This series contains manuscripts, typescripts, notes, and proofs for Thomson's articles and books. It also contains a carbon typescript of Gertrude Stein's Bee Time Vine with autograph manuscript of preface by Virgil Thomson, notes by Thomson passim, and two pages of notes in the hand of Alice B. Toklas.
125 reels of tapes of Thomson's program on radio station WNCN (New York), and a small amount of associated paper materials.
Box 15
Inventory, Calendar, and related material, 1969-1970
Box 15
Program Notes, 1969-1970
Box 18
Virgil Thomson (#1), October 6, 1969, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: David Dubal, Victor Yellin. Works: The Seine at Night; Five Songs from William Blake; Requiem Mass.
Box 18
Music and the Stage (#2), October 13, 1969, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: John Houseman, David Dubel. Works: Four Saints; The Devil and Daniel Webster (Douglas Moore); Fugue and Chorale on Yankee Doodle from Tuesday in November.
Box 18
Douglas Moore Memorial (#3), October 20, 1969, 3 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: Otto Luening, Jack Beeson. Works: The Ballad of Baby Doe (Douglas Moore); Carrie Nation (Douglas Moore)
Box 18
Harpsichord Music, Ancient and Modern (#4), October 27, 1969, 3 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: Sylvia Marlowe, Professor Donington, Gloria Rose Donington. Works: G-minor concerto (Bach); Selections (Couperin); Serenade for flute, oboe, cello, and harpsichord (Ben Weber); Sonata for flute, oboe, cello, and harpsichord (Elliot Carter); Lovers (Ned Rorem)
Box 18
The Music of Peter Mennin (#5), November 3, 1969, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: Peter Mennin, David Dubal. Works: Symphony No. 7; Piano Concerto
Box 18
Armistice Day (#6) [Tapes 1 and 2], November 10, 1969, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: Edward Cone, David Dubal. Works: A Solemn Music (Thomson); Chichester Psalms (Bernstein); Stabat Mater (Thomson); Serious Song (Irving Fine); My Shepard Will Provide My Needs (Thomson); Third Symphony (Roy Harris)
Box 19
Armistice Day (#6) [Tape 3], November 10, 1969, 1 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: Edward Cone, David Dubal. Works: A Solemn Music (Thomson); Chichester Psalms (Bernstein); Stabat Mater (Thomson); Serious Song (Irving Fine); My Shepard Will Provide My Needs (Thomson); Third Symphony (Roy Harris)
Box 19
The Music of Nicholas Nabokov (#7), November 17, 1969, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: Nicholas Nabokov. Works: Symboli Christinai; The Holy Devil or Rasputin's Dream
Box 19
Early Vocal Music (#8), November 24, 1969, 3 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: John Reeves White (musical director of Pro Musica). Works: Spanish Theatre; The Play of Daniel; Nuper Rosarum Flores (Dufay); Petrucci; Romance of Medieval France
Box 19
The Music of Charles Ives (#9), December 1, 1969, 3 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: no guests. Works: Housatonic; Rutledge,; William Booth; Harvest Home #3; Emerson; Alcotts; 4th Symphony Finale
Box 19
The Music of Carl Ruggles (#10), December 8, 1969, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Box 19
The Music of Leon Kirchner (#11), December 15, 1969, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: Leon Kirchner, Marianne Kneisel. Works: Quartet No. 3; String Quartet No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 1,
Box 19
Christmas (#12), December 22, 1969, 3 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: James Lyons, David Dubal. Works: Symphony on a Hymn Tune (Thomson); Chorale No.1 for Organ (Sessions); Chorale in a Medieval Mode (Koechlin); Angels and Devils (Henry Brant); Pastorale Symphony (Handel); Adeste Fideles.
Box 20
The Music of Earle Brown (#13), December 29, 1969, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: Earle Browne, Lucia Dlugoszewski. Works: Music for Violin, Cello, and Piano; Hodograph I; Corroboree for Piano; Nine rare bits; Available Forms I; Times Five; Four Systems.
Box 20
The Music of William Schuman (#14), January 1, 1970, 3 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: William Schuman. Works: American Festival Overture; Nos.1 and 2 of Voyage; Fourth String Quartet; Variations on "America" (Ives); To The Old Cause.
Box 20
Music of East Asia (#15), January 12, 1970, 3 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Gagaku; Ongaku (Henry Cowell); Tabuh-Tabuhan (Colin McPhee); Suite for Violin, Piano, and Small Orchestra (Lou Harrison)
Box 20
Gottschalk and Ragtime (#16), January 19, 1970, 3 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: Robert Offergeld, Rudi Blesh. Works: Banjo (Eugene Liszt); Le Bananier (Eugene Liszt); Manchega (Alan Mandel); The Last Hope (Eugene Liszt); A Night in the Tropics; Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin); Alaskan Rag (Joseph Lamb); Efficiency Rag (James Scott); Polyragmic (Max Moreth); Walk from the Garden of Eden (William Balcom); Friday Night (Donald Ashwander);
Box 20
The Music of William Flanagan (#17), January 26, 1970, 3 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: Ned Rorem, Howard Moss. Works: The Upside-Down Man; Goodby, My Fancy; Time's Long Ago; The Weeping Pleaids; Another August.
Box 20
The Music of Edgar Varese (#18), February 2, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Ameriques; Density 21.5; Poeme Electronique; Hyperprism.
Box 21
The Music of Iannis Xenakis (#19), February 9, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: Iannis Xenakis, Eric Salzman. Works: Akrata; Syrmos; Diamorphis II; Le Polytope de Montreal.
Box 21
The Music of Elliot Carter (#20), February 15, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: Elliot Carter, Nicholas Nabokov. Works: Piano Sonata; String Quarter No 1; Double Concerto; Piano Concerto.
Box 21
The Music of Eric Salzman (#21), February 23, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: Eric Salzman. Works: The Nude Paper Sermon.
Box 21
The Music of Pierre Boulez (#22), March 2, 1970, 3 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: Pierre Boulez. Works: Pli Selon Pli; Don; Improvisation I; Improvisation II; Improvisation III; Tombeau.
Box 21
Satie and Virgil Thomson (#23), March 9, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Sports et Divertissements; Violin Sonata.
Box 21
Edward Cone, Charles Turner, Virgil Thomson (#24), March 16, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Prelude, Passacaglia, and Fugue (Cone); Serenade for Icarus (Turner); Sonata da Chiesa (Thomson).
Box 21
Virgil Thomson (#25), March 23, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Requiem Mass.
Box 21
Beeson, Luening, Ussachevsky (#26) [Tape 1], March 30, 1970, 1 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Act II: Lizzie Borden (Beeson); Fantasy in Space (Luening); Prologue to Creation (Ussachevsky); King Lear suite (Ussachevsky and Luening); A Poem of Cycles and Bells.
Box 22
Beeson, Luening, Ussachevsky (#26) [Tape 2], March 30, 1970, 1 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Act II: Lizzie Borden (Beeson); Fantasy in Space (Luening); Prologue to Creation (Ussachevsky); King Lear suite (Ussachevsky and Luening); A Poem of Cycles and Bells.
Box 22
Kenneth Gaburo, Charles Griffes (#27), April 6, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Life Studies (Gaburo); Lemon Drops (Gaburo); Antiphony IV (Gaburo); Fat Millie's Lament (Gaburo); Piano Sonata (Griffes).
Box 22
Noel Lee, David Diamond (#28), April 13, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Four etudes for piano (Lee); Symphony No. 2 (Diamond).
Box 22
Mompou (#29), April 20, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Los Improperios; Impresiones Intimas; El Combat del Somni.
Box 22
Menotti and Barber (#30), April 27, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Violin Concerto (Menotti); Dover Beach (Barber); Antony and Cleopatra (Barber).
Box 22
Lou Harrison (#31), May 4, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Canticle No. 1; Symphony on G.
Box 22
Piano Music: Cowell, Thomson, Scriabin (#32), May 11, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Last Band (Cowell); First 8 Bands (Cowell); Nine Etudes for Piano (Thomson); Four pieces (Scriabin).
Box 22
Surinach, Chavez, Milhaud (#33), May 18, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Poems and Dances of Heathen Iberia (Surinach); Toccata for Percussion Instruments (Chavez); La Creation du Monde (Milhaud).
Box 22
Besty Jolas, Thomson (#34) [Tape 1], May 25, 1970, 1 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Quartet for String Trio and Soprano Voice (Jolas); Opera de Voyage (Jolas); Quartet No. 2 (Jolas); String Quartet No. 2 (Thomson).
Box 23
Besty Jolas, Thomson (#34) [Tape 2], May 25, 1970, 1 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Quartet for String Trio and Soprano Voice (Jolas); Opera de Voyage (Jolas); Quartet No. 2 (Jolas); String Quartet No. 2 (Thomson).
Box 23
Virgil Thomson (#35), June 1, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: The Plow; Louisiana Story.
Box 23
Virgil Thomson (#36), June 8, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Five Portraits for Orchestra; The Seine at Night; Concerto for Cello and Orchestra.
Box 23
Virgil Thomson (#37), June 15, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Praises and Prayers; Guggenheim Jeune; Five Songs to Poems of William Blake.
Box 23
Silvestre Revueltas (#38), June 22, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Ventanas; Homage to Garcia Lorca; Redes.
Box 23
Virgil Thomson (#39), June 29, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Three Pictures for Orchestra; Stabat Mater; Symphony on a Hymn Tune
Box 23
Walter Piston, Luciano Berio (#40), July 6, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Quintet for Piano and Strings (Piston); Sinfonia (Berio)
Box 23
Virgil Thomson (#41), July 13, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Missa Brevis; The River
Box 23
Carlos Chavez (#42) [Tape 1], July 20, 1970, 1 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Chaconne in E minor (Buxtehude); Sinfonia India; Sinfonia Romantica.
Box 24
Carlos Chavez (#42) [Tape 2], July 20, 1970, 1 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Chaconne in E minor (Buxtehude); Sinfonia India; Sinfonia Romantica.
Box 24
Aaron Copland (#43), July 27, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Chapter from book
Box 24
Ben Weber, Lucia Dlugoscewski (#44), August 3, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Rhapsodia Concertante (Weber); Concertino for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and String Quartet (Weber); Swift P'O (Dlugoscewski); Space is a Diamond (Dlugoscewski); Archaic Aggregates (Dlugoscewski).
Box 24
Virgil Thomson (#45), August 10, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Sonata da Chesa; Ten Etudes for Piano; Concerto for Flute.
Box 24
Henry Brant, Wallingford Riegger (#46), August 17, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Signs and Alarms (Brant); Galaxy 2 (Brant); Millenium 2 (Brant); Music for Brass Choir (Riegger); Suite for Flute Alone (Riegger); New Dance (Riegger).
Box 24
Virgil Thomson (#47), August 24, 1970, 3 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Louisiana Story; Capital Capitals.
Box 24
Milton Babbitt, Lukas Foss (#48), August 31, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Composition for 4 Instruments (Babbitt); Composition for Viola and Piano (Babbitt); Partititions (Babbitt); Time Cycle (Foss).
Box 24
Villa Lobos (#49), September 7, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: Bachiana Brasileira No. 1; Brazilian songs; Bachiana Brasileira No. 5; Dance Piece (Oscar Fernandez); Danza Brazileira (Guarneri); Sensemaya (Revueltas).
Box 25
Ruth Crawford, Harry Partch (#50), September 14, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: String Quartet (Crawford); Woodwind Quintet (Crawford); And on the seventh day petals fell in Tetaluma (Partch).
Box 25
John Cage (#51), September 21, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: HPSCHP (Miller and Cage); Aria with Fontana Mix; Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano; Indeterminacy; Construction in Metal; The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs; Music for Carillon; Concert for Piano and Orchestra.
Box 25
(#52), September 28, 1970, 2 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: No guests. Works: For New York Painting and Sculpture. 1940-1970 (Thomson); The Year 1200 (Piston); 19th-century America (Shuman); Shivaree for Before Cortes (Bernstein); Masterpieces of Fifth Centuries (Copland); Fifth Symphony by Beethoven in piano transcription by Liszt; Machinations (Brant).
Box 25
Three-hour birthday broadcast, November 11, 1970, 5 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: Nicolas Nabokov. Works: Flute Concerto; Sonata No. 4; The Plough That Broke the Plains; Stabat Mater; Piano Etudes Book 2; A Solumn Music; 5 Songs from William Blake; 3 Pictures for Orchestra.
Box 25
Special program, April 1970, 4 open reel audiotapes; 7.5 inches per second
Guests: David Dubal; Henri Sauguet.