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Collection Overview
Title: Alexander L Ringer Papers, 1921-2002
ID: 12/5/43
Primary Creator: Ringer, Alexander L. (1921-2002)
Extent: 55.0 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: Papers organized into five series, which are further organized into sub-series based on geography, professional group and Ringer's professional roles. The file are arranged chronologically.
Date Acquired: 06/18/2008
Subjects: Faculty Papers, Folk music - Instruction and study, Ford Foundation, Kodály Center of America, Kodály Musical Training Center, Music, School of, Music - Instruction and study - Hungary, Music - Instruction and study - Juvenile - 20th century, Music teachers - Scholarships, fellowships, etc., Music teachers - Training of - Israel, Music teachers - Training of - United States
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English, German, Hebrew, French, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch;Flemish, Spanish;Castilian
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Personal and professional papers of Alexander L. Ringer. Includes correspondence, education materials, administrative documents, video and sound recordings, manuscripts of articles, book chapters and lectures, and photographs that document Ringer's career as an educator, academic musicologist, researcher, and administrator at the University of Illinois and in various academic music associations. The papers also document the development of the Kodaly education program in the United States and Israel.
Biographical Note
Alexander L. Ringer was an American research musicologist and educator of Dutch and Polish descent (b. February 3, 1921-Berlin, d. May 3, 2002, Lansing, Michigan). He was a survivor of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp (1943-44). After the war, Ringer emigrated to New York City in 1947. There he received a M.A. in Sociology and psychology in 1948 from the New School for Social Research and a Ph.D. of Musicology in 1955 from the City College, Columbia University. At Columbia he studied under Paul Henry Lang.
Following the completion of his degree, Ringer then taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Oklahoma, among other places, before coming to the University of Illinois in 1958, where he attained full professor status in 1963. Beginning in 1963, Ringer served as chair of the musicology division for six years. After this period he then directed the school's graduate and professional curricula. Ringer supervised the theses and dissertations of many graduate students, while also teaching many undergraduate courses in musicology. Furthermore, Ringer served on numerous committees at UIUC, including the UIUC-Tehran University partnership, and was active in UIUC's American Professors for Peace in the Middle East, the American Association of University Professors, and the UIUC Philosophy Club (of which Ringer was president for many years). Ringer also founded the UIUC Committee on Jewish Culture and Society. Ringer retired from the university in 1991.
Ringer was also active in other universities, most notably the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he served as Fulbright Visiting Professor in 1962 to 1963 and in 1966 to 1967, in order to found and chair that school's musicology department. Ringer also served as visiting professor at the Eastman Schoolf of Music (1974), Tel Aviv University (1983), and Heidelberg University - Academy for Jewish Studies (1983). Ringer also gave guest lectures at universities, conferences and festivals throughout the world. He was highly active in the American Musicological Society, the College Music Society, the Organization of American Kodaly Educators, the International Kodaly Society, the Music Educators National Conference, the Music Library Association, the German Musicological Society, the World Congress on Jewish Music, the International Schoenberg Society, Society for Ethnomusicology and the International Folk Music Council.
In 1975 Ringer helped found the International Kodaly Society, and earlier Ringer was instrumental in bringing the Kodaly method in elementary music education from Hungary to the United States and Israel. He (with the help of Isaac Stern) received grant funding to launch and direct the Kodaly Fellowship program for many years both in America and in Israel. Ringer also served for many years as artistic adviser for the Jerusalem Music Centre.
Ringer also lead ethnomusicology research projects to study the maqam tradition in the Middle East (1970-1975) and the Hebrew Melodies in the Hungarian Oral Tradition (1977-1990). In addition, Ringer wrote and researched extensively on the life and works of Arnold Schoenberg, Kurt Weill, Ludwig von Beethoven, Gustav Mahler, George Rochberg. Ringer has also researched and written extensively on romantic era, Western European music; eastern influences on Western music throughout time; the history of Jewish music and Jewish influences into Western music; and Music Education. Ringer primarily wrote in English and German, but he also delivered lectures in Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, Hungarian, French and Dutch.
Ringer was a member of the editorial board of Musica Judaica and general co-editor of the collected edition of Arnold Schoenberg's writings. He also served as editor of the International Folk Music Council's Yearbook (1968-1970), which he also founded, and edited a volume in the Music and Society series, "The Early Romantic Era - Between Revolutions: 1789 and 1848."
Finally, as a conductor, Ringer held choral positions in New York, Philadelphia, Berkeley, and Norman, Oklahoma. At UIUC he presented works by Mozart, Beethoven and Bruckner, in addition to coaching a number of recitalists.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Alternate Extent Statement:
55.0 cu. ft.
Acquisition Source:
Ringer Family
Acquisition Method:
Donation
Processing Information:
Series 1 completed 7/18/2008. Remaining series completed 3/16/2009.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Kodály method (music education), 1966-1997],
[Series 2: University committees, faculty correspondence, teaching
and campus engagement, 1955-2000],
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Series 3: Research notes, drafts and correspondence],
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Series 4: Academic associations and professional travel],
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Series 5: Personal material],
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All]
- Series 2: University committees, faculty correspondence, teaching and campus engagement, 1955-2000
- Contains correspondence, administrative documents, internal memorandums, reports, student papers and other materials that document Ringer's role as a professor and educator at various institutions, but principally at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Of special note are Ringer's correspondence with Paul Henry Rang during the 1950's and the records of Ringer's involvement starting the Hebrew University's musicology department. Also includes Ringer's papers documenting his involvement with the American Association of University Professors and the American Professors for Peace in the Middle East.
- Sub-Series 1: University-wide correspondence and committees, 1955-2000
- Contains internal university correspondence, memorandums and reports of the various committees and schools with which Ringer was associated. Also includes external correspondence Ringer wrote as a representative of the University and Ringer's job search correspondence during the late 1950s. 1950s correspondence files include correspondence with Paul Henry Lang.
- Box 20: Pre-UIUC correspondence and teaching, 1954-1964
- Folder 1: Curriculum, correspondence and student papers (1 of 2), 1954-1960
- Folder 2: Curriculum, correspondence and student papers (2 of 2), 1954-1960
- Folder 3: Ringer newsclippings and performance/lecture programs, 1955-1964
- Folder 4: University of Oklahoma - minutes, handbook and examinations, 1956-1958
- Folder 5: Personal correspondence (Oklahoma-California), 1956-1958
- Folder 6: University of Oklahoma - faculty-related correspondence, 1956-1958
- Box 21: Job searching and UIUC engagement, 1957-1980
- Folder 1: Correspondence and job search, 1957-1958
- Folder 2: UIUC personal and faculty-related correspondence, 1958-1962
- Folder 3: Professional and faculty correspondence, 1958-1959
- Folder 4: Michigan State University and Oakland correspondence, 1959-1960
- Folder 5: Graduate College faculty meeting minutes and reports (1 of 2), 1964-1980
- Folder 6: Graduate College faculty meeting minutes and reports (2 of 2), 1964-1980
- Folder 7: Urbana-Champaign Senate meeting, 1965
- Box 22: University committees and proposals, 1965-1985
- Folder 1: School of Liberal Arts & Sciences correspondence, 1965
- Folder 2: Committee on Institutional Cooperation (C.I.C.) Inter-University Music Institute Proposal, 1966
- Folder 3: Humanities at UIUC, 1966
- Folder 4: Medieval & Renaissance Studies Committee, 1966-1968
- Folder 5: Placement and grant applications, 1966-1969
- Folder 6: Educational Policy Committee, 1966-1969
- Folder 7: UIUC Philosophy Club memos and notes, 1966-1983
- Folder 8: Lorado Taft Committee proposals, 1967-1973
- Folder 9: Russian and East European Center (REEC) memos and course offerings (1 of 2), 1967-1985
- Box 23: University committes and proposals, 1967-1981
- Folder 1: Russian and East European Center (REEC) memos and course offerings (2 of 2), 1967-1985
- Folder 2: Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities (M.U.C.I.A.), 1968
- Folder 3: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Proposal, 1968
- Folder 4: Fine and Applied Arts - courses and curriculum committee, 1968-1969
- Folder 5: Federated Jewish Charities of Champaign-Urbana, 1968-1971
- Folder 6: Fine and Applied Arts College bylaws committee, 1969-1970
- Folder 7: Foreign Students Committee, 1969-1971
- Folder 8: Planning Commitee for International Programs and Studies, 1969-1971
- Folder 9: Humanities Lecture Series Committee, 1969-1973
- Folder 10: UIUC International Studies and Study Abroad, 1969-1981
- Box 24: University Senate, Committees and campus engagement, 1969-1984
- Folder 1: Hillel Foundation, 1969-1970/1980-1984
- Folder 2: French Department - Joint Programs, 1970
- Folder 3: Graduate Applications - Fellowships, 1970
- Folder 4: Strike Material, 1970
- Folder 5: Office of International Programs in Education newsletter, 1970
- Folder 6: Fine and Applied Arts (FAA) - Courses and curriculum, 1970-1971
- Folder 7: Graduate College Fellowship Bulletin, 1970-1971
- Folder 8: Papers by UIUC colleagues, 1970-1972
- Folder 9: Long-range planning committee, 1970-1973
- Folder 10: Various rules and regulations, re: leave, sabbaticals, etc., 1970-1974
- Folder 11: UIUC Senate (1 of 2), 1970-1980
- Folder 12: UIUC Senate (2 of 2), 1970-1980
- Box 25: University committees and proposals, 1971-1978
- Folder 1: University of Illinois press, 1971
- Folder 2: Ad Hoc Fellowship Committee, 1971
- Folder 3: Council on Intercultural Relations - Vienna - Paul Koutny Correspondence, 1971-1977
- Folder 4: Center for Asian Studies Memos and Correspondence, 1972-1978
- Folder 5: Extension in International Affairs Bulletin, 1973
- Folder 6: Humanities - Committee on Medieval Civilization, 1974
- Folder 7: Measurement and Research Division (MARD), 1975
- Folder 8: Statutes, revised, 1975
- Folder 9: Visual Aid Service, 1975-1978
- Folder 10: Capricious Grading Committee, 1976
- Folder 11: Committee on Committees, 1976-1977
- Folder 12: Hillel Foundation memos, minutes and correspondence, 1976-1978
- Folder 13: International Programs and Studies Memos, 1976-1978
- Folder 14: Staff report - PAC/NEC Representation in Senate committees, 1977
- Box 26: University committees and senate documents, 1977-1979
- Folder 1: Union of Professional Employees at UIUC, 1977-1979
- Folder 2: Office of International Programs and Studies Committee, 1977-1981
- Folder 3: The Union Guardian - UIUC Union materials, 1978
- Folder 4: Senate Search Committee, 1978
- Folder 5: Committee on Committees, 1978-1979
- Folder 6: Senate Committee on Committees, 1978-1979
- Folder 7: Chancellor Search Committee, 1978-1979
- Folder 8: UIUC Senate Meeting Minutes, 1978-1979
- Folder 9: UIUC Senate Council (1 of 2), 1978-1979
- Box 27: University Senate and Committees, 1978-1983
- Folder 1: UIUC Senate Council (2 of 2), 1978-1979
- Folder 2: UIUC Senate Minutes and Memos (1 of 2), 1978-1979
- Folder 3: UIUC Senate Minutes and Memos (2 of 2), 1978-1979
- Folder 4: Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees (1 of 2), 1978-1980
- Folder 5: Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees (2 of 2), 1978-1980
- Folder 6: Inter-institutional Dialogue - newsletter, 1979-1981
- Folder 7: College of Fine and Applied Arts (FAA) annual meetings, 1979-1983
- Box 28: University senate, committees and campus engagement, 1979-1991
- Folder 1: Office of International Programs and Studies Committee, 1979
- Folder 2: Chancellor correspondence - Thomas Everhart, John Cribbet, Edwin Goldwasser, 1979-1985
- Folder 3: History department correspondence, 1980
- Folder 4: UIUC Senate Minutes and memos, 1980-1982
- Folder 5: UIUC Senates Conference, 1980-1982
- Folder 6: Visitors to campus, 1980-1984
- Folder 7: Committee on Jewish Culture and Society, 1980-1984
- See also Box 94, Folder 11.
- Folder 8: UIUC Research Board, correspondence and information (1 of 2), 1980-1991
- Folder 9: UIUC Research Board, correspondence and information (1 of 2), 1980-1991
- Folder 10: Letters to graduate faculty from chancellor, 1981
- Folder 11: Senate Committee, external affairs, 1981-1982
- Box 29: University senate and committees, 1981-1984
- Folder 1: UIUC Administration, 1981-1982
- Folder 2: Dissertation Research Grants Committee (1 of 2), 1981-1982
- Folder 3: Dissertation Research Grants Committee (2 of 2), 1981-1982
- Folder 4: UIUC external affairs, patent policy, 1981-1982
- Folder 5: Urbana-Champaign Senate, 1981-1983
- Folder 6: External Affairs Committee - Federal Regulation, 1981-1983
- Folder 7: University Library, 1981-1984
- Folder 8: UIUC Senate minutes and memos (1 of 2), 1981-1983
- Box 30: University committees and senate, 1979-1983
- Folder 1: Board of Trustees meeting reports, 1979
- Folder 2: Board of Trustees Report/Senate meeting, 1979
- Folder 3: Office of International Programs and Studies Committee (2 of 2), 1979
- Folder 4: UIUC Senate minutes and memos (2 of 2)
- Folder 5: Board of Trustees meeting reports, 1982
- Folder 6: Senates Conference, 1982
- Box 31: University committees and campus engagement, 1982-2002
- Folder 1: Allerton Conference (Chancellor's) - March 6-7, 1982
- Folder 2: Sub-Committee on Conflict of Interest Policy (Senate), 1983-1985
- Folder 3: Visiting Colleague, Gerald R. Seaman, correspondence and recommendations, 1984-1989
- Folder 4: Allerton Conference, March 31-April 1, 1985
- Folder 5: Ringer's application for association position - Center for Advanced Study, 1986-1987
- Folder 6: UIUC Healthcare, 1989
- Folder 7: UIUC Philosophy Club, 1992-2000
- Folder 8: Fine and Applied Arts (FAA) Correspondence and memos/campus involvement, 1995-2002
- Box 64: 1958-1971
- Folder 9: Searching for a faculty/teaching position, correspondence with schools, 1958-1960
- Folder 10: Graduate Faculty memo, 1961
- Folder 11: Faculty position offer from Brown University faculty, 1964-1965
- Folder 12: Proposed interdisciplinary humanities course, "The Arts in Modern Life", 1961
- Folder 13: Center for Asian Studies, UIUC (1 of 2), 1965-1971
- Box 65: 1965-1989
- Folder 1: Center for Asian Studies (2 of 2), 1965-1971
- Folder 2: Office of International Programs in Education, 1967-1974
- Folder 3: Urbana-Champaign Senate, 1969-1970
- Folder 4: USIS - US Cultural Center - Israel, 1970
- Folder 5: Yale - School of Music, 1971-1972
- Folder 6: Graduate Studies correspondence and Bar-Ilan University Correspondence, 1971-1977
- Folder 7: Research assistance - UIUC Research Board, 1972-1976
- Folder 8: Sabbatical leaves - forms and applications - including for Schoenberg research, 1973, 1977, 1986, 1989
- Box 66: 1974-1996
- Folder 1: "Music Practica, Musica Speculativa" lecture to UIUC Medieval Club, research notes, 1974
- Folder 2: Teaching at Eastman School of Music, 1974
- Folder 3: Research assistance - UIUC research board - Linda Wilson, 1976-1979
- Folder 4: UIUC Scholars' Travel Fund, 1977-1990
- Folder 5: Basic Education Senate Resolution and research (Jim Armstrong), 1977
- Folder 6: "Survey of Clock Hours of Professional Activities" and Ringer's protest/refusal to participate, 1978-1979
- Folder 7: University of Western Ontario - job offer, 1979
- Folder 8: YMCA Friday Forum talk, 1979
- Title: "Sounds Blowing Back from the Future"
- Folder 9: George Brinegar correspondence - International Programs and Studies, 1979
- Folder 10: Munich Trip - establishing Munich-UIUC link, 1980
- Folder 11: Teaching at Jewish Studies Center, Heidelberg, 1982-1984
- See also Box 68, Folder 13 and Box 55, Folder 5
- Folder 12: Contemporary Germany Seminar, at UIUC, 1982
- Folder 13: Proposal for funding, UIUC's Office of West European Studies, 1984-1985
- Folder 14: Research board - application for travel funds, 1987
- Folder 15: Isaac Stern honorary degree proposal and correspondence, 1987-1992
- Folder 16: "From Mozart to Mendelssohn" KCPA lecture, 1991
- Folder 17: "1928" lecture in "Arts 2000" series, Beckman Institute, UIUC, 1993
- Folder 18: Course on Nazi Germany, readings and correspondence, Office of West European Studies, 1976
- Box 94: 1980-1989
- Folder 11: Committee on Jewish Culture and Society, 1980-1989
- See also Box 28, Folder 7
- Sub-Series 2: Tehran Research Unit, 1967-1972
- Box 36: 1967-1973
- Folder 1: Tehran Research Unit (TRU) Student Exchange Program, 1967-1970
- Folder 2: Tehran Research Unit - reports, memos and proposals, 1968
- Folder 3: William Archer correspondence, 1968-1970
- Folder 4: Tehran Research Unit Proposals, 1968-1971
- Folder 5: Tehran Research Unit Correspondence, memos and reports (1 of 3), 1968-1973
- Folder 6: Tehran Research Unit Correspondence, memos and reports (2 of 3), 1968-1972
- Folder 7: Tehran Research Unit Correspondence, memos and reports (3 of 3), 1968-1972
- Box 37: 1969-1972
- Folder 1: Tehran Research Unit Committee Records (1 of 2), 1969
- Folder 2: Tehran Research Unit Committee Records (2 of 2), 1969
- Folder 3: Tehran Research Unit, committee records and correspondence, 1969-1970
- Folder 4: Tehran Research Unit, committee records and correspondence (2 of 2), 1969-1970
- Folder 5: US Information Services (USIS) - Tehran Research Unit, 1970
- Folder 6: Advisory Committee, 1970-1972
- Folder 7: Archer, William K. correspondence, 1972
- Sub-Series 3: Hebrew University Musicology Program, 1958-1987
- Box 38: 1958-1973
- Folder 1: Fulbright applications, correspondence and vouchers, 1958-1965
- Folder 2: Hebrew University related correspondence (1 of 2), 1963-1967
- Folder 3: Hebrew University related correspondence (2 of 2), 1963-1967
- Folder 4: Hebrew University related correspondence, 1965-1966
- Folder 5: Israel Travel grant, 1966-1967
- Folder 6: American Friends of the Hebrew University, 1966-1973
- Folder 7: Hebrew University Music Department, 1967-1969
- Box 39: 1969-1987
- Folder 1: UIUC-Hebrew University proposed exchange program, 1969-1981
- Folder 2: Hebrew University Musicology Department (1 of 2), 1970-1982
- Folder 3: Hebrew University Musicology Department (2 of 2), 1970-1982
- Folder 4: Hebrew University Applications, 1971-1972
- Folder 5: American Friends of the Hebrew University, 1974-1980
- Folder 6: American Friends of the Hebrew University - Student Applications, 1978-1987
- Box 64: 1962-1983
- Folder 1: Trip to Israel - Hebrew University, 1962-1967
- Folder 2: Hebrew University correspondence, 1958-1963
- Folder 3: Hebrew University of Jerusalem correspondence, 1969-1972
- Folder 4: Fulbright fellowship to Hebrew University, U.S. Educational Foundation in Israel proposal and administrative documents, 1965-1967
- Folder 5: Tel Aviv University - visiting professor, 1982-1983
- Folder 14: Provost Amnon Shiloah's farewell message and Committee on Study programs, 1989
- Sub-Series 4: School of Music faculty correspondence and committees, 1963-2000
- Box 40: 1963-1971
- Folder 1: Faculty applications - School of Music (1 of 2), 1963-1966
- Folder 2: Faculty applications - School of Music (2 of 2), 1963-1966
- Folder 3: Committee to revise graduate curriculum, 1964-1970
- Folder 4: Music Education Proposals, UIUC, 1966-1969
- Folder 5: School of Music Records and Memos, 1967-1970
- Folder 6: Educational Placement Office, Music Placement Consultant, 1969-1970
- Folder 7: University Extension in Music, 1969-1970
- Folder 8: NDEA Title IV fellowship application - School of Music, 1970-1971
- Folder 9: Kirk petition (Colleen Kirk), 1970
- Folder 10: School of Music Memos and correspondence, 1970-1971
- Box 41: 1969-1985
- Folder 1: Undergraduate Educational Policy Committee - School of Music, 1969
- Folder 2: Graduate Music Entrance Exam, 1970-1973
- Folder 3: Graduate Inquiries, 1971
- Folder 4: Pat Madsen, secretary, correspondence, 1971-1972
- Folder 5: Graduate Music Affairs, 1972-1974
- Folder 6: McGill University, 1973
- Folder 7: Memos and correspondence (1 of 2), 1973-1977/1985
- Folder 8: Memos and correspondence (2 of 2), 1973-1977/1985
- Folder 9: Bays, Robert E. - Professional activites file, 1974
- Folder 10: School of Music - Search for Director, 1974
- Folder 11: Weekly schedules and Music Dept. directories, 1974-1980
- Folder 12: Haim Alexander - visiting lecturer, 1978
- Folder 13: General records, 1978-1980
- Folder 14: Graduate Choral Committee, 1978
- Folder 15: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, events and correspondence, 1979-1981
- Box 42: 1979-2000
- Folder 1: D.M.A. Choral Committee, 1979-1982
- Folder 2: Scott Goldthwaite Memorial, 1980-1981
- Folder 3: General records, 1981
- Folder 4: Research Grants Committee, 1981
- Folder 5: General records, 1982-1983
- Folder 6: Correspondence and memos, 1983-1990
- Folder 7: Kessler, Hubert memorial, 1985
- Folder 8: Hennig, Heinz (proposed visit to UIUC with choir), 1989
- Folder 9: By-laws, etc. School of Music faculty meetings, 1990-1991
- Folder 10: Correspondence and memos, 1990-2000
- Box 63: 1959-2000
- Folder 1: Duane Branigan and other faculty-related correspondence, 1959-1971
- Correspondence with visiting scholars, School of Music faculty applicants and other campus visitants.
- Folder 2: Extension in Music Conference, UIUC, 1966
- "Collegiate Conference on the Arts"
- Folder 3: F.C. Lange - visiting lecturer, music in colonial Brazil, 1966
- Folder 4: Frits R. Noske, visiting lecturer, 1969-1971
- Folder 5: Ilona Vincze, Israel Academy of Music, Tel-Aviv University, 1969-1971
- Folder 6: Sabbatical correspondence from Jerusalem to School of Music, 1971-1972
- Folder 7: Applicants, various positions, 1972-1973
- Folder 8: Information on research grants, 1973
- Folder 9: Amnon Shiloah, visiting professor, 1974-1975 and correspondence, 1974-1987
- Folder 10: Correspondence with performers, Eden and Tamir, George Mulder, Amstel Duo, 1974-1977
- Folder 11: UIUC Wind Ensemble, Ringer conducting, 1975
- Folder 12: Tel Aviv String Orchestra, campus visit, 1977
- Folder 13: Mozart Requiem concert, Ringer conducting, 1979
- Folder 14: Elaine Brody, visiting lecturer, correspondence, 1980-1981
- Folder 15: Paul Martin Zonn and Ringer concert, Krannert, 1982
- Folder 16: Dragan Plamenac memorial, sheet music, correspondence and research file, 1984
- Folder 17: Dr. Arnfried Edler, keyboard performance proposal at UIUC, 1986
- Folder 18: "An Hour with Mozart in Salzburg" Ringer lecture-demonstration, 1990/1975
- Includes programs and photographs/ and "Allerton Serenade: An Hour of Eighteenth Century Wind Music" directed by Alexander Ringer, 1975
- Folder 19: School of Music, concert programs and teaching, 1991-2000
- Folder 20: Eric Frederick, visiting assistant professor, 1999
- Box 131: 1997-2001
- Folder 8: School of Music correspondence and memos, 1960-1970/1993-2001
- Includes lecture drafts "The American University is an anachronism"; "How Can the University of Illinois Contribute to World Peace," 1960, Scott Keyes; plus memorandums, correspondence and student papers.
- Sub-Series 5: Musicology Division faculty correspondence and committees, 1953-1989
- Box 42: 1953-1960
- Folder 1: Musicology/History of Music Division Minutes, Memos and Correspondence (1 of 2), 1953-1960
- Folder 2: Musicology/History of Music Division Minutes, Memos and Correspondence (2 of 2), 1953-1960
- Box 43: 1963-1986
- Folder 1: Musicology Division Correspondence and memos (1 of 2), 1963-1967
- Folder 2: Musicology Division Correspondence and memos (2 of 2), 1963-1967
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1966-1968
- Folder 4: Records, 1968-1970
- Folder 5: Correspondence and records, 1969-1974/1985-1986
- Folder 6: Course outlines, timetables and curriculum planning, 1960-1964
- Folder 7: Records and correspondence, 1972-1975
- Box 44: 1979-1991
- Folder 1: Musicology Position Search Committee, 1979-1980
- Folder 2: Musicology Search Committee, 1979
- Folder 3: Musicology Division Records, 1978-1980
- Folder 4: Search Committee (Steven Blum's replacement), 1978
- Folder 5: Memos and Correspondence, 1975-1977
- Folder 6: Appointments committee, 1975
- Folder 7: General records, 1981-1983
- Folder 8: Musicology Division, 1981-1982
- Folder 9: Bruno Nettl's "Chacun a son gout" manuscripts, 1981
- Folder 10: Minutes and correspondence, 1988-1991
- Folder 11: Maehder, Jurgen - visiting scholar, 1987-1989
- Folder 12: Bruno Nettl correspondence, 1983-1987
- Folder 13: Musicology Division records, 1983-1985
- Sub-Series 6: Teaching material, 1955-1998
- Lesson plans, syllabi, readings, course proposals etc.
- Box 35: 1955-1991
- Folder 6: 'Flybate' lecture notes - Music 27A, 1955-1956
- Includes plans to publish lecture notes and correspondence with Random House/Susan Shapiro in 1968.
- Folder 7: Music 423 readings - Kandinsky's The Blaue Reiter Almanac, 1974
- Folder 8: Music 214 readings - Lang and Beethoven
- Folder 9: Music 424 readings on Mahler
- Folder 10: Music 130 readings
- Folder 11: Music 130/Music 214 readings, 1980s
- Folder 12: Music 315 readings, photocopied sections of Schoenberg's writings in translation, 1984
- Box 45: 1955-1990
- Folder 1: University of California Extension teaching, 1955-1957
- Folder 2: Examinations: Preliminaries, finals, midterms (1 of 3), 1955-1990
- Folder 3: Examinations: Preliminaries, finals, midterms (2 of 3), 1955-1990
- Folder 4: Examinations: Preliminaries, finals, midterms (3 of 3), 1955-1990
- Folder 5: Misc. Research/Teaching Materials (1 of 2), 1955-1970
- Folder 6: Misc. Research/Teaching Materials (2 of 2), 1955-1970
- Box 46: 1959-1998
- Folder 1: Ringer C.V. and course proposals, 1959-1963
- Folder 2: Teaching/research material (including sheet music photocopies), 1961-1962
- Folder 3: Ringer's research assistants, 1964-1969
- Folder 4: Grade Sheets, 1965-1973
- Folder 5: Music 214 Course materials, 1973-1985
- Folder 6: Advisee papers, 1978-1979/1991
- Folder 7: Gluck seminar course materials, 1979
- Folder 8: Music 315 Course materials and examinations, 1979-1990
- Folder 9: Music 424 - Schoenberg - Spring 1980 - assignments and readings, 1980
- Folder 10: Music and Society course readings, 198?/1998
- Folder 11: Music 314 Course materials, 1982/1985
- Folder 12: Music 424/428 course materials, 1985/1990
- Folder 13: Music 130 Course materials, 1986
- Folder 14: Music 317 course materials 1986
- Box 63: 1980-1984
- Box 143: Music for teaching
- Item 9: Ringer 424. Cassette tape., Spring 1987
- Item 10: MUSIC 214, Cassette 5. Cassette tape.
- Item 11: MUSIC 214, Cassette 2. Cassette tape.
- Item 12: MUSIC 130A, Cassette 3. Cassette tape.
- Item 13: MUSIC 214. Beethoven. Cassette tape.
- Item 14: MUSIC 130. Cassette 5. Cassette tape.
- Item 15: MUSIC 424. Cassette tape.
- Item 16: MUSIC 130. Cassette tape.
- Item 17: MUSIC 423c, number 5. Cassette tape.
- Item 18: MUSIC 130. Cassette tape., Spring 1986
- Item 19: MUSIC 214, number 4. Cassette tape.
- Item 20: MUSIC 130. Cassette tape.
- Item 21: MUSIC 130, number 7. Cassette tape.
- Box 145: Music for teaching
- Folder 1: Unlabeled tape. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.
- Folder 2: Unlabeled tape. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.
- Folder 3: Schoenberg, Jakobsleiter. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.
- Folder 4: Unlabeled. 3.75" and mini reel-to-reel tape.
- Folder 5: Machine 3, Test 3. 7.5" reel-to-reel tape.
- Folder 6: MUSIC 317, Yemenite tradition. Cassette tape.
- Folder 7: MUSIC 214, Opera excerpts. Cassette tape.
- Folder 8: MUSIC 214, Mendelssohn and Schumann. Cassette tape.
- Folder 9: MUSIC 317, Folksongs and Selihot. Cassette tape.
- Folder 10: MUSIC 423c, Nocturnal, op. 70. Cassette tape.
- Folder 11: Heritage. Cassette tape.
- Folder 12: Wittlich ear training unit 8, dictation/analysis. Cassette tape.
- Folder 13: MUSIC 130, Don Giovanni. Cassette tape.
- Folder 14: MUSIC 423C. Cassette tape.
- Folder 15: MUSIC 214. Cassette tape.
- Box 147: Course material
- Item 41: MUSIC 314 class material. Cassette tape. (1 of 3)
- Item 42: MUSIC 314 class material. Cassette tape. (2 of 3)
- Item 43: MUSIC 314 class material. Cassette tape. (3 of 3)
- Sub-Series 7: Music Library
- Box 47: 1957-1985
- Folder 1: Music Library Committee, 1957-1960
- Folder 2: Music Library records, 1963-1974
- Folder 3: Music Library news, 1976-1985
- Folder 4: Music Library Committee Minutes and Memos (1 of 3), 1971-1976
- Folder 5: Music Library Committee Minutes and Memos (2 of 3), 1971-1974
- Folder 6: Music Library Committee Minutes and Memos (3 of 3), 1971-1976
- Folder 7: Berk, Laura E. - Sophie Lentschner, 1977
- Box 64: 1970
- Folder 1: Music Library Association, 1970
- Sub-Series 8: American Association of University Professors, 1960-1975
- Box 31: 1960-1986
- Folder 9: Committee on Improvement of Teaching, 1960
- Folder 10: Student Welfare Committee
- Folder 11: Improvement of Teaching - Committee Report, 1961-1986
- Folder 12: Peace Committee - "Turn Toward Peace", 1962
- Box 32: 1963-1975
- Folder 1: American Association of University Professors (1 of 2), 1963-1964/1969-1973
- Folder 2: American Association of University Professors (2 of 2), 1963-1964/1969-1973
- Folder 3: Academic Freedom Committee (1 of 2), 1968-1970
- Folder 4: Academic Freedom Committee (2 of 2), 1968-1970
- Folder 5: American Association of University Professors (1 of 2), 1968-1975
- Folder 6: American Association of University Professors (2 of 2), 1968-1975
- Box 35: 1960-1964
- Folder 1: AAUP (1 of 2), 1960-1962
- Includes involvement with Policy Committee, Committee on the Improvement of Teaching, newsletters and reports/recommendations.
- Folder 2: AAUP (2 of 2), 1960-1962
- Includes involvement with Policy Committee, Committee on the Improvement of Teaching, Committee on Student Welfare and Leo Koch case.
- Folder 3: AAUP UIUC student chapter, 1961
- Folder 4: AAUP student welfare resolution written by Ringer, 1959/1962
- Includes statement on discrimination in housing.
- Folder 5: AAUP response to amendments of UI statutes, 1964
- Sub-Series 9: American Professors for Peace in the Middle East, 1975-1990
- Box 33: 1969-1980
- Folder 1: American Professors for Peace in the Middle East (APPME) (1 of 3), 1969-1975
- Folder 2: American Professors for Peace in the Middle East (APPME) (2 of 3), 1969-1975
- Folder 3: American Professors for Peace in the Middle East (APPME) (3 of 3), 1969-1975
- Folder 4: American Professors for Peace in the Middle East (APPME) - Midwest Chapter, 1971-1976
- Folder 5: Campus Visitors, vitae, etc. (Middle East visits), 1974
- Folder 6: Ad hoc committee, 1974
- Folder 7: UIUC chapter, 1974-1975
- Folder 8: American Professors for Peace in the Middle East, 1974-1980
- Box 34: 1975-1990
- Folder 1: Israel Conflict - News Releases and clippings, publications, 1975-1977
- Folder 2: American Professors for Peace in the Middle East, 1975-1990
- Folder 3: RSVP to APPME meeting, 1976
- Folder 4: Midwest Conference, 1976
- Box 64: 1971-1975
- Folder 7: Col. Meir Pa'it visits APPME, 1971-1975
- Folder 8: World Affairs Conference - Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1971
- Box 94: 1976-1983
- Folder 10: APPME National Executive Council, 1976-1983
- Sub-Series 10: Student papers, dissertations and student correspondence, 1966-2002
- Box 48: 1961-1968
- Folder 1: Karin Swanson - "Style Galant and Empfindsamkeit" student paper, undated
- Folder 2: Recommendations for former students, 1961-1968
- Folder 3: Past theses, students' correspondence and proposals, 1961-1968
- Folder 4: Aubrey Garlington, correspondence and manuscripts, 1962
- Folder 5: Rosen, Lee C., student thesis, 1965
- Folder 6: Mary McHose Wardlow - student paper, 1965
- Folder 7: Spinosa, Frank, D.M.A. student, 1966/1969
- Folder 8: Dalia Cohen, dissertation manuscript, 1966-1968
- Box 49: 1966-1984
- Folder 1: Bartlett Butler, correspondence and dissertation manuscript, 1966-1970
- Folder 2: David Eiseman, correspondence, 1967-1971
- Folder 3: Barbara McMurty, 1968-1976
- Folder 4: Sven Hansell, 1968-1979
- Folder 5: Doctoral students - correspondence and forms, 1968-1984
- Folder 6: Margaret Mary Rosso, senior thesis, 1969
- Folder 7: Chrysanne Lawrence, 1969
- Folder 8: Frank Spinosa - dissertation - "Beethoven and Bartok", 1969
- Folder 9: Stephen Blum, correspondence, 1969-1982
- Folder 10: William Frazier Stone, doctoral student, 1970-1976
- Box 50: 1970-1987
- Folder 1: Stephen Blum, Music 320 paper, undated
- Folder 2: Fox Bertha, student paper, 1970
- Folder 3: Alan Lessem (1 of 2), 1970-1987
- Folder 4: Linda J. Vickerman, doctoral student, correspondence, 1970-1972
- Folder 5: Ellen Ensel, 1970
- Folder 6: Jerald Graue, 1970-1972
- Folder 7: Perry, Richard Kent, D.M.A. student, 1971
- Folder 8: Dale H. Peters, D.M.A. student, correspondence, 1971-1974
- Folder 9: Jerry Call, student, correspondence, 1971-1973
- Folder 10: Ronald Riddle, graduate student, 1972-1983
- Folder 11: Nancy Sue Stagg, doctoral student, 1972
- Folder 12: William Wilder Colson, doctoral student, 1971-1973
- Folder 13: Robert Witmer, student paper on Wagner, 1971
- Folder 14: Yehuda Yannay, doctoral student, 1972-1985
- Folder 15: Conrad Douglas, 1973-1986
- Folder 16: Susan Ferguson, 1973-1974
- Folder 17: Musicology, student papers, 1973
- Folder 18: Joyce Zastrow, D.M.A. student, 1973
- Box 51: 1970-1987
- Folder 1: Alan Lessem (2 of 2), 1970-1987
- Folder 2: Sue Lutz - senior thesis, 1974
- Folder 3: Alma Cook Browne - dissertation prelims and proposal/correspondence, 1974-1982
- Folder 4: Vicki Covington, correspondence, 1974-1983
- Folder 5: Laura Kathryn Bumpass, correspondence, 1974-1986
- Folder 6: Former student correspondence, 1974-1987
- Folder 7: Mischakoff, Anne, D.M.A. student, 1974-1987
- Folder 8: Racy Jihad - Ethnomusicology in Egypt dissertation - Qasidah (1 of 2), 1974-1983
- Folder 9: Racy Jihad - Ethnomusicology in Egypt dissertation - Qasidah (2 of 2), 1974-1983
- Box 52: 1975-1984
- Folder 1: Linda Hirt, 1975-1987
- Folder 2: Alice Hanson - doctoral student correspondence, 1975-1979
- Folder 3: Paul Benningfield, 1975
- Folder 4: Melhorn, Cathy, D.M.A. student, 1976-1984
- Folder 5: Melhorn, Cathy, D.M.A. student (2 of 2), 1976-1984
- Folder 6: Steblin, Rita, doctoral student, 1976-1984
- Folder 7: Susan Paris, preliminary exams, 1976
- Folder 8: Kathleen Duck, 1976
- Folder 9: Shirley Wilensky - student paper on Robert Schumann, 1976
- Folder 10: Schleis, Thomas, doctoral student, 1977-1980
- Box 53: 1976-1986
- Folder 1: Marcello Sorce-Keller, doctoral student, 1976-1986
- Folder 2: Marcello Sorce-Keller, doctoral student (2 of 2), 1976-1986
- Folder 3: David Barford, doctoral student, 1977-1980
- Folder 4: Julie Moore, Ph.D. student (1 of 2), 1978-1986
- Folder 5: Julie Moore, Ph.D. student (2 of 2), 1978-1986
- Folder 6: Kim Cook - former student file, 1978-1986
- Box 54: 1978-1989
- Folder 1: Anne Mischakoff dissertation, 1978
- Folder 2: Mardia Melroy - D.M.A. and dissertation file, 1978-1987
- Folder 3: Hal Simmons, doctoral student, 1979-1984
- Folder 4: Student papers, 1979
- Folder 5: Aaron Appelstein, doctoral student, 1979
- Folder 6: Shirley Wilensky, student paper, 1979
- Folder 7: Richard Cohn, D.M.A. student, 1980-1985
- Folder 8: Thomas McGeary, 1980-1987
- Folder 9: Robert Atkinson Bird, preliminary exams, 1980
- Folder 10: Stephen Willier, Ph.D. student (1 of 2), 1980-1989
- Box 55: 1980-1999
- Folder 1: Stephen Willier, Ph.D. student (2 of 2), 1980-1988
- Folder 2: Sandra Moore, graduate student, 1981-1983
- Folder 3: Philip V. Bohlman, dissertation correspondence and letters of recommendation, 1981-1983
- Folder 4: Mark Mecham, 1981-1982
- Folder 5: Heidelberg University student papers, 1983-1984
- See also Box 68, Folder 13 and Box 66, Folder 11
- Folder 6: Steven Whiting, Ph.D. student, 1983-1995
- Folder 7: Michele Berlin, 1984
- Folder 8: Linda Stones, D.M.A. student, correspondence and research proposal, 1984-1990
- Box 56: 1984-1997
- Folder 1: Tom Ward, correspondence, 1984
- Folder 2: John Hill, student file, 1985
- Folder 3: Judith Ellison, 1984-1985
- Folder 4: James Robbins, graduate student, 1986-1990
- Folder 5: Stephen Westman, 1986-1987
- Folder 6: Michael Grant Vaillancourt, doctoral student, 1986-1989
- Folder 7: Deborah Nemko, former undergrad student, 1986-1988
- Folder 8: Correspondence with students, 1986-1987
- Folder 9: Sherri Jones, 1986
- Folder 10: Allan Segall, D.M.A. candidate, 1987-1991
- Folder 11: Michael Erviti, Ph.D. student, 1987-1997
- Folder 12: Tucker Robinson, dissertation proposal on Carl Ruggles, 1987-1991
- Box 57: 1987-2000
- Folder 1: Sherri Jones, D.M.A. manuscripts and correspondence, 1989
- Folder 2: Marilyn Joy Coles, D.M.A. proposal and prelims, 1989
- Folder 3: Celso Chaves, D.M.A. file, 1989
- Folder 4: Timothy Carrey, D.M.A. choral student, 1987-1988
- Folder 5: Mark Williams, D.M.A. student, 1987
- Folder 6: James Robbins, student file, 1988
- Folder 7: Michael Strasster, Ph.D. student file, 1990-2000
- Folder 8: Jacqueline Bobak, D.M.A. student, 1990-1992
- Folder 9: Ellen Gerdeman-Klein, Ph.D. student (1 of 2), 1990-1994
- Folder 10: Ellen Gerdeman-Klein, Ph.D. student (2 of 2), 1990-1994
- Box 58: 1990-1997
- Folder 1: Ken Wollberg, D.M.A. student, 1990-1994
- Folder 2: Richard Zielinski, D.M.A. student, 1990-1992
- Folder 3: Francis Daniels, D.M.A. proposal on "Maria Stuarda" and prelims, 1990
- Folder 4: Betty Falkenberg, dissertation proposal, 1991
- Folder 5: Joy Calico, D.M.A. student, 1991-1996
- Folder 6: Barbara L. Kelly, Ph.D. student, 1991-1993
- Folder 7: Christine Isley, D.M.A. student, 1991
- Folder 8: David Gilbert, dissertation proposal, Academie des Beaux-Arts and Music, 1991
- Folder 9: Judd G. Danby, D.M.A. student and papers, 1991-1997
- Folder 10: Student file - Judd Danby, Charles Ives Research, 1991-1995
- Box 59: 1991-1999
- Folder 1: Joseph Darby / Judd G. Danby - Charles Ives Research (1 of 2), 1991-1995
- Title: Charles Ives' Second String Quartet and the European Tradition. Includes drafts, correspondence and research notes/material.
- Folder 2: Joseph Darby / Judd G. Danby - Charles Ives Research (2 of 2), 1991-1995
- Folder 3: Paul Heiser - dissertation proposal and prelims, 1994
- Title: Counterpoint in the Nineteenth Century
- Folder 4: Jeffrey Herbert, D.M.A. candidate, music quotations, 1992
- Folder 5: Andrew Kearns, D.M.A. student correspondence and proposals, 1992-1994
- Folder 6: Paul Wolbers, Ph.D. student, 1994
- Title: The Role of Seblang and Gandrung in the Development of the Music of Banyuwanki, East Java
- Folder 7: Thomas Herlin, D.M.A. student (1 of 2), 1996-1998
- Title: Carl Ruggles and the Viennese Tradition: A Comparative Analysis
- Folder 8: Thomas Herlin, D.M.A. student (2 of 2), 1996-1998
- Box 60: 1999-2000
- Folder 1: Thomas Herlin, D.M.A. student (3 of 3), 1999-2000
- Folder 2: Anna Christiansen, Ph.D. student, 1999
- Title: Mechanical Music in Weimar Germany: Hanslick's Absolute Music as Performance Paradigm
- Folder 3: Correspondence with former students, 1958-1961
- Folder 4: David Barron, student paper, Music 423, Wagner, 1964
- Title: The Role of Harmony and Counterpoint in early Wagner
- Folder 5: Lawrence Daley, student paper, operatic aria, 1966
- Title: A Brief history of operatic aria structure from late Mozart to early Wagner
- Folder 6: Letters of recommendation, 1969-1971
- Folder 7: Mary Tiffany, student paper, Mahler seminar, 1969
- Title: A Structural Study of Gustav Mahler's songs
- Folder 8: Ellen Ensel - Master's student and thesis, Modeste Musorgsky's Boris Godunov (1 of 2), 1977-1990
- Folder 9: Ellen Ensel - Master's student and thesis, Modeste Musorgsky's Boris Godunov (2 of 2), 1977-1990
- Box 61: 1979-1992
- Folder 1: Alice Hanson, dissertation - Music in Vienna (1815-1830), 1979
- Folder 2: Rita Steblin, Ph.D. student - "Key Characteristics in 18th and 19th centuries" (1 of 2), 1980
- Folder 3: Rita Steblin, Ph.D. student - "Key Characteristics in 18th and 19th centuries" (2 of 2), 1980
- Folder 4: Virginia Danielson, Ph.D. student, Umm Kulthum and Zakariya Ahmad (1 of 3), 1980-1992
- Folder 5: Virginia Danielson, Ph.D. student, Umm Kulthum (2 of 3), 1980-1992
- Box 62: 1980-2000
- Folder 1: Virginia Danielson, Ph.D. student, Umm Kulthum (3 of 3), 1980-1992
- Folder 2: Susan Parisi - Mantuan Court, Renaissance Italy, apprendices to dissertation, Susan Parisi (1 of 2), 1990s
- Folder 3: Mantuan Court, Renaissance Italy, apprendices to dissertation, Susan Parisi (2 of 2), 1990s
- Folder 4: James Brinkman, former student, 1991
- Folder 5: Letters of recommendation for former students, 1997-2000
- Folder 6: Susanne Lutz, senior thesis, Wagner, 1975
- Folder 7: Tatiana Calhamer, senior thesis, Weber, 1989
- Folder 8: Correspondence with former students, 1961-1970
- Folder 9: Marcello Sorce Keller, dissertation bibliography, 1984
- Box 137: 1985
- Folder 5: Tel-Aviv University - seminar paper on Mahler's Sixth Symphony, Andree Ely-Croitoro, 1985
- Box 145: Music of former students
- Folder 16: Judd Danby, The Piano's Stuck (1995). Cassette tape., 1998
- Folder 17: Alexander-Raffaelli Kieronski. Master's Degree Recital. Cassette tape., September 13, 1980.
- Folder 18: Kim Cook and William Leland recital, New Mexico State University. Cassette tape., November 16, 1985.
- Folder 19: Kim Diane Cook, cello, Boccherini/Kodaly/Beethoven. Cassette tape., January 6, 1987
- Folder 20: Marcello Sorce Keller, Puccini a modo mio. Cassette tape., 1970
- Folder 21: Liszt-Dante Symphony. Paul Wolbers. Cassette tape.
- Folder 22: Paul Wolbers, Some Thoughts on Franz Liszt's Eine Symphonie zu Dantes Divina Commedia. Cassette tape.
- Folder 23: Kim Cook, cello works. Bach Kodaly. Cassette tape.
- Folder 24: Danielson thesis examples. Cassette tape.
- Folder 25: Isley exam. Cassette tape.
- Folder 26: Christine Isley, voice. Cassette tape.
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