Long Silence, 1993
- Folder 2: Duckworth, William - Tango Voices, Undated
- Folder 3: Duckworth, WIlliam - Southern Harmony, Book Three, Undated
- Folder 4: Duckworth, William - Southern Harmony, Book Four, Undated
- Folder 5: Edgerton, Michael Edward - On Music, 1996
- Folder 6: Edgerton, Michael Edward - Anaphora, 2001
- Folder 7: Edgerton, Michael Edward - [drawing], Undated
- Folder 8: Fulkerson, James - Antiphonies and Streams II, 1979
- Folder 9: Holm-Hudson, Kevin - Five Thoreau Texts, 1987
- Folder 10: Holm-Hudson, Kevin - Bird of Water, 1993
- Folder 11: Lewis, James - Three Poems, 1974
- Folder 12: Lewis, James - Epilogue, 1970
- Folder 13: Marceri, Frank - Dissimulations, 1996
- Folder 14: McNeely, James - Coney Island Songs, 1974
- Folder 15: Miles, Stephen - De Profundis Clamavi (Psalm 130), 1991
- Folder 16: Morton, Jeff - Amore Magnifico, 1999
- Folder 17: Parenti, Susan - Replica of the Multiplying Universe, 1995
- Folder 18: Preissing, Christopher - The Four Attic Windows, 2009
- Folder 19: Rosenboom, David - On Being Invisible II, Undated
- Box 52
- Folder 1: Rosenboom, David - In the Beginning: A Collection of Works, 1978-1981
- Folder 2: Rosenboom, David - Collected Scores, 1965-1973
- Folder 3: Rosenboom, David - Two Lines, 1989
- Folder 4: Ross, John C. - A Shelley Hymn, Undated
- Folder 5: Smith, Stuart - A Vietnam Memorial, 1984-1987
- Folder 6: Smith, Stuart - Faces, 1978
- Folder 7: Smith, Stuart - Blue, 1979
- Folder 8: Smith, Stuart - Aussie Blue, 1985
- Folder 9: Smith, Suart - Legacy Variations, Vol. 1, 1972
- Folder 10: Udow, Michael W. - White Dwarf, 1980
- Folder 11: Udow, Michael W. - A Bird Whispered, "Your Children Are Dying", Undated
- Folder 12: Udow, Michael W. - Timbrak Quartet, 1978
- Folder 13: Warde, Anne - Beda I, 2001
- Folder 14: Yampolschi, Roseane - War, 1990
- Folder 15: Yannay, Yehuda - A Noiseless Patient Spider, 1975
- Folder 16: Zanter, Mark - Gyrations +/-2%, 1993
- Series 7: Audio-Visual Recordings, 1964-1992
- Consists of Beta videotapes, VHS tapes, 1/4" reel to reel-to-reel tapes, compact discs, cassette tapes and one DAT documenting performances of Brooks' compositions, his performances as a vocalist, and his work as a conductor of various ensembles, especially the University of Illinois Contemporary Chamber Singers, between 1964 and 1992. Of particular interest are recordings of compositions by John Cage and Salvitore Martirano. The recordings are arranged by format and then chronologically.
- Box 8
- Item 1: Recital, Wesleyan University (vocal portion), May 24, 1964
- 7" Reel-to-Reel.
- Item 2: Piano Performances (Audition tape: Mozart, Bach, Chopin, Beethoven), 1964
- 7" Reel-to-Reel.
- Item 3: Compositions: Poempiece II and Poempiece III, April 13, 1969
- 7" Reel-to-Reel. Poempiece II - performed by Jim Fulkerson, two versions. Poempiece III - performed by Dennis Kam, Jim Cuomo, Linda Ferriera. Recorded in the Illini Union.
- Item 4: R.K. Winslow Job, Morgan Powell Music for Voices and Instruments, and David Lauterstein Vallejo, 1970-1971
- 7" Reel-to-Reel. Track 1 recorded in Smith Hall December 30, 1970; Track 2 recorded May 30, 1971; Track 3 recorded March 6, 1971.
- Item 5: Compositions: Manifest Destiny and Stages , 1972
- 7" Reel-to-Reel. Track 1 contains source tapes from March 1972, Track 2 contains source tapes from December 1972.
- Item 6: Compositions: Untitled (The Ineluctable Modality), July 17, 1972
- 7" Reel-to-Reel. Recorded at the University of Hawaii.
- Item 7: Compositions: POEMPIECE I: whitegold blue , 1967 and 1972
- Includes three performances by Thomas Howell, two recorded at the Illini Union— December 18, 1967—and one recorded at the University of Hawaii, July 2, 1972.
- Item 8: Kenneth Gaburo, Maledetto , May 1973
- Recorded with The New Verbal Workshop at the University of Illinois.
- Item 9: Frederick Rzewski, Coming Together; Paul Stricklin, Cradle Song; and Robert Ashley/Gordon Mumma Interlude 1963, November 1974
- Coming Together features William Brooks, Steven Key, and David Poyourow. Recordings made at the +7: Hot Theater, University of California, Santa Cruz.
- Item 10: EVT Lexicon, November 1974
- Recording features Linda Vickerman, Ann Chase, Deborah Kavasch, Edwin Harkins, Philip Larsen, and Warren Burt.
- Item 11: Lowell Mason: Hymns and Anthems, May 29, 1977
- Recording of the UCSD Concert Choir at the University of California, San Diego.
- Item 12: Campaign Songs and Three Songs, 1976 and 1977
- Campaign Songs recorded by the UCSD Concert Choir at the University of California, November 22, 1976. Three Songs (demonstration tape) recorded by William Brooks and Vicki Hertz at the University of California, San Diego, March 30, 1977.
- Item 13: Compositions: InSignIAm , June 26, 1978
- Documentation of performance recorded at the University of Keele.
- Item 14: Choral Service: works by Milhaud, Bach, Commes, and others, November 19, 1961
- Recorded by the Bryn Mawr College Chorus and the Wesleyan University Glee Club at the Wesleyan Memorial Chapel.
- Item 15: Compositions: Wallpaper Piece #2 and 4, with mushy ballad; Some Returns, occasion and nos. 1-10, January 15-16, 1982
- Wallpaper Piece #2 and 4 features Neely Bruce. Some Returns features Phyllis and Neely Bruce. Studio Recording, Middlebury College.
- Item 16: Compositions: Medley, December 1, 1985
- Recording features Lucinda Lawrence and William Brooks. Recorded in Urbana.
- Item 17: John Cage: Where Are We Going and What Are We Doing?, reel 1, December 1972
- Recording features William Brooks reading at the University of Illinois, used in performances January 12-14, 1973.
- Item 18: John Cage: Where Are We Going and What Are We Doing?, reel 2, December 1972
- Recording features William Brooks reading at the University of Illinois, used for performances January 12-14, 1973.
- Item 19: Ives readings filtered, 1972
- Read by Charles Shattuck. Recorded and processed by William Brooks. Used in lectures 1972-1978.
- Item 20: Compositions: Sextet, Four from the Song of Solomon, and Four Poems of e.e. cummings, 1966 and 1967
- Sextet and Four from the Song of Solomon feature Delreen Hafenrichter and ensemble; recorded at the Illini Union May 29, 1967. Four Poems of e.e. cummings features Vernon Yenne, Tom Howell, David Rosenboom, and Neely Bruce; recorded in Smith Music Hall, May 28, 1966.
- Item 21: Compositions: Fabrications, part II, two-channel mixdown, January 1982
- Recorded at Middlebury College.
- Item 22: Compositions: Fabrications, part II, channels C & D, January 1982
- Recorded at Middlebury College.
- Item 23: Compositions: Fabrications, part II, channels A & B, January 1982
- Recorded at Middlebury College.
- Item 24: Rodgers and Hammerstein: South Pacific, part I, 1965
- Recorded at Amity Regional High School.
- Item 25: Rodgers and Hammerstein: South Pacific, part II, 1965
- Recorded at Amity Regional High School.
- Item 26: Compositions: Some Returns, occasion and nos. 1-10, January 14, 1982
- Live recording features Phyllis and Neely Bruce at Middlebury College.
- Item 27: Early Pieces (Songs of Solomon, Sextet, Poempiece, E.E. Cummings)
- Item 28: Untitled and De Harmonium
- Item 29: Early Ensemble Performances (Maledetto, Hot Theatre, Coming Together)
- Item 30: Wallpaper Pieces and Many Returns
- Item 31: Multi-channel, CD 1
- Item 32: Multi-channel, CD 2
- Item 33: Medley
- Item 34: Duets and Bryant's Ridge Disco Phase
- Item 35: South Pacific (parts 1-3)
- Item 36: South Pacific (parts 4-6)
- Item 37: Voice and Piano Performances (French, German, English songs)
- Item 38: Early Choral Music (Job, Vallejo, Music for Voices and Instruments)
- Item 39: Early Choral Music (Job, Vallejo, Music for Voices and Instruments)
- Item 40: De Harmonium
- Item 41: Laura Cook recital
- Item 42: Medley-Amy Neuberg, Chris Brown
- Item 43: Common Ground
- Item 44: De Harmonium (U of I)
- Item 45: De Harmonium; Medley (Hirst)
- Item 46: Madrigals The Hague
- Item 47: Medley-Isabelle Ganz, soprano; Bennett Lerner, piano
- Item 48: Untitled (2 versions)
- Box 26
- Audio-Visual Recording 1: Beta tape: Plainsinging, April 12, 1985
- Master copy, first half. "Yale Farewell," "Hard Times," "Get Off the Track," "Let Us All Speak," "Don't Let the Women Vote," "Grand Sierras," "King Alcohol," "Little Brown Jug," "Gurgle," "I Train." Plainsinging was an a cappella sextet formed by William Brooks and Lucinda Lawrence and others at the University of Illinois.
- Audio-Visual Recording 2: Beta tape: Plainsinging, April 12, 1985
- Master copy, second half. "Come Where My," "In the Alley," "Naughty New," "Smick Smack Smuck," "O Loving Heart," "Wedding Bells," "Johnny Sands," "Gilded Cage," "Cigar Puff," "TaRaRa," "Wabash Home," "Hundred Yrs." Plainsinging was an a cappella sextet formed by William Brooks and Lucinda Lawrence and others at the University of Illinois.
- Audio-Visual Recording 3: VHS tape: Makers, October 14, 1992
- William Brooks, composer; Theatre piece for cello, flute, violin, percussion, and clarinet. Miller Theater, Columbia University, New York New Music Ensemble.
- Audio-Visual Recording 4: VHS tape: Compositions, March 21, 1993
- by Alissa Rhode, Lincoln Hall, Urbana, IL.
- Audio-Visual Recording 5: VHS tape: One Evening
- Documentary-Dance, U of Illinois, Bill Brooks, Jocelyn Graham. Music: Jan Gilbert, Macalester College.
- Audio-Visual Recording 6: VHS tape: Plainsinging Demo Tape
- Plainsinging was an a cappella sextet formed by William Brooks and Lucinda Lawrence and others at the University of Illinois.
- Audio-Visual Recording 7: VHS tape: Plainsinging Sampler
- Plainsinging was an a cappella sextet formed by William Brooks and Lucinda Lawrence and others at the University of Illinois.
- Box 27
- Audio-Visual Recording 1: Reel to reel tape: New Verbal Workshop, Tape 1, June, 1972
- William Brooks, Carol Ames, Joan Korb, Herbert Marder, Norma Marder, Richard Wagner. Warm up, "Animal Languages," "Colloquy I," "Evening Song," "Colloquy II," "Alleluia."
- Audio-Visual Recording 2: Reel to reel tape: New Verbal Workshop, Tape 2, June, 1972
- Carol Ames, William Brooks, Joan Korb, Herbert Marder, Norma Marder, Richard Wagner. "Manifest Destiny Version II," "The Beach."
- Audio-Visual Recording 3: Reel to reel tape: New Verbal Workshop, Tape 3, June, 1972
- William Brooks, Carol Ames, Joan Korb, Herbert Marder, Norma Marder, Richard Wagner. "Spring," "Sprinkling Cans Filled With Water," "If Only," "Hold It," "Hazel," "My Feet," Warm-up, "Manifest Destiny Version I."
- Audio-Visual Recording 4: Reel to reel tape: New Verbal Workshop, Tape 4, June, 1972
- William Brooks, Carol Ames, Joan Korb, Herbert Marder, Norma Marder, Richard Wagner. "The Beach Version II," "Fourth of July," "Anthem," "Night," "Labials," "That's All Folks," "Popsicle," "Whistle Piece."
- Audio-Visual Recording 5: Reel to reel tape: New Verbal Workshop, Tape 5
- "National Geographic," "Naked," "Goodbye," "Number Piece." 7 1/2 ips.
- Audio-Visual Recording 6: Reel to reel tape: New Verbal Workshop, Tape 6, 1973-1974
- Dale Cockrell, Janet Gilbert, Joan Korb, Herbert Marder, Norma Marder, Richard Wagner, "To Do" and "Nightmusic." Carol Ames, Bill Brooks, et al., "Ante Axis," "Alone," "Time." 7 1/2 ips.
- Box 28
- Audio-Visual Recording 1: Reel to reel tape: 3 Bands, 1972-1979
- William Brooks, "Madrigals," 1978; excerpts from "Duets," 1979; excerpt from "Untitled," 1972. 7 1/2 ips.
- Audio-Visual Recording 2: Reel to reel tape: Compositions, c. 1979
- WIlliam Brooks, "Madrigals" 2 & 4: bad bottle blues, Nellie was a Lady. The Extended Vocal Techniques Ensemble: Deborah Kavasch, Linda Vickerman, Edwin Harkins, Philip Larson. Recorded at the University of California, San Diego, in 1979 (?) 7 1/2 ips.
- Audio-Visual Recording 3: Reel to reel tape: Footnotes: Cage, Cotton, Crump, March 12, 1982
- Master, by William Brooks. Performed by Michael Cedric Smith. Recorded at Brooklyn College. 7 1/2 ips.
- Audio-Visual Recording 4: Reel to reel tape: Prometheus Odes (3)
- 7 1/2 ips.
- Audio-Visual Recording 5: Reel to reel tape: Frans Boenders: Interview with John Cage
- Box 29
- Audio-Visual Recording 1: Cassette tape: Brooks: Performances (Master); Powell: Music for Voices and Instruments, 1971
- Side A: Morgan Powell: "Music for Voices and Instruments," "The Ineluctable Modality." William Brooks, Conductor.
- Audio-Visual Recording 2: Cassette tape: Brooks: Performances (Master); Miessiaen; Cage; Stockhasuen (tape 1), April 26, 1987
- U/I Contemporary Chamber Singers. Side A: Oliver Messiaen: "Cing Rechants," Barbara Calheim, Jean Cioffi, Jean Geil, Marilyn Joy Coles, Debra Ollikkala, Linda Farquharson, Stephen Miles, Toby Twining, William Brooks, Ira Feldman, Chris Grapentine, Brent Stater. John Cage: "Song Books," William Brooks, John Hammitt, Steven Miles, Tucker Robison, Toby Twining. Side B: Karlheinz Stockhausen: "Stimmung" (part 1), Jean Geil, Lucinda Lawrence, Toby Twining, Stephen Miles, William Brooks, Ira Feldman.
- Audio-Visual Recording 3: Cassette tape: Brooks: Performances (Master); Stockhausen (tape 2), April 26, 1987
- U/I Contemporary Chamber Singers
- Audio-Visual Recording 4: Cassette tape: U/I Concerts (Masters): ICMC Concert II (tape 1), August 24, 1987
- Side A: Larry Polansky: "B'rey'sheet," Jody DIamond, voice, live computer-synthesized sound; Charles Dodge: "Roundelay," Contemporary Chamber Singers, tape; WIlliam Brooks, conductor; Richard Boulanger: "Shadows," Dorothy Martirano, electric violin; Richard Boulanger, daton. Side B: Kaija Saariaho: "Jardin Secret II," WIlliam Heiles, harpsichord; tape; Sever Tipei: "Cuniculi," Bill Chamberlain, Chris Hall, Jay Bertolet, Mark Truckenbrod, Daniel Anderson; William Brooks, conductor. KCPA Playhouse.
- Audio-Visual Recording 5: Cassette tape: U/I Concerts (Masters): ICMC Concert II (tape 2), August 24, 1987
- Side A: Iannis Xenakis: "Pour la Paix," Ginny Sims, Susan Mundell, Raymon Cunha, Michael Rothe; University of Illinois Contemporary Chamber Singers, William Brooks, conductor. KCPA Playhouse.
- Audio-Visual Recording 6: Cassette tape: U/I Concerts (Masters); ChAnGEs I: Materials, September 29, 1987
- Throughout, intermittently: Flute solos and duets by Frederick Lau, John Fonville. Side A: Morgan Powell, "Duet V," The Tone Road Tumblers (John Fonville, Morgan Powell, Ray Sasaki, Jim Staley, Michael Udow). George Crumb, "Night of the Four Moons," Marilyn Coles, Lesley Olson, John Chen, Leon Jeter, Alan Stocking; William Brooks, conductor. John Cage, "Imaginary Landscape No. 4," New Music Ensemble; William Brooks, conductor. Side B: Salvatore Martirano, "Three Not Two," Dorothy Martirano, Salvatore Martirano. KCPA Great Hall.
- Audio-Visual Recording 7: Cassette tape: U/I Concerts (Masters); ChAnGEs III: Structure, December 1, 1987
- Side A: John Cage: "Amores," William Brooks, prepared piano; Michael Mizma, Sergio Quesada, Glenn Schaft, percussion. Lou Harrison: "Main Bersama-sama," Douglas Hill, French horn; Frederick Lau, suling; University of Illinois Gamelan; Maria Omo, director. Ladrang Wilujeng, "slendro patet manyura," University of Illinois Gamelan; Maria Omo, director. Side B: John Cage: "Third Construction," Michael Mizma, Sergio Quesada, John Roscigno, Glenn Schaft. KCPA Great Hall.
- Audio-Visual Recording 8: Cassette tape: U/I Concerts (Masters); ChAnGEs IV: Form, February 9, 1988
- Side A: Zack Browning: "Black Notes," Joseph Lulloff, Meme Tunnell. Gyorgy Ligeti: "Three Pieces for Two Pianos," William Heiles, Kirk Corey. John Cage: "Experiences," William Brooks, Sever Tipei. Side B: Steve Martland: "American Invention," +ensemble, William Brooks, conductor. KPCA Great Hall.
- Audio-Visual Recording 9: Cassette tape: Brooks: Performances (Master copy): ChAnGEs IV: Form, February 9, 1988
- Audio-Visual Recording 10: Cassette tape: Brooks: Performances (Master); Martland: American Invention, February 15, 1988
- Frederick Lau, Lesley Olson, flutes; Kim Kersey, Marina Antoline, bs. cls; Robert Thurman, horn; Daniel Anderson, bass; Erica Montomery, bass; Erica Montgomery, drums; Wendy Payton, Celso Chaves, pnos; Claudia Watson, Dorothy Martirano, Peggy Wheeler, Karen Krummel strings; William Brooks, conductor.
- Audio-Visual Recording 11: Cassette tape: U/I Concerts (Masters); +463: Fonville & Friends, October, 27 1988
- Side A: Morgan Powell: "Darkness II," Contemporary Chamber Singers, +ensemble; William Brooks, conductor; John Fonville: "Mong Songs," John Fonville, Lesle Olson, flutes; John Fonville: "Music for Sara," Lesley Olson, flute; Sal Martirano, "Phleu," John Fonville, flute; and synthetic orchestra. Side B (flawed): Roger Reynolds: "Transfigured Wind III," John Fonville, flute; with +ensemble, Eric Lund, conductor. KCPA Studio.
- Audio-Visual Recording 12: Cassette tape: U/I Concerts (Masters); +464: Music and Democracy (I), November 8, 1988
- Side A: Weill/Brecht: "Mahogonny Songspiel," Jacqueline Bobak, Constance Haile, Michael Davis, Michael Edgerton, Steve Carlson, Dan Craig; +ensemble; Arun Chandra, conductor. Side B: Robert Erickson: "General Speech," Erik Lund. Charles Ives, "November 2, 1920," Ruth Crawford, "Sacco, Vanzetti," Charles Ives, "Majority," Contemporary Chamber Singers, William Brooks, conductor. Michael Finnissy, "The Eureka Flag," Frederick Lau. KCPA Great Hall.
- Audio-Visual Recording 13: Cassette tape: U/I Concerts (Masters); +464: Music and Democracy (II), November 8, 1988
- Side A: "Push for Bush" (Patric Cohen), "Michael Dukakis" (Tucker Robison), "The Kansas Fool," "Anti-Monopoly War Song," "When the Girls Can Vote," "Don't Let the Women Vote," "A New National Anthem," "Nixon's the One," "Click with Dick," The Contemporary Chamber Singers, William Brooks, conductor. John Cage, "Les Chants de Maldoror pulverises pa l'assistance meme." KCPA Great Hall.
- Audio-Visual Recording 14: Cassette tape: U/I Concerts (Masters); +465 Music & Vision, December 8, 1988
- Side A: Reynold Weidenaar: "The Thundering Scream of the Seraphim's Delight," Michael Cameron. William Albright: "Tic," Paul Zonn, +ensemble. Charles Fairchild, Robert Parnell, "in the relative tumult," Charles Farichild, Chris Fisher, Robert Parnell, Michael Jinks. Side B: Paul Hindemith: "Heroiade," +ensemble; Gillian Anderson, conductor. KCPA Studio Theater.
- Audio-Visual Recording 15: Cassette tape: U/I Concerts (Masters); +469: Music & Language, April 27, 1989
- Side A: Thomas Frederickson: "Sucha Pretty Bird," John Melby: "Oculi omnium," Edwin London: "Back Again," Gordon Mumma: "Orait," The Contemporary Chamber Singers, William Brooks, Edwin London, conductors. Vinko Globokar: "Discours VII," Scott Wood, Jeff Nevin, Greg Roosa, Erik Lund, Fritz Kaenzig. Side B: Edwin London: "Moon Sound Zone," The Contemporary Chamber Singers. Dick Higgins: "Song," William Brooks, Michael Meadows, Philip Meadows. Dick Higgins: "To Everything its Season," Michael Gould, Thomas Paynter. Dick Higgins: "how the abbot trilled," "The Sound of the Animals, "Bowlby, Brooks, Dempsey, Kuczwara, Wormer." Dick Higgins: "Many Oeras for Many Lovers," Constance Haile, Jacqueline Bobak, Ross Feller, Jeffery Herbert, Rebecca Maloy, Keith Moore. KCPA Studio Theater
- Audio-Visual Recording 16: Cassette tape: Performances (Master); Berio (Electric Phoenix, MN Orach), September 19, 1989
- Berio: "Sinfonia," Electric Phoenix Minnesota Orchestra, Edo de Waart, conductor.
- Audio-Visual Recording 17: Cassette tape: U/I Concerts (Masters); Contemporary Chamber Players: CMS Composers, October 12, 1989
- David Chaikin: "Scattering Dark and Bright," William Brooks, Thomas Siwe. Zack Browning: "Black Notes," Joe Lulloff, Eric Dalheim. Todd Brief: "Canto," Tim Lane. Michael Schelle: "Musica Magnetizzare," Claudia Watson, Joe Lulloff, Michael Cameron, Jason Johnson, Eric Dalheim; William Brooks, conductor. Side B: Judith Zaimont: "From the Great Land," Marilyn Coles, Howard Klug, Eric Dalheim. Allan Segall: "Zygomatic Process II," Claudia Watson, Thomas Siwe. Erik Lund: "Say No More," Ray Sasaki, Morgan Powell. Daniel Godfrey: "Three Marian Eulogies," Terry Stone, Claudia Watson, Eric Dalheim. Thomas Clark: "Of Light and Shadow," The Contemporary Chamber Players; William Brooks, conductor. KCPA Foellinger Great Hall.
- Audio-Visual Recording 18: Cassette tape: U/I Concerts (Masters); Interchange, November 8, 1989
- Side A: Wallingford Riegger: "Study in Sonority," members of UI Symphony; Paul Vermel, conductor. Gyorgy Ligeti: "Clocks and Clouds" (US premiere)," UI Symphony, Contemporary Chamber Singers; William Brooks Conductor. Side B: Leos Janacek: "Kinderreime," UI Chorale; Ann Howard Jones, conductor. Sergei Prokofiev: "Ode to the End of the War," UI Symphonic Band; James Keene, conductor. KCPA Foellinger Great Hall.
- Audio-Visual Recording 19: Cassette tape: +478: U/Illinois, September 19, 1990
- Audio-Visual Recording 20: Cassette tape: +479: Collabaret, October 5, 1990
- Studio Theatre, KCPA.
- Audio-Visual Recording 21: Cassette tape: Interchange III, October 27, 1990
- Ann Howard Jones, Paul Vermel, William Brooks, conductors. KCPA Foellinger Great Hall.
- Audio-Visual Recording 22: Cassette tape: +480: Expanding Frontiers, November 13, 1990
- Audio-Visual Recording 23: Cassette tape: +482: Frontier Expanse, February 12, 1991
- Audio-Visual Recording 24: Cassette tape: UI Contemporary Chamber Singers, March 15, 1991
- William Brooks, conductor. Smith Recital Hall.
- Audio-Visual Recording 25: Cassette tape: UI Contemporary Chamber Singers, March 19, 1993
- Smith Recital Hall.
- Audio-Visual Recording 26: Cassette tape: One Evening, March 4, 1995
- Macalester College.
- Audio-Visual Recording 27: Cassette tape: Jan Gilbert Session, May 4, 1995
- Audio-Visual Recording 28: Cassette tape: CCS, October 30, 1996
- Box 30
- Audio-Visual Recording 1: Cassette tape: Contemporary Chamber Singers, April 6, 1997
- Audio-Visual Recording 2: Cassette tape: Unidentified (1), April 22, 1997
- Audio-Visual Recording 3: Cassette tape: Unidentified (2), April 22, 1997
- Audio-Visual Recording 4: Cassette tape: +528 (1), March 8, 1998
- Audio-Visual Recording 5: Cassette tape: +528 (2), March 8, 1998
- Audio-Visual Recording 6: Cassette tape: +528 (3), March 8, 1998
- Audio-Visual Recording 7: Cassette tape: NME, September 17, 1998
- Audio-Visual Recording 8: Cassette tape: +478
- Audio-Visual Recording 9: Cassette tape: Catalogue of Extended Vocal Techniques
- Richard Jennings.
- Audio-Visual Recording 10: Cassette tape: Contemporary Chamber Singers: Irish Concert
- Audio-Visual Recording 11: Cassette tape: Lost Decade Lecture Examples
- Side A: Excerpts from T. Dorsey, Jerry Lee Lewis, Al Dexter, Perry Como, Weavers, Patti Page, Hank Williams, Jo Stafford, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Frankie Laine, Bing Crosby, Less Paul & Mary Ford, Nat King Cole, Roy Brown, Golden Gate Qtet, Sonny & the Orioles. Side B: Excerpts from Johnny Ray, Golden Gate Qtet, Elvis Presley.
- Audio-Visual Recording 12: Cassette tape: Plainsinging
- Plainsinging was an a cappella sextet formed by William Brooks and Lucinda Lawrence and others at the University of Illinois.
- Audio-Visual Recording 13: Cassette tape: U of I ICMC Concert II: Music 304 No.9
- Audio-Visual Recording 14: Cassette tape: UI Jazz Band (In/Out)
- Side A: "Urban Textures: 4D," "Afro Blue," "Pra Dizer Adeus," "Ya Tra Ta," "Funkallero," "You're So Far Away," "Say Say Old Playmate." Side B: "Free Solo," "Urban Textures: TS," "Urban Textures: RS," "Me and My Space Ship," "Volume XII," "The Cracked Record."
- Audio-Visual Recording 15: Cassette tape: Winslow Mass
- Providence Singers. Side A: metrical version. Side B: non-metrical version.
- Audio-Visual Recording 16: Cassette tape: Unidentified
- Audio-Visual Recording 17: Digital audio tape: Weinberg, Xenakis
- Box 33
- Audio-Visual Recording 1: Compact Disc: Personal Archive Disc 1 of 10, undated
- Audio-Visual Recording 2: Compact Disc: Personal Archive Disc 2 of 10, undated
- Audio-Visual Recording 3: Compact Disc: Personal Archive Disc 3 of 10, undated
- Audio-Visual Recording 4: Compact Disc: Personal Archive Disc 4 of 10, undated
- Audio-Visual Recording 5: Compact Disc: Personal Archive Disc 5 of 10, undated
- Audio-Visual Recording 6: Compact Disc: Personal Archive Disc 6 of 10, undated
- Audio-Visual Recording 7: Compact Disc: Personal Archive Disc 7 of 10, undated
- Audio-Visual Recording 8: Compact Disc: Personal Archive Disc 8 of 10, undated
- Audio-Visual Recording 9: Compact Disc: Personal Archive Disc 9 of 10, undated
- Audio-Visual Recording 10: Compact Disc: Personal Archive Disc 10 of 10, undated
- Audio-Visual Recording 11: Cassette Tape: Interview with Herman Langinger, May 16, 1975
- Recording ID: Tape 1.
- Audio-Visual Recording 12: Cassette Tape: Interview with Herman Langinger, May 16, 1975
- Tape II.
- Audio-Visual Recording 13: Cassette Tape: Interview with John Cage, February 22, 1979
- Tape I.
- Audio-Visual Recording 14: Cassette Tape: John Cage Interview, February 22, 1979
- Tape II.
- Audio-Visual Recording 15: Cassette Tape: Brooks Lecture on Ives, March 1979
- Side A: "Ives' Fourth Symphony" for BBC (Open University). 40 mins.
- Audio-Visual Recording 16: Cassette Tape: Interview with Saul Goodman, May 25, 1984
- Recorded from telephone.
- Audio-Visual Recording 17: Cassette Tape: Flanders Field Lecture, Mills, March 3, 1989
- Audio-Visual Recording 18: Cassette Tape: Interview Regarding Cage, Blue Lake, October 7, 2001
- Public Radio.
- Audio-Visual Recording 19: Cassette Tape: Millercomm - Cage 1, undated
- Audio-Visual Recording 20: Cassette Tape: Millercomm - Cage 2, undated
- Audio-Visual Recording 21: Cassette Tape: Watson Recordings, undated
- Audio-Visual Recording 22: Cassette Tape: Brooks - in memorium reducere studemus, April 12-13, 1997
- Performer: The Bridge Ensemble. Side A: #1 St. Martin in the Fields, Chestnut Hill, #2 St. Mark's Church, Center City. Side B: #3 Bruce: Elegy - St. Martin in the Fields.
- Audio-Visual Recording 23: Cassette Tape: WCU Choncert Choir - Brooks, May 24, 1996
- Recording location: Capitol Hill United Methodist Church, Washington D.C. in memorium reducere studemus. Version 1: recording, Version 2: live.
- Audio-Visual Recording 24: Cassette Tape: Motet for Brass - Bill Brooks, December 13, 1998
- Choral Arts Society. Performers: David Shapiro, Rob Maggio, and Neely Bruce.
- Audio-Visual Recording 25: Cassette Tape: Brooks - Compositions (Master) - Madrigals (Electric Phoenix), undated
- Electric Phoenix Wergo LP 60094. Side 1: Roger Marsh: Not a Soul But Ourselves, William Brooks: Madrigals. Side 2: Henri Pousseur: Tales & Songs from the Bible of Hell.
- Audio-Visual Recording 26: Cassette Tape: Brooks - Compositions (Master) - Poempiece I, II, III, Madrigals 2 & 4, Wallpaper Pieces 2 & 4, 1969-1972
- 1) Poempiece I: whitegold blue. Tomas Howell, flute. Versions 1 & 2 recorded live, Illini Union, University of Illinois, 18 December 1967; version 3 at University of Hawaii, 2 July 1972. 2) Poempiece III: TWOne: James Cuomo, saxophone; Dennis Kam, piano; Linda Ferriera, dancer, Illini Union, 13 April 1969. 3) Poempiece II: how I fooled the armies: James Fulkerson, bass trombone, 2 versions; Illini Union, 13 April 1969. 4) Madrigals 2 & 4: Extended Vocal Techniques Ensemble (Deborah Kavasch, Linda Vickerman, Ed Harkins, Philip Larson), San Diego, 1979 (?). 5) Wallpaper Pieces #2 & #4, and mushy ballad; Neely Bruce; Middlebury College, 15-16 January 1982.
- Audio-Visual Recording 27: Cassette Tape: Brooks - The Legacy (Master Cassette), 1983
- Electric Phoenix. Dartington College of Arts.
- Audio-Visual Recording 28: Cassette Tape: William Brooks - A Peal for Calm, March 15, 1991
- University of Illinois Contemporary Chamber Singers; Jessica Paul, piano.
- Audio-Visual Recording 29: Cassette Tape: Brooks - Vieralte Lieder / For Violin, March 1994
- Dolby C: Brooks - Vier alte Lieder. Jacqueline Bobuk, soprano; Claudia Watson, violin; Michael McClelland, viola. Japan American Theatre, LA Phil. Green Umbrella, Series: 14 March 1994. Dolby B: Brooks - For Violin. Claudia Watson, violin. Beth Shalom Temple, Vauencia, CA, 10 March 1994.
- Audio-Visual Recording 30: Cassette Tape: William Brooks - For Violin, October 12, 1991
- Performer: Claudia Watson. From a broadcast.
- Audio-Visual Recording 31: Cassette Tape: William Brooks: For Violin (Dolby B), October 13, 1991
- Performer: Claudia Watson, violin.
- Audio-Visual Recording 32: Cassette Tape: Rubaiyat - Midi Versions - Master, undated
- Dolby B.
- Audio-Visual Recording 33: Cassette Tape: Brooks - Letter, April 11, 1985
- Audio-Visual Recording 34: Cassette Tape: From Hell - Trevor Jones
- Vocal cues.1) 1m4 Chanting - Temp. (Martha's Murder), 2) 2m6 Absynthe Ritual - Temp., 3) 2m6 Absynth Ritual - Trevor Jones Underscore.
- Audio-Visual Recording 35: Cassette Tape: Second Sunday - New Music Ensemble KAM, October 13, 1991
- Audio-Visual Recording 36: Cassette Tape: B. Brooks -T.K.S., January 21, 1993
- Side A: B. Brooks - T.K.S. TRR. Side B: Chopin, Op. 17/4, Op. 23; Berioz Faust, sc. 16-19.
- Audio-Visual Recording 37: Cassette Tape: Dad Telling Stories, July 26, 1984
- Audio-Visual Recording 38: Cassette Tape: AAS Lecture Tape, April 1985
- Audio-Visual Recording 39: Cassette Tape: Brooks - Lectures/Performances: Smithsonian, undated
- Radio Smithsonian. Edition 826. "The Piano At Home." Stereo. 28:39.
- Audio-Visual Recording 40: Cassette Tape: Jacqueline Bobak & Friends, 1995
- Selections from concerts 5/6/95 and 7/20/1995. Performers: Jacqueline Bobak, soprano; Rachel Rudich, flutes; Vicci Ray, piano. Side A: At Wires 6 May 1995: 1) Medley (W. Brooks), 2) as if as/ (fea n(o)w (M. Bobak). At CalArts 20 July 1995: 1) a- / one (Floatingly) arrive / moon Over towns moon / brIght / ! (M. Bobak). Side B: At CalArts 20 July 1995: 1) Medley (W. Brooks), 2) Seven Headlines (premiere - J. Bobak).
- Audio-Visual Recording 41: Cassette Tape: Brooks/Bruce CD, June 18, 1993
- CD Master Dub.
- Audio-Visual Recording 42: Cassette Tape: Brooks & Bruce - Flute, undated
- 6/15 FT. Dolby B.
- Audio-Visual Recording 43: Cassette Tape: 6 Pieces in Total, undated
- "Pick Best Sources."
- Audio-Visual Recording 44: Cassette Tape: 6 Pieces in Total, undated
- "Pick Best Sources." Master - Copy 2.
- Box 49
- Folder 5: Metamorphoses - Performance Excerpts and Chicago Performance Documentation, 2004-2005
- Chicago performance documentaion: Three Cameras; Performance excerpts: Jacqueline Bobak, Paul Berkolds, DVD Format NTSC.
- Box 50
- Item 16: Linda Antas - Sueño Sin Palabras and A River From the Walls, 1999-2001
- Patricia Strange and Eric Rynes, violins; Angelique Gaudette, viol; Kevin Krentz, cello; Linda Antas, flute.
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