Finding Aid for Dennis Eberhard Music and Papers, 1967-2005 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

By Jan Carmichael, Travis McDade, Brandy Parris and Scott Schwartz

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Collection Overview

Title: Dennis Eberhard Music and Papers, 1967-2005

ID: 26/20/139

Primary Creator: Eberhard, Dennis (1943-2005)

Extent: 5.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: The music and papers are organized in two series: Series 1: Original Music, 1967-2005 and Series 2: Personal Papers, 1968-2005. Series 1 is further organized into four sub-series: 1) Orchestral Works, 1978-2002; 2) Chamber Music, 1969-2004; 3) Choral Works, 1983-1989; and 4) Works for Band, 1967-1973. Series 1 is arranged chronologically within each compositional genre and physical format. Series 2 is arranged alphabetically by subject and content.

Date Acquired: 07/31/2006. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Alumni, Cage, John (1912-1992), Composers, Compositions-Music, Computer Music, Electronic Music, Hiller, Lejaren (1924-1994), Music, School of, Music Composition

Formats/Genres: Experimental Music, Motion Pictures/Videotapes, Papers, Sound Recordings

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists correspondence, publicity packets, news clippings, audio-visual recordings, scripts, and original full scores, condensed scores, and parts for compositions created by Eberhard and documenting his professional music career as an experimental composer. Of particular significance is Eberhard's original composition and motion picture documentary, The Shadow of the Swan, surrounding the 2002 debut performance of this work for orchestra in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Biographical Note

Dennis Eberhard (1943-2005) studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Kent State University, University of Warsaw in Poland as well as at the Experimental Music Studio of the University of Illinois from 1969 to 1972. Composing both concert music and music for film and theater, Mr. Eberhard also worked with John Cage and Lejaren Hiller, participating in the realization of their compositions Music Circus and HPSCHD. He studied composition with Marie Martin, Frederick Coulter, Paul Martin Zonn, Salvatore Martirano, and Wlodzimierz Kotonski, and electronics, computer techniques, and programming with Gordon Mumma and Herbert Brun. He taught at the University of Illinois, Western Illinois University, the University of Nebraska, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and Cleveland State University, while lecturing widely on his own music at such institutions as the Cleveland Institute of Music, Cornell University, Penn State, the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, the University of New Mexico, and the Sao Paulo State University in Brazil.

Subject/Index Terms

Alumni
Cage, John (1912-1992)
Composers
Compositions-Music
Computer Music
Electronic Music
Hiller, Lejaren (1924-1994)
Music, School of
Music Composition

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Accruals: "Janus" (1979) and "Paraphrases" (1968) donated by Phillip Musser, August 2007

Acquisition Source: Susan Lokar

Acquisition Method: Bequest to the University's School of Music Library.

Other Note: Abbreviations used throughout the collection include: full scores (FS), condensed scores (CS) and parts (P)

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Original Music],
[Series 2: Personal Papers],
[All]

Series 1: Original Music

Sub-Series 1: Orchestral Works

Box 1

Folder 1: Janus Music (FS): Original vellum and copy, 1978
Folder 2: Janus Music (P): Original vellums, 1978: Original Vellums
Folder 3: Janus Music (FS), 1979

Box 2

Folder 1: Ephrata (FS): Unbound copy, 1981
Folder 2: Night Tides (FS): Original Vellums, 1983
Folder 3: Voix Celestes (FS): Bound copy, 1983
Folder 4: Voix Celestes (FS), (P): Vellum and copy, 1983
Folder 5: Elegies (FS), (P): Original Vellum, 1985

Box 3

Folder 1: Lucifer Rising (FS), (P): Original Vellum, 1985
Folder 2: The Bells of Elsinore (FS): Unbound copy (corrected), 1988
Folder 3: To the End of Dreamtime (FS): Original Vellum, 1988-89

Box 4

Folder 1: To the End of Dreamtime (FS): Printed Copy and Performance Notes (Chamber version in Box 14, Folder 10), 1988-89
Folder 2: The Bird of Four Hundred Voices (PS): Bound copy (Chamber version in Box 14, Folder 10), 1992

Box 5

Folder 1: The Bird of Four Hundred Voices (FS): Unbound Sibelius and Study Score (Chamber version in Box 14, Folder 10), 1993
Folder 2: The Bird of Four Hundred Voices: Original Vellums (Chamber version in Box 14, Folder 10), 1993
Folder 3: For the Musicians of the Queen (P): Original Vellums and Copy, 1994

Box 6

Folder 1: To Catch the Light (FS): Original Vellum, 1995-2001
Folder 2: To Catch the Light (FS), Original Vellum, 1995-2001
Folder 3: To Catch the Light (FS - revised): Bound copy, 2001-04

Box 7

Folder 1: To Catch the Light (FS): Unbound copy(A), 1995-2001
Folder 2: To Catch the Light (FS): Unbound copy(B), 1995-2001

Box 8

Folder 1: Crooked River Oracle (FS): Unbound copy, 1996
Folder 2: Crooked River Oracle (FS): Unbound copy, 1996
Folder 3: Prometheus Wept (FS), (P): Original Score, Photocopy, Printed Copy, 1998
Folder 4: Prometheus Wept (FS): 3 bound copies, 1998

Box 9

Folder 1: Shadow of the Swan (FS): Printed Copy, 2002
Folder 2: Shadow of the Swan (P): Printed Copy (A), 2002

Box 10

Folder 1: Shadow of the Swan (P): Printed Copy (B), 2002
Folder 2: Shadow of the Swan (P): Printed Copy (C), 2002

Box 13

Folder 1: To Catch the Light (P): Original Vellum (A), 1995-2001
Folder 2: To Catch the Light (P): Original Vellum (B), 1995-2001
Folder 3: To the End of Dreamtime (P): Mixed Original Vellum and Photocopy (A), 1988-89
Folder 4: To the End of Dreamtime (P): Mixed Original Vellum and Photocopy (B), 1988
Folder 5: Night Tides (P): Unbound copy, 1983
Folder 6: Night Tides (P): Unbound copy, 1983
Folder 7: Marginals (FS): Bound score, 1976

Box 14

Folder 1: To Catch the Light (P): Original Vellum (C), 1995
Folder 2: To Catch the Light (P): Original Vellum (D), 1995

Box 15

Folder 1: The Bells of Elsinore (FS): Printed Copy, 1988
Folder 2: Berceuse (FS): Photocopy, 1989
Folder 3: For the Musicians of the Queen (FS), 1994
Folder 4: To Catch the Light (FS): Unbound copy, 1995

Box 16

Folder 2: Janus Music (FS), Original Vellum, 1978
Folder 3: Janus Music (FS), Bound score, 1979
Folder 4: For the Musicians of the Queen (FS), Original Vellum, 1994
Folder 5: Crooked River Oracle (FS): Original vellum1, 1996
Folder 10: Unidentified fragment of score: Original vellum, Undated

Sub-Series 2: Chamber Music

Box 11

Folder 1: Paraphrases (FS), 1968
Folder 2: Parody (FS): Bound Copy, 1972
Folder 3: Veillees (FS): Bound Score, 1974
Folder 4: Returning: Original Vellum, 1987
Folder 5: Encontros (CS, (P): Original Vellum, 1990
Folder 6: On Celestial Wings (P), (PS): Pasteup and Photocopy, 1997

Box 14

Folder 3: Awakening (PS): Original Vellum, Undated
Folder 4: (Tape): Mariner (FS): Bound copy, 1969-70
Folder 5: Visions of the Moon (P): Original Vellum, 1978
Folder 6: Epodie (FS), (P): Original Vellum, 1982
Folder 7: Epodie (FS): Bound copy, 1982
Folder 8: Especially for Solo Harp (P): Bound copy, 1983
Folder 9: Encontros (FS): Bound copy, 1990
Folder 10: The Bird of Four Hundred Voices: Unbound Violin Score (Orchestral version in Box 4, Folder 2 and Box 5, Folders 1,2), 1993
Folder 11: Phantom Dancer, 1998

Box 15

Folder 6: Visions of the Moon (FS): Photocopy with Revisions, 1978
Folder 7: Ephrata (FS): Bound copy, 1980-81
Folder 8: Night Tides (FS): Bound copy, 1983
Folder 9: Endgame (FS): Bound copy, 1989
Folder 10: Suite for Solo Cello: Printed Copy, 1992
Folder 11: Suite for Solo Cello (P), 1992
Folder 12: Amazing Gracie: Printed Copy, 2004

Box 16

Folder 6: Visions of the Moon (FS), Original vellum, 1978
Folder 7: Visions of the Moon (FS), Bound copy, 1978

Sub-Series 3: Choral Works

Box 12

Folder 1: De Profundis (P): Original Vellums, 1983
Folder 2: De Profundis (FS): Photocopy, 1983
Folder 3: O Sing a New Song (P): Mixed Original Vellum and Photocopy, 1989
Folder 4: O Sing a New Song (FS): Mixed Original Vellum and Photocopy, 1989

Box 14

Folder 12: Let the Heavens Be Glad (FS): Original Vellum and Photocopy, 1986

Box 15

Folder 12: O Sing a New Song (FS): Bound copy, 1989

Sub-Series 4: Works for Band

Box 16

Folder 8: Anamorphoses (FS): Bound score, 1967
Folder 9: Morpos (FS): Bound score, 1973

Series 2: Personal Papers

Box 16

Folder 1: Posters for Russian performance of Shadow of the Swan, 2002

Box 17

Folder 1: Personal Papers, 1972-91
Folder 2: Photographs, 2002
Folder 3: Professional Papers, 1979-2002
Folder 4: Press Clippings: Original Periodicals, 1990
Folder 5: Press Clippings: Originals, 1975-2002
Folder 6: Press Clippings: Photocopies, 1975-2002
Folder 7: Programs, 1977-89
Folder 8: Publicity Packet, 1985
Folder 9: Video Script: Shadow of the Swan, 2002
Folder 10: Alice Giles, 1985-90
Folder 11: Halida Donova, 1998-2002
Folder 12: Arvo Part: Credo: Photocopy, 1968

Box 18

Folder 1: Recordings: 3 CDs, circa 2003
Folder 2: Shadow of the Swan: A Composer's Story: DVD, 2005
Folder 3: I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Book, 1978
Folder 4: Under the Rainbow: Book, 1987
Folder 5: Poetry for Grieving Children: Book, 1990-92

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