Archives Center, National Museum of American History
William Russo Music and Personal Papers
Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967
Claxton, William
Kenton, Stan
Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010
Mulligan, Gerry
Russo, William, 1928-2003
NMAH.AC.0845
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87 Cubic feet
188 boxes
1920-2002
Papers and audiovisual materials documenting Russo's career in music.
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William Russo Music and Personal Papers
Biographical / Historical
William Russo, renowned American jazz composer, arranger, and founder of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, had a music career that spanned five decades and included performance, conducting and composition. During his career he worked with such diverse talents as Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Leonard Bernstein, Cannonball Adderly, Yehuidi Menuhin, Dizzy Gillespie, Seiji Ozawa, and Billie Holiday. Although critics acknowledged Russo mainly for his pioneering contributions to the big-band jazz canon, his talents extended to a far wider range of musical styles, creating groundbreaking jazz scores, rock operas, classical works, film scores, and educational textbooks on jazz orchestration and arrangement. In all, he composed over 200 pieces for jazz orchestra with more than 25 recordings of his work. In 1990, Russo received a Lifetime Achievement award from NARAS, the organization that presents the Grammy Awards.
As a young trombonist, Russo studied with Lennie Tristano, the pianist and theorist who became a leader in the progressive jazz movement. During the late 1940s, Russo led the revolutionary Experiment in Jazz band. At age 21, he became one of the chief composers/arrangers for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, one of the most innovative and influential jazz orchestras of the postwar era. In his four years with Kenton, Russo penned such classic Kenton works as "23° North – 82° West," and "Frank Speaking."
Russo made several major jazz recordings under his own name before his classical "Symphony No. 2 in C (TITANS)" received a Koussevitsky award in 1959; it was performed by the New York Philharmonic that same year under Leonard Bernstein, who had commissioned the work. This award marked Russo's "official" entry into the world of classical music. Russo continued to write major symphonic works throughout his career, including his 1992 grand opera, "Dubrovsky."
After his tenure with Kenton, in the early 1950s, Russo led his own successful bands, The Russo Orchestra in New York, and the London Jazz Orchestra, before returning to Chicago to form the Chicago Jazz Ensemble in 1065. With the Ensemble, he presented Duke Ellington's "First Concert of Sacred Music" in 1967. This was one of the rare times when Ellington allowed one of his compositions to be arranged and performed by a jazz orchestra other than his own, and was a reflection of Ellington's respect for Russo. Shortly after this performance, Russo composed a rock cantata, "The Civil War," that led him into the field of rock opera. After concentrating on classical music again in the 1970s, in the late 1980s, Russo began to re-explore the history of jazz through his revived Chicago Jazz Ensemble. In 1995, the Chicago Jazz Ensemble made history with the first-ever complete live performance of Gil Evans' and Miles Davis' "Sketches of Spain" in its original form. Recent Russo works that premiered in Chicago included "Chicago Suite No. 1," and "Chicago Suite No. 2," a recording that was published posthumously in the spring of 2003.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into nine series.
Series 1: William Russo's Music
Series 2: Teaching Notes
Series 3: Correspondence
Series 4: Publicity, Programs, and Reviews
Series 5: Posters and Artwork
Series 6: Photographs
Series 7: Books and Lecture Notebooks
Series 8: Memorabilia
Series 9: Audiovisual Materials
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Russo's original and published music scores, parts and arrangements; audiovisual materials including recordings of broadcasts of Russo's radio show, performances of Russo's compositions, including performances by Duke Ellington, and film and video recordings of Russo's productions in theater and opera; and personal papers such as correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, publicity files, contracts, etc. Among the most significant items in the collection are experimental jazz arrangements for Stan Kenton in the late 1940s-early 1950s, undated arrangements for Gerry Mulligan, Russo's original arrangement of Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert, scores to his first and second symphonies, and scores and libretti to several early rock operas. The photographs include images of persons such as Ellington, Kenton, and Billy Strayhorn, and photographs by jazz photographers Herman Leonard and William Claxton. 2007 addendum includes correspondence, mostly between Russo and his family; eighteen diaries for 1946-1967 (not all years are present) with sparse entries, some in Italian; and additional music manuscripts, parts, scores and libretti.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Immediate Source of Acquisiton
Bequeathed to the Smithsonian by William Russo. Papers collected after Russo's death in 2003. The 2007 addendum sent by Russo's sister and daughter were also part of the bequest.
Related Materials
Materials in the Archives Center
William Russo Transcription and Arrangement of Duke Ellington's First Concert of Sacred Music, 1967-1968 (AC0406)
Preferred Citation
William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Daniel Alonzo, Charlotte Gray, Peiling Li, Adrienne Mullins, Sarah Winnan, interns, supervised by Scott Schwartz, archivist, 2003.
Motion pictures (visual works)
Music -- Manuscripts
Audiotapes
Business records -- 20th century
Photographs -- 20th century
Correspondence -- 20th century
Librettos
Awards
Posters -- 20th century
Programs
Scrapbooks
Scores
Composers -- 20th century
Opera
Jazz musicians -- United States
Jazz
Music -- 20th century
Lecture notes
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Chicago Jazz Ensemble
Wiliam Russo's Music
Series 1
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circa 1950s – 1990s
Scope and Contents
Original scores, lyrics, loose music, published music, and information documenting Russo's creative processes as composer and arranger. The music is organized into five subseries: Subseries 1.1: Jazz Compositions, Subseries 1.2: Non-Jazz Compositions, Subseries 1.3: Peabody Conservatory Compositions, Subseries 1.4: Notes on Music, Sub-series 1.5: Storyboards.
Jazz Music
1.2
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circa 1950s – 1990s
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes music from Russo's career as a trombonist and arranger in the Stan Kenton Orchestra. It also contains manuscripts and scores created in collaboration with other musicians, like Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Many of his compositions with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, such as "The Horn Blower," are catalogued in this subseries. The music is alphabetically arranged by title.
Bros. (sketch)
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1
1-4
Deadly Sins
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1
2-7
7 Deadly Sins
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19
1-2
23N/82W
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1
3 - 5
23N/82W
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13
1
Adios
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1
6
Agility
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1
7
All About Ronnie
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1
8
Always the Blues
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1
9
Always the Blues
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13
2
American
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1966
19
3
April
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1
10
Autumn Leaves
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19
4
Baia
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1
11
Beguine
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1
12
Bill's Blues
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1
13
Bill's Blues
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13
3
Blue Prelude
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13
4
Blues
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13
5
Blues for Our Children
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13
6
Born to be Blue
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1
14
Body and Soul
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2
1
Brookville
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19
5
C.C.
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2
2
Canticle
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137
Cathy
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2
3
Cello Solo
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19
6
Charlemagne's Friend
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2
4
Chet Arnold's Theme (sketch, see 4 Bros.)
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2
4
Childers #1
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2
5
Continuation of Procession
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13
8
Cookie
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2
6
Count on Rush St., The
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2
7
D'Rone Scores
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13
9
Dancing in the Dark
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13
10
The Dancing Puppet
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2
8-9
The Dancing Puppet
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19
7
Darn that Dream
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13
11
Darn that Dream
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2
10
Davenport Blues
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13
12
Death of Anne
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13
13
Death of Anne
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20
1
Detour Ahead
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13
14
Don't Blame Me
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2
11
Don't Blame Me (sketch, see 4 Bros.)
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2
11
Don't You Know I Care (sketch)
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2
12
Do You Remember No. 4
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13
15
Drum Solo (sketch, see 4 Bros.)
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13
15
Dusk
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2
13-14
Dusk Op. 8, No. 3, N.4 23N/82W
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13
16
Duo, No. 11
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13
17
East Hampton Blues
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13
18
East Hampton Blues
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20
2
Easy to Love
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2
15
Egdon Heath
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2
16-18
Egdon Heath
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13
19-20
Ellington unpublished
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3
1
Emulation
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3
2
English Suite
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3
3
English Suite: No. 1
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13
21
English Suite: Nos. 2-4
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14
1-4
Ennui
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14
5
Ennui
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3
4
An Esthete on Clark St.
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3
5
An Esthete on Clark St.
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20
3
Exactly Like You
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3
6
Eyes for You (see folder for Don't You Know I Care sketch)
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3
6
F. D'Rone Re-Compositions
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3
7
Facility
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3
8
Falstaff
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3
9
The Fan
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14
6
Finale (No. 15)
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14
7
Finale
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20
4
First Saturday in May, The
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14
8
Five Studies
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20
5
For Roger
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3
10
Forbidden Games
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3
11
For My Sister
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3
12
No. 1 Blues-Before and after
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3
13
No. 2 Study for Bass
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3
14
No. 3 My Lady
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3
15
Four Pieces for Jazz Orchestra No. 4 Bacante
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4
1
Frank Speaking
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4
2-3
Frank Speaking
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14
9
Freudian Fantasy
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4
4
From this Moment On
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4
5
Frustration in F
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4
6
Fugue for Jazz Orchestra
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4
7
Fugue for Jazz Orchestra
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20
6
Gaston
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14
10
Gazelle
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4
8
Gazelle
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4
9
Ghost of a Chance
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4
10
Gloomy Sunday
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20
7
The Golden Apple
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4
11
The Golden Apple/Auf'm wase Graset Hase/Love's Labor
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14
11
Gone with the Wind
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14
12
Grushenka
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20
8
Halls of Brass (3)
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14
13-15
He's Funny that Way
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14
16
Horn Blower, The
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14
17
How Hi the Moon
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14
18
I Can't Get Started
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14
19
I Can't Go For You
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20
9
I Cover Waterfront
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5
1
I Cried For You
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20
10
I Get a Kick Out of You
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5
2
I Got it Bad
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5
3
I Got it Bad
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20
11
I'll Remember April
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20
12
I Long for Spring
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5
4
I Only Have Eyes for You
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5
5
I'm Thru with Love
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5
6
If I Should Lose You
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5
7
Imagination
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14
12
Improvisation
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20
13-14
Improvisation Op. 4, #1
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5
8-9
In Memoriam
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5
10-11
In Memoriam
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21
1-3
Indiana
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5
12
It Don't Mean a Thing
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5
13
I've Got You under My Skin
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5
14
In Memoriam
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14
13
Introduction and Sonatina I, Op. 11
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14
14
Introduction and Sonatina
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5
15
Introduction and Sonatina II
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21
4
It Ain't Gonna Happen to Me (No. 5)
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15
1
It's Legal (No. 10)
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15
2
Ivan and Mephistopheles
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15
3
Jeepers Creepers
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5
16
Jeri Southern Scores
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15
4
Joan of Arc
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6
1
Just You
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6
2
Just You (sketch, see Don't You Know I Care)
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6
2
Light (2)
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6
3-4
Land of Milk and Honey No. 4 (LOMAH)
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6
5
LOMAH, No. 6
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6
6
LOMAH, No. 8
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6
7
LOMAH, No. 11
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6
8
LOMAH, No. 12
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7
1
LOMAH, No. 13
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7
2
LOMAH, No. 15
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7
3
LOMAH, Pno-vcl trans., Op. 45,
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3/29/67
7
4
LOMAH, Fifth Draft,
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11/22/64
7
5
LOMAH, Green Notebook
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7
6
LOMAH, Overture
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15
5
LOMAH, No. 1, Meet Me
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15
6
LOMAH, No. 6, Club Gigi
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15
7
LOMAH 1
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21
5
LOMAH 2
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21
6
LOMAH 3
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21
7
LOMAH 4
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22
1
Light
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22
2
Lilacs in Rain
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7
7
The Lion House
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22
3
A Lonely Sparrow
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15
8
Long Ago
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15
9
Long Ago (sketch, see Don't You Know I Care)
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15
9
Love Me or Leave Me
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22
4
Love Me or Leave Me
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7
8
Lover
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22
5
Lover Come Back
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7
9
Love's Labour
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8
1
Lullaby in Rhythm
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8
2
Lullaby of the Leaves
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15
10
M. McPartland Scores (Mood Indigo, Foggy Day)
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15
11
Made in Cologne
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8
3
The Magistrates Court (No. 12)
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15
12
Man Teca
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8
4
Man Teca
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23
1
Matisse
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15
13
Medley (sketch: Waterfront, Talk of Town, Blue Moon, see Don't You Know I Care)
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15
13
Minuet
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8
5
Misc. Sketch Scores
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8
6
Moon Country
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16
1
The Moon is Blue
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23
2
Moonlight in Vermont
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8
7
My Funny Valentine
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23
3
My Lady
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8
8
My Man's Gone Now
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16
2
My Old Flame
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8
9
My Own
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8
10
The National Anthem
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16
4
The New Age Suite
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16
3
Newport Suite
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23
4-5
Newport Suite
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8
11-13
Nice Work If You Can Get It
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23
6
Nite and Day (sketch, see 4 Bros.)
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23
6
Nite and Day (sketch, see Don't You Know I Care)
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23
6
No One But U
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8
14
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
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8
15
Obsession
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8
16
Op. 8, No. 1,3,4 (Bill's Blues, 23N/82W)
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24
1
Open Up (No.2)
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16
5
One For the Road
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24
2
Only Girl, The
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8
17
Original Up – Tempo
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24
3
Orinthardy
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16
6
Phoenix
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8
18
Pickwick (3)
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8
19-21
Pink Evil
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8
22
Please Be Kind
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8
23
Poached Eyes on Ghost
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24
4
Poem for Trumpet
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8
24
Pongo
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16
7
Pooch McGooch
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8
25
Poor Butterfly
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24
5
Portrait of a Count
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8
26
Princess of Evil
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16
8
Purple Hyacinth
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9
1
Pussy Willow
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9
2
Pyramus and Thisbe
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24
6
Reduction of three Art Paul Orchestrations
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9
3
Rhino, The
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9
4
Rhino, The
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16
9
Russo Studies 1-5, Savoy (sketch, see 4 Bros.) and Sing (sketch, see 4 Bros.)
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25
1-5
Settings for Two Songs: "Strange Fruit" and Gloomy Sunday"
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16
10
Sketches: 1. incomplete sketches, 2. student's associate's sketches, 3. parts of non-opus pieces
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16
11
Slightly Brightly
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9
5
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
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9
6
Solitaire, orig. score, part
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9
7
Solitaire (sketch, see 4 Bros.)
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9
7
Solitaire, Nov. 8, 1950
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17
1
Solitaire
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25
6
Somebody Loves Me
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9
8
Sorrento (sketch, see Don't You Know I Care)
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9
8
Souvenir de Porto Rico
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9
9
Spanish Dance, Medley
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9
10
Spanish Dance, with part for soloist
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9
11
Spectrum: A Teen-age Cantata
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9
12
Spectrum, scores
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17
2
Speculum
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9
13
Spring is Here
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17
3
Stairway to the Stars
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10
1
Stop It (No. 7)
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17
4
Stop Time Buck
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10
2
A Study in Simplicity
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10
3
A Study in Simplicity
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17
5-6
Suites for Re-Compositions, Fascinating Rhythm
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11
1
Suites for Re-Compositions, Lover Man
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11
2
Suites for Re-Compositions, Over the Rainbow
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11
3
Suites for Re-Compositions, Shadow Waltz
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11
4
Suites for Re-Compositions, Sophisticated Lady
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11
5
Suites for Re-Compositions, There's a Small Hotel
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11
6
Suites for Re-Compositions, Autumn in New York
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11
7
Suites for Re-Compositions, Avril in Paris
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11
8
Suites for Re-Compositions, Crazy Rhythm
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11
9
Suites for Re-Compositions, How Hi the Moon
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11
10
Suites for Re-Compositions, I Got it Bad
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11
11
Suites for Re-Compositions, Reverie
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11
12
Suites for Re-Compositions, You and the Night and the Music
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11
13
Suite No. 11, Portrait of a Count
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17
7
Summertime
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25
7
Sweet Lorraine (sketch, see 4 Bros.)
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10
Unknown
Sweets
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10
4-5
Sweets
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17
8-9
'Swonderful
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10
6
Symphony of Popular Songs, A
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17
10-12
Symphony Sid (sketch, see 4 Bros.)
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17
Tanglewood
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25
8
Tanglewood
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10
7
Tea for Two (sketch, see Don't You Know I Care)
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10
7
Tenderly
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10
8
That Old Feeling
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10
9
Theme (sketch, see 4 Bros.)
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10
9
Theme and Variations
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25
9
Theme of Four Values, A
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10
10
There'll Never Be Another You
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10
11
Thisbe
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18
1
Tomorrow's April
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10
12
The Ugly Bar
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10
13
Under the Green Woodtree
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10
14
Untitled
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26
1
Variations on Auf'm Wase Graset Hase
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26
2
Vignette
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10
15
Wanda Stafford—Parts
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10
16
Wanda Stafford—Parts
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12
1-2
The Way I Feel (No. 9)
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18
2
Way You Look Tonite
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12
3
Way You Look Tonite (sketch, see Don't You Know I Care
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12
3
Welcome to Paradise
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18
3
What's New?
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12
4-6
What's New?
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26
3
When Raindrops Fall
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18
4
Who Told You That Lie?
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12
7
Without You
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18
5
The World of Alcina
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18
6
World of Alcina
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12
8
Yesterdays
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12
9
Yesterdays
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26
4
You Go to My Head
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12
10
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to
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12
11
Young Sebastian
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12
12
Young Sebastian
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18
8
Non-Jazz Music
1.2
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circa 1960s – 2000
Scope and Contents
Original scores composed and arranged by Russo. The holdings of this subseries include his rock operas "The Bacchae," "The Civil War," and "Aesop's Fables," his arrangement of Ellington's music for "A Concert of Sacred Music," and a plethora of music composed for the stage, film, and the Russo Orchestra, which includes his renowned piece "TITANS." The music is arranged alphabetically by title.
4 Recompositions for McPartland (parts)
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32
1
22-50 Pan's East
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64
1
Achilles
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58
1
Achilles
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108
1
Aesop's Fables
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32
2
Aesop's Fables
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33
1
Ages of Man
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107
1
Allegro for Concert Band
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76
1
An Album of Songs
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33
2
An Album of Songs
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27
1
Angel
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27
2
Anthem of Liberty and Justice
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27
3
Antigone
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33
3-5
Antigone
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58
2
Antigone
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34
1
Aria
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34
2
The Bacchae
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64
3-4
The Bacchae
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34
1-2
Bla, Bla, Bla
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27
4
Black Pedro
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64
3
Blues for Our Children
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76
2
Blues Remembered
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65
1
Blues Remembered
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35
3
By the Sea/By the Light of the Silvery Moon
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35
4
A Cabaret Opera
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35
5-6
A Cabaret Opera
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36
1-3
Carousel, Riders of
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36
4
Carousel Suite
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58
3
City in a Garden includes: 1. The Buildings, 2. The Lake, 3. The Work, and
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27
5
City in a Garden includes: 4. The Parks and 5. The People
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27
6
The Civil War
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37
1-3
C.O.T. Canons, Exercises, etc.
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107
2
Comico
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27
7
A Concert of Sacred Music, 1. In the Beginning
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27
8
Concert of Sacred Music: Come Sunday,The Lord's Prayer, Will You Be There? Ain't But the One, and David Danced
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27
9-12
A Concert of Sacred Music
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37
4-6
A Concert of Sacred Music
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38
1-4
A Concert of Sacred Music
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39
1-3
A Concert of Sacred Music
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65
2
Concerto '67 I
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108
2
Concerto '67 II
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108
3
Concerto '67 III
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108
4
Concerto '67 IV
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108
5
Concerto for Oboe and Jazz Ensemble I
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65
4
Concerto for Oboe and Jazz Ensemble II
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66
1
Concerto for Oboe and Jazz Ensemble III
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66
2
Concerto Grosso
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65
3
Concerto Grosso
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76
3
Concerto Grosso
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37
7-8
Concerto in C for violincello and Orchestra
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37
9
Concerto in C for violincello and Orchestra
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58
4
Concerto in C for violincello and Orchestra
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58
5
The Daffodil's Smile
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39
4
Dangerous Teachings: songs of exile and revolution
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27
13
David
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39
5-6
David
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58
6
Divertissement
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40
1
Doctor Bop
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66
3
Dorian Etude
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40
2
Early Bright
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66
4
Early Bright
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40
3
Elegy III
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28
1
The English Concerto
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40
4
The English Concerto
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58
7
Field Song
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109
1
For Nina
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28
2
Four Songs of Celebration
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40
5
Friday's Child
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40
6
F.T. Body Canons
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107
3
F.T. Canons
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107
4
F.T. Rhythm Exercises
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107
5
Free Theater Songs, Canons
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107
6
F.T. Workshop 1971 – 1972
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107
7
The Garden of Virtue
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40
7
A General Opera
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67
1
A General Opera
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68
1-2
A General Opera
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41
1
Gentle Autumn
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68
3
The Gentle Woman
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41
2
The Golden Bird
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42
1
The Golden Bird
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28
3
The Golden Bird
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59
1-2
Hallelujah
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42
2
Hambone
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68
4
Hello
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42
3
Hello
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28
4
Hello
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59
3
I Bella
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42
4
Ibirdia
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68
5
I Have Lived and I Have Loved
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28
5
Indiana
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68
6
An Image of Men
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42
5
An Image of Men
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43
1-2
In Memoriam
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43
3-4
In Memoriam
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44
1-4
Interval III
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45
1
Introduction to II Elegy
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45
2
Isabella's Fortune
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45
3-4
The Island
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60
1
The Island
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69
1
The Island
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46
1
Jimmie's Got a Gal II
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46
2
Joan of Arc Op. 56
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46
3
Joan Originals (different folder?)
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46
4
John Horton (book of music)
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46
5
John Horton, Act I
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76
4
John Horton, Act II
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76
5
John Horton, Act III
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76
6
John Horton: An Opera in Three Acts
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60
2
Land of Milk and Honey
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48
1
Lansdowne
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47
1
Lansdowne
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69
2
Les Deux Errants
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69
3
Les Deux Errants
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76
7
Les Deux Errants
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61
1
Liberation
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61
2
Liberation Originals: The Feast of Life, No. 4 Love Song for Me
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47
2
Liberation (2)
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47
3
Lifeline
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69
4
Limelite
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69
5
Listen Beneath
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47
4
Listen Beneath
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28
6
Love's Labour
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69
6
Majery Kemp
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48
2
Man in the Moon
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28
7
Marat Sade
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61
3
Mariposa
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28
8
Memphis
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28
9
Memphis
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48
4
Memphis
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28
1
Memphis
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109
2
The Merger
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69
7
Minuet
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69
8
Miss Blues'es Child
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28
2
Monday's Child
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69
9
Music Folio for Band and Orchestra
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69
8
Music for Alto Saxophone and Strings
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48
5
Music for Tenor Trombone Group
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49
1
Old Time Religion
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70
1
Ornithardy
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70
2
Orpheus
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70
3-4
Orpheus
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49
2
The Payoff
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50
1-2
The Payoff
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51
1
Pedrolino's Revenge
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51
2
Pedrolino's Revenge
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52
1
Pedrolino's Revenge
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61
4
Prelude and Processional and Shepards' Dance
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62
1
Photograph
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28
12
Rondon
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109
3
Sacred Concerts
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52
2
The Sacrifice
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29
1
The Seasons
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29
3-5
Second Chance
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52
3-5
The Shepard
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53
1-2
The Shepards' Christmas
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29
6-7
Slow Gigue
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30
1
Small Intro to Title Music
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53
3
Soft Shoe
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70
5
Sonata for Violin and Piano
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30
2-3
Songs of Celebration
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70
6-7
Song of Songs
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53
4
Song of Songs
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54
1-2
Soundpiece No. 2
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71
1
Stafford Pieces
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71
2
Star-Spangled Banner
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30
4
Street Music
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62
2
Street Music
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71
3
Street Music
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72
1-2
Street Music
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54
3
A Street Opera
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54
4
Stonehenge I
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109
4
Stonehenge II
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109
5
Stonehenge III
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109
6
Stonehenge IV
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109
7
Suite for Violin Op. 46
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62
3
Swanee River
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30
5
Symphony for Brasses, Saxophones, Cello, and Percussion
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62
4
Symphony for Winds, Low Strings, and Percussion
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72
3-4
Symphony No. 1
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73
1
Symphony No. 1 Op. 15
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62
5
Take Me Death
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30
6
Talking to the Sun
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30
7-9
Talking to the Sun
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54
5
Talking to the Sun
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55
1
Teaching Material
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30
10
Three Little Lullabies
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73
2
Three Pieces for Blues Band and Symphony Orchestra
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63
1
Three Pieces for Blues Band Orchestra
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55
2
Titans
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63
4
Titans
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73
3
Tracy's Trip
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74
1
Trombone Literature
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55
3
Tuesday's Child
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74
2
Tuoro Cantata (3)
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55
4
Tuoro Cantata
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31
1-4
Unidentified Manuscripts
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56
1
Untitled
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56
2
Untitled
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74
3
Urban Trilogy
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56
3
Urban Trilogy
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63
5
Variations on an American Theme
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74
4
Variations on an American Theme Op. 40 (score)
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56
4
Variations on Dona Nobis Pacem
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56
5
V-4 to the Moon
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31
5
Walking Shoes
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74
5
Watership Down
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56
6
Wedding March
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56
7
What's the Difference?
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75
1
What's the Difference?
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57
1
What's New
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57
2
Whither Weather Op. 69 (score, originals)
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57
3
Whither Weather
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75
2
Whither Weather
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31
6
The Willow Song
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31
7
Women
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31
8
Women of the World
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63
6
Women of the World
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57
4-7
Wrapped in Steel
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57
8
Yesterdays
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63
7
You Shall Above All Things Be Glad and Young
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31
9
Peabody Music
1.3
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Scope and Contents
Scores and compositions from Russo's tenure at the Peabody Conservatory at the Johns Hopkins University. This series is arranged alphabetically.
3 Part Invention No. 9
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77
1
The 7 Deadly Sins
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77
2-5
The 7 Deadly Sins
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78
1-3
22-50 Paris East
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78
4
46
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78
5
Anthem of Liberty and Justice
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78
6
Anthem of Liberty and Justice
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96
1
Anthem of Liberty and Justice
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79
1-3
Autumn Leaves
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79
4
Babalu
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79
5
Bill's Blues
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79
6
Black Pedro
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79
7
Bread and Roses
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79
8-9
Broadway
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80
1
Bulldozer
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80
2
Canticle
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80
3
Canticle
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96
2
Chicago Jazz Ensemble
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80
4
The Civil War
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80
5
The Civil War
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96
3
Concerts for Oboe and Jazz Ensemble
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81
1
The Dancing Puppet
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81
2
Dr. Bop
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81
3
Ebony Concerto
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81
4
The English Suite
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82
1
An Esthete on Clark Street
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82
2
The Fan
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82
3
Fascinating Rhythm
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82
4
The Field Song
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82
5
Five Figures
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83
1
Friday's Child
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83
2
Fugue for Jazz Orchestra
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83
3
A General Opera
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83
4
Gentle Autumn
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83
5
The Golden Apple
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83
6-7
Hambone
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84
1
Heaven
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84
2
Hello Out There
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84
3
I Can't Go For You
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84
4
Ibirdia
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84
5
Incidental Stage Music for M. Sahl
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84
6
Indiana
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84
7
Introduction and Sonatina
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85
1
Just a Common Old English Bar Blues in 7/4
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85
2
Lifeline
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85
3
Limelite
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85
4
The Lion House
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85
5
Land of Milk and Honey
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85
6
Land of Milk and Honey
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86
1-2
Love Me or Leave Me
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86
3
The Merger
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86
4
Minuet
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86
5
Monday's Child
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86
6
My Funny Valentine
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86
7
My Mans Gone Now
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86
8-9
National Anthem
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87
1
Newport Suite (2)
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87
2-3
Notation Principles
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87
4
Old Time Religion
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87
5
Ornithardy
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87
6
The Pay Off
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87
7
Pickwick
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87
8
Pickwick
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88
1
Portrait of a Count
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88
2
Procession
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88
3-4
The Rhino
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88
5
Rhondo
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88
6
Russo Studies 1
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89
1
Sermon
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89
2
The Serpentine
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89
3
Soft Shoes
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89
4
Solitare
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90
1
Soundpiece #2
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90
2
Stonehenge
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90
3
Strange Fruit
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90
4
Summertime
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90
5-6
Summertime
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96
4-5
Sweets
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90
7
Symphony for Winds, Low Strings, and Percussion
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90
8
Symphony of Popular Songs parts 1-6
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91
1-4
Take Me Death (2)
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92
1-2
Tenderly
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92
3
Three Little Lullabies
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92
4
Theme and Variations
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92
5
Thisbe
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92
6
Topsy Returns
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92
7
Trilogy Movement 1
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93
1
Tuesday's Child
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93
2
Tuning Up
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93
3
Two Wheeler
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93
4
Under the Greenwood Tree
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94
1
Variation on Auf'm Wase Graset Hase
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94
2
Walking Shoes
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94
3
What's New?
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94
4
The World of Alcina
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94
5
Yesterdays
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95
1-2
Notes on Music
1.4
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circa 1960s – 1990s
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains notes that Russo made about his works concerning the conceptualization and creation of his music, scripts, business notes, and drafts of articles about Stan Kenton. The majority of the material in this subseries is from the 1970s and 1980s that was written for a staged production. Holdings include "Isabella's Fortune," "Pedrolino's Revenge," and "The Pay Off." The subseries is arranged in alphabetical order.
2 Comic Operas
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97
1
Achilles, a rock opera
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97
2
Aesops, pickups, 1972
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97
3
Aesop's, tech text scripts
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97
4
Ages of Man, tech texts
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97
5
Antigone, lightrip script
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97
6
Antigone, pickups
Archival Resource Key
1973
97
7
Bacchae text texts,
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1972, 1973
98
1
Bacchae script and drawings
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98
2
The Bacchae, notes
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98
3
Bacchae Notes and Drawings
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99
1
The Bacchae, working text
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99
2
Banks a Roses
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99
3
Breathe Deeply, (1970 Free Theater)
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99
4
Cabaret Opera
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99
5
Concert of Sacred Music (production material)
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99
6
Echoes of Harlem
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106
1
Everybody Rides the Carousel
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106
2
David, notes
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99
7
The Golden Bird, budget, letters, and text
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1983 – 1984
99
8
Hello, business and letters
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1983
99
9
In Memoriam Herman Conaway, text
Archival Resource Key
99
10
Isabella's Fortune, notes
Archival Resource Key
100
1
Joan of Arc, notes
Archival Resource Key
100
2
Joan of Arc, tech
Archival Resource Key
100
3
Kenton, writing about
Archival Resource Key
106
3
Liberation, notes
Archival Resource Key
100
4
Liberation, pickups
Archival Resource Key
100
5
Liberation, tech texts
Archival Resource Key
100
6
Librettos
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101
1
Librettos
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101
2
Land of Milk and Honey, notes
Archival Resource Key
101
3
Majery Kemp, notes
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101
4
Notes on WR compositions (Antigone, The Island, Dusk, America, John Hooton)
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101
5
The Pay Off, masters of script
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102
1
The Pay Off, notes and music
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102
2
Pedrolino's Revenge, notes
Archival Resource Key
102
3
ROC, discussions and business, 1974
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102
4
ROC, music notes, backup to score
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103
1
ROC, music notes, superseded
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103
2
Second Chance, business and notes
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103
3
Song of Songs, notes
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103
4
Song of Songs, notes (original texts)
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103
5
Song of Songs, tech text
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103
6
Song of Songs, pickups
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103
7
Songs of Celebration, notes
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104
1
Southeast Chicago, 1983
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104
2
Talking to the Sun, backup notes
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104
3
Touro
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104
4
Urban Trilogy, letters and notes
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104
5
Women of the World, business and letters
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104
6
Women of the World, notes
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104
7
WR Lecture at Municipal Art League
Archival Resource Key
October 25, 1954
105
1
WR Lectures
Archival Resource Key
1976
105
2
WR Lecture, untitled
Archival Resource Key
undated
105
3
Writing, 1945 (The Greek & Roman Gods – The Roman Forum)
Archival Resource Key
105
4
Miscellaneous Lyrics
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undated
64
3
Storyboards
1.5
Archival Resource Key
Scope and Contents
Storyboards for three of Russo's works are contained in this subseries. "Riders of the Carousel" contains the most material in the subseries. Subseries 1E is alphabetically arranged by title.
Riders of the Carousel
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circa 1960s – 1980s
110
1
WD Storyboard
Archival Resource Key
110
2
Whither Weather Storyboard (Faith Hubley)
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110
3
William Russo's Teaching Notes
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
1972-1973
Scope and Contents
This series has notes that Russo used as an educator while at Columbia College in Chicago. Holdings include notes from a Free Theater workshop that Russo gave in 1972–1973. The series is arranged in alphabetical order.
Complete Corr. Teaching
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111
1
F.T. Workshop, (Wed. class)
Archival Resource Key
111
2
Jam Factoree (excluding G.O. and C.O. songs)
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1972 – 1973
111
3
Correspondence
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940-2003
Scope and Contents
Contains letters, contracts, and other personal documents of William Russo and his family and friends. The majority of correspondence is from the 1960s–1990s. The earlier decades contain schoolwork, whereas material from 2000 and after is primarily greeting cards. The material is arranged chronologically.
Chronological Correspondence
3.1
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1940-2003
Ogden News
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June 19, 1940
112
1
Miscellaneous Letters
Archival Resource Key
1949
112
2
W Russo Jr. to SDR
Archival Resource Key
1950
112
3
WJR to Russo's
Archival Resource Key
1950
112
4
BC Russo
Archival Resource Key
1950-1953
112
5
Miscellaneous Letters
Archival Resource Key
1950
112
6
WR to SDR
Archival Resource Key
1951
112
7
Miscellaneous Letters
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1951
112
8
WJR to SDR
Archival Resource Key
1952
112
9
Miscellaneous Letters
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1952
112
10
Arlene Thayer and Shirley Rinz to WR
Archival Resource Key
1953
112
11
Miscellaneous Letters
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1953
113
1
WJR Sr.
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1953-1954
113
2
Schoolwork
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Spring of 1954
113
3
Personal – Miscellaneous
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January – June
113
4
Miscellaneous Letters
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January-June 1954
113
5
Personal – Miscellaneous
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July – December 1954
113
6
Miscellaneous Letters
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July – December 1954
113
7
Andrea Arentsen/WR
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1954-1955
113
8
Mr. Henry Waack
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1955
113
9
Personal/Miscellaneous
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January – June 1955
113
10
Schoolwork
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Spring 1955
113
11
WJR Jr. European Trip
Archival Resource Key
1955
113
12
Miscellaneous Letters
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January – June 1955
113
13
Personal – Miscellaneous
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July – December 1955
113
14
Miscellaneous Letters
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July – December 1955
113
15
John Becker Sound piece #4 Letters and Contracts
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1955-1956
113
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King
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1956
114
1
King II
Archival Resource Key
1956
114
2
Miscellaneous Letters
Archival Resource Key
January – June 1956
114
3
Personal – Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
January – June 1956
114
4
Personal – Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
July – December 1956
114
5
Miscellaneous Letters
Archival Resource Key
July – December 1956
114
6
Article drafts
Archival Resource Key
1957
114
7
Diary
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1955-1961
114
8
Personal Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
January – June 1957
114
9
Miscellaneous Letters
Archival Resource Key
January – June 1957
114
10
Personal – Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
July – December 1957
114
11
Miscellaneous Letters
Archival Resource Key
July – December 1957
114
12
Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
January – June 1958
114
13
Miscellaneous Letters
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1958-1962
115
1
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
January – June 1958
115
2
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – December 1958
115
3
Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – December 1958
115
4
Miscellaneous Letters
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1959-1966
115
5
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
January – June 1959
115
6
Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – December 1959
115
7
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – December 1959
115
8
The University of Chicago Press
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1959 - 1962
143
4
Alexandroff
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1958-1962
115
9
Bobick
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1958-1963
115
10
John Hooton
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1959-1961
115
11
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
January – June 1960
116
1
Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence
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January – June 1960
116
2
Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – December 1960
116
3
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – December 1960
116
4
Daily Planner
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1961
116
5
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
January – June 1961
116
6
Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
January – June 1961
116
7
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – December 1961
116
8
Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – December 1961
116
9
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1962 – 1970
116
10
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
January – June 1962
116
11
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1962 – 1963
116
12
Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence
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January – June 1962
116
13
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – December 1962
116
14
Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – December 1962
116
15
The University of Chicago Press
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1962 – 1975
143
5
Miscellaneous
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1961 - 1968
143
6
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1961 – 1966
117
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The University of Chicago Press
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1962 – 1975
117
2
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1963 –1997
117
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Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1963 – 1973
117
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Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence
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January – June 1963
117
5
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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January – June 1963
117
6
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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July – December 1963
117
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Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence
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July – December 1963
117
8
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
January – June 1964
117
9
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – December 1964
117
10
Correspondence
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January – March 1966
117
11
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
January – March 1965
118
1
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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April – June 1965
118
2
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1965
118
3
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – September 1965
118
4
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
October – December 1965
118
5
Correspondence
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April – June 1966
118
6
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1965 – 1966
118
7
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – September 1966
118
8
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
October – December 1966
118
9
Correspondence
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January – March 1967
119
1
Correspondence
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April – June 1967
119
2
Correspondence
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July – September 1967
119
3
Correspondence
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October – December 1967
119
4
WR Judge OCJF
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1968
119
5
Correspondence
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January – March 1968
119
6
Daily Notes
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1968
119
7
Free Theatre Music Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1968- 1970
119
8
Correspondence
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April – June 1968
120
1
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – September 1968
120
2
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
October – December 1968
120
3
Daily Record
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1969
120
4
Atlantic Coil Notebook
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1969
120
5
Correspondence
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January – March 1969
120
6
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
April – June 1969
120
7
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – September 1969
120
8
Correspondence
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October – December 1969
121
1
WJR
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1969
121
2
MC
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1962 – 1970
121
3
Peabody Letters
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1970 – 1971
121
4
Notebook
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1970
121
5
Correspondence
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January – March 1970
121
6
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
April – June 1970
121
7
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
October – December 1970
121
8
Daily Record William Russo
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1970
121
9
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – September 1970
121
10
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1965 –1971
121
11
Daily Record WR
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1971
121
12
Free Theatre
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1971 – 1974
122
1
Correspondence
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January – March 1971
122
2
Aesop's Notes
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1971
122
3
Free Theatre
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1971
122
4
Correspondence
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October – December 1971
122
5
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – September 1971
122
6
Correspondence
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April – June 1971
122
7
Chesterton Ind. Documents
Archival Resource Key
1972
122
8
Aesop's NY
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1972
122
9
Correspondence
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April – June 1972
122
10
Correspondence
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July – September 1972
122
11
Miscellaneous Notes (notebook)
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1972
122
12
Aesop
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1972
122
13
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
January – March 1972
122
14
Aesop
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1972
123
1
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
October – December 1972
123
2
Correspondence San Francisco Orchestra. CSO (Edwards) David Noble June Read
Archival Resource Key
1973 – 1974
123
3
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
July – September 1973
123
4
Correspondence J
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anuary –March 1973
123
5
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
October – December 1973
123
6
JWR/WR
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1970 – 1973
123
7
Master File
Archival Resource Key
1973
123
8
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
April – June 1973
123
9
WR Memos to Bacchae Co.
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1973
123
10
San Francisco Snipper Kornmills
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1974
123
11
Correspondence
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January – March 1974
123
12
Correspondence
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October – December 1974
124
1
Correspondence
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July – September 1974
124
2
Correspondence
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April – June 1974
124
3
Correspondence
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1974
124
4
Correspondence
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October – December 1975
124
5
Correspondence
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April – June 1975
124
6
Correspondence
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July – September 1975
124
7
Correspondence
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January – March 1975
124
8
Notebook
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1975
124
9
Commepia Master File
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1975
124
10
Bio Material Raw
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1975
124
11
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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1976
124
12
Watership Down
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1976
143
7
The University of Chicago Press
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1976 - 1978
143
8
Correspondence
Series 2
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July – September 1976
124
13
Correspondence
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October – December 1976
124
14
Notebook
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1976
125
1
Notebook
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1976
125
2
Notebook
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1976
125
3
Correspondence
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January – March 1976
125
4
Correspondence
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April – June 1976
125
5
Peer Southern
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1977 and after
125
6
Notebook
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1977-1978
125
7
Notebook
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1977
125
8
WR Letters
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1977
125
9
Notebook
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1978
125
10
Notebook
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1978 – 1979
125
11
WR Letters
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1978
125
12
Notebook
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1979
125
13
Wilkman HBO Film business
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1979
125
14
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1979
125
15
WR Letters
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1979
126
1
Cards from Mother
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1980 – 1992
126
2
WR Letters
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1980
126
3
Jazz Arts Group
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1981 –1983
126
4
WR Letters
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1981
126
5
Miscellaneous
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1983 –1986
126
6
Letters
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1982
126
7
WR Letters
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1982
126
8
Chicago World's Fair of Music
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October 1980 – January 1981
126
9
Albert Poland Ltd. Correspondence
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1982
126
10
Mark Master
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1982 –1985
127
1
Book Outline Basic Notes
Archival Resource Key
1980
127
2
Miscellaneous Correspondence and artwork
Archival Resource Key
1983
127
3
WR Letters
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1983
127
4
WR Letters
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1984
127
5
WR Letters
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1985
127
6
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1985
127
7
WR Letters
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1986
127
8
Project Italia
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1985 on
127
9
AGAC
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1985
143
9
Miscellaneous Projects
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1987
127
10
P-H/ U of C
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1987
128
1
WR Letters
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1987
128
2
Lills
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1987
128
3
WR Letters
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1988
128
4
The Civil War
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1988
128
5
Shepard's Christmas
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1988
128
6
(Prod) XMAS NY
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1988
128
7
Miscellaneous Correspondence NYC
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1988
128
8
WR Letters
Archival Resource Key
1989
128
9
Indiana Sale
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1989
128
10
WR Letters
Archival Resource Key
1990
129
1
Computer Information
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1991
129
2
SWAN
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1991
129
3
WR Letters
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1991
129
4
Torvill & Dean
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1991
129
5
Daily Schedule
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1991
129
6
Daily Schedule
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1992
129
7
WR Letters
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1992
129
8
Diviso
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1992
129
9
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Cards
Archival Resource Key
1992
129
10
Unanswered Mail
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1992 – 1995
130
1
Passing of EGR
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1993
130
2
Miscellaneous
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1993
130
3
CC Vienna Review
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1993
130
4
Daily Schedule
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1993
130
5
WR Letters
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1993
130
6
Miscellaneous Letters
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1993
130
7
CPL
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1994
130
8
WR Letters
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1994
131
1
WR Letters
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1995
131
2
Ravina Festival Contract
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1995
131
3
WR Letters
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1996
131
4
Stanley Crouch
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1996
131
5
Growers
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1996
132
1
Vienna
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997
132
2
WR Letters
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1997
132
3
Notes for New Works
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1997
132
4
Klon
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1997
132
5
Budapest
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1998
132
6
EKE Lecture (Edward Kennedy Ellington)
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1998
132
7
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1998
132
8
Words and Music
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1998
132
9
JWR to WR
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1998
132
10
WR Letters
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1998
133
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McLarin
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1998
133
2
MC about Ellington and Homosexuality
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1999
133
3
Letters
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1999
133
4
ISLOI SABA
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1999
133
5
La Scuola Comp II
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1999
133
6
Scuola Euopea
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1999
133
7
Palermo
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1999
134
1
SK/UK
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1996 –2000
134
2
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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2000
134
3
Letters
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2000
134
4
Teri Bloom
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2001
134
5
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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2001
134
6
Cuba
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2001
135
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BBC
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2001
135
2
To & Fro
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2001
135
3
Stan Kenton
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2001
135
4
Letters
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2001
135
5
Birdland
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2001
135
6
Daily Schedule
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2002
135
7
UK
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2002
135
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Greece
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2002
135
9
CJE Miscellaneous Performances
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2002
135
10
Birdland
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2002
135
11
Jazz Showcase
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2002
135
12
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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2002
135
13
Letters
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2002
136
1
Greeting Cards
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2002
136
2
Email Correspondence Alexander Russo to WR
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2003
136
3
Performance at Green Mill May 4
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2003
136
4
Miscellaneous Multi-Decade Boxes
3.2
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circa 1941-2002
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1969 –1995
137
1
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1982 –2002
137
2
JWR
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1959 – 1966
137
3
Documents Miscellaneous
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1959 –1996
137
4
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1966 – 2000
137
5
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1941 – 1980
138
1
Peaslee
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1965 – 2001
138
2
Stuart Douglas
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1966 –2001
138
3
Tony Russell
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1962 – 1970
138
4
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1962 –1999
138
5
Tony Agnoshal
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1985 – 1991
138
6
Thompsons
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1965 –2002
138
7
Miscellaneous Correspondence AB Mathieu
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1965 – 2000
138
8
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1958 – 1987
138
9
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
February 4, 19??
139
1
Mind Your Own Business Planner
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1987
139
2
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1966 – 2002
139
3
WRilliam Russon Letters to EGR & WJR
Archival Resource Key
1953, 1957 – 1964
139
4
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1958 – 1962
139
5
Mike A
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1955 – 1982
139
6
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1957 –1989
139
7
Notebook
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undated
140
1
Notebook
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undated
140
2
SDL to WR
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1968 – 1993
140
3
Mary Tatro
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undated
140
4
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1962 –1992
140
5
EQR – WR
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1960 –1985
140
6
Documents Birth Marriage Death
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1936 –1984
140
7
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1975 – 1996
140
8
Copy Master of Political Science Readings
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undated
140
9
EKE Notes (Edward Kennedy Ellington)
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undated
140
10
Peer-Southern Correspondence
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1972 –1990
140
11
Dorn Music
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1989 –1990
140
12
Meal Plan
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undated
141
1
Contracts
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1972
141
2
University of Chicago II Outline
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undated
141
3
Note on EKE (Edward Kennedy Ellington) includes reductions
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undated
141
4
How to Compose Music
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1977 –1978
141
5
Empty Envelopes
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1963 – 1983
141
6
Jazz Comp/Orch
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undated
142
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CLR/WR
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1983 –1991
142
2
Printed Scores WR from Magazines
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undated
142
3
Ignazio Garsia
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1999 – 2001
142
4
Pescara
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1999 – 2000
142
5
Virginia Allen
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1966 – 2000
142
6
CJE Board
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1999 – 2002
142
7
EKE (Edward Kennedy Ellington)
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undated
142
8
Contracts Elapsed
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1960 – 1992
142
9
Cartoons
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undated
142
10
WR Miscellaneous Songs
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1981 – 1985
142
11
Duke Ellington
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1976 –1995
142
12
Family Miscellaneous
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undated
143
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Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1965 – 1972
143
2
Whitney
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1969 – 1998
143
3
Publicity Programs and Reviews
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
cicra 1943-2003
Scope and Contents
Contains newspapers, articles, clippings, broadsides, and programs, and magazine reviews documenting the life and career of William Russo. The bulk of the material is from the 1950s–1990s. There are many articles from
Downbeat, a magazine that frequently wrote about Russo and featured him as a columnist. The series is arranged chronologically.
Publicity and Programs
4.1
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cicra 1954-2003
William Russo Programs
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1954
144
1
Europe–Newspaper clippings
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1955
158A
1-2
Reviews and Publicity
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1950s
158
3
William Russo Programs
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1955-1958
144
2
William Russo Programs
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1959
144
3
William Russo Programs
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1960-1963
144
4
William Russo General Publicity
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1962
158A
Unknown
William Russo General Publicity
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1963
158A
Unknown
William Russo Programs
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1964-1965
144
5
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1965
158A
?
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
1966
144
6
Program- Duke Ellington at Albion College
Archival Resource Key
October 18, 1966
144
7
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1966
158A
?
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
1967
144
8
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
1968
144
9
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1969
144
10
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1970
144
11
William Russo Programs
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1970
145
1
William Russo General Publicity
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1971
145
2
William Russo
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1971
145
3
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
1972
145
4
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1972
145
5
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
1973
145
6
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1973
145
7
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
1974
145
8
William Russo General Publicity
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1974
145
9
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1975
145
10
William Russo Programs
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1975-1977
145
11
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1976
145
12
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1977
145
13
William Russo Programs
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1978-1980
146
1
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1980
146
2
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1981
146
3
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
1981-1983
146
4
Programs
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1982
146
5
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1982
146
6
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1983
146
7
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1984
146
8
William Russo Programs
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1984-1985
146
9
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1985
146
10
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1986
146
11
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
1986-1987
146
12
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1987
146
13
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1988
146
14
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
1988-1989
146
15
Chicago Times
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March/April 1989
158B
1
William Russo General Publicity
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1989
147
1
Chicago Times
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March/April 1989
147
2
William Russo General Publicity
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1990
147
3
William Russo Programs
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1990
147
4
William Russo General Publicity
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1991
147
5
Programs
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1991
147
6
Chicago Tribune Magazine
Archival Resource Key
February 17, 1991
147
7
The Columbia Chronicle
Archival Resource Key
May 20, 1991
147
8
William Russo Programs
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1991-1992
147
9
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1992
147
10
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1993
147
11
Publicity
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1993
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
1993
147
13
The Birmingham Royal Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet
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Summer 1993
148
1
William Russo General Publicity
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1994
148
2
Re. Columbia No. 10
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Fall 1994
148
3
William Russo Programs
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1994
148
4
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1995
148
5
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
1995
148
6
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
1996
149
1
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1996
149
2
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
1997
149
3
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1997
149
4
Publicity- Star Tribune and Chicago Tribune
Archival Resource Key
1997-1998
149
5
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1998
149
6
Programs
Archival Resource Key
1998
150
1
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
1998
150
2
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1999
150
3
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
1999
150
4
Program- The American Heritage Jazz Series 1
Archival Resource Key
1999-2000
150
5
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
2000
150
6
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
2000
150
7
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
2001
150
8
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
2001
150
9
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
2002
151
1
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
2002
151
2
Program- Moyєika єynona
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2002
151
3
The Chicago Jazz Ensemble
Archival Resource Key
March 4, 2002
151
4
Program- Chicago Jazz Ensemble
Archival Resource Key
2002-2003
151
5
Program (miscellaneous) - Aesops Fables Joan of Arc Experiment in Jazz
Archival Resource Key
undated
151
6
Publicity (miscellaneous)
Archival Resource Key
undated
151
7
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
undated
151
8
Miscellaneous clippings
Archival Resource Key
undated
158A
?
Published Material
Archival Resource Key
1943-1968
153
1
Published Material
Archival Resource Key
1963
153
2
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
1993-1995
153
3
"The Arts"(Chicago Tribune)
Archival Resource Key
1994
153
4
Chicago Tribune
Archival Resource Key
1994-2000
154
1
William Russo General Publicity incl. mounted color photograph advertising Jazz Composition and Orchestration)
Archival Resource Key
1995-1997
154
2
Life Magazine
Archival Resource Key
February 1996
154
3
Programs
Archival Resource Key
1996
154
4
William Russo Programs
Archival Resource Key
1997
154
5
Reviews
4.2
Archival Resource Key
circa 1957-2001
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1957
151
9
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1960
151
10
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1960
151
11
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1961
151
12
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1961
151
13
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1962
158A
?
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1963
151
14
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1964
151
15
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1965
151
15
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1966
151
16
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1967
151
17
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1967
151
18
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1968
151
19
William Russo General Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1968
151
20
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1969
151
21
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1970
151
22
William Russo Review
Archival Resource Key
1971
151
23
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1972
151
24
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1973
151
25
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1974
151
26
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1975
152
1
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1976
152
2
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1978
152
3
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1979
152
4
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1980
152
5
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1982
152
6
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1983
152
7
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1984
152
8
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1985
152
9
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1986
152
10
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1987
152
11
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1988
152
12
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1989
152
13
CC 1990s Reviews Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1990s
152
14
Usable Reviews CC to
Archival Resource Key
1990, 1990s
152
15
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1991
152
16
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1992
152
17
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1993
152
18
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1994
152
19
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1995
152
20
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1996
152
21
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1997
152
22
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1998
152
23
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
1999
152
24
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
2000
152
25
William Russo Reviews
Archival Resource Key
2001
152
26
CC The Seasons Review
Archival Resource Key
undated
152
27
William Russo Magazine Articles Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
undated
152
28
Magazines
4.3
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-2003
"New York Nite Life" The Orchestra World p. 8
Archival Resource Key
April 194?
155
1
"Band of the Year: Stan Kenton" Metronome p. 16
Archival Resource Key
January 1947
155
2
"Kast Had Vital Role in Kenton Orchestra" "Jazz Off the Record" Downbeat p. 4/12
Archival Resource Key
July 28, 1950
155
3
"Jazz Off the Record" by Bill Russo and Lloyd Lifton Downbeat p. 12
Archival Resource Key
August 25, 1950
155
4
"Jazz Off the Record" by Bill Russo and Lloyd Lifton Downbeat p. 12
Archival Resource Key
September 22, 1950
155
5
"Jazz Off the Record" by Bill Russo and Lloyd Lifton Downbeat
Archival Resource Key
April 6, 1951
155
6
"Jazz Off the Record" by Bill Russo Downbeat
Archival Resource Key
February 8, 1952
155
7
"Kenton-Day!" Philharmonic p.8
Archival Resource Key
September 1953
155
8
"Musik in Niemandsland" Der Spiegel p.24
Archival Resource Key
September 14, 1955
155
9
"Is 'Kenton Era' End for Stan?" Downbeat p.6
Archival Resource Key
March 9, 1955
155
10
"Bill Russo un jeune homme qui a de la tête" Jazz Magazine p.11/14
Archival Resource Key
September 1955
155
11
"Edelhagens Orkester Bill Russo's favorit" Estrad p.7
Archival Resource Key
July 1955
155
12
Picture on the cover of Jazz Podium
Archival Resource Key
January 1955
155
13
"Bill Russo auf der Funkausstellung" Jazz Podium p.18
Archival Resource Key
October 1, 1955
155
14
"Kenton about the man and his music" by Bill Russo Playboy p.43-47
Archival Resource Key
February 1956
155
15
"Much at Steak in Chicago" Jazz Today p.26
Archival Resource Key
May 1957
155
16
"Swing over the hills…Experts Discuss Rhythm Sections" Jazz Today p.11
Archival Resource Key
July 1957
155
17
"Cross section: Bill Russo" Downbeat p.12
Archival Resource Key
August 8, 1957
155
18
"Early English" by Bill Russo Saturday Review p.48
Archival Resource Key
December 28, 1957
155
19
"Musicians of the Year" The Metronome p.20
Archival Resource Key
1957
155
20
"Musicians Speak Out…Technical Advances are the Panel's Subject" Metronome p.22-27
Archival Resource Key
February 1958
155
21
Downbeat August 7
Archival Resource Key
1958
155
22
"A View of Criticism" by William Russo The Jazz Review p.20-21
Archival Resource Key
Nov. 1958
155
23
"Art of the Fugue for Strings" by William Russo Saturday Review p.64-65
Archival Resource Key
December 6, 1958
156
1
Jazz 1958 The Metronome Yearbook
Archival Resource Key
1958
156
2
"Double Jeopardy" Hi-Fi Music p.27
Archival Resource Key
January 1959
156
3
"Jimmy Lunceford and his Orchestra" Review by Russo The Jazz Review p.35-36
Archival Resource Key
January 1959
156
4
"A Plea for Jazz Critics" by William Russo Music Journal
Archival Resource Key
June-July 1959
156
5
"The Titans" Review by Hall Overton The Jazz Review
Archival Resource Key
July 1959
156
6
Downbeat Music Fourth Annual Yearbook
Archival Resource Key
1959
156
7
Jazz 1959 The Metronome Yearbook
Archival Resource Key
1959
156
8
"Jazz" by Leonard Feather
Archival Resource Key
1959
156
9
"Dizzy Gillespie: Problems of Life on a Pedestal" Downbeat p.16-39
Archival Resource Key
June 23, 1960
156
10
"Quo Vadis? A Symposium on the Next 10 Years of Jazz" Downbeat Music p.60
Archival Resource Key
1960
156
11
"The Difference between the Americans and us…" by Bill Russo Crescendo p.10-11
Archival Resource Key
August 1962
156
12
"The Influence of Ellington" by Bill Russo Crescendo p.2-3
Archival Resource Key
March 1964
156
13
"I'm Not Trying to Turn Jazz into Classical Music" Crescendo p.2-3
Archival Resource Key
November 1964
156
14
"Recording with Russo" by Bob Abel Downbeat p.19 February 1965
Archival Resource Key
157
1
"The Division of the Orchestra Into Five Real Parts" by Bill Russo Downbeat p.26
Archival Resource Key
September 23, 1965
157
2
Holiday
Archival Resource Key
March 1967
157
3
Philharmonic Hall
Archival Resource Key
1969-1970
157
4
"The Bill Russo Story" Chicago Tribune Magazine p. 73
Archival Resource Key
May 21, 1972
157
5
"An Interview with Arnold Jacobs" The Instrumentalist p.28
Archival Resource Key
Feb. 1973
157
6
William Russo Downbeat p.26
Archival Resource Key
May 1982
157
7
"Profession: Isomelody and Isorhythm" Downbeat p.60
Archival Resource Key
November, 1982
157
8
"Profession: Picture Music" by William Russo Downbeat p.50
Archival Resource Key
April 1983
157
9
"The Boy's Backin Town William Russo at Orchestra Hall" Nit & Wit p.57
Archival Resource Key
May/June 1984
157
10
"Classical to Cool to Third Stream" Downbeat p.24
Archival Resource Key
September 1993
157
11
"Bill Russo" Jazz Podium p.6
Archival Resource Key
January 1964
157
12
"William Russo and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble/Chicago on Tap" Downbeat
Archival Resource Key
January 1997
157
13
"Repertory Big Bands Jazz's Future-Past" Downbeat p.34
Archival Resource Key
January 1997
157
14
"So You Want to Lead a Band?" Downbeat p.56
Archival Resource Key
October 1998
157
15
"Un Com Positore tra Kenton e Jelly Roll" Musica Jazz
Archival Resource Key
1999
157
16
Cover of Crescendo & Jazz Music
Archival Resource Key
August/September 2000
157
17
"Bill Russo Talks to Sheila Tracy" The Trombonist p.12
Archival Resource Key
Summer 2000
157
18
"The Buzz: Windy city Hot Jazz" Chicago Social p.68
Archival Resource Key
March/April 2000
157
19
"William Russo Charts Changes in Jazz and School Ensembles" The Instrumentalist p.12
Archival Resource Key
February 2001
157
20
Chicago Jazz Magazine
Archival Resource Key
May/June 2003
157
21
Posters and Artwork
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s-2000
Scope and Contents
This series has posters for many of Russo's staged productions, such as "The Bacchae," "Aesop's Fables," "Pedrolino's Revenge," "Antigone," and "Talking to the Sun." There are also posters for jazz festivals and performances by the Chicago Jazz Ensemble. Also included is an oil painting of Russo. This series is alphabetically arranged.
Posters
5.1
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s-2000
Aesop's Fables
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Aesop's Fables
Archival Resource Key
160
1
Antigone
Archival Resource Key
159
1
The Bacchae
Archival Resource Key
The Bacchae
Archival Resource Key
160
1
Boulevard
Archival Resource Key
159
1
A Cabaret Opera
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Candlelight Concert
Archival Resource Key
160
2
Chicago Jazz Ensemble
Archival Resource Key
160
1
Chicago Jazz Ensemble
Archival Resource Key
160
1
The Chicago Jazz Ensemble workshops
Archival Resource Key
159
1
The Civil War
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Concert in Modern Jazz
Archival Resource Key
160
2
Contrast in New Music
Archival Resource Key
159
1
The Cosmic Eye
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159
1
An exciting 1967 Seasib
Archival Resource Key
160
1
The Free Theater Celebration of Music
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Isabella's Fortune and Pedrolino's Revenge (2)
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Jam Factoree
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Jazz Giants Jam
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Jazz Panorama
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Kenton a la Russo
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Improvisation
Archival Resource Key
160
1
Man of Ages
Archival Resource Key
159
1
New Music at the Art Institute
Archival Resource Key
159
1
The Non-Antigone
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Oedipus
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Paris Tells Me the Truth
Archival Resource Key
160
1
Prescara Jazz 1999
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Prescara Jazz 2000
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Scuola Europea d'orchestra Jazz Palermo
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Scuola Europea
Archival Resource Key
160
2
The Shepards' Christmas (2)
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Sounds for a Swingin Sunday
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Talking to the Sun
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Teatro All'Aperto Paladino
Archival Resource Key
160
2
Urbs in Horto
Archival Resource Key
159
1
William Russo 70th Birthday Concert
Archival Resource Key
159
1
Artwork
5.2
Archival Resource Key
undated
Bill Russo Oil Painting
Archival Resource Key
161
1
Photographs
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-1990s
Scope and Contents
Photographs documenting the life and career of William Russo. Photographs are arranged by subject matter in alphabetical order. Classifications include, Russo with family, Russo Music, Russo Head Shots, and staged productions like "The Bacchae." Some unique photographs include portraits of Russo as a young boy, Russo's mother, and a photograph with Russo, Ellington and Strayhorn.
1st Concert of Chicago Jazz Ensemble
Archival Resource Key
December 12, 1965
162
1
Aesop's Fables Mercer Arts Center New York
Archival Resource Key
May 1971
162
2
Aesop's Fables rehearsed and posed Publicity
Archival Resource Key
June 15, 1972
162
3
Amiche mostly non-Russo photos
Archival Resource Key
1940-1990s
162
4
The Bacchae San Francisco
Archival Resource Key
Sept./Oct. 1971
162
5
Bill at Palermo Pipo Sale
Archival Resource Key
March-April 1999
163
1
Bill Russo
Archival Resource Key
undated
163
2
Bill Russo Orchestra Sardinia
Archival Resource Key
1997
163
3
Breathe Deeply The Free Theater
Archival Resource Key
Summer 1970
163
4
Chicago Jazz Ensemble at Birdland Café
Archival Resource Key
undated
163
5
Chicago Jazz Ensemble at Legends
Archival Resource Key
December 19, 1995
163
6
Chicago Jazz Ensemble at Skyline Norman Alexandroff
Archival Resource Key
September 16, 1995
163
7
Christmas Summer 1885 1995
Archival Resource Key
163
8
The Civil War The Theater Chicago
Archival Resource Key
July 1968
163
9
The Civil War Hewis Fair San Antonio
Archival Resource Key
April 7-8, 1968
163
10
The Civil War Electric Circus New York
Archival Resource Key
August 1968
163
11
CNR and WR San Francisco di Fran Duffield Christmas
Archival Resource Key
1975
163
12
Commedia CNM
Archival Resource Key
May 1974
163
13
e.e. cummings celebration
Archival Resource Key
October 10, 1993
164
1
Fuller House Evanston
Archival Resource Key
September 22, 1991
164
1
Ellington Concert
Archival Resource Key
1966 or 1967
164
2
Ellington Russo Strayhorn London
Archival Resource Key
1961-1963
167
1
Family Photos: 2 of Evelyn Russo 3 Family 1 WR/EGR/CNR
Archival Resource Key
undated
164
3
"A Great of Music" Palermo
Archival Resource Key
July 2, 1998
164
4
Isabella's Fortune
Archival Resource Key
undated
164
5
Jazz Panorama Russo
Archival Resource Key
December 1991
164
6
Jim
Archival Resource Key
undated
167
1
John Hooton
Archival Resource Key
January 12-13, 1967
164
7
Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music
Archival Resource Key
1950
164
8
Land of Milk and Honey
Archival Resource Key
February 5, 1967
164
9
Land of Milk and Honey with JWR and CNR
Archival Resource Key
undated
166
2
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
undated
164
10
Miscellaneous CJE studio
Archival Resource Key
undated
164
11
Pedrolino's Revenge
Archival Resource Key
undated
164
12
Portraits of William Russo
Archival Resource Key
undated
166
1
Russo and Girl
Archival Resource Key
August 1982, August 1988
164
13
Russo Conducting
Archival Resource Key
May 24, 1959
167
1
Russo Family Dinner with WJR EGR WR BRE
Archival Resource Key
undated
166
2
The Shepards' Christmas New York Production
Archival Resource Key
1988
164
14
Vacation: Lucce Firenze Roma Salemo
Archival Resource Key
July 9–11, 1995
164
15
Stanley Harris
Archival Resource Key
undated
167
1
Wedding of Bernadine Rideon and Harold Robinson at Body Politic Free Theater
Archival Resource Key
undated
167
2
William Russo (taken by CNR)
Archival Resource Key
undated
166
2
William Russo as a boy
Archival Resource Key
undated
167
1
WR Seiji Ozawa Ravina
Archival Resource Key
December 4, 19??
164
16
William Russo Family and Friends to 1960
Archival Resource Key
164
17
William Russo Family and Friends to 1960
Archival Resource Key
165
1
William Russo Head Shots
Archival Resource Key
1990
165
2
William Russo in Stud Chicago Suntimes Magazine
Archival Resource Key
1982
165
3
William Russo Music
Archival Resource Key
to 1965
165
4
William Russo Music
Archival Resource Key
1968 –1988
165
5
William Russo Music
Archival Resource Key
1965 – 1967
166
4
William Russo Photographs
Archival Resource Key
undated
166
3
Books and Notebooks
Series 7
Archival Resource Key
cicra 1940s-1983
Scope and Contents
Contains books written by William Russo and eight notebooks from his college years. The subject matter of the books range from music composition to published music. The series is arranged alphabetically.
Composing for the Jazz Orchestra William Russo (Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1961)
Archival Resource Key
168
Composing Music: A New Approach William Russo (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc. 1983)
Archival Resource Key
168
Jazz Composition and Orchestration William Russo (Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1968)
Archival Resource Key
168
The Shepherd's Christmas William Russo (New York: Southern Music Publishing Co. 1978)
Archival Resource Key
168
Street Music: A Blues Concerto for Harmonica Piano and Orchestra William Russo (New York: Southern Music Publishing Co. 1978)
Archival Resource Key
168
Three Pieces for Blues Band and Orchestra William Russo New York: Southern Music Publishing Co. 1974)
Archival Resource Key
168
Workbook for Composing for the Jazz Orchestra William Russo and Reid Hyams
Archival Resource Key
168
8 College Notebooks
Archival Resource Key
169
Memorabilia
Series 8
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-1990s
Scope and Contents
Contains passports, memorabilia, proofs, articles, and programs that document the life and career of William Russo. Contains some material that is not directly related to Russo. The series is arranged in alphabetical order.
Memorabilia
Archival Resource Key
170
1
Miscellaneous Clippings Articles and Programs
Archival Resource Key
170
2
Miscellaneous Proofs
Archival Resource Key
170
3
Passionist Spiritual Gift
Archival Resource Key
170
4
Passports (2)
Archival Resource Key
170
5
Audiovisual Materials
Series 9
Archival Resource Key
cicra 1920s-1990s
Scope and Contents
Contains LPs, reel-to-reel, audiotapes, CDs, video broadcasting tapes, Betamax, mono, VHS, MBR 20s, and individual film reels. There are Duke Ellington recordings, Stan Kenton recordings, WMFT Critic's Choice tapes, and recordings of Russo's compositions. The audio-visual material is arranged by type of media in chronological order when dates are available.
LPs
9.1
Archival Resource Key
An American Album
Archival Resource Key
171
Bill Russo: "Gloomy Sunday-Vignette"
Archival Resource Key
171
Cannonball Adderly: "Jump for Joy"
Archival Resource Key
171
Corky Siegel with Seiji Ozawa and the San Francisco Symphony
Archival Resource Key
171
Orchestra: Russo- Street Music
Archival Resource Key
171
Deutsche Grammophon: Russo- Trois Piéces pour Blues Band et Orchestre
Archival Resource Key
171
Deutsche Grammophon: Russo- Street Music
Archival Resource Key
171
Experiment in Jazz
Archival Resource Key
171
In Love For the Very First Time
Archival Resource Key
171
Jazz Composers Workshop
Archival Resource Key
171
Kenton: New Concepts
Archival Resource Key
171
Kenton Showcase: The Music of Bill Russo
Archival Resource Key
171
Newport 1958: The International Youth Band
Archival Resource Key
171
Russo in London
Archival Resource Key
171
School of Rebellion: Bill Russo and his orchestra
Archival Resource Key
171
Shelly Manne
Archival Resource Key
171
Stan Kenton: The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Holman and Russo Charts
Archival Resource Key
171
Stan Kenton: Portraits on Standards
Archival Resource Key
171
Stonehenge: William Russo and the London Jazz Orchestra
Archival Resource Key
171
Reel-to-reel audio tapes
9.2
Archival Resource Key
Bill Russo and the Hans Koller Quintet
Archival Resource Key
1955
172
William Russo with Edelhagen Orchestra (Esthete Solitare Bacanted)
Archival Resource Key
1955
172
William Russo with Edelhagen Orchestra (Purple Hyacinth Alcina)
Archival Resource Key
1955
172
William Russo with Edelhagen Orchestra (S'Wonderful Sweets)
Archival Resource Key
1955
172
William Russo with Hans Koller (copy?)
Archival Resource Key
1955
172
Chicago Jazz Ensemble (2 discs)
Archival Resource Key
April 24, 1966
172
Rehearsal
Archival Resource Key
June 19, 1967
172
Elmhurst College: America and the English Concerto
Archival Resource Key
1967
172
Dubrovsky Acts 1 and II (2 discs)
Archival Resource Key
August 4, 1987
172
Symphony of Popular Songs
Archival Resource Key
undated
172
Chicago Opera Theater: LOMAH (4 discs)
Archival Resource Key
undated
172
Side II (I Can't Go For You Mort Sahl Rondon Sound Piece 2 The Pan)
Archival Resource Key
undated
172
Studs Terkel (3 discs- #2 is a voice over)
Archival Resource Key
undated
173
Audiotapes
9.3
Archival Resource Key
1927-1984
Duke Ellington
Archival Resource Key
1927-1946
174
Duke Ellington
Archival Resource Key
1932-1956
174
Duke Ellington recorded at the Cotton Club 1/9/40 and at the Southland Club Boston
Archival Resource Key
3/18/37
174
Duke Ellington
Archival Resource Key
1942-1946
174
Duke Ellington
Archival Resource Key
1945-1946
174
An Experiment in Jazz
Archival Resource Key
1946
174
Duke Ellington
Archival Resource Key
1946-1950
174
Duke Ellington
Archival Resource Key
1950-1953
174
Stan Kenton Orchestra at Cornell University
Archival Resource Key
10/14/51
174
Stan Kenton Innovations Orchestra Carnegie Hall 11/27/52 and concert encores Rustic Cabin
Archival Resource Key
4/25/52
174
Duke Ellington
Archival Resource Key
1952–1954
174
William Russo pieces (listed on tape Box)
Archival Resource Key
1955
174
Symphony no. 2 in C (Titans)
Archival Resource Key
4/18/59
174
Goldman Band Concert
Archival Resource Key
7/28/61
174
Russo in London
Archival Resource Key
12/62
175
The Russo Orchestra
Archival Resource Key
1963
175
Russo Orchestra London
Archival Resource Key
1/8/63
175
Russo Orchestra London 1/22/63
Archival Resource Key
175
The Island BBC 4/63
Archival Resource Key
175
London Jazz Orchestra 8/14/64
Archival Resource Key
175
London Jazz Orchestra 10/9/64
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175
The London Jazz Orchestra (St. Pancras Town Hall) (3 tapes)
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11/12/64
175
London Jazz Orchestra (The Russo Orchestra)
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1964
175
Orpheus (Providence High School) (2 tapes)
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7/9/67
175
Seijii Ozawa/William Russo
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7/17/67
176
A Tribute to Duke Ellington (A Concert of Sacred Music) (2 tapes)
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7/24/67
176
A Tribute to Duke Ellington (In Memoriam)
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7/24/67
176
John Edwards/WR
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8/23/67
176
Eastey Blacwood/WR
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8/31/67
176
Ralph Shapey/WR
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9/8/67
176
WR interviews on WFMT
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1967-68
176
WFMT Critic's Choice Karel B. Jirak/WR
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2/9/68
176
WFMT Critic's Choice John Austin/WR (review of pop records)
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3/6/68
176
WFMT Critic's Choice Bernard Jacobson/WR
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3/11/68
176
WFMT Critic's Choice Raymond Wilding-White (also marked: "3/20/68-8/20/69")
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3/20/68
176
WFMT Critic's Choice WR/ Norman Pellegrini 3/27/68
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176
WFMT Critic's Choice Gerard Souzay/WR (also marked:
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4/17/68-7/16/69, 4/17/68
176
WFMT Critic's Choice Alan Stout/WR (also marked:
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5/1/68-8/27/69, 4/17/68
177
WFMT Critic's Choice WR Review of L'Histoire du Soldat
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4/24/68
177
WFMT Critic's Choice Jean Martinon/WR (also marked: "
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5/29/68-9/17/69, 5/22/68
177
WFMT Critic's Choice WR Waller H.S. Artist-in-Residence Program (Parts 1 and 2—2 tapes)
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6/68
177
WFMT Critic's Choice Dan Morganstown/WR (also marked: "
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6/12/68-7/9/69"), 6/4/68
177
WFMT Critic's Choice Paul Sills/WR
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6/11/68
177
WFMT Critic's Choice Corky Siegel/WR
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6/25/68
177
WFMT Critic's Choice Thomas Peck/WR
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7/3/68-7/2/69, 7/3/68
177
The Civil War (Parts 1 and 2—2 tapes)
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7/11/68
177
WFMT Critic's Choice Felicia Weathers/WR
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9/1/68
177
WFMT Critic's Choice Francis Alcos/WR
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9/4/68
177
WFMT Critic's Choice Adolf Herseth/WR (Part 1 of 2)
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9/17/68
177
WFMT Critic's Choice Adolf Herseth/WR (Part 2 of 2)
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9/17/68
178
WFMT Critic's Choice Art Hodes/WR
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9/17/68
178
WFMT Critic's Choice Robert Lombardo/WR
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10/8/68
178
WFMT Critic's Choice Frank Miller/WR
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10/22/68
178
WFMT Critic's Choice Mittelmann/WR
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10/29/68
178
WFMT Critic's Choice Gordon Peters/WR
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11/5/68
178
WFMT Critic's Choice Sylvia Stahlman/WR
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11/5/68
178
WFMT Critic's Choice Geraint Evans/WR
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11/26/68
178
WFMT Critic's Choice Margaret Hills/WR (Parts 1 and 2—2 tapes)
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12/4/68
178
WFMT Critic's Choice Arnold Jacobs/WR (Parts 1 and 2—2 tapes)
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12/17/68
178
WFMT Critic's Choice Edith Peinemann/WR
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1/14/69
178
WFMT Critic's Choice Taj Mahal/WR
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1/21/69
178
WFMT Critic's Choice Shelly Weiner/WR
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1/21/69
178
WR discusses his English Concerto
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2/2/69
178
WFMT Critic's Choice Pierre Boulez/WR
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2/25/69
179
WFMT Critic's Choice Donald Peck/WR
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2/26/69
179
WFMT Critic's Choice Edward Druzinsky/WR
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3/4/69
179
WFMT Critic's Choice Elizabeth Schwartzkopf/WR
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3/4/69
179
WFMT Critic's Choice Carlo Maria Giulini/WR
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3/12/69
179
WFMT Critic's Choice Joanna Simon/WR
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3/12/69
179
WFMT Critic's Choice Robert Conant/WR
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4/1/69
179
WFMT Critic's Choice Gary Karr/WR
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4/1/69
179
WFMT Critic's Choice Robert Guastafeste/WR
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4/8/69
179
WFMT Critic's Choice Abraham Stokman Ramon Zupko/WR
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4/15/69
179
Liberation
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7/21/69
179
WFMT Critic's Choice Arnold Weinstein/WR
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9/16/69
179
WFMT Critic's Choice Thomas McKinley/WR (Parts 1 and 2—2 tapes)
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9/16/69
179
WFMT Critic's Choice Christoph von Dohnanyi/WR
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11/5/69
180
WFMT Critic's Choice Christoph von Dohnanyi/WR
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11/12/69
180
Jay Friedman/WR
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11/19/69
180
City in a Swamp
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12/8/69
180
Aesop's Fables
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3/21/71
180
Performance Ensemble Class
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4/71
180
Breathe Deeply
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8/15/71
180
Songs of Celebration opus 58
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1971
180
Bacchae
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3/11/72
180
Bacchae
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4/22/72
180
Improv. (mix Zorba and Adam)
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4/30/72
180
"Billy the Kid"
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5/5/72
180
G.O.
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1972
180
Celebration of Music (tape 1 of 2)
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1/18/73
180
Celebration of Music (tape 2 of 2)
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1/18/73
181
Song of Songs (2 tapes)
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5/23/74
181
Pedrolino's Revenge
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8/25/74
181
Isabella's
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1974
181
Street Opera
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5/1/76
181
Whither Weather
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4/77
181
A Shepherd's Christmas (2 tapes)
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12/17/80
181
Wrapped in Steel
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10/3/83
181
Hello
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10/31/83
181
Chicago Chamber Orchestra
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9/30/84
181
Achilles
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undated
181
Adios etc.
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181
Joe Mozzerella Robert Mitchell Free Theatre 1st Performance
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undated
182
Martinon--off the record—Weathers—Stahlman
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undated
182
School of Rebellion
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undated
182
Symphony no. 2 in c (Titans)
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undated
182
Work 1B (untitled)
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undated
182
Compact Disks
9.4
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undated
The Chicago Jazz Ensemble
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183
Chicago Jazz Ensemble: Kenton a la Russo
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183
Columbia College Chicago: Oral History Project
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183
Jazz: Composition and Orchestration
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183
Music and Conversation featuring William Russo
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183
Virtuosity: A Contemporary Look
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183
Video Broadcasting Tapes
9.5
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circa April-May 1993
183
Chelsea Bridge Tape 1 of 3 Original: Volcano Goin' to Chicago Doggin' Round Harvard Blues Shorty George Katy-Do Every Day The Flight of the Foo Birds All Right OK You Win Passion Floiwer A-Train In My Solitude Don't Mean a Thing
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April 30, 1993
186
Chelsea Bridge Tape 2 of 3 Camera Original: Chelsea Bridge The Blues Tourist Point of View Bluebird of Dehli Amad
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April 30, 1993
186
Chelsey Bridge Tape 3 of 3: Listen Beneath
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April 30, 1993
186
Chelsea Bridge Tape 1 of 3
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May 1, 1993
186
Chelsea Bridge Tape 2 of 3
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May 1, 1993
186
Chelsea Bridge Tape 3 of 3
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May 1, 1993
186
Betamax
9.6
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circa 1979
The Black Stallion
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184
Tape 1 1x Reel 5 TBS
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May 16, 1979
184
Island Footage Rolls 6 through 13
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184
Island Footage Rolls 14 through 18
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184
R/C Mix Track 7-12 Temp music
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March 4, 1979
184
R/C Mix Track 13-14 Temp music
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March 4, 1979
184
R/C Mix Track 1-6 Temp music
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March 4, 1979
184
R/C March 4 1979 A Track 1-6 No music
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184
R/C A Track 7-12 No music
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March 4, 1979
184
R/C A Track 13-14 No music
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March 4, 1979
184
Mono
9.7
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cicra 1975-1998
Second Change 7 ½ ips
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1975
184
Black Stallion The Ride Mix #3 2 TRK stereo 15 ips
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May 11, 1979
184
Women of the World 7 ips
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184
Pt. 1 Chicago Jazz Ensemble Skyline Stage (Betacam SP)
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June 13, 1998
185
Pt. 2 Chicago Jazz Skyline Stage
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June 13, 1998
185
Youth Jazz Skyline Stage
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June 13, 1998
185
Videocassette Broadcasting KCA 60
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187
The Black Stallion Reels 1-3
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April 23, 1979
187
The Black Stallion Reels 4-5
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April 25, 1979
187
Panorama- Final Master cultural amenities W. DAT track
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undated
187
Tuoro Cantata
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187
½" VHS
9.8
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Chicago Jazz Ensemble conducted by William Russo
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188
Chicago Jazz Ensemble "Tell Me It's the Truth (excerpts)" by William Russo
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188
MBR 20s (Master Broadcast Videocassette)
9.9
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Broadcast Clips "Tell Me It's the Truth" Columbia College 4 clips
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188
Film Reels
9.10
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Eggs #5
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1 Film reel
color, composite optical soundtrack, print
16mm, 350 feet
OF 845.1
Everybody Rides the Carousel
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1 Film reel
color, composite optical sound, print
16mm, 750 feet
OF 845.2
W.O.W. - Women of the World
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1 Film reel
color, composite optical soundtrack, print
16mm, 380 feet
OF 845.3
Second Chance Sea
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1 Film reel
color, composite optical soundtrack, print
16mm, 385 feet
OF 845.4
Whither Weather
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1 Film reel
color, composite optical soundtrack, print
16mm, 400 feet
OF 845.5
Addenda 2007
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8 (Addenda 2007)