Alvin Singleton papers, 1952-2021

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Series III: Correspondence, 1966-2019

This series includes professional and personal correspondence.


Subseries III.1: Arranged Correspondence, 1994-2019

This subseries includes correspondence from multiple people that Singleton either corresponded with throughout much of his career and/or are prominent names in the music community.



Box 14 Folder 1 T.J Anderson


Box 14 Folder 2 William C. Banfield


Box 14 Folder 2 William Nathaniel Banks


Box 14 Folder 2 Ashley Byran


Box 14 Folder 3 Libby Larsen


Box 14 Folder 3 Jean Valentine


Box 14 Folder 3 Yehudi Wyner


Subseries III.2: Yale University, 1966-2000

This subseries contains correspondence and materials from Singleton's time at Yale University as a student until his time as a composer in residence. Much of the correspondence is between Singleton and the Dean of the School of Music at his time of attendance, Philip F. Nelson. While a student at Yale, Singleton participated in two study abroad programs, one in Italy at the Academy of St. Cecilia, as a Fulbright Cultural exchange and the other in Austria at the University of Graz. Includes the course materials from the course Singleton taught at Yale at the Composer in Residence in 1999 entitled "Improvisational Structures in American Music."


Box 14 Folder 4-5 Yale University– School of Music Bulletins, 1966-1999


Box 14 Folder 6 Yale University– Master of Music, 1968-1972



Box 15 Folder 1 Yale University– Doctor of Musical Art, 1972-1978



Box 14 Folder 6 Yale University–Composer in Residence, 1999-2000



Box 22 Folder 1 Academy of St. Cecilia, Rome, 1970-1972



Box 14 Folder 7 Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, 1974-1980



Box 22 Folder 2 Oversized Adverstiments for Performances, 1971


Subseries III.3: Professional Correspondence, 1974-1980

This subseries contains correspondence between Singleton and others in a professional capacity. Includes correspondence from Orchestras such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Houston Symphony and people such as Poet Rita Dove, composer Anthony Braxton and musicologist Samuel Floyd. Along with general correspondence, this subseries includes recommendations Singleton wrote for others.



Box 15 Folder 2-3 General Professional Correspondence, 1970-2014



Box 20 Folder 10 Recommendation Letters, 1988-2002

Restricted until 2077


Subseries III.4: Personal Correspondence, 1966-2016



Box 15 Folder 4-5 Personal Correspondence– Family Correspondence (Folders 1-2, of 3), 1966-2013



Box 16 Folder 1 Personal Correspondence– Family Correspondence (Folder 3, of 3), 1966-2013


Box 16 Folder 2 Personal Correspondence– General Correspondence, 1970-2016