Central Park Reel

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu012002 Lukas Foss Papers Processed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress Music Division, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

2012 Guides to Special Collections in the Music Division of the Library of Congress

Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2006579408

Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Music Division, 2012 Finding aid written in English. Collection Summary Lukas Foss Papers circa 1926-2000 1936-1995 ML31.F68 Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009 approximately 5,000 items 39 containers 18.5 linear feet Material primarily in English and German. Music DivisionLibrary of Congress

Washington, D.C.

Lukas Foss was an American composer, conductor, pianist, and educator. The collection, which documents his life and career, consists of music holograph manuscript scores and parts, sketches, correspondence, business papers, programs, clippings, promotional materials, contracts, and financial documents. Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

People Berio, Luciano, 1925-2003--Correspondence. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990--Correspondence. Boulez, Pierre, 1925- --Correspondence. Cage, John--Correspondence. Carter, Elliott, 1908- --Correspondence. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990--Correspondence. Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965--Correspondence. Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009--Archives. Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009--Correspondence. Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009--Criticism and interpretation. Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009--Manuscripts. Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009--Performances. Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009. Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009. Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009. Selections. Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963--Correspondence. Kagel, Mauricio--Correspondence. Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999--Correspondence. Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992--Correspondence. Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985--Correspondence. Penderecki, Krzysztof, 1933- --Correspondence. Rostropovich, Mstislav, 1927-2007--Correspondence. Stockhausen, Karlheinz, 1928-2007--Correspondence. Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971--Correspondence. Takemitsu, Tōru--Correspondence. Xenakis, Iannis, 1922-2001--Correspondence. Organizations American Symphony Orchestra (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Cleveland Orchestra. Israel. Rashut ha-shidur. Tizmoret. Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Tōkyō Firuhāmonī Kōkyō Gakudan. Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Subjects Composers--United States. Conductors (Music)--United States. Music teachers--United States. Music--Manuscripts. Pianists--United States. Form/Genre Clippings (Information artifacts) Correspondence. Financial records. Programs (Documents) Promotional materials. Administrative Information Provenance

Purchase, Music Division, 2000.

Accruals

No further accruals expected.

Processing History

The Lukas Foss Papers were processed by Lina Terjesen, Daniel Sanchez, Kelly Cornett, and Christopher Hartten in January 2011. The finding aid was coded for EAD by Christopher Hartten in 2012.

Transfers

Sound recordings from the Lukas Foss Papers have been transferred to the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.

Related Material

The Library of Congress Music Division holds several collections that contain material related to Lukas Foss. The USIA Artistic Ambassador Program Musical Commissions (ML31.U72) contains a holograph manuscript of Foss' Central Park Reel. The Louise Talma Papers (ML31.T34) contain holograph manuscript scores for numerous Foss compositions, as well as correspondence from the composer. The following collections hold additional materials: Leonard Bernstein Collection (ML31.B49); Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation Collection; Aaron Copland Collection (ML31.C7); Sidney Robertson Cowell Collection (ML31.C78); David Diamond Papers; Irving Fine Collection (ML31.F5); Roy Harris Papers (ML31.H37); Jascha Heifetz Collection (ML31.H4); Serge Koussevitzky Archive (ML31.K66); Boris Koutzen Collection (ML31.K68); Nikolai Lopatnikoff Collection (ML31.L6); Moldenhaur Archives at the Library of Congress (ML31.M6); Artur Rodzinski Collection (ML31.R64); and Nicolas Slonimsky Collection (ML31.S6). In addition, the Marian MacDowell Papers in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division contain Foss correspondence.

The Lukas Foss Papers are governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright laws.

Access and Restrictions

The Lukas Foss Papers are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Music Division prior to visiting in order to determine whether the desired materials will be available at that time.

Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], Lukas Foss Papers, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Biographical Note Date Event 1922, Aug. 15 Born, Berlin, Germany 1929 Began piano and theory lessons with Julius Goldstein Herford 1933 Moved with family to Paris to escape Nazi persecution Studied piano with Lazare Lévy, composition with Nöel Gallon, orchestration with Felix Wolfes, and flute with Louís Moyse at Lyceé Pasteur, Paris 1937 Moved to New York City Studied piano with Isabelle Vengerova, composition with Rosario Scalero, orchestration with Randall Thompson, and conducting with Fritz Reiner at the Curtis Institute Composed Four Two-Part Inventions and Grotesque Dance 1940-1943 Studied composition with Paul Hindemith and conducting with Serge Koussevitzky at the Berkshire Music Center 1942 Became an American citizen Composed The Prairie 1944-1950 Named official pianist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra 1945 Became youngest recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship Composed Song of Songs 1946 Began teaching summer classes in composition at the Berkshire Music Center 1950 Received first Fulbright Scholarship 1951 Premiere of Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in Venice, with Foss as soloist Married Cornelia Brendel 1953-1962 Professor of composition and conducting, University of California, Los Angeles 1955-1957 Directed the Ojai Festival in Japan 1957 Formed Improvisation Chamber Ensemble with Charles DeLancy and Richard Dufallo 1959-1960 Composed Time Cycle 1960 Directed the Ojai Festival in Japan Received second Guggenheim Fellowship 1961-1963 Composed Echoi 1962 Moved to Buffalo, New York 1962-1968 Conductor and music director for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra 1963 Founded and co-directed with Allen Sapp the Center of Creative and Performing Arts at the State University of New York at Buffalo 1969 Composed Paradigm 1969-1971 Visiting professor, Harvard University 1970 Composed M.A.P. (Musicians at Play) 1971-1990 Conductor and music advisor of the Brooklyn Philharmonia 1972 Visiting professor, Manhattan School of Music 1972-1976 Conductor and music advisor of the Kol Israel Orchestra of Jerusalem 1975 Began residency at the University of Cincinatti Conservatory of Music 1981-1986 Music director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 1986 Composed Three American Pieces 1989 Composed Elegy for Anne Frank 1991 Professor, music theory and composition, Boston University 1993 Composed Left Hand Piano Concerto 1998 Composed String Quartet No. 4 2002 Composed Symphonic Fantasy for Orchestra 2009, Feb. 1 Died, New York City Scope and Content Note

The Lukas Foss Papers span the period 1926 to 2000, with the majority of the materials dating from 1936 to 1995. The collection consists of holograph manuscript scores and parts, sketches, correspondence, business papers, programs, clippings, promotional materials, contracts, and financial documents.

The Music series documents Foss' lengthy and experimental career as a composer, beginning with early opera sketches and piano pieces written before his tenth birthday. Later compositions, especially those which reflect his interests in twelve-tone and aleatory music, are accompanied by extensive supplementary notes, tone rows, mathematical charts, and performance instructions. Photocopied scores and parts often include annotations by Foss or various conductors and performers. Notable holograph scores include Night Music for John Lennon, Elegy for Anne Frank, Renaissance Concerto, The Prairie: Symphonic Suite, Three Airs for Frank O'Hara's Angel, Echoi, M.A.P. (Musicians at Play), and Tashi. Works are arranged categorically by instrumentation and alphabetically by title therein.

The Correspondence series contains items to and from notable musical figures which are arranged alphabetically by last name. Included are letters from Luciano Berio, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, John Cage, Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, Henry Cowell, Paul Hindemith, Mauricio Kagel, Yehudi Menuhin, Olivier Messiaen, Eugene Ormandy, Krzysztof Penderecki, Mstislav Rostropovich, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Igor Stravinsky, Toru Takemitsu, Iannis Xenackis, and numerous other composers and performers. Correspondence with organizations and lesser known individuals is arranged by subject heading within the Business Papers series. These office files chiefly contain letters, programs, clippings, and legal or financial documents related to Foss' tenure with various orchestras in the United States and abroad, including the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

Folders bearing general titles such as "England" or "Italy" contain assorted materials pertaining to the composer's conducting tours and side projects within these countries. Additional files consist of lecture notes and correspondence with universities, ideas for concert programming, writings by or about Foss, and miscellaneous documents for other topics of interest. The Musical Works Files series contains Foss' extensive file of correspondence, clippings, notes, programs, and promotional items related to specific musical works. These are arranged by title of composition and provide excellent contextual materials for research in musical analysis and performance history. The remaining collection materials can be found in the Miscellany series and consist of programs, articles, and a single writing by Louise Talma.

Organization of the Lukas Foss Papers

The Lukas Foss Papers are organized in five series:

Music, circa 1926-2000 Correspondence, 1929-1999 Business Papers, 1940s-2000 Musical Works Files, 1980s-1999 Miscellany, 1940s-1999 http://lccn.loc.gov/2006579408 Container List Container Contents 1-20 Music, circa 1926-2000 Orchestra, 1938-1998 2 symphonic pieces, 1939-1940 14/1 Holograph/copyist manuscript full score 14/1 Parts

"Overture in A" only

3 pieces, 1938-1939

Orchestration of Set of three pieces for two pianos

1/1 Holograph manuscript full score 1/1 Sketches American fanfare, 1990 1/2 Sketches American landscapes, 1989 1/3 Holograph manuscript short score 1/4 Sketches Anniversary fanfare, 1996 13/1 Holograph manuscript full score 13/1 Sketches 13/1 Parts Baroque variations. On a Bach prelude see Phorion Capriccio (cello, orchestra), undated 1/5 Holograph manuscript full score

In caption: Arranged for cello and orchestra for Yo-Yo Ma

1/5 Orchestral parts 1/5 Cello part

1946 part from version for cello and piano

Celebration: for brass quintet and orchestra, 1998 1/6 Holograph manuscript full score 1/6 Sketches Cello concert, 1966 14/2 Photocopied printed full score

Annotations

In caption: For Mstislav Rostropovich

14/2 Sketches and notes

Annotations

Concerto for clarinet and orchestra no. 1, 1942 2/1 Holograph manuscript full score 2/2 Holograph manuscript short score 2/2 Sketches 2/3 Clarinet part Concerto for clarinet and orchestra no. 2, 1988 see also Tashi (clarinet, piano quintet)

Large-scale orchestration of Tashi

2/4 Holograph manuscript piano-clarinet score

In caption: For rehearsal only

Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2, 1949-1951 13/2-3 Holograph manuscript full score

Pages 1-19 of first movement are missing

Concerto for solo percussion and orchestra, 1973-1974 2/5 Holograph manuscript score

On title page: Revised

2/5 Sketches and notes Dissertation see Exeunt Elegy (clarinet, orchestra), 1949 2/6 Holograph manuscript full score Elegy for Anne Frank, 1989 see also Symphony no. 3 2/7 2 holograph manuscript full scores 2/7 Sketches 2/7 Parts Embros, 1984-1985 see also Left hand piano concerto 20/1 Holograph manuscript full score 20/2 Sketches Exeunt, 1980-1982 see also Night music for John Lennon

Early title: Dissertation

14/3 Holograph manuscript full score 14/4 Sketches Fanfare, 1973 2/8 Holograph manuscript full score 2/8 Sketches, notes, and program notes Folksong, 1975-1976 3/1 Sketches For 200 cellos, 1982-1983 15/1 Parts

Standard and tabulature notation

15/1 Sketches For Lenny (piano, orchestra), 1988 3/2 Sketches 3/2 Piano part For Toru, 1996 3/3 Holograph manuscript score 3/3 Sketches Geod, 1969 15/2 Holograph manuscript score

Incomplete

15/2 Sketches and notes Left hand piano concerto, 1991-1993 see also Embros

Last movement is based on Embros

15/3 Holograph manuscript full score 3/4 Holograph manuscript short score 3/5, 15/4 Sketches Night music for John Lennon, 1980-1981 3/6 Holograph manuscript full score 3/7 Sketches

Includes sketches for Exeunt

Orpheus, 1972 15/5 Holograph manuscript score 15/5 Sketches 15/5 Viola, cello, and guitar parts Orpheus and Euridice, 1983 3/8 Holograph manuscript score 3/8 Sketches Phorion, 1967

Other title: Baroque variations. On a Bach prelude

19/1 Holograph manuscript full score 19/2 Sketches and notes 19/3 Parts The prairie. Symphonic suite, 1942 15/6 Holograph manuscript full score 15/7 Photocopied holograph manuscript full score 15/7 Sketches Quintets for orchestra, 1978 13/4 Holograph manuscript full score 13/4 Photocopied holograph full manuscript score

Annotations

13/5 Sketches Renaissance concerto, 1985-1986 4/1 Holograph manuscript short score

Laid in: program notes

4/2-3 Sketches and source materials Salomon Rossi suite, 1975 4/4 Holograph manuscript score

Introduction for brass instruments only

4/4 Sketch

Introduction for brass instruments only

Symphony no. 3 (Symphony of sorrows), 1991 see also Elegy for Anne Frank

Second movement is Elegy for Anne Frank

13/6 Holograph manuscript full score 4/5 Holograph manuscript short score

First and third movements only

4/6 Sketches Symphony no. 4 (Windows to the past), 1995 16/1 Holograph manuscript full score 16/2 Sketches Symphony of chorales, 1958 16/3 Photocopied holograph manuscript full score Three American pieces, 1986 see also Three pieces (violin, piano) 13/7 Holograph manuscript full score

"Early song" and "Dedication" only

Dramatic, 1931-1949 Amphytrion, 1935-1936 4/7-8 Sketches The heart remembers, 1944 5/1 Sketches

Includes sketches for Within these walls

The jumping frog of Calaveras County, 1949 13/8 Photocopied holograph manuscript piano-vocal score

Annotations

The tempest, 1940 5/2 Holograph/copyist manuscript full score

Incomplete

Laid in: performance notes

Teufelchens Geburtstag, 1931 5/3-4 Sketches

Portions are in the hand of Foss' mother

Story used as the basis for Griffelkin

Untitled opera, 1933-1934? 5/5 Sketches We're with you, 1941 5/6 Parts

Song written for Fordham University musical

5/6 Script Within these walls, 1944 see also The heart remembers 5/7 Typescript scenario Vocal, 1926-1999 2 Rilke motets (voices), 1946 6/1 Holograph manuscript scores 6 patriotic songs (voice, piano), 1943

Titles: We're out to win; Freedom of the seas; Banner of liberty; The people's song; Song of the United Nations; This is war

6/2 Holograph manuscript scores

On cover of "Banner of liberty": Louis Foster, pseudonym for Lukas Foss

6/2 Photocopied holograph manuscript scores

"This is war" is missing

American cantata (voices, speakers, double chorus, orchestra), 1976 see also Romance 6/3 Sketches, correspondence, and lyric sheets Bunker Hill (voices, trumpets, percussion), undated 6/4 Photocopied holograph manuscript score 6/4 Sketches Celebration (chorus, band or orchestra), 1996 13/9 Holograph manuscript full score Congratulations (voice, piano), 1996

For Joe Maclis' ninetieth birthday

6/5 Holograph manuscript score 6/5 Sketches De profundis (chorus), 1983 6/6 Holograph manuscript score 6/6 Sketches For Julian's 10th anniversary at Marsh Chapel (voices), 1999 6/7 Holograph manuscript score For Toru: a choral opening, 1990

For Toru Takemitsu's 60th birthday

6/8 Holograph manuscript score 6/8 Sketches Fragments of Archilochos (speakers, voice, choruses, instrumental ensemble), 1965 6/9 Sketches I speak, I tell you (chorus), 1941

Based on text from "Prairie" by Carl Sandburg

6/10 Holograph manuscript score 6/10 Sketches Kafka Tagebuch (voice), 1990-1993 13/10 Part 13/10 Sketches Lamdeni (Teach me) (chorus, instrumental ensemble), 1973 6/11 Holograph manuscript score 6/11 Sketches Measure for measure (voice, orchestra), 1980

Based on the Salomon Rossi suite

6/12 Holograph manuscript score 6/12 Sketches Motette: Der bist so gross (voices), undated

Text by Rainer Maria Rilke

6/13 Holograph manuscript score

Incomplete

Nachtleid (voice, piano), circa 1933 6/14 Photocopied holograph manuscript score Nachtleid (voice, orchestra), 1937 6/15 Holograph manuscript full score O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod (voices), circa 1926-1938

Text by Rainer Maria Rilke

6/16 Holograph manuscript score The prairie (voices, chorus, orchestra), 1942-1943 7/1 Sketches Romance (voice, violin, string orchestra), 1994 see also American cantata

Based on the third movement of the American Cantata

13/11 Holograph manuscript score

In caption: For Edna Michell and Yehudi Menuhin

13/11 Parts Sanctus (chorus, orchestra), 1992 17/1 Holograph manuscript full score 17/1 Holograph manuscript short score 17/1 Sketches Die Teilung der Erde (voice, piano), 1937 7/2 Holograph manuscript score 7/2 Sketches for orchestration Tell this blood (chorus), 1945 7/3 Holograph manuscript score Thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird (voice, flute, piano, percussion), 1978 7/4 2 holograph manuscript scores 7/4 Sketches Three airs for Frank O'Hara's angel (speaker, voice, women's chorus, instrumental ensemble, tape), 1972 17/2 Holograph manuscript score

In caption: 1st version

17/2 Holograph manuscript score Three airs for Frank O'Hara's angel (voice, flute, piano, percussion, tape), 1974-1975 7/5 Holograph manuscript score Three songs on texts by Goethe (voice, piano), 1938 7/6 Holograph manuscript score With music strong (chorus, orchestra), 1998 17/3 Holograph manuscript/photocopied full score

Incomplete

Photocopied portions have annotations

17/3 Holograph manuscript short score

Choral section only

17/4 Sketches Chamber and Solo Instrumental, 1930s-2000 3 pieces (clarinet, violin, viola, cello), 1939 7/7 Holograph manuscript score

In caption: This piece used for the clarinet concerto

7/7 Parts 4 etudes for organ, 1967 7/8 Photocopied holograph manuscript score

Laid in: performance instructions and correspondence

4 piano pieces, 1937 7/9 Holograph manuscript score Air (violin, piano), 1938 7/10 Holograph manuscript score Anne Frank: a brief tone poem about her life and death (cello, piano), 1999 7/11 Holograph manuscript score 7/11 Sketches

Includes sketches for "Rondo" from Tashi

Anniversary fanfare (brass, percussion), 1997 7/12 Holograph manuscript score 7/12 Holograph manuscript score

Alternate version for band

Appalachian birthday portrait (instrumental ensemble), undated

Happy birthday, written in Copland's style for Serge Koussevitzky

7/13 Photocopied holograph manuscript score

In caption: By Aaron Foss (at the piano: Lukas Copland)

7/13 Parts Capriccio (cello, piano), 1946 see Capriccio (cello, orchestra) The cave of the winds (wind quintet), 1972 13/12 Holograph manuscript score Central Park reel (violin, piano), 1987 8/1 Sketches Chaconne (guitar), 1987 8/2 Sketches Chamber music (tape), 1970-1973 8/3 Holograph manuscript score

Laid in: program notes

Composer's nightmare (violin), 1941 8/4 Holograph manuscript score 8/4 Sketch Conductor's nightmare (violins, piano), undated 8/5 Holograph manuscript score 8/5 Violin parts Curriculum vitae (accordion), 1977 8/6 Holograph manuscript score 8/6 Sketches 8/6 Photocopied holograph manuscript score

Annotations

Curriculum vitae. Tango (piano), undated 8/7 Holograph manuscript score Curriculum vitae with time bomb (accordion, percussion), 1980 18/1 Holograph manuscript score Divertissement pour Mica (String quartet no. 2), 1973 13/13 Sketches Duo (cello, piano), 1941 8/8 Sketches 8/8 Cello part Echoi (instrumental ensemble), 1961-1963 8/9 Holograph and copyist manuscript scores

Incomplete and revised scores for various movements

Copyist scores have annotations

8/10-11, 9/1-2 Sketches

Includes mathematical calculations

Eine kleine chance musik see Elytres Elytres (instrumental ensemble), 1964

Early title: Eine kleine chance musik

9/3 Photocopied holograph manuscript score

Incomplete

Annotations

9/3 Sketches, charts, and notes Fantasia (cello, piano), 1937 9/4 Holograph manuscript score 9/4 Cello part Focus on G/C (string quartet), 1996 9/5 Holograph manuscript score 9/5 Sketches 9/5 Parts For 24 winds, 1966

Early title: Stillscape

19/4 Holograph manuscript score

Coda is missing

19/4 Printed score

Annotations

19/4 Sketch For Roger (trumpets), 1998 9/6 Holograph manuscript score 9/6 Parts Frühling (piano), 1936 9/7 Holograph manuscript score Fugue in 3 parts (piano), 1946? 9/8 2 holograph manuscript scores Fugue in 4 parts (piano), 1946 9/9 2 holograph manuscript scores Grotesque dance (piano), 1938 9/10 Sketches Horn trio (horn, violin, piano), 1983 9/11 Sketches 9/11 Horn and violin parts M.A.P. (Musicians at play) (instrumental ensemble, tape, referee), 1970 18/2 Holograph manuscript tape operator's maps, game rules, and performance instructions 18/2 Holograph manuscript tape operator's maps, game rules, and performance instructions

Incomplete

18/3 Holograph manuscript tape operator's maps, game rules, and performance instructions

Materials for Today, an early version of M.A.P.

9/12 Photocopied tape operator's maps, game rules, and performance instructions

Annotations

9/13-14 Sketches, notes, and correspondence

Maine fanfare (brass instruments), 1994 9/15 Parts Music for six (unspecified instruments), 1977 10/1 Holograph manuscript score 10/1 Sketches Ni bruit ni vitesse (2 pianos, percussion), 1971 18/4 2 holograph manuscript scores 18/4 Sketches Paradigm (percussionist-conductor, instrumental ensemble), 1968 18/5 Sketches Percussion quartet, 1983 10/2 Holograph manuscript score 10/2 Sketches Prelude, fugue, and riffs (string quartet, horns, trumpets), circa 1997?

Arrangement of work by Leonard Bernstein

10/3 Parts

Found with Anniversary fanfare, 1997

Round a common center (piano quartet/quintet, with optional voice or narrator), 1979 10/4 Holograph manuscript score 10/4 Sketches Saxophone quartet, 1985 10/5 Holograph manuscript score 10/5 Sketches Solo (piano), 1981

For Yvar Mikhashoff

18/6 Holograph manuscript score

Includes coda material for Solo observed

18/6 Photocopied holograph manuscript score

Annotations

18/7 Sketches

Includes coda material for Solo observed

Solo observed (piano, instrumental ensemble), 1982 see Solo Sonata for violin and piano, 1938 10/6 Violin part Stillscape see For 24 winds String quartet, 1936 10/7 Holograph manuscript score 10/7 Photocopied holograph manuscript score

First movement only

10/8 Parts String quartet no. 1, 1947 10/9 Holograph manuscript score String quartet no. 2 see Divertissement pour Mica String quartet no. 3, 1975 10/10 Sketches 10/10 Parts String quartet no. 4, 1998 10/11 Holograph manuscript score 10/11 Sketches 10/11 Parts

Fifth movement only

String quartet no. 5, 2000 Holograph manuscript score

see ML30.3c.F68 no. 1

10/12 Sketches Tashi (clarinet, piano quintet), 1986 see also Concerto for clarinet and orchestra no. 2 18/8 2 holograph manuscript scores 18/8 Sketches Tashi. Rondo (clarinet, piano), 1999 see also Anne Frank 11/1 Holograph manuscript score 11/1 Clarinet part Three pieces (violin, piano), 1944 see also Three American pieces 11/2 Sketches 11/2 Clarinet part

Violin part, designated for performance on clarinet

"Early song" and "Dedication" only

Today see M.A.P. Trio (flute, violin, piano), 1930s 11/3 Photocopied holograph manuscript score

Pages are stuck together and have eroded

11/3 Violin and flute parts

Pages are stuck together and have eroded

Trio for flute, clarinet, and bassoon, 1937? 11/4 2 holograph manuscript scores

One score is missing the fifth movement

Valentine (flute, piano), 1996 11/5 Holograph manuscript score 11/5 Sketch War and peace (organ), 1995 11/6 Holograph manuscript score 11/6 Photocopied holograph manuscript score

Annotations

11/6 Sketches Miscellany, circa 1926-1980 Composition class assignments, undated 11/7 Sketches Composition exercises with Paul Hindemith, 1940 11/8 Manuscripts in the hands of Hindemith and Foss Composition exercises with Rosario Scalero, 1937-1938 11/9 Holograph manuscript Miscellaneous early works, circa 1926-1938 12/1-4 Holograph manuscript scores and sketches Music composed for Lukas Foss, 1962, 1980 12/5 Manuscript score in the hand of Witold Lutoslawski

Short composition for Foss' birthday, 1962

12/5 Photocopied manuscript violin cadenza in the hand of Albert Markov

Inscribed from Markov to Foss, 1980

Wanderer's song (voices), 1974 12/6 Manuscript score in an unidentified hand

In caption: Pnina [Salzman?]

Unidentified early works, circa 1926-1938 12/7-8 Scores, sketches, and fragments Unidentified, undated 12/9-10, 13/14 Fragments 21-22 Correspondence, 1929-1999 21/1 Anderson, Gillian B., 1981 21/2 Andriessen, Louis, 1964, 1989-1990 21/3 Babbitt, Milton, undated 21/4 Berio, Luciano, 1961-1966, 1989 21/5 Bernstein, Leonard, 1946, 1956-1958, 1967-1982, 1989 21/6 Bolcolm, William, 1984 21/7 Boulez, Pierre, 1963-1964, 1985 21/8 Brant, Henry, undated 21/9 Cage, John, 1971, 1978 21/10 Carter, Elliott, 1962, 1974 21/11 Castiglioni, Niccolo, 1967 and undated 21/12 Cohn, Arthur, 1982-1984 21/13 Copland, Aaron, 1943, 1962, 1970-1976, 1983 21/14 Corigliano, John, 1984 21/15 Corso, Gregory, undated 21/16 Cowell, Henry, 1964 21/17 Crumb, George, 1963-1964, 1979 21/18 Cunningham, Merce, 1965 21/19 Del Tredici, David, 1983 and undated 21/20 Dlugoszcwski, Lucia, 1966, 1979 21/21 Druckman, Jacob, 1964, 1988 21/22 Fleischmann, Ernest, 1980 21/23 Frankenthaler, Helen, 1987 21/24 Freier, Recha, undated 21/25 Ginsberg, Allen, 1986 21/26 Glass, Phillip, 1977 21/27 Gottlieb, Jack, 1973 21/28 Gould, Glenn, 1961-1962 21/29 Gould, Morton, 21/30 Hindemith, Gertrude, 1964 21/31 Hindemith, Paul, 1940 21/32 Isenberg, Ellin, 1985 21/33 Kagel, Mauricio, 1962-1971, 1990 21/34 Kaplan, Jacob, 1980 21/35 Kilar, Wojciech, 1964 21/36 Knussen, Oliver, 1989 21/37 Lachenmann, Helmut, 1990 21/38 Levine, James, 1980 21/39 Lutoslowski, Witold, 1964-1965 21/40 Maazel, Lorin, 1980, 1993 21/41 Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1971 21/42 Menuhin, Yehudi, 1982-1999 21/43 Meredith, William, 1980 21/44 Messiaen, Olivier, 1929, 1949, 1964-1965 21/45 Milhaud, Darius, 1973 and undated 21/46-48 Miscellaneous conductors, 1980-1996 22/1-2 Miscellaneous performers, 1979-1991 22/3 Moyse, Louis, 1994 22/4 Nono, Luigi, 1962 22/5 Nordheim, Arne, 1970, 1982 22/6 Orgad, Ben-Zion, 1990 22/7 Ormandy, Eugene, 1980-1982 22/8 Ornstein, Leo, 1982 22/9 Papaioannou, John, 1964 22/10 Penderecki, Krzysztof, 1971 22/11 Perlman, Itzhak, 1986 22/12 Pousseur, Henri, 1962-1968 22/13 Previn, André, 1980-1983 22/14 Reynolds, Roger, 1970 22/15 Rivers, Larry, undated 22/16 Rochberg, George, 1989 22/17 Rorem, Ned, 1996 22/18 Rosbaud, Hans, 1961 22/19 Rostropovich, Mstislav, 1966?, 1978, 1989-1994 22/20 Rudhyar, Dane, 1984 22/21 Sandburg, Carl, undated 22/22 Schat, Peter, 1964 22/23 Schickele, Peter, 1984 22/24 Schuller, Gunther, 1974 22/25 Schuman, Henry, 1978 22/26 Sessions, Roger, 1962 and undated 22/27 Smit, Leo, 1979-1982 22/28 Solti, Georg, 1980 22/29 Stern, Isaac, 1965, 1982 22/30 Stockhausen, Karlheinz, 1962-1969 22/31 Stoltzman, Richard, 1994 22/32 Stravinsky, Igor, 1961-1964 22/33 Szell, George, 1964 22/34 Takemitsu, Toru, 1970-1982, 1989-1993 and undated 22/35 Thomson, Virgil, 1974 22/36 Tower, Joan, 1981 22/37 Vonnegut, Kurt, 1987-1988, 1997 22/38 Wolpe, Stefan, 1961 22/39 Wuorinen, Charles, 1962-1969 22/40 Xenakis, Iannis, 1963-1967, 1979, 1987-1992 and undated 22/41 Young, La Monte, 1965 22/42 Zuckmayer, Carl, 1941 23-34 Business Papers, 1940s-2000 23/1 Aldeburgh Festival, 1978, 1986-1990 23/2 American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1978, 1984-1992 23/3 American Academy in Rome, 1975-1991 23/4 American Center, Paris, 1980 23/5 American Composers' Alliance, 1982-1986 23/6 American Composers' Orchestra, 1982-1983, 1993 23/7 American Music Center, 1978-1989 23/8 American Music Festival, 1987-1988 23/9 Armando Verdiglione Foundation, 1984 23/10 Asian conferences and festivals, 1991-1992 23/11 Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1991 23/12 Awards, 1982-1995 23/13 Bach performances, 1987-1998 23/14 Baldwin Wallace College, 1996 23/15 Beethoven, 1964, 1983-1993

Articles and programs

23/16 Bernstein, 1947, 1978-1998

Articles and photographs

24/1 Bogota conducting tour, 1979-1980 24/2 Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1948, 1970-1997 24/3 Boston University, 1998 24/4 Brazil, 1967 24/5 Brooklyn Music School, 1974-1988 24/6-11, 25/1-5 Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, 1971-1992

Includes programs

25/6-8 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, 1963-1998 26/1 Carnegie Mellon University, 1988-1991 26/2 Center of the Creative and Performing Arts, 1963-1978 26/3 Chamber groups, 1979-1989 26/4 Chicago Symphony Orchestra residency, 1966, 1973-1974, 1982, 1989-1993 26/5 Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, 1975-1978 26/6 Cleveland Orchestra residency, 1979-1980 26/7 Commissions, 1981-1992 26/8 Committees, 1981-1982 26/9 Composer's Forum, 1979-1985, 1994 26/10 Composers Recordings, 1979-1984 26/11 Copland, 1983-1997

Articles and miscellany

26/12 Curtis Institute of Music, 1975-1996 26/13 Detroit Symphony Orchestra, 1974-1976 26/14 Dorian Wind Quintet, 1978-1980 26/15 England, 1973-1975, 1983-1995 26/16 Experimental music technology, 1970-1971 27/1 Festival Casals, Puerto Rico, 1996 27/2 Foss Festival, 1989 27/3 France, 1990-1995, undated 27/4 French correspondence, 1968-1995 27/5 Fulbright Award, 1972 27/6 Germany, 1964-1998 27/7 Holland, 1964-1992 27/8-10 Hollywood Bowl marathons, 1971-1975, 1996 27/11 Hong Kong Philharmonic, 1980-1982 28/1 Improvisation Chamber Ensemble, 1957-1962 28/2 Israel, 1971-1994 28/3 Israel Chamber Orchestra, 1964, 1979-1985 28/4 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, 1973-1976, 1986 28/5 Istanbul, 1973 28/6-7 Italy, 1973-1993 28/8-9 Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, 1971-1990 28/10 John F. Kennedy Center, 1980-1981, 1986-1988 29/1 Korea, 1978-1984 29/2 Koussevitzky Music Foundation, 1973-1975, 1992, 1997 29/3-4 Lectures and residencies, 1980-1997 29/5 Letters of recommendation, 1975-1985 29/6 London Sinfonietta, 1985-1987 29/7 Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, 1974-1976, 1985-1987, 1996 29/8 Mahler, 1984-1993 29/9 Manhattan School of Music, 1972-1973, 1986, 1991 29/10 Messiah, Kleinhans Music Hall, 1974-1975 29/11 Mexico, 1971-1991, 1997 30/1-9, 31/1-2 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, 1977-1994

Includes programs

31/3 Miscellaneous European concerts, 1965-1978, undated 31/4-6 Miscellany, 1973-1978, 1989-1993, 2000

Chiefly correspondence with various colleges and universities

31/7 Montreal Symphony Orchestra, 1969-1981 31/8 Mozart, 1973, 1984-1986 31/9 Musicians Against Nuclear Arms Inc., 1983-1984 32/1 National Endowment for the Arts, 1975-1992 32/2 National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1974-1976 32/3 New Music Concerts, Toronto, 1968-1978, 1985-1993 32/4 New World Symphony, 1991-1995 32/5 New York Philharmonic, 1964-1999 32/6 Norway, 1982-1990 32/7-8 Ojai Festival, 1962-1996 32/9 Opera, 1977-1990 32/10 Orchestras, 1974-1992

Articles and correspondence related to various orchestras

32/11 Oregon Symphony, 1991-1996 32/12 Orquestra sinfônica brasileira, 1967 33/1 Piccolo Spoleto performance, 1996 33/2 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 1989 33/3 Poland, 1989-1992 33/4 Portugal residency, 1996-1999 33/5 Programming ideas, 1983-1984 33/6 Publishers, 1978-1987, 1993 33/7 Radio programming, 1982-1992 33/8 Recording companies, 1981-1995 33/9 Rockefeller Foundation, 1973-1991 33/10 Rushmore Festival, 1993-1994 33/11 Russia, 1991 33/12 Sacred Music Festival, 1983-1984 33/13 Spokane Symphony Orchestra, 1993 33/14 St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, 1976 33/15 State University of New York at Buffalo, 1964-1970, 1982-1987, 2000 33/16 Stravinsky Festival, 1966 34/1-2 Tanglewood Music Festival, 1988-1997 34/3 Television appearances, 1982-1988 34/4 Thea Dispeker artist management, 1972-1987 34/5 Tokyo, 1970-1997 34/6 Turkey residencies, 1972-1973 34/7 UCLA, 1987-1990 34/8 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, 1973-1974 34/9 Works lists, 1974, undated 34/10 Yale University, 1980, 1985-1995 35-37 Musical Works Files, 1980s-1999 35/1 American cantata 35/2 American fanfare American landscapes see Guitar concerto 35/3 Baroque variations 35/4 Behold! I build an house 35/5 Brass quintet 35/6 Capriccio (cello, piano) 35/7 The cave of the winds 35/8 Celebration (chorus, band or orchestra) 35/9 Cello concert 35/10 Central Park reel 35/11 Concerto for clarinet and orchestra no. 2 35/12 Concerto for oboe and orchestra 35/13 Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2 35/14 Concerto for solo percussion and orchestra 35/15 Curriculum vitae 35/16 Curriculum vitae with time bomb 35/17 De profundis 35/18 Echoi 35/19 Elegy for Anne Frank 35/20 Elytres 35/21 Embros 35/22 Exeunt 35/23 Fantasy rondo 35/24 Folksong 35/25 For 24 winds 35/26 For 200 cellos 35/27 For Lenny 35/28 For Toru 35/29 Fragments of Archilochos 35/30 Geod 35/31 Griffelkin 35/32 Griffelkin suite 35/33 Guitar concerto 36/1 The impresario 36/2 Introductions and goodbyes 36/3 The jumping frog of Calaveras County 36/4 Kakfa Tagebuch 36/5 Lamdeni 36/6 Left hand piano concerto 36/7 M.A.P. 36/8 Measure for measure 36/9 Music for six 36/10 Ni bruit ni vitesse 36/11 Night music for John Lennon 36/12 Non-improvisation 36/13 Ode for orchestra 36/14 Orpheus 36/15 Orpheus and Euridice 36/16 A parable of death 36/17 Paradigm 36/18 Percussion quartet 36/19 The prairie 36/20 Psalms 36/21 Quintets for orchestra 36/22-23 Renaissance concerto 36/24 Round a common center 37/1 Salomon Rossi suite 37/2 Sanctus 37/3 Saxophone quartet 37/4 Set of three pieces for two pianos 37/5 Solo 37/6 Solo observed 37/7 Song of songs 37/8 String quartet no. 3 37/9 String quartet no. 4 37/10 Symphony no. 3 (Symphony of sorrows) 37/11 Symphony no. 4 (Windows to the past) 37/12 Tashi 37/13 ... then the rocks on the mountains begin to shout 37/14 Thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird 37/15 Three airs for Frank O'Hara's angel 37/16 Three pieces / Three American pieces 37/17-18 Time cycle 37/19 Two-part inventions 37/20 Wanderer's Gemütsruhe 37/21 With music strong 38-39 Miscellany, 1940s-1999 38/1 Canticle of canticles, undated Manuscript in the hand of Louise Talma

Transcription of: Gietmann, Gerhard. "Canticle of Canticles." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908

38/2 Poetry, 1975 and undated Poems written for Foss by various authors 38/3-10 Programs, 1951, 1960-1999 and undated 39/1-7 Writings about Foss, 1940s-1990s

Chiefly articles and student papers

39/8-9 Writings by Foss, 1958, 1964, 1981 and undated Articles, essays, program notes, and draft materials