Box 109 A
"4 Contemporary Choral Works" King's Chapel Choir of Boston and Cambridge Festival Strings, recorded at Jordan Hall, Boston, Daniel Pinkham, conductor, Cambridge Records 1M/8/64,, 1963, 1 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record
(Includes Kay's "Choral Triptych." 3 copies, one in mono and two in stereo)
Box 106
"Admiral Byrd," 1960 December 5, 1960, 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Produced by CBS The 20th Century. Music Only.)
Box 110
"Admiral Bird," 1961 March 13, 1961, 1 33 1/3 rpm acetate phonograph record
(Produced by CBS "The Twentieth Century")
Box 106
American Composers Alliance (ACA) / Chamber Music Time (CMT) / Kay, 1960 November 6, 1960, 1 7-inch reel
WNYC Chamber Time Featuring Ulysses Kay .The program featured the American Composers Alliance, with m.c. Don Jennings and Ulysses Kay as the featured composer.
Box 104
American Composers Program Interview, WHIB, Chicago, 1986 January 7, 1986, 1 audiocassette
Box 106
"Aulos," 1971 February 21, 1971, 7-inch reel
(For Solo Flute and Chamber Orchestra (first performance) from Benefit Recital, John Solum, flute, and Walter Robert, piano. Henry Charles Smith, conductor.)
Box 108
Birthday Variations for Ulysses Kay, 1967, 1 5-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Birthday music composed for piano, four hands, from Kay's "Suite for Strings" 2nd movement. Includes six variations composed by Slonimsky, Vincent, Cortes, Stevens, Dahl, and Kohs. Ingolf Dahl and Ramiro Cortes, pianists. See Also: Box 103, which contains the scores)
Box 109 A
"The Black Composer in America" Oakland Youth Orchestra, Cynthia Bedford, mezzo-soprano, Robert Hughes, conductor, Desto Records DC 7107 circa 1970, 7107, 1970, 1 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record
(Includes Kay's "A Short Overture")
Box 109 A
Black Composers Series Volume 3, London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor, Columbia, M 32783, 1974, 1 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record
(Includes Kay's "Markings")
Box 111
B'Nai B'Rith Memorial Concert, circa, 1947, 2 acetate phonograph records; both discs have signs of deterioration
(Includes Kay's "A Short Overture")
Box 106
Boston Interview for Premiere of "Presidential Suite,", 1966, 1 7-inch reel
Box 104
"Brief Elegy", undated, 1 audiocassette
Box 104
Brevard Music Center (Former Composers) Symphonic Band, 1986 July 28, 1986, 1 audiocassette
(Includes Kay's "Four Silhouettes")
Box 106
"Capitoline Venus,", undated, 2 7-inch reels, 7.5 ips
Box 104
"Celebration in Song", 1984 March13, 1984
Box 106
Chapman College Symphony Orchestra #1, 1979 March10, 1979, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Includes "The Quiet One" and "Scherzi Musicali)
Box 106
Chapman College Symphony Orchestra #2, 1979 March10, 1979, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Includes "Concerto for Orchestra" and "Markings." John Koshak, conductor.)
Box 106
"Chariots,", 1979, 1 7-inch reel
(Philadelphia Orchestra, Saratoga, New York)
Box 114
"Chariots," 1980 April 15, 1980, 2 7-inch reels
(Performed by the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, John Shenaut, conductor.)
The digitized audio is probably from this reel, although the digitized content was given a 1979 date when it was digitized.
Box 104
"Chariots", 1984 October 1, 1984
(New York Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta, conductor)
Box 106
"Choral Triptych,", undated, 1 7-inch reel
Box 106
Comm. Talk, 1967, 1 7-inch reel, 3 3/4 ips
Kay Seminar for South Carolina State College (SCSC), 1967
Box 106
Composer in Our Time: Ulysses Kay (WRVR), undated, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
Box 109 A
The Contemporary Composer in the USA, Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Recklinghausen, Paul Freeman, conductor, Turnabout TV-S 34546, 1974, 1 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record
(Includes Kay's "Six Dances for Orchestra")
Box 109 A
Composers Recordings, Inc., Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, George Barati, conductor, Composers Recordings, Inc. CRI-139, 1958 or later, 1958, 1 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record
(Includes Kay's "Sinfonia in E")
Box 109 A
Composers Recordings, Inc., Camarata and the New Symphony Orchestra of London, Composers Recordings, Inc. CRI-119,, 1950s, 1 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record
(Includes Kay's "Round Dance and Polka for Strings")
Box 109 A
Composers Recordings, Inc., Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Arthur Bennett Lipkin, conductor, Composers Recordings, Inc. CRI SD 209, circa, 1965, 1 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record
(Includes Kay's "Fantasy Variations")
Box 109 A
Contemporary American Composers, Teatro la Fenice Symphony Orchestra, John Perlea, conductor, Remington Records R-199-173,, 1953, 1 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record
(Includes Kay's "Concerto for Orchestra." 3 copies)
Box 108
Danse Calinda, undated, 1 5-inch reel
Box 110
Death Essay Music, undated, 1 33 1/3 acetate phonographic record
Box 104
"Divertimento" / Brass Quartet, undated, 1 audiocassette
Box 106
"Essay on Death," 1964 November, 1964, 2 7-inch reels
Box 104
"Everett Suite,", undated
(Tom Everett, Brass Trombone)
Box 106
Excerpts for Talk, 1973 November 25, 1973, 1 7-inch reel
Box 106
"Facets," 1971 October 19, 1971, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Peformed by Musica Nova)
Box 106
"Fall of China," 1959 August 31, 1959, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
Box 111
"Fall of China", undated, 1 33 1/3 acetate phonograph record. Record shows signs of deterioration
(Produced by Twentieth Century (Past).)
Family Tapes
Box 104
Fanfares by Kay and Britten, undated, 1 audiocassette
(Includes "Three Fanfares" (Kay) and "Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury" (Britten) )
Box 106
"Fantasy Variations," 1963 November 19, 1963, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Performed by the Portland, Maine Symphony)
Box 106
"Fantasy Variations" and "Umbrian Scene," circa, 1963, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
("Fantasy Variations" performed by the Portland, Maine Symphony and "Umbrian Scene" performed by the New Orleans Philharmonic)
Box 106
"Fantasy Variations," 1974 September, 1974, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Performed by the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra in Berlin, Germany, Denis de Cobeau, conductor)
Box 111
"FDR," 1958 March19, 1958, 1 33 1/3 rpm acetate phonograph record. Record shows signs of deterioration.
([Produced by] Twentieth Century Past. See Also: "Roosevelt Show" on audio reel.)
Box 108
Fisk University Film Music, undated, 1 5-inch reel
(Duplication of original music for "Fisk Film" "A Thing of Beauty")
Box 106
Five Portraits for Violin and Piano," 1974 February22, 1974, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Coolidge Auditorium, Ruggiero Ricci, violin, and Leon Pommers, piano)
Box 104
Five Winds: "Divertimento" Movements 1-4 (all), undated, 1 audiocassette, 13'07" in length
Box 114
"Forever Free," circa, 1965, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Bill, New Jersey Civil War Centennial Commission, State House, Trenton, New Jersey. Washington DC Ceremony, outdoors.)
Box 108
"Forever Free," 1967 March, 1967, 1 5-inch reel
(UCLA Band. Ulysses Kay, conductor.)
Box 110
"Forever Free-A Lincoln Chronicle,", undated, 1 10-inch acetate 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record
Box 106
"Four Inventions," 1970 April 23, 1970, 1 7-inch reel
(Ruth Slenczynska, piano recital at Karachi)
Box 106
"The Game," 1963 January 8, 1963, 1 7-inch reel
(Contains two excerpts: Robbie's Aria, "Change," and Leila's Aria, "Maugeritus")
Box 104
Green #1, 1984 May 26, 1984, 1 audiocassette
(University of Toledo. Includes "A New Song", "Two Dunbar Lyrics," "Forever Free," "Four Silhouettes," "Pieta for English Horn and Strings," "Of New Horizons,")
Box 104
Haddonfield Symphony Orchestra, 1984 May 19, 1984, 1 audiocassette
(Includes Buck's "Festival Overture on the National Air," Grieg's "Concerto in A minro for Piano and Orchestra (Natalie Hinderas, solo piano), Kay's "Presidential Suite," and Hanson's "Symphony No. 1 in E Minor-'Nordic' ")
Box 104
Harvard and McGill Wind Ensembles, 1988 March12, 1988, 1 audiocassette
(Includes "Heralds I," and "Forever Free")
Box 114
Houston Symphony Orchestra, 1974 September, 1974, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Includes Kay's "Three Pieces After Blake." Paul Freeman, conductor.)
Box 106
"Interview - Black Music, Florida, undated, 2 7-inch reels, 7.5 ips
"Sketch of Black Music" with Ulysses Kay, Florida Technological University University of Orlando.
Box 106
"Jubilee," circa, 1976, 5 7-inch reels
Box 104
"Jubilee" (Dorr) and Sermon (White), undated, 1 audiocassette
Box 104
"Jubilee" (Choral Chant) (Dorr) and "Essay 3" (Barber), undated, 1 audiocassette
Box 106
Untitled, undated, 1 7-inch reel
(The reel is not labeled, but there are notecards in the box on what appears to be "Jubilee")
Box 106
"The Juggler of Our Lady," 1962 February 23, 1962, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(World Premiere at Xavier University, New Orleans, Louisiana. Richard Harrison, conductor. Mervin Wallace, tenor. Xavier University Opera Workshop.)
Box 104
"Juggler of Our Lady,", undated
Box 104
Kay, undated, 1 audiocassette
( Includes "Of New Horizons," "Sinfonia in E," "A Short Overture," "Markings," "Serenade for Orchestra", and "Umbrian Scene")
Box 105
Kay, 1983, 2 audiocassettes
Box 106
Kay Concert Part I and II, undated, 2 7-inch reels, 7.5 ips
(Includes "Brief Elegy" for oboe and piano, "Triptych on the Texts of Blake" for Soprano, Vln, Vc, and Pfe, "Suite for Flute and Oboe," and "Choral Triptych" )
Box 106
Lehman Talk, 1973 November 22, 1973, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
Box 109 A
Lament for April 15 and Other Modern Madrigals, The Randolph Singers, Composers Recording Inc. CRI-102, 1956 or later, 1956, 1 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record
(Includes Kay's "How Stands the Glass Around?" and "What's in a Name?")
Box 106
"The Land" (NBC News), 1962 February19, 1962, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
Box 110
"The Land," 1962 February19, 1962, 1 33 1/3 rpm acetate phonograph disc
(Produced by NBC. Music only.)
Box 108
Lincoln, Illinois Centennial, 1953 September 1, 1953, 2 5-inch reels
(Includes "A Lincoln Letter")
Box 109 B
Louisville Orchestra First Edition Records, Robert Whitney, conductor, First Edition Records LOU-545-8, circa, 1948-1960, 1 33 1/3 rpm phonographic record
(Includes Kay's "Serenade for Orchestra")
Box 109 B
Louisville Orchestra First Edition Records, Robert Whitney, conductor, First Edition Records LOU-651, After, 1964, 1 33 1/3 rpm phonographic record
(Includes Kay's "Umbrian Scene")
Box 107
"Markings," 1967 April 16, 1967, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(WQXR broadcast of the Cleveland Orchestra)
Box 107
"Markings," 1978 September 29, 1978, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(New York Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta, conductor)
Box 107
"Markings" (Kay) and "Study No. 3" (Syderman?), 1979, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Kay's piece is performed by the New York Philharmonic,1979 Broadcast)
Box 111
"Markings,", undated, 1 33 1/3 rpm acetate phonograph record. Record has some signs of deterioration.
Box 107
MU 10644, undated, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Includes "A Short Overture" for orchestra and "Triptych on Texts of Blake" for soprano, violin, cello, and piano)
Box 107
National Public Radio (NPR) Interview with Ulysses Kay, 1988, 1 7-inch reel
Box 107
North Texas State University School of Music, 1971 July 1, 1971, 1 10.5-inch reel
(Includes and "Parables" and possibly "Facets")
Box 110
"Nosotros" for United Nations film for Latin America. Music by Ulysses Kay, 1962 August, 1962, 1 33 1/3 rpm acetate phonograph record
Of New Horizons, 1979 November 24
This item was digitized from an audio analog reel in the collection, but it is unclear exactly which reel.
Box 107
"Of New Horizons,", undated, 1 7-inch reel
Box 114
"Of New Horizons,", undated, 1 7-inch reel
Box 107
"Of New Horizons", undated, 1 7-inch reel
(Cleveland Orchestra. Irvin Hoffman.)
Box 111
"[Of] New Horizons" Columbus Philharmonic, Izler Solomon, conductor, 1947 March 4, 1947, 1 acetate phonograph record. Record shows signs of deterioration.
(The label on the sleeve states "Quintet for Flute and "Strings" but the label on the record indicates this is "New Horizons")
Box 107
"Once There was a Man,", undated, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
Box 109 B
Opus One Number 35, Ruth Norman, piano, Recorded at Catholic University, 1977 April 26, 1977, 1 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record
(Includes Kay's "Invention III")
(4 copies)
Box 107
Penn State, 1980 May 2, 1980, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
Box 107
Penn State, 1980 May 3, 1980, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
Box 105
"Pieta,", undated, 1 audiocassette
(American Composers Orchestra)
Box 108
"Pieta" and "Suite for Band,", undated, 1 5-inch reel, 7.5 ips
Box 107
"Portraits," 1964 April 22, 1964, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Erie Philharmonic. James Simple, conductor. Premiere Performance.)
Box 105
"Presidential Suite,", undated, 1 audiocassette
(St. Joseph's Symphony), undated
Box 107
"The Quiet One," 1960 July 25, 1960, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Transferred from 78 records)
Box 107
"Quintet Concerto,", undated, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Juilliard School Orchestra)
Box 107
Roosevelt Show, 1958 March19, 1958, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(CBS Orchestra. Antonini, conductor. Includes "FDR". See Also: "FDR" on acetate disc.)
Box 107
"Scherzi Musicali," 1973 November 11, 1973, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Carnegie-Mellon University Orchestra. Chauncey Kelley, conductor. Also includes Haydn's "Symphony in E-Flat")
Box 114
New Tape: "Scherzo-Serenade" for Orchestra and "Umbrian Scene,", undated, 1 7-inch reel
Box 111
"Serenade for Orchestra" The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney, conductor, 1954 September 18, 1954, 1 78 rpm acetate phonograph record. Record shows signs of deterioration. The original tape was distorted, and this is reflected on this acetate disc.
Box 107
"Serenade for Orchestra," 1968 April 21, 1968, 1 7-inch reel
(Cornell Symphony Orchestra. Karol Husa, conductor.)
Box 107
"A Short Overture,", undated, 1 7-inch reel
(Queens Symphony Orchestra. 200th Concert. David Katz, Music Director.)
Box 107
Skidmore College, circa, 1975, 2 7-inch reels, 7.5 ips
(Includes "Triptych on Texts of Blake," "Five Portraits," "Tears, Flow No More," "Two Dunbar Lyrics," "What's In A Name?" "How Stands the Glass Around?" and "Brief Elegy.")
Box 105
Smithsonian: Black American Composer #4 (4 of 4), undated, 1 audiocassette
Box 110
"Song of Ahab" George Irving, baritone, Milton Rosenstock, conductor,, undated, 1 33 1/3 rpm acetate phonograph record
Box 108
South Carolina State College (SCSC): Kay Seminar, 1968 May 9, 1968, 1 5-inch reel
Box 107
Southern Connecticut State University, 1968 May 9, 1968, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Includes "Brief Elegy," "Triptych on Texts of Blake," and "Suite for Flute and Oboe".)
Box 110
"String Quartet" National Gallery Orchestra, Richard Bales, conductor, 1953 May 24, 1953, 1 33 1/3 acetate phonograph record
Box 107
"String Quartet No. 3," 1962 April 2, 1962, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
Box 107
"String Quartet No. 3, 1964, 1 7-inch reel
(Also includes Binkerd's "String Quartet #2")
Box 107
"String Quartet No. 3,", undated, 1 7-inch reel
Box 111
"Submarine," 1959 March26, 1959, 1 33 1/3 rpm acetate phonograph record. Record shows signs of deterioration.
(Produced by 20th Century Past CBS)
Box 111
"Suite for Orchestra" Radio Italiana, Concerto Dean Dixon, Torino,, 1952 August 1, 4 33 1/3 rpm acetate phonograph records. All discs show signs of deterioration.
Box 110
"Suite for Orchestra, undated, 1 33 1/3 acetate phonograph record
Box 108
"Swiss Shapes," 1961 January 16, 1961, 1 5-inch reel, 7.5 ips
Box 110
"Swiss Shapes," 1961 January 16, 1961, 1 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record
Box 110
"Swiss Watches,", 1959 December 11, 1 33 1/3 acetate phonograph record
(Cut 1: 2 min. Cut 2: Mens Cut 3: Ladies)
Box 110
"Swiss Watches,", undated, 1 33 1/3 acetate phonograph record
(ANNCR. Tracks and Orchestra Tracks. Produced by Cunningham and Walsh, Inc.)
Box 107
"Symphony No. 1," 1974 March, 1974, 1 7-inch reel
(Julliard Orchestra. James Conlon, conductor.)
Box 107
"Theater Set,", undated, 1 7-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(Robert Shaw and Cleveland Orchestra)
Box 108
"Theme," 1962 September 5, 1962
Box 109 B
Thomas Harmon Plays American Organ Music of Three Centuries on the Schoenberg Hall and Royce Hall Organs, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Orion ORS 76255 circa, 1976, 1 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record
(2 copies, one copy is inscribed to Kay by Thomas Harmon. Includes Kay's "Organ Suite No. 1")
Box 110
"Three Musketeers" TV Music, 1960 November 25, 1960, 1 33 1/3 rpm acetate phonograph record
Box 107
"Trigon" and "Of New Horizons," 1961 and 1967 May 15, 1961, 1967, 1 7-inch reel
("Trigon" was recorded at an outdoor rehearsal in 1961. "Of New Horizons" was performed by the Seattle Youth Orchestra on May 15, 1967.)
Box 110
TV and Commercial Cues and Music, undated, 1 33 1/3 rpm acetate phonograph record
Box 105
"Two Impromptus," 1987 February8, 1987, 4 audiocassettes
(Marcantonio Barone, piano)
Box 108
"Umbrian Scene," circa 1964 March, 1964, 1 5-inch reel, 7.5 ips
(New Orleans Philharmonic. Werner Torkanowsky, conductor.)
Box 109 B
The United Church on the Green Sings Praises, Recorded on May 9 and June 13, 1981 at United Church on the Green, New Haven, Connecticut, Vogt Recording Company CSRV 2691 1981, June 13, 1981, 2691, 1981, 1 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record
(Includes Kay's "O Praise the Lord")
Box 109 B
A Recording of Music by the Graduates of the University of Arizona, University of Arizona College of Fine Arts School of Music, 100th Anniversary 1862 Land Grant College and University System, 1962, 1862, 1962, 1 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record
(Includes Kay's "Of New Horizons")
Box 108
University of Arizona, undated, 1 5-inch reel
Box 107
University of Illinois, 1959 November 5, 1959, 2 7-inch reels, 7.5 ips
(Includes "Fugitive Songs," "Second String Quartet," "Serenade No. 2" for four horns in F. )
Box 105
University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Conservatory of Music Black Music Festival: Kay "Convocation," 1981 November 6, 1981, 1 audiocassette
Box 105
University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Conservatory of Music Black Music Festival: Kay "On Composing," 1981 November 13, 1981, 1 audiocassette
Box 107
Urban League: Ulysses Kay, Leonard de Paur, 1954 January 6, 1954, 1 7-inch reel, 3 3/4 ips
Box 108
Urban League: Ulysses Kay, Ray Felix, November 4, 1 5-inch reel, 7.5 ips
Box 107
Ussachevsky Translation, 1954 July 23, 1954
Box 107
"The Western Paradise," 1976 October, 1976, 1 7-inch reel
(The National Symphony Orchestra. Carnegie Hall. Antal Dorati, conductor. William Conrad, narrator.)
Box 107
"The Western Paradise" for Narrator and Orchestra, circa, 1977, 1 7-inch reel
(The National Symphony Orchestra. Antal Dorati, conductor, William Conrad, narrator. This appears to have been broadcast as part of "International Concert Hall" #770123 on National Public Radio. )
Box 105
"The Western Paradise,", undated, 1 audiocassette
Box 107
WMHT FM Schenectady, New York, Music America "In Conversation with Ulysses Kay,", undated, 1 7-inch reel
Box 117
Teatro la Fenice Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Jonel Perlea), Contemporary American Composers: Ulysses Kay, Norman Lockwood, Remington Musicrama, 1953, 1 phonograph records
Kay's Concerto for Orchestra is on side 1.
Box 117
London Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Paul Freeman), Black Composers Series, Volume 3, Columbia Records, 1974, 1 phonograph records
Kay's Markings is on side 1.
Box 107
Unknown, circa, 1954-1964, 1 7-inch reel
(This reel was re-used and it is unclear what is on the reel. It May consist entirely of material by other persons. It May also include material from the Urban League from March3, 1954)
Box 107
Unlabeled, undated, 1 10.5-inch reel
Box 111
Unlabeled, undated, 2 33 1/3 rpm acetate phonograph records. Both records show signs of deterioration.
Box 131 Item 1
Contemp. Off Air, 64-65. SIDE A: Xenakis, "Synaphai" (Philly, 3-16-72); Lutoslawski, "Venetian Games" (Warsaw State, 12-3-64); Satie, "Socrate" (Liebowitz, [eoud/eond/end], 12-4-64). SIDE B: "Gigues et ronde de printemps," Debussy, "Deux images" (Monteaux, San Francisco Symphony); Kirchner, "Piano Concerto II" (New York Philharmonic, Fleischer, 12-6-64); Bartok, "Divertimento for Strings" (Phil. Orch. Johanos)., 1964, 1972, 1 open reel audiotapes
Label is handwritten on the cover.
Box 131 Item 2
Riff 62 with Kilar. Walker, New York Philharmonic, "In Praise of Folly"; Lutoslawski, "Venetian Games"; Kilar, Riff, 62, "Warsaw Autumn"; "Concerto for Orchestra, Movement 4"; Baird T., "Variations sans Theme.", circa 1962, 1 open reel audiotapes
Label is handwritten on the cover.
Box 131 Item 3
Schuller, "Symphony No. 1" (world premiere), Dallas Symphony, 2/8/65, 1965-02-08, 1 open reel audiotapes
Label is handwritten on the cover.
Box 131 Item 4
Crumb, "Star Child," taped October 16, 1977, New York Philharmonic, Boulez; G. Walker, "Piano Concerto.", 1977-10-16, 1 open reel audiotapes
Crossed out: "Indiana State University Orchestra, Oct. 19, 1972"; "Tom" written on the front cover.
Box 131 Item 5
Frank Proto. SIDE A: "Concerto for Cello and Orchestra," Peter Wiley, David Stahl, Cinncinnati Symphony; "3 Pieces for Percussion and Orchestra," Canmow Dellowe [?], Cinncinnati Symphony; "Casey at the Bat (An American Folk Tale)" for narrator, orchestra, and tape, Erich Kunzel, Cinncinnati Symphony; SIDE B: Conclusion of "Casey and the Bat"; "Concertino for Percussion and Strings," Bill Pratt (soloist) and Frank Proto (condutor). Symphony Jazz Ensemble: "125th St + 7th Ave," Oliver Nelson (arranged by Frank Vincent); "East Side Corridor" (Frank Proto); "Suite from the Opera Carmen" (arranged by Frank Proto)., undated, 1 open reel audiotapes
"Proto" written on the back cover; includes a handwritten insert.
Box 131 Item 6
Chou, "Cursive," Col. Group; Wuorinen, "Chamber Concerto for Cello and 10 Players"; Schoenberg, "Moses and Aaron," off air, April 10, 1965 (starts with interlude after Act I); Smit, "Symphony No. 2" ; Bernstein, "Serenade.", 1965-04-10, 1 open reel audiotapes
Label is handwritten on the cover.
Box 131 Item 7
National Public Radio, opera in three acts, "Treemonisha," presented at Morehouse College, Atlanta University Center, Afro-American Music Workshop, performed 1/29/72, Scott Joplin (arranged by T.J. Anderson), Louise Parker (soloist), Wendell Whalum (music director), members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (the history of "Treemonisha" given between acts). [Handwritten on insert] Rorem, "Air Music.", 1972-01-29, 1 open reel audiotapes
Includes a typewritten insert.
Box 131 Item 8
Excerpts: Boule[z?] Talk., undated, 1 open reel audiotapes
Label is handwritten on the cover. Includes multiple pages of handwritten inserts with notes on works by Gershwin, Gilbert, Copland, and Schuller.
Box 131 Item 9
G. Sinopoli, "Souvenirs à la memoire," G. Ricordi, Via Berchet, 2, Milano, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes
In a makeshift case made of tape and cardboard with typewritten and handwritten labels.
Box 131 Item 10
Britten, Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, May 1971., 1971-05, 1 open reel audiotapes
Label is handwritten on the cover.
Box 131 Item 11
Gould, Bach at 75; Teacher's College Tape, December 1959; Missa Luba and African Folk Song, 1959-12, 1 open reel audiotapes
Label is handwritten on the cover.
Box 131 Item 12
Mahler, "9th Symphony - Strings," Bach/Webern, "Musical Offering.", undated, 1 open reel audiotapes
Cover is deteriorating. Label is handwritten on the cover. Handwritten on the side cover: "Elektra," Strauss. Crossed out on the back cover: Turandot, Met, 1/16/65; Sessions, "Symphony No. 2," New York Philharmonic.
Box 131 Item 13
Sessions, "Psalm 140"; Messiaen, 3 out of 4 "Symphonic Meditations"; Weber, "Symphony"; Babbitt, "Relata I"; Schuller, "Spectra.", undated, 1 open reel audiotapes
Label is handwritten on the cover. Handwritten on the side cover: "Vanessa."
Box 131 Item 14
New Tape. Bernstein, "Songfest," Druckman; Foss, "American Cantata", undated, 1 open reel audiotapes
Plastic case. Label is handwritten on the cover.
Box 131 Item 15
Nostros Music (August 8, 1962)., 1962-08-08, 1 open reel audiotapes
Label is handwritten on the cover.
Box 131 Item 16
"Music for Young Listeners (Green Book), Demonstration Program." Includes: Mozart, "The Little Nothings," "Pantomime," "Joyous Gavotte," and "Graceful Gavotte"; and Liadov, "Dance of the Mosquito," "The Music Box," "The Enchanted Lake.", undated, 1 open reel audiotapes
Commercially released tape.
Box 131 Item 17
McCann Erickson, [Illegible, possibly: "Thank Ulysses for Everything"], September 12, 1966, 1966-09-12, 1 open reel audiotapes
Label is handwritten on the cover.
Box 131 Item 18
"French Reading", undated, 1 audiocassettes
Label is handwritten on the cover.
Box 131 Item 19
Crumb, "Ancient Voices for Children", undated, 1 audiocassettes
Label is handwritten on the cover.
Box 131 Item 20
Husa, "Concerto for Orchstra," 1987; Baird, "Four Essays," December 1985, 1 audiocassettes
Label is handwritten on the cover.
Box 131 Item 21
"Tremblemant-Terre" (two recordings), undated, 1 audiocassettes
Label is handwritten on the cover.
Box 131 Item 22
T.J. Anderson Concert, Ohio State University, 5/22/94., 1994-05-22, 1 audiocassettes
Label is handwritten on the cover. Typewritten on the tape label: "Abelard and Heloise," Act 3.
Box 131 Item 23
Six New Commissioned Works for School Bands: Smit, "Banners and Pennants"; Hanson, "Variations on an Ancient Hymn"; Adler, "A Little Night and Day Music"; Richter, "Country Auction"; Chavez, "Zandunga Serenade"; Brant, "American Debate." 1977, Carl Fisher., 1977, 1 audiocassettes
Commercial recording, but also includes a handwritten label "6 Band Pieces" on the cover.
Box 131 Item 24
"Band Pieces", undated, 1 audiocassettes
Label is handwritten on the cover.
Box 131 Item 25
"Merry Xmas", undated, 1 audiocassettes
Label is handwritten on the cover. Handwritten on the tape: "Hamilton and Hamilton."
Box 131 Item 26
The Hoboken Chamber Orchestra, 5/9/87, Gary M. Schneider (conductor)., 1987-05-09, 1 audiocassettes
Label is typewritten on the cover and on the tape.
Box 131 Item 27
Wink, "Fundamentals of Music," recorded examples, Houghton Mifflin, 1977, 1977, 1 audiocassettes
Box 131 Item 28
Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra. Ulysses Kay. Kevin Scott, Conductor. Suite for The Quiet One; Three Pieces After Blake; Scheriz Musicali
Box 131 Item 29
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. George Barati, Conductor. Sinfonia in E (1950)
Box 131 Item 30
New Symphony Orchestra of London. Salvador "Tutti" Camarata, Conductor. Round Dance (1950) and Polka (1950)
Box 131 Item 31
The Randolph Singers. David Randolph, Conductor. How Stands the Glass Around? and What's in a Name
Box 131 Item 32
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Arthur Bennett Lipkin, Conductor. Fantasy Variations
Box 135 Item 1
Music cues, International Zone, 9/24/62, 1962-09-24, 1 phonograph records
Label has come off the vinyl. Text is etched into the vinyl.
Box 135 Item 2
Unlabeled phonograph record, undated, 1 phonograph records
White staining congealing on the vinyl.
Box 135 Item 3
Brass Quartet, U. Kay, undated, 1 phonograph records
Box 135 Item 4
Ulysses Kay, Cantata, "Phoebus Arise", 1959-05-17, 1 phonograph records
Conducted by Harold Aks in the "Town Hall" [NYC?].
Box 135 Item 5
Three Musketeers (TV Music), 1960-11-25, 1 phonograph records
Box 135 Item 6
"Suite for Strings," "Study in Sonority," Riegger, undated, 1 phonograph records
Box 135 Item 7
"Sonatina" by Ulysses Kay, undated, 1 phonograph records
Madeline Carabo, violinist; Carol Robinson, pianist.
Box 135 Item 8
Ulysses Kay, String Quartet, Sides III and IV, undated, 1 phonograph records
Movements include: "Allegro Scherzando" and "Allegro Moderato." National Gallery Orchestra. White staining congealing on the vinyl.
Box 135 Item 9
Toscanini Rehearsal, 1943-12-04, 1 phonograph records
Carnegie Hall Recording Co.
Box 135 Item 10
"Song of Jeremiah" by Ulysses Kay, 1955-05-22, 1 phonograph records
A cantata for baritone, chorus, and orchestra. Harold Aks conducting the Interracial Fellowship Chorus and Orchestra in the Town Hall, New York City, May 22, 1955. Eugene Brice, baritone solo.
Box 135 Item 11
Ulysses Kay, "Forever Free (A Lincoln Chronicle)", undated, 1 phonograph records
The United States Marine Band, conducted by Captain Dale Harpham
Box 135 Item 12
Solemn Prelude, Baylor Band, undated, 1 phonograph records
Handwritten on the original sleeve: "Mr. William H. Teague, %Broadcast Music, Inc., 580 Fifth Ave, New York 19, NY; Mr. Kay, Solemn Prelude."
Box 135 Item 13
NYA Orchestra, Brandt Concerto, 1941-02-22, 1 phonograph records
Includes the first and second movements. Recorded for Ruggierio Ricci, 2/22/41, WNYC, 5pm, Part 3. Possibly "Angels and Devils: Concerto for Flute Solo with Flute Orchestra" by Henry Brant, as this record was found alongside Kay's annotated score.
Box 135 Item 14
V. Kubick Violin Concerto, concluded, undated, 1 phonograph records
Box 135 Item 15
Accordion Record, Bach "Toccata and Fugue," 78, circa 1978, 1 phonograph records
Rubber band is stuck to the vinyl.