Jack Roberts Recordings and Photographs, 1924-1995
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- Collection Overview
- Scope and Contents
- Biographical Note
- Access Information
- Detailed Description
- Box & Folder Listing
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Collection Overview
Title: |
Jack Roberts Recordings and Photographs, 1924-1995![]() |
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Predominant Dates: | 1964-1995 |
ID: | 06/ 028 |
Primary Creator: | Roberts, Jack Lundy, 1931- |
Extent: | 2.0 Boxes |
Subjects: | |
Languages: | English |
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection consists of two boxes of reel-to-reel tapes, cassettes, photographs, programs, and newspaper clippings from former UNT piano professor Jack Roberts, who served on the music faculty from 1957-1999. Reel-to-reel tapes comprise most of the collection, and are primarily of Roberts' own performances in solo and ensemble settings, along with some performances by students and colleagues.Biographical Note
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Box and Folder Listing
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Box 1: Reel-to-reel and cassette tapes
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Barcode: 713151-
Item 1: Faculty recital, 1964 October 1
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Program: Beethoven, Variations, Op. 34, in F major; Schumann, Phantasiestücke, Op. 12; Intermission; Debussy, La terasse des audiences du clair du lune / La puerta del Vino / Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Oest; Bartók, Sonata, 1926.
One 7-inch reel.
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Item 2: "Mr. Roberts: Rachmaninoff", 1964 November 12
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Item 3: Solo recital, Ann Arbor, 1969
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Contents from back of container: Haydn Fm; Beethoven Op. 7; Chopin Fm Ballade; Bartók Sonata.
Date is 1968, with "8" scratched out and "9" marked over.
One 7-inch reel.
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Item 4: Lecture recital, University of Michigan School of Music, 1969 August 17
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DMA recital.
Program: Serge Prokofiev, Sonata No. 8, in B-flat Major Op. 84.
One 7-inch reel.
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Item 5: Jack Roberts, 1970 June
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Program: Beethoven Op. 34 Variations.
One 5 1/4-inch reel.
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Item 6: Concert of Instrumental Chamber Music, 1970 September 29
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"Comp. Copy."
Personnel: Charles Baker, violoncello; Lee Gibson, clarinet; Margaret Grubb, piano; Jack Roberts, piano; Richard Henderson, oboe; assisted by Ruth Gibson, viola.
Program: Randall Thompson, Suite for Oboe, Clarinet, and Viola (1941); Vincent D'Indy, Trio, Op. 29, for piano, clarinet, and violoncello ("Miss Grubb, piano"); Intermission; W.A. Mozart, Fantasy No. 1 in F minor, K 594, and Theme and Variations in G, K. 501 ("Mr. Roberts and Miss Grubb"); Alfred Uhl, Kleines Konzert for Viola, Clarinet, and Piano (1938) ("Miss Grubb, piano").
One 7-inch reel. Tape is short, and may only contain selection including Roberts.
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Item 7: Jack Roberts and Robert Rogers, 1971 December 7
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Program: W.A. Mozart, Concerto in E-flat for 2 pianos.
One 7-inch reel.
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Item 8: The Faculty Ensemble, 1973 November 15
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Personnel: James R. Lerch, violin; George Papich, viola; Charles Baker, violoncello; Jack Roberts, piano; University Brass Choir directed by David Kuehn.
Program: Faculty Ensemble: Beethoven, Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 3 (Lerch, Papich, Baker); Brahms, Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60 (Lerch, Papich, Baker, Roberts); Intermission; University Brass Choir: Fisher Tull, Liturgical Symphony; Gunther Schuller, Symphony for Brass and Percussion.
One 7-inch reel.
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Item 9: Festival of Chamber Music, 3rd Concert, 1975 February 4
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Personnel on program: Robert Davidovici, James Lerch, Jack Roberts, Clyde Miller, George Papich, Alan Richardson, Ed Rainbow, Sterling Procter.
Program: Schubert, String Trio No. 2 in B flat; Mozart, Sextet in F major "Musical Joke," K. 522; Shostakovich, Piano Quintet, Op. 57.
One 7-inch reel.
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Item 10: Norma Davidson, violinist; Jack Roberts, pianist, in a Sonata Recital, 1976 March 8
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Program: J.S. Bach, Sonata III in E major; Brahms, Sonata in G Major, Op. 78; Darius Milhaud, Sonata 1945.
One 7-inch reel, 2 copies. One marked "master."
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Item 11: Mark Ruttle, piano: Senior Recital, 1977 February 13
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Item 12: Sigma Alpha Iota - A Benefit Musicale, 1977 October 2
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"Recorded at .. [the] home of Isabel Scionti." Norma Davidson, violin; Jack Roberts, piano.
Side One: Beethoven, Sonata in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2; Side Two: Franck, Sonata in A major.
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Item 13: Mozart Gm Quartet, 1979 March 6
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Lewis, Papich, Odnoposoff, Roberts.
One 7-inch reel.
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Item 14: Poulenc: Aubade, 1979 November 8
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"Music from North Texas, #7."
One 7-inch reel.
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Item 15: Poulenc: Aubade, 1979 November 8
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Jack Roberts and Chamber Winds, John Stansberry, conductor.
One 5-inch reel.
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Item 16: Poulenc: Aubade, 1979 November 20
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Date from inside cover.
One 7-inch reel.
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Item 17: Eugene Conley Memorial, 1982 February 22
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Item 18: Jack Roberts, piano, 1982 March 26
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Container and reel labeled for LRC Productions, Dallas.
One 7-inch reel.
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Item 19: Woodwinds Faculty Chamber Music, 1982 October 27
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Program available via the UNT Digital Library.
One 7-inch reel.
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Item 20: No title
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"Poulenc Aubade" crossed out on back of container.
One 7-inch reel.
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Item 21: Berg Songs (unpublished) on texts by Frida Semler
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One 5 1/4-inch reel. -
Item 22: Ken Johansen, piano, 1995 July 10-11
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Recorded at the University of North Texas.
One cassette tape.
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Item 23: Christa Ludwig: Farewell to Salzburg
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Charles Spencer, piano.
One cassette tape.
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Item 24: Chopin Preludes
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Monte Hill Davis, piano. Educo 3287.
One cassette tape.
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Item 25: Rosenkavalier excerpts / Ljuba Welitsch
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Item 26: William Blankenship, tenor
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Item 27: Eileen Farrell : Debussy + Poulenc / Placido Domingo
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Item 28: Schubert Fantasy in Fm: R. and G. Casadesus / Schubert Fantasy in f : Kontarsky duo
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Item 29: J.S. Bach
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Contents: Italian Concerto (BWV 971); Toccata in C minor (BWV 911); Fantasia in C minor (BWV 906); Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor (BWV 903); Capriccio in B-flat Major (BWV 992).
Joseph Banowetz, piano. Interdisc 142, ID 4.220224.
One cassette tape.
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Item 30: Ella Fitzgerald (Horne, Vaughn [sic], Holliday [sic])
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Item 31: Helen Traubel - Eleanor Steber
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Item 32: Fidelio - Salzburg, 1950
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Furtwängler / Flagstad / Schwarzkopf.
Cassette 1 of 2.
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Item 33: Fidelio
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Furtwängler / Flagstad ; Brunhilde's Immolation.
Cassette 2 of 2.
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Item 34: Mozart: Don Giovanni, 1950
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Furtwängler, Schwarzkopf, Welitzch. Salzburg.
Cassette 1 of 2.
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Item 35: Mozart: Don Giovanni / Beethoven: Emperor Concerto
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Mozart: Furtwängler, conclusion.
Beethoven: Furtwängler, Fischer.
Cassette 2 of 2.
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Item 36: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, 1957
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Böhm / Salzburg.
Two cassette tapes.
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Box 2: Framed photographs, unframed photographs, programs, clippings
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Barcode: 723282-
Item 1: Photo: Man with pipe
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Physical description: 5 x 7 in., b&w. -
Item 2: Photo: Unidentified woman
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Sunglasses propped on head.Physical Description: 5 x 7 in., b&w. -
Item 3: Photo: Silvio Scionti
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Inscribed to Jack Roberts in blue ballpoint ink.Physical Description: 5 x 7 in., b&w. -
Item 4: Photo: Unidentified woman
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Physical Description: 8 x 10 in., b&w -
Item 5: Photo: Unidentified man
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Item 6: Photo: Unidentified woman with glasses
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Item 7: Photo: Unidentified man
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Striped shirt, blond sideburns.Physical Description: 8 x 10 in., b&w. -
Item 8: Photo: Unidentified man
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Dark hair, mustache, tank top.Physical Description: 8 x 10 in., b&w. -
Item 9: Photo: Unidentified woman
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Likely in stage costume. Styled hair, long dangling earrings, makeup. Inscribed to Roberts, signature illegible.Physical Description: 8 x 10 in., b&w. -
Item 10: Framed program, 1924 February 29 - March 1
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Productions of Halevy's The Jewess, Arrigo Boto's Mefistofele, R. Strauss' Salome by the Chicago Civic Opera Company. Performances in Dallas.Physical Description: 9.5 x 12.5 in. (approx.) -
Folder 1: "Pender Photographs"
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Item 1: Photo: Martha Pender, 1958 November
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Physical Description: 5.5 x 4 in., b&w. -
Item 2: Photos: "Album prints"
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Roberts and several women. Miniature album of four photos from "Camera, Inc., Abilene."Physical Description: 3.5 x 3.5 in., b&w. -
Item 3: Photo: Martha Pender as Lady MacBeth, 1965 June 17
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Inscribed. Photo credit: Guy Gravett.Physical Description: 9.75 x 7.75 in., b&w. -
Item 4: Photo: Roberts and Martha Pender [?] at piano
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Two people standing behind Roberts and Pender [surmised], seated at piano.Physical Description: 8 x 10 in., b&w. -
Item 5: Original envelope for photos, addressed to Mrs. H.A. Pender
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Folder 2: Various photographs
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Item 1: Photo: Unidenfitied woman
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Photo inscribed "to a fine teacher and inspiring person. Signature illegible. Inscription on reverse "To Countess Petunia Dookdroppe."Physical Description: 8 x 10 in., b&w -
Item 2: Photo: Unidentified woman, 1957 June 20
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Inscribed to "Peggy."Physical description: 8 x 10 in., b&w. -
Item 3: Photo: Unidentified building
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Pond with fountain in foreground.
Bent in upper left side.
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Item 4: Photo: Profile, unidentified man
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Item 5: Photo: "Bettel Student"
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Photo of man in stage makeup. Description written in ink on reverse side.Physical Description: 5.75 x 4 in., b&w. -
Item 6: Photo: "Entführung aus dem Serail"
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Photo of man in stage makeup and costume (possibly same subject as previous item).Physical Description: 5.75 x 4 in., b&w. -
Item 7: Photo: Unidentified man
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Inscribed to Roberts from "Ol' Bill." Possibly same person as Items 5, 6.Physical Description: 8 x 10 in., b&w. -
Item 8: Photo: Man in costume, 1967
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"Roll [sic] debut : Winner Staatsoper '67 : Alma Viva Barber of Seville." Possibly same person as items 5, 6, 7. Description in red marker ink on reverse side. Crease near bottom edge.Physical Description: 8 x 10 in., b&w. -
Item 9: Photo: Additional print of Item 8
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Crease near bottom edge.Physical Description: 8 x 10 in., b&w.
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Folder 3: Program and clippings
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Contents: WRR-FM World of Music program. Several newspaper clippings and 2000 Dallas Morning News "High Profile" feature of Jack Lane.
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