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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: Alumni, Brün, Herbert (1918-2000), Cage, John (1912-1992), Composers, Conductors (Music), Faculty, Faculty Papers, Martirano, Salvatore (1927-1995), Music, Music, School of, Music - United States, Musical Repertoires, Music Composition, Musicology, New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Teaching, Vocal music
Formats/Genres: Experimental Music, 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). 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.
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Series 6: Original Music Compositions, Performance Programs, and Collection of Performance Scores, 1961-2012],
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- 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
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