Julia Smith Collection (Music), 1920-1989
By Katie Buehner and Maristella Feustle
Collection Overview
| Title: |
Julia Smith Collection (Music), 1920-1989 |
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| ID: | 06/ 021 |
| Primary Creator: | Smith, Julia (1905-1989) |
| Extent: | 67.0 Boxes |
| Date Acquired: | 00/00/1989 |
| Subjects: | |
| Languages: | English |
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection consists of approximately 67 boxes of music books, scores, correspondence, memorabilia, manuscripts, photographs, and recordings relating to the career of composer and University of North Texas alumna, Julia Smith (1905-1989), as well as Smith's handwritten transcriptions of more than a dozen scores by Aaron Copland.Biographical Note
Subject/Index Terms
Access Information
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Administrative Information
| Repository: | Music Library |
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| Acquisition Source: | Gift |
| Related Materials: | See also: the Carl Friedberg Collection in the UNT Music Library. |
| Finding Aid Revision History: |
This finding aid was initially compiled by Katie Buehner, and adapted for this finding aid platform by Maristella Feustle. Item-level description added in Series 18 on January 22, 2019. |
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Series 18: Audio, film, and video
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Box 62: Reel-to-reel audio, 1949-1966
Barcode 714714.-
Item 1: Gooseherd and Boblin [sic], Hartford Orchestra, 1949
Two 7-inch reels in one box, tied with string -
Item 2: Gooseherd and the Goblin, Composers Forum, 1950 April 15
5-inch reel. -
Item 3: Composers Forum, 1950 April 15
5-inch reel. Gooseherd and the Goblin, overture - arranged for two pianos. Excerpts from Chamber Opera: The Mother Song (Dame Alice) - Grechten Haller, contralto; Duet: The Eccentricities of Geese - Conrad and Christina Watter Born, tenor, Lena Gabriele, soprano; Wishing - Conrad (instrumental); Aria: Denunciation of the Old [illegible] (Dame Alice); Love Song (Christina); Final Trio - I Am So Happy [illegible] Just Me - Christina, Conrad, and Dame Alice; Mary Stretch and Marinka Michna. Conducted by Julia Smith. -
Item 4: Variations Humoresque - Piano, flute, and violin trio; Souvenir to San Juan - David and Mary Stretch and Julia Smith, 1950?
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips. Back of container: "Linda Darnell - sports for Rivoli Theater, New York, 15 ips, 7/18/1950." -
Item 5: The Gooseherd and the Goblin, 1951
7-inch reel. "Composer's Orig. on Acetate." Opera in One Act. Libretto by C.D. McKay and J.F. Troyle. Music by Julia Smith. Commissioned and produced by Hartt College Opera Workshop, Hartford, Connecticut. Moshe Paranov, conductor; Elemer Nagy, stage director. Reel 1 of 2. -
Item 6: The Gooseherd and the Goblin, 1951
7-inch reel. "Composer's Orig. on Acetate." "Orchestration used: woodwinds, piano, percussion. String parts available but not used on this recording." Reel 2 of 2. -
Item 7: Cockcrow: Opera in One Act, 1953 May 11
7-inch reel. Libretto by C.D. McKay, music by Julia Smith. Columbia University Opera Workshop, piano accompaniment. -
Item 8: Cockcrow: Opera in One Act, 1953 May 11
"2nd print." 7-inch reel. "Concert version. No action." -
Item 9: Cecile and Julia - No. 1 Puerto Rico, station WRIO, 1956 July 1
7-inch reel. Contradictory information on container: "New tape - unused." -
Item 10: Julia Smith: The Piano Music of Aaron Copland - Town Hall, 1957 March 10
7-inch reel. Concert program enclosed. Container dated February 10; program dated March 10. I: Passacaglia (1921-1922); Sentimental Melody (1926); Blues No. 4 (1926); The Cat and the Mouse (Scherzo humoristique, 1920); "brief remarks by Miss Smith based on her recently published book, Aaron Copland, His Work and Contribution to American Music; II: Piano Variations (1930); intermission; III. Four Piano Blues; IV. Piano Sonata (1939-1941). -
Item 11: Julia Smith: The Piano Music of Aaron Copland - Town Hall, 1957 March 10
7-inch reel. Concert program enclosed "Groups I and II." Reel 1 of 2. -
Item 12: Julia Smith: The Piano Music of Aaron Copland - Town Hall, 1957 March 10
7-inch reel. Concert program enclosed "Groups I and II." Reel 2 of 2. -
Item 13: Our Heritage - North Texas State College Grand Chorus and Symphony, 1959 April 23
5-inch ree, 7.5 ips. "Prominent hum, too high equalization." -
Item 14: Puerto Rico Orchestra, 1959 July 24
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Item 15: Our Heritage, 1960 February 28
5-inch reel. Performed by Toledo High School Chorus of 230 voices and large orchestra of 65 Toledo High School players, conducted by Harold Tallman, guest conductor from Wayne State University (Detroit), at the Peristyle (Toledo Museum of Art). This performance evidently featured a combined chorus and orchestra from various high schools within Toledo, Ohio. -
Item 16: BHS [Beaumont High School] Choir, 1960 May 25
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips. Recorded at City Auditorium, Beaumont, Texas. -
Item 17: Texas Woman's University, XXIII Chamber Music Recital, 1962 November 18
7-inch reel. Program: Beethoven, Trio, Op. 97; Julia Smith, Trio Cornwall 1956. Robert Pipkin, violin; Marysue Barnes, cello; J. WIlgus Eberly, piano 1; Julia Smith, piano 2. -
Item 18: Nocturne; Festival Piece, performed by Paul Doktor, viola, and Jean Mainous, piano, 1963 June 8
5-inch reel. Composed in 1944, published in 1966. -
Item 19: Episodic Suite (orchestra); Vibrations (prepared piano); Ballet version for 10 instruments, 1964
5-inch reel. -
Item 20: Compositions for Large Orchestra by Julia Smith: Folkways Symphony; Our Heritage, 1964 April 12; 1959 April 23
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips stereo. Folkways Symphony "commissioned and performed first by Hans Lange and the Toledo (Ohio) Friends of Music, 1959. This performance performed by Toledo Youth Orchestra, Cecile Vashaw, conductor, 4-12-1964." Our Heritage "poem by Arthyr M. Sampley. Commissioned by Texas Boys Choir, George Bragg, director with premiere performance by Texas Boys Choir and Oklahoma City Symphony, Guy Fraser Harris, conductor, March 5, 1957. This tape performed by North Texas State University Grand Chorus (250 voices) directed by Frank McKinley, and orchestra conducted by George Morey April 23, 1959, NTSU Auditorium, Denton, Texas." -
Item 21: Folkways Symphony, 1964 April 12
7-inch reel. Toledo Youth Orchestra, Cecile Vashaw, conductor. -
Item 22: Julia Smith, 1964 November 22
7-inch reel. "A Tape from NTSU." -
Item 23: Julia Smith, 1964 November 22
7-inch reel. Representative Chamber Music Works. -
Item 24: Representative Chamber Works of Julia Smith, American Composer, Carnegie Recital Hall, 1965 March 28
7-inch reel. Program enclosed. Paul Doktor, viola; Mark Howard, baritone; Julia Smith, piano; The Astor Quartet: Walter Brewus, violin 1; Eugenie Dengel, violin 2; Edward Gerber, viola; Guelda Sherman, cello. Program: Sonatine in C for Piano (1944); Two Pieces for Viola and Piano (Nocturne, Festival Piece, 1944); Trio - Cornwall for Violin, Cello, and Piano (1955); Three Love Songs (Lyrics by Karl Flaster, 1954-1955: I Will Sing the Song; The Door That I Would Open; The Love I Hold - in memory of Karl Flaster, 1906-1965); Characteristic Suite for Piano in Serial Style (1949); Quartet for Strings (1964). Handwritten note: "The tape also contains an encore song, "My Song and My Love," which may be deleted." -
Item 25: Woodward Band, 1966 February 24
5-inch reel. Mostly illegible writing in pencil on container; performance may be by Woodward High School in Toledo, Ohio. -
Item 26: Sails Aloft: Overture for Band by Julia Smith and Cecile Vashaw, 1966 March 9
5-inch reel, 7.5 ips. "Rehearsal tape made by one of the Toledo High School Bands (1st perf being saved for Cdr. Mitchell and US Navy Band)." Possibly Woodward High School band. -
Item 27: Variations Humoresque; Prelude for piano, 1966 March 18
7-inch reel. -
Item 28: Madeline's 1st Tape (used), 1966 April 24
7-inch reel. -
Item 29: Sails Aloft: Overture for Band by Julia Smith and Cecile Vashaw, 1966 May 17, 25
7-inch reel, 15 ips. Recorded by NTSU band, Maurice C. McAdow, conductor. Recorded at NTSU May 17, 1966; recorded in New York May 25, 1966. -
Item 30: Julia Smith, 1966 June 6
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, mono copy, heads out. 1. Rome in Summer - English. 2. Rome in Summer - Italian. 3. Rome in Summer - Italian/English. 4. That Ole Pole Cat Polka. -
Item 31: The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep - Opera by Julia Smith, libretto by C.D. Mackay, 1966 December 28
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, possibly original master. Fort Worth Opera Association, Rudolf Kruger, conductor. Blue metal container in paper envelope. -
Item 32: The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep - Opera by Julia Smith, 1966 December 28
Empty container. Container: "First cast," "premiere by Fort Worth Opera Association, December 28, 1966. Return to Julia Smith, 417 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10025." -
Item 33: The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep - Opera by Julia Smith, 1966 December 28
7-inch reel. Container: "First cast," "premiere by Fort Worth Opera Association, December 28, 1966. Return to Julia Smith, 417 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10025." "Checked February 24, 1978 J.S." -
Item 34: The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep - Opera by Julia Smith, 1966 December 29
7-inch reel. Fort Worth Opera Association, Rudolf Kruger, conductor (second cast). -
Item 35: The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep - Opera by Julia Smith, 1966 December 29
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips. Fort Worth Opera Association, Rudolf Kruger, conductor, Robeet Telford, stage director (second cast). 3pm performance. "Composer's original on acetate." -
Item 36: The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep - Opera by Julia Smith, 1966 December 29
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips. Fort Worth Opera Association, Scott Theater, 3 pm performance. "Please return to Julia Smith - 417 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10025."
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Box 63: Reel-to-reel audio, 1967-1976 April 23
Barcode 714711.-
Item 1: Elizabeth Gould: Sonata for Viola and Piano, 1967 February 14
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips. University of Toledo Faculty Artist Series, Doermann Theater. Performed by Martha Strongin Katz and Elizabeth Gould. -
Item 2: David Rosenboom: And Come Up Dripping, 1968
7-inch reel. 15 ips, 1/2 track stereo, tail out. Submaster #3. Lawrence Singer, oboe; David Rosenboom, analog computer. -
Item 3: Overture to The Stranger of Manzano, 1968 February 11
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. Ralph Gunther, conductor, Fort Worth League of Composers. -
Item 4: Sonatine in C by Julia Smith - Larry Walz, piano, 1968 April 17, 20
5-inch reel, 7.5 ips. 4-track stereo (one way). Finale recorded April 20, 1968. -
Item 5: Julia Smith - Sonatine, 1968 April 17
7-inch reel. Likely performed by Larry Walz. -
Item 6: The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep, 1968 April 28
7-inch reel. Copy date. "A Tape from NTSU." -
Item 7: Our Heritage, 1968 May
7-inch reel. -
Item 8: Sonnets for Soprano and Piano by Elinor Remick Warren, 1969 February 11
7-inch reel. Patricia Nelson, soprano; Julia Smith, piano. Plainfield Music Club. -
Item 9: "Old Sonatine", 1969 February 13
7-inch reel. "Discard." Carnegie Hall Recital Hall. Clipped from WNYC tape. -
Item 10: 30th Annual WNYC Festival of American Music: American Women Composers Concert presented by the Musicians Club of New York, Mme. Serge Koussevitzky, president, 8.30 pm, 1969 February 18, 22
5-inch reel, 7.5 ips. Donnell Library Center. Julia Smith, Quartet for Strings (1964), performed by the Lyric String Quartet (Eugenie Dengel and Helen Woodward, violins; Joseph Glassman, viola, Guelda Sherman, cello). 2nd broadcast over WNYC-FM, Saturday, February 22, 1969 4-5pm. -
Item 11: Sonnets for Soprano and Piano by Elinor Remick Warren, 1969 February 18
Empty container. Container: "This belongs with American Music Festival tapes of Feb. 18th 1969 8:30-9:30 N.Y. Musicians Club Program. -
Item 12: Composers Concert, Musicians Club of New York, 1969 February 18
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track mono. Sub-master. Side 1: Elizabeth Gould: Sonata for Viola and Piano; Mabel Daniels: Three Observations for Three Woodwinds; Louise Talma: Six Etudes for Piano. Side 2: Elinor Remick Warren: Sonnets for Soprano and Strings; Julia Smith: Quartet for Strings. -
Item 13: Concert of American Women Composers, Musicians Club of New York, 1969 February 18
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track mono.Copy. Side 1: Elizabeth Gould: Sonata for Viola and Piano; Mabel Daniels: Three Observations for Three Woodwinds; Louise Talma: Six Etudes for Piano. Side 2: Elinor Remick Warren: Sonnets for Soprano and Strings; Julia Smith: Quartet for Strings. -
Item 14: Sails Aloft Overture by Julia Smith and Cecile Vashaw - North Texas State University Symphonic Band, Maurice McAdow, conductor, 1969 February 12-15
7-inch reel. 15th conference of College Band Directors National Association. -
Item 15: National Federation of Music Clubs Concert of Chamber Music Works by American Women Composers - Carnegie Recital Hall, 1970 February 13
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, full track mono. Dika Newlin: Fantasy on a Row; Esther Williamson Ballou: Prism; Miriam Gideon: The Season of Time. -
Item 16: National Federation of Music Clubs Concert of Chamber Music Works by American Women Composers - Carnegie Recital Hall, 1970 February 13
7-inch reel. Julia Smith: Sonatine in C; Ursula Mamlok: Stray Birds; Vivian Fine: Fantasy (1961). -
Item 17: NTSU Concert Band: Fanfare for Alma Mater, 1971 May 4
7-inch reel. North Texas' alma mater, Glory to the Green, was composed by Julia Smith. -
Item 18: J.L. Songs, 1971 October 29
7-inch reel, 3.75 ips. "J.L" possibly stands for Juliette Low. -
Item 19: Juliette Low (Daisy) - Act I, complete, 1972 July 18
7-inch reel. Master -
Item 20: Juliette Low Opera - Act 2, complete, 1972 July 18
7-inch reel. Master. Toledo. Some information illegible. -
Item 21: Dance Finale (piano solo) from Juliette Low Opera, 1972 August 12
5-inch reel, 7.5 ips stereo. Stockbridge, Massachusetts. -
Item 22: Daisy by Julia Smith - Miami, 1973 November
7-inch reel. Reel 2, act II. Elizabeth Volkman, soprano; Robert Guy, baritone; Joey Evans, tenor; Jennifer D'Aprix, mezzo-soprano; Eleanor LaForge, mezzo-soprano; Dwight Jack, baritone. -
Item 23: Daisy - Music by Julia Smith, librarro by Bertita Harding., 1973 November 3-4
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips mono. "Original tape." -
Item 24: Julia Smith: Daisy - opera in two acts, libretto by Bertita Harding, 1973 November 3
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track mono. Reel 1, Act I. Composed January 1971-September 1, 1973. Performed by Florida Family Opera (a division of the Greater Miami Opera Association. Tape copy stamped May 14, 1975. "For NEA." -
Item 25: Julia Smith: Daisy - opera in two acts, libretto by Bertita Harding, 1973 November 3
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track mono. Reel 2, Act 2. Same dates and performers as Reel 1. "For NEA." -
Item 26: Julia Smith: Daisy - opera in two acts, libretto by Bertita Harding, 1973 November 3
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track mono. Reel 1, Act I. Composed January 1971-September 1, 1973. Performed by Florida Family Opera (a division of the Greater Miami Opera Association. -
Item 27: Julia Smith: Daisy - opera in two acts, libretto by Bertita Harding, 1973 November 3
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track mono. Reel 2, Act 2. Same dates and performers as Reel 1. -
Item 28: Daisy by Julia Smith - Miami, 1973 November
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track mono. Reel 1, act I. -
Item 29: Daisy - Piccolo Opera Reduction, 1975 November 14
7-inch reel, 1 7/8 ips master. -
Item 30: Daisy - Piccolo, 1975 November 14
7-inch reel, 3.75 ips. -
Item 31: Elegy for String Quartet and Piano, 1975 December; 1976 February
5-inch reel. "Played by Cecile, Catherine Melhar [?], Ruth Wirchman & 1st [illegible]. In tape for Dallas - Myra Brensler [?] Memorial Concert Feb. 1976." -
Item 32: Compositions for Theater Orchestra by Julia Smith: Liza Jane; American Dance Suite; Overture from The Strainger of Manzano, 1976 March 12; 1971 December 5; 1968 February 11
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 2-track stereo. -
Item 33: Daisy Master Reel No. 1 - Charlotte, North Carolina, 1976 March 12
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, stereo. -
Item 34: Daisy Master Reel No. 2 - Charlotte, North Carolina, 1976 March 12
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, stereo. -
Item 35: Daisy Master Reel No. 4 - Charlotte, North Carolina, 1976 March 12
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, stereo. -
Item 36: Daisy - Lancaster Opera Workshop, 1976 April 23
7-inch reel, 3.75 ips. Recorded in Allentown, Pennsylvania. "Final chorus missing - tape ran out."
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Box 64: Reel-to-reel audio, 1976-1983
Barcode 714715.-
Item 1: Daisy - safety, 1976 May 6
7-inch reel, 15 ips. Arthur Smith Studios, Charlotte, North Carolina. Side 1, Reel 1, songs 1-6. -
Item 2: Daisy - safety, 1976 May 6
7-inch reel, 15 ips. Arthur Smith Studios, Charlotte, North Carolina. Side 1, Reel 2, songs 7-10. -
Item 3: Daisy - safety, 1976 May 6
7-inch reel, 15 ips. Arthur Smith Studios, Charlotte, North Carolina. Side 2, Reel 1, songs 1-5. -
Item 4: Daisy - safety, 1976 May 6
7-inch reel, 15 ips. Arthur Smith Studios, Charlotte, North Carolina. Side 2, Reel 2, songs 6-11. -
Item 5: Daisy - outtakes, 1976 May
7-inch reel, 15 ips. Arthur Smith Studios, Charlotte, North Carolina. Illegible label on reel. -
Item 6: Daisy - outtakes, 1976 May
7-inch reel, 15 ips. Arthur Smith Studios, Charlotte, North Carolina. Here's To Youth; When Love Is Gone; The Task; Spinning Song; God Bless My House; We're On Our Way. -
Item 7: Daisy - outtakes, 1976 May
7-inch reel, 15 ips. Arthur Smith Studios, Charlotte, North Carolina. Mutual Thanks; The Morning After; [illegible]. Contact information for Arthur Smith Studios and Charlotte Opera Association enclosed. -
Item 8: Compositions for Large Orchestra by Julia Smith: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, 1976 November 7
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 2-track stereo. "This tape broadcast overseas by Voice of America December 29, 1976." -
Item 9: Sonatine in C, 1977 February 11
5-inch reel, 7.5 ips. Played by Tana Bowden, Donnell [auditorium?], New York City. -
Item 10: Dec. 4 "Overture to Women" - announcement of June 9 Award Ceremonies; Capricietto for Solo Viola and Piano (1976); Parable No. 16 for Solo Viola, op. 130 by Persichetti (1975); Women's Art Symposium, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1977 February 12
7-inch reel. Reel label: Tape I: 1. Dominick Argento "From the Diary of Virginia Woolf" (1974). 2. Vincent Persichetti "Parable No. 16 for Solo Viola, Op. 130 (1975). 3. Julia Smith "Capriccietto for Viola and Piano" (1976). Spelling variations as written. See Box 65, item 23 for personnnel. -
Item 11: Crumb, Ivey Smith, 1977 February
7-inch reel. Continuation of previous item. Reel label: Tape II: 1. George Crumb "Ancient Voices of Children." 2. Jean Eichelberger Ivey "Hera, Hung from the Sky" (1973). 3. Julia Smith "Sonatine in C" (1943-44). -
Item 12: Diemer, Richter, 1977 February
7-inch reel. Continuation of previous two items. Reel label: Tape III: 1. Emma Lou Diemer "Sonata for Flute and Piano" (1958). 2. Marga Richter "Darkening of the Light for Solo Viola" (1977). -
Item 13: The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep - Hunter College Playhouse, New York, 1978 December 3
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. -
Item 14: The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep - Hunter College Playhouse, New York, 1978 December 3
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. Continuation of previous item. -
Item 15: The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep - Hunter College Playhouse, New York, 1978 December 3
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. "Taped by Voice of America (Harold Boxer) and broadcast west of the United States of America. (Copy). -
Item 16: Joyce Barthelson: The Kings Breakfast - Hunter College Playhouse, New York, 1978 December 3
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. -
Item 17: Joyce Barthelson: The Kings Breakfast - Three One-Act Operas, Hunter College, New York City, 1978 December 3
7-inch reel, "reel I of 4." -
Item 18: The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep - Three One-Act Operas, Hunter College, New York City, 1978 December 3
7-inch reel, "reel II of 4." -
Item 19: Voice of America: Music of American Women Composers Concert, New Zealand Embassy, reel 1, 1981 November 19
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, stereo. -
Item 20: Voice of America: Music of American Women Composers Concert, New Zealand Embassy, reel 1, 1981 November 19
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, stereo. -
Item 21: Voice of America: Music of American Women Composers Concert, New Zealand Embassy, reel 2. For: Music/Lang, 1981 November 19
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, stereo. Dated November 19, 1982, apparently in error. -
Item 22: Three Love Songs by Julia Smith - New Zealand Embassy, Washington, DC: Jerome Barry, baritone; Alan Mendel, piano, 1981 November 19
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips. Voice of America label: Music Am. Women Composers (Stereo concert of Nov/19/81 New Zealand Embassy Reel #Reel# 2). For: Music/Lang. -
Item 23: Julia Smith: Suite for Wind Octet, NTSU Chamber Orchestra - Stephen J. Paul, director, 1982 February 25
5-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/4 track stereo, tails out. -
Item 24: Prairie Kaleidoscope - lyrics by Ona Mae Ratcliff, music by Julia Smith - performed by Kristina Rapp and the Aviva String Quartet, The Musicians Club of New York, Bruno Walter Auditorium, 1983 April 9
5-inch reel. "Original tape." -
Item 25: Prairie Kaleidoscope - lyrics by Ona Mae Ratcliff, music by Julia Smith - performed by Kristina Rapp and the Aviva String Quartet, The Musicians Club of New York, Bruno Walter Auditorium, 1983 April 9
5-inch reel. Mowbray Music Publishers, New York. -
Item 26: Prairie Kaleidoscope - Jeannine Crader, soprano; Jack Roberts, piano - recorded at the NTSU Concert Hall, 1983 September 6
5-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/4 track stereo. -
Item 27: Prairie Kaleidoscope - Jeannine Crader, soprano; Jack Roberts, piano, 1983 September
5-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/4 track stereo, head out. -
Item 28: Prairie Kaleidoscope - Jeannine Crader, soprano; Jack Roberts, piano, 1983 September
5-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/4 track stereo, head out. -
Item 29: Prairie Kaleidoscope
5-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/4 track stereo, head out. "Best for broadcast purposes." -
Item 30: Aaron Copland Piano Music #2, played by Julia Smith
7-inch reel. Undated items, and items by other composers or with unknown authorship begin here. -
Item 31: Brahms Concerto - Carl Friedberg
7-inch reel. -
Item 32: Brahms piano concerto in B-flat, played by Carl Friedberg with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra
7-inch reel. "New tape by David Tumble." -
Item 33: Characteristic suite for piano by Julia Smith
7-inch reel. -
Item 34: Mrs. Maurice Honigman speech - Concert of Chamber Works by American Women Composers
7-inch reel. -
Item 35: Julia Smith: Concerto for piano and orchestra; Elegy for piano and strings
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips stereo. -
Item 36: Creston, Schubert
7-inch reel. Barely legible handwriting in pencil on back of container. Reel labeled "Julia Smith." -
Item 37: Daisy - Act I
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track mono. May be from November 1973 in Miami.
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Box 65: Reel-to-reel audio, 1975, undated
Barcode 714713.-
Item 1: Daisy - Act II
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track mono. May be from November 1973 in Miami. -
Item 2: Daisy - Charlotte production
7-inch reel, 3.75 ips. Acts 1 asnd 2. Copy. -
Item 3: Daisy - Side 1, Songs 1-10
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips. -
Item 4: Daisy - Side 2, Songs 1-11
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips. -
Item 5: Dance Band
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, single track. Side 1 - master - Embraceable You; Lavia [?]; Temptation; That Old Feeling; Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe. -
Item 6: Dub for Karen Phillips - "Overture to Women"
7-inch reel. Karen Phillips played viola at this event. -
Item 7: Estela Bringuer: Candombe (T. U. Virginia Sierra); Cold Spring (WNYC radio, New York, Bernardo Olman); Elegy (string orchestra, conductor Faure)
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips. "Return with Julia Smith tape." Publicity sheet enclosed. -
Item 8: Carl Friedberg - Discussion with L.H., 1951-1952
7-inch reel, 3.75 ips. -
Item 9: Julia Smith: Five Pieces for Double Bass and Piano
7-inch reel, 15 ips, 1/2 track, tails out. -
Item 10: Folkways Symphony by Julia Smith
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. -
Item 11: Friedberg-Hungerford
7-inch reel. Title from label on reel. Container: "New tape - unused"; "Friedberg." -
Item 12: The Gooseherd and the Goblin - Julia Smith, produced at Hartt College of Music
7-inch reel. "Dubbing on Mylar." -
Item 13: Juliette Low Opera Toledo
7-inch reel. Contradictory information on container, some crossed out. -
Item 14: Juliette Low Opera - NTSU recording studio
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. -
Item 15: American Concert - Cecile [Vashaw] and Julia [Smith]
7-inch reel. "[illegible] Fallon No. 2 Puerto Rico." -
Item 16: The Music of Julia Smith - Operning remarks; Our Heritage; Remembering the Alamo; concluding remarks
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track mono. -
Item 17: The Music of Julia Smith - Operning; Our Heritage; Remembering the Alamo; concluding remarks
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, full track mono, tail out. -
Item 18: New England Suite by Vally Weigl
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. -
Item 19: Julia Smith - Operatte - NTSU recording studio
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. -
Item 20: Our Heritage by Julia Smith - band
7-inch reel. -
Item 21: Our Heritage - for Chorus and Orchestra - by Julia Smith, poem by Arthur M. Sampley
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track binaural. "Performed by the Grand Chorus and Orchestra of North Texas State University, Denton, Texas. Frank McKinley, Chorus Director; George Morey, Conductor." -
Item 22: Our Heritage - The Ohio State University Chorus and Band
5-inch reel, 7.5 ips, full track. -
Item 23: Copy: Overture to Women
7-inch reel. See box 64, item 10. Includes Smith Capricietto for Viola and Piano (1976) - Karol Sue Reddington, piano; Karen Phillips, viola; Persichetti Parable No. 16 for solo viola, Op. 130 (1975). -
Item 24: Suite for Wind Octet by Julia Smith - I. Dialog; II. La Danse; III. Chorale and Variations, variations I-V; IV. Procession; V. Motif
5-inch reel. 7.5 ips, 1/2 track. Rehearsal tape. "Note extra pauses in no. 3 after Chorale and each variation (rehearsal - then taped)." -
Item 25: Quartet for Strings by Julia Smith - The Kohon String Quartet
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. -
Item 26: Remember the Alamo by Julia Smith - U.S. Navy Band
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. -
Item 27: Sails Aloft Overture, by Julia Smith and Cecile Vashaw - North Texas State University Band, Maurice McAdow, conductor
7-inch reel. -
Item 28: Sails Aloft Overture - U.S. Navy Band, Lieutenant Commander Anthony Mitchell, leader
5-inch reel. Lt. Cdr. Mitchell's card enclosed in container. -
Item 29: Sails Aloft by Julia Aloft [sic]
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. -
Item 30: San Juan Puerto Rico, station WRIO Julia Smith, Cecile Vashaw; Lt. Tom Fallon, U.S. Coast Guard, announcer
7-inch reel, 3.75 ips. "1st July." -
Item 31: The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep
7-inch reel. Dub. "3 voices and piano without chorus." -
Item 32: Louise Talma: Six Etudes for Piano (1953-1954) - Beveridge Webster, piano
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. -
Item 33: Julia Smith - composer-pianist
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips. Track 1: Sonatine; Pieces for Viola and Piano; Cornwall Trio. Track 2: Three Love Songs; Characteristic Suite; String Quartet. -
Item 34: Three Love Songs by Julia Smith - Mark Howard, tenor; Julia Smith, piano
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. -
Item 35: Mabel Daniels: Three Observations for Three Woodwinds
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. -
Item 36: Side 1 (green leader): Mabel Daniels, Three Observations for Three Woodwinds; Louise Talma, Six Etudes for Piano. Side 2 (white leader): Miriam Gideon, The Season of Time; Julia Smith, Quartet for Strings.
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track mono. Copy of Tanka poetry of ancient Japan (ten poems) to accompany Gideon's Seasons of Time enclosed. -
Item 37: Estela Bringuer: Candombe (T. U. Virginia Sierra); Cold Spring (WNYC radio, New York, Bernardo Olman); Elegy (string orchestra, conductor Faure)
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. Container marked "Defective (record skip)."
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Box 66: Reel-to-reel audio, film, VHS, other video formats, 1947-1988
Barcode 714712.-
Item 1: Marion Bauer: American Youth Concerto
7-inch reel. "Cecile's record - Toledo Youth Orchestra." -
Item 2: Trio-Cornwall by Julia Smith
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. Played by Lyric Arts Trio of New York: Mary Freeman Blankenstein, viola, Wendy Brennan, cello, Gena Raps, piano. -
Item 3: Trio-Cornwall 1955 - Clio Concert Trio
7-inch reel. LIkely members: Colette Kozusko, Eugenie Dengel, Mary Stretch. -
Item 4: Trio-Cornwall - New York Lyric Arts Trio
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/4 track stereo. -
Item 5: Two Pieces for Viola and Piano: Nocturne; Festival Piece
7-inch reel. Paul Doktor, viola, Julia Smith, piano. -
Item 6: Aaron Copland's Piano Variations
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips. Set X-48, "dubbed from 78 rpm records "Columbia Masterwork." -
Item 7: Audition tape: The 3 Copland pieces - comments and played by Julia Smith
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips. -
Item 8: Flute and piano tape - Edith and Julia
7-inch reel. -
Item 9: Elinor Remick Warreen: Four Sonnets for Soprano and String Quartette
5-inch reel, 7.5 ips mono. Bonnie Murray, soprano; Musart String Quartet. -
Item 10: Julia piano [illegible] Toledo museum
5-inch reel. -
Item 11: Dub by Cousino of NTSU band
5-inch reel. -
Item 12: Decade of Women's Music, part I
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips stereo. Voice of America label with note inside from IBS/PC Harold Boxer explaining part to be broadcast on December 28, and the remainder at a later date. Handwritten on container: Tailleferri; Testament of Eve Ivey. -
Item 13: Decade of Women's Music, part II
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips stereo. Voice of America label. Handwritten on container: End of Ivey "Testament of Eve"; Von Ziritz, 3 movements of cConcerto for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon. -
Item 14: Decade of Women's Music, part III
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips stereo. Voice of America label. Handwritten on container: Lutyens, Karen Phillips. -
Item 15: PM New York
5-inch reel. Some information crossed out on container. Older information in black ink. -
Item 16: Art No. 17
7-inch reel. -
Item 17: No title
5-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 2 track stereo. Irish recording tape container. -
Item 18: No title
7-inch reel. Scotch recording tape 150 container. -
Item 19: Sonatine for Flute and Bassoon by Julia Smith
7-inch reel. Carol Bulson, flute; Gail Ober, bassoon. -
Item 20: Miriam Gideon: The Seasons of Time
7-inch reel, 7.5 ips, 1/2 track stereo. -
Item 21: Blues & Screamer - film by Carol Reck & David Reck, circa 1971
Film and video items begin here. This item: 16 mm. film with performance instructions enclosed, in mailer from SUNY at Potsdam to Composer Performer Edition, Sacramento, California, postmarked April 16, 1971. -
Item 22: Aaron Copland, Tanglewood, Julia Smith; Marion Bauer, Central Park, New York; Mrs. J.W. Smith, Denton, Texas; Trio, 1947; 1951 May 6; 1948; 1989 January 18
VHS videocassette. -
Item 23: Goya - Menotti, telecast premiere performance
VHS videocassette. -
Item 24: Cynthia Parker
VHS videocassette. Note enclosed from Gene at Galaxy Music Corporation. -
Item 25: Cynthia Parker: University of Nexas Opera Theatre, 1985 December 7
VHS videocassette. -
Item 26: Nixon in China, 1988 April 15
VHS videocassette. -
Item 27: Gooseherd and Goblin - FMMC Opera, 1988 June 4
VHS videocassette. Features Jody Dall'armi, Annette Poulard, R. Bohknight [?]. -
Item 28: "Opera - Reuse"
VHS videocassette. -
Item 29: Girl Scouts # 5, 1975 May 4
Silverchrome 2 SC2-60 Karex videocassette. Tape known to have sticky-shed syndrome.
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