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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

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

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 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, 1987-2000],
[Series 5: Writings, Presentations and Research, 1936-2000],
[Series 6: Original Music Compositions, Performance Programs, and Collection of Performance Scores, 1961-2012],
[Series 7: Audio-Visual Recordings, 1964-1992],
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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.