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Finding Aid to the Joaquín Nin-Culmell Papers ARCHIVES NIN-CULMELL 1

Manuel Erviti Hargrove Music Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 [email protected]

Finding Aid to the Joaquín ARCHIVES NIN-CULMELL 1 1 Nin-Culmell Papers ARCHIVES NIN-CULMELL 1 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Hargrove Music Library Title: Joaquín Nin-Culmell papers creator: Nin-Culmell, Joaquín Identifier/Call Number: ARCHIVES NIN-CULMELL 1 Physical Description: 2.92 Linear Feet7 legal document boxes Date (inclusive): 1929-1999 Abstract: Primarily fair copies of autograph musical compositions, encompassing works from every period in the life of Joaquín Nin-Culmell, as well as transcriptions, arrangements, and other projects, along with musical sketch material and a comparatively small amount of professional papers from limited periods—concert programs, correspondence, and photographs. The collection includes autograph works by other composers, some with personal dedications to Nin-Culmell. Language of Material: English, Spanish, French Conditions Governing Access Collection is open for research. Arrangement The collection is arranged in four series, the first of which further arranged in three subseries: Series 1: Musical Compositions and Projects (arranged by musical genre) Subseries 1: Stage (arranged chronologically) Subseries 2: Vocal (arranged chronologically) Subseries 3: Instrumental (arranged chronologically) Series 2: Musical Sketches (chronological) Series 3: Professional Papers (chronological) Series 4: Musical Compositions by Other Composers (alphabetical by composer surname) Biographical / Historical Joaquín Maria Nin-Culmell (Berlin, 5 September 1908—14 January 2004, Berkeley), pianist, composer, and music pedagogue was the youngest child of Cuban singer Rosa Culmell and Spanish-raised composer Joaquín Nin. After his parents separated, his mother moved Nin-Culmell, his sister Anaïs and brother Thorvald, from to New York City where they lived for nine years (1914-1924). At age fifteen, Nin-Culmell and his family moved to Europe (1924-1938). He began his musical studies in Barcelona with Conchita Badia, student of , and later studied piano in at the Schola Cantorum (1925-1930), and privately with Alfred Cortot and Ricardo Viñes, then harmony, counterpoint, and fugue with Jean and Noel Gallon, and composition with at the Conservatory (1932-1935). During the summers of 1930, 1932, and 1934 he studied with in Granada. In 1939, Nin-Culmell moved to the United States, where he taught at Middlebury College, Vermont before joining the music faculty of Williams College in Williamstown, MA (1940-1950), then the Music Department faculty at the University of California, Berkeley (1950-1974). Throughout his career, Nin-Culmell performed in concerts throughout Europe and the United States. While at Berkeley, he conducted the University of California Symphony Orchestra and appeared as a pianist with numerous musical groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. After retiring from UC Berkeley, he continued to compose and perform. Many of his musical compositions are based on folkloric materials, often with changed rhythm, mode or melodic contour of traditional melodies. Sources: Diccionario de le música española e hispanoamericana, vol. 7, p. 1040 (Ana V. Casanova Oliva) New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 17, p. 926 (Carol A. Hess) Custodial History Retrieved from the Berkeley, California home of Joaquín Nin-Culmell by Matthew Weber, Music Library staff, about June 2002 Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Joaquín Nin-Culmell Papers, ARCHIVES NIN-CULMELL 1, Music Library, University of California, Berkeley. Related Materials Papers of Joaquín Nin-Culmell are also preserved at the Biblioteca de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain and at the University of California, Riverside, part of the “Joaquín Nin-Culmell and José Joaquín Nin y Castellanos family papers." An oral history with Joaquín Nin-Culmell, conducted in 2002, is preserved by the Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Content Description

Finding Aid to the Joaquín ARCHIVES NIN-CULMELL 1 2 Nin-Culmell Papers ARCHIVES NIN-CULMELL 1 The bulk of the collection is found in Series I and contains primarily autograph musical compositions in fair copies, encompassing works from every period in the life of Joaquín Nin-Culmell, as well as transcriptions, arrangements, and other projects. Series II gathers musical sketch material from disparate periods that didn't appear together with a project or completed work. A comparatively small amount of professional papers from various limited periods—concert programs, correspondence with publishers and others concerning a small number of particular works, and photographs—comprise the third series. The final series features a collection of autograph works by other composers, some with personal dedications to Nin-Culmell, and includes six pieces written on the death of Paul Dukas. Conditions Governing Use Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted to the Curator of Music Collections, Hargrove Music Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. Subjects and Indexing Terms University of California, Berkeley -- Faculty. Composers -- United States Nin-Culmell, Joaquín

Series I: Musical Compositions and Projects

Sub-Series A: Stage

Box 1, Folder 1 Yerma (incidental music, F. Garcia Lorca), 1956-1988 Box 1, Folder 2 El burlador de Sevilla (ballet, T. de Molina), full orchestra score, 1957-1965 Box 1, Folder 3 El burlador de Sevilla (ballet, T. de Molina), full orchetsra score, copy, 1957-1965 Box 1, Folder 4 El burlador de Sevilla (ballet, T. de Molina), piano score, 1957-1965 Box 1, Folder 5 La Celestina (opera, F. de Rojas), libretto, undated Box 1, Folder 6 La Celestina (opera, F. de Rojas), Romance de Melibea, voice and piano, 1965 Box 1, Folder 7 La Celestina (opera, F. de Rojas), Duo final, voice and piano, 1965 Box 1, Folder 8 La Celestina (opera, F. de Rojas), Fanfare, brass and percussion, 1997 Box 1, Folder 9 Le rêve de Cyrano (ballet), piano score, photocopy, 1978

Sub-Series B: Vocal

Box 2, Folder 1 2 Poems (J. Manrique), voice and string quartet, 1934-1936 Box 2, Folder 2 3 Poems (G. Vicente), voice and piano, 1950 Box 2, Folder 3 Navidad (J. Guillén), voice and piano, 1951 Box 2, Folder 4 12 Popular Songs of , voice and piano, 1952–53 Box 2, Folder 5 Traditional American Songs of the 19th century, voice and piano, 1959 and undated Box 2, Folder 6 4 Popular Songs of Andalusia, voice and piano, undated (1959–61) Box 2, Folder 7 4 Popular Songs of Catalonia, voice and piano, undated Box 2, Folder 8 4 Popular Songs of Salamanca, voice and piano, undated Box 2, Folder 9 Mass in Honor of St. Rose, chorus and brass, 1963 Box 2, Folder 10 Cantata (J. Pradas), voice, string orchestra, keyboard, 1965 Box 2, Folder 11 Mass for St Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, chorus, organ, 1965–1966 Box 2, Folder 12 Mass for St Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, early versions, chorus, organ, 1965–1966 Box 2, Folder 13 5 Traditional Spanish Songs, voice and piano, 1971

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Box 2, Folder 14 The Spanish Choral Tradition, chorus, 1978-1980 Box 2, Folder 15 2 Songs from Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, voice and guitar, 1981 Box 2, Folder 16 Untitled (6 Popular Sephardic Songs), voice and piano, 1982 Box 2, Folder 17 6 Popular Sephardic Songs, definitive version, voice and piano, 1982 Box 2, Folder 18 6 Popular Sephardic Songs, orchestra, undated Box 2, Folder 1 6 Popular Sephardic Songs, orchestral parts, undated Box 3, Folder 2 3 Traditional Cuban Songs, chorus and percussion, 1984-1985 Box 3, Folder 3 La má Teodora Project, voice and piano, 1984 Box 3, Folder 4 Evocaciones Cubanas, voice, chorus, and piano, 1985 Box 3, Folder 5 Afro-Cuban Lullaby, voice and piano, 1985–1990 Box 3, Folder 6 Pregón santiaguero, voice and piano, photocopy, 1985-1990 Box 3, Folder 7 ¡10 de octubre! (J. Martí), choral part, 1985-1990 Box 3, Folder 8 2 Songs (J. Martí), voice and piano, 1985–1990 Box 3, Folder 9 Hispano-Arabic Songs Project, voice and piano, 1986 Box 3, Folder 10 Ragpicker’s Song (A. Nin), chorus, piano, 1988-1995 Box 3, Folder 11 Voici l’Alliance éternelle, voice and accompaniment, 1993 Box 3, Folder 12 Canciones de La Barraca, voice and piano, 1997 Box 3, Folder 13 Te Deum, chorus and organ, cymbals, 1998-1999 Box 3, Folder 14 Missa brevis, Sanctus, chorus, organ , 1998 Box 3, Folder 15 Cantata Project (Astorga, 12 cantatas), voice and piano, undated Box 3, Folder 16 Encina Projects, chorus, undated Box 3, Folder 17 Villancicos Project, chorus, undated Box 3, Folder 18 3 Villancicos, chorus, undated

Sub-Series C: Instrumental

Box 4, Folder 1 Canción y danza (La Matilde y el Emilio), guitar, 1929 Box 4, Folder 2 3 Homenajes, piano, 1929–1990 Box 4, Folder 3 Sonatina, piano, 1930-1931 Box 4, Folder 4 Piano Quintet, bound, undated Box 4, Folder 5 Piano Quintet, 1934–1936 Box 4, Folder 6 Homenaje a Falla, orchestra, 1934-1990 Box 4, Folder 7 3 Impressions, No. 1, orchestra, 1936 Box 4, Folder 8 6 Variations on a Theme of Luis Milán, guitar, 1945 Box 4, Folder 9 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, 1946 Box 4, Folder 10 2 Cuban Dances of Ignacio Cervantes, guitar, undated (1947) Box 4, Folder 11 Fanfare for a Festive Occasion, brass and percussion, 1954 Box 4, Folder 12 3 Pieces by Joaquín Nin y Castellanos, orchestra, 1957 and 1962 Box 4, Folder 13 Tonadas, vol. 1, piano, 1955-1956 Box 4, Folder 14 Tonadas, vol. 2, piano, 1957 Box 4, Folder 15 Tonadas, selections, piano, 1957 Box 4, Folder 16 Tonadas, vol. 3, piano, 1958-1961 Box 5, Folder 1 Tonadas, vol. 4, piano, 1958-1961 Box 5, Folder 2 Tonadas, vols. 1-4, selections, wind quintet, undated Box 5, Folder 3 Violoncello Concerto (after A. Viola), orchestral score and piano reduction, 1962 Box 5, Folder 4 Diferencias sobre un tema, piano, 1962 Box 5, Folder 5 Suite for Violoncello, 1964 Box 5, Folder 6 Suite from El burlador de Sevilla, guitar, 1970-1983 Box 5, Folder 7 …et lux perpetua luceat eis…, string quartet and bells, 1981 Box 5, Folder 8 Alejandro y Luis, piano, 1983 Box 5, Folder 9 6 Variations on a Theme of Bach (Ein feste Burg), organ, 1987 Box 5, Folder 10 Berceuse, harp, 1989 Box 5, Folder 11 Symphony of the Mysteries, organ, 1992-1993 Box 5, Folder 12 3 Sonatas after José Herrando, guitar, 1994 Box 5, Folder 13 Tiento de falsas (after Cabanilles), string quartet, 1994 Box 5, Folder 14 Guitar Concerto (after A. Viola), solo guitar part, undated Box 5, Folder 15 Diferencia, No. 10, orchestra, undated Box 5, Folder 16 Unidentified Orchestral Fragment, undated

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Series II: Musical Sketches

Box 7, Folder 1 Bocetas (Sketchbooks), 3 vols., 1931-1933 Box 7, Folder 2 Bound Sketchbook, 1978-1999 Box 7, Folder 3 Black Sketchbook, 1992-1996 Box 7, Folder 4 Musica Sketchbooks, 2 vols., 1997 and undated Box 7, Folder 5 Du-o-Ring Sketchbooks, 2 vols., undated Box 7, Folder 6 Loose-leaf Pages of Musical Sketches, undated Series III: Professional Papers

Box 7, Folder 7 Concert Programs, 1938-1999 Box 7, Folder 8 Correspondence, 1952-1998 Box 7, Folder 9 Photographs, 1996 and undated Box 7, Folder 10 Research Notes, Music and Text, undated Series IV: Musical Compositions by Other Composers

Box 6, Folder 1 José Ardévol, Tres pequeños preludios, piano, 1945 Box 6, Folder 2 , Gigue, piano, undated Box 6, Folder 3 , Lent (Le sommeil d'Iskender, Le tombeau de Paul Dukas), piano, 1936 Box 6, Folder 4 Elsa Barraine, Hommage à Paul Dukas, undated Box 6, Folder 5 Arthur Benjamin, Elegiac Mazurka, piano, 1941 Box 6, Folder 6 Salvador Contreras, Suite para orquesta de cámara, 1938 Box 6, Folder 7 Charles Cushing, Phrygian Toccata, piano, 1952 Box 6, Folder 8 Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur, Suite française, piano, 1934 Box 6, Folder 9 Manuel de Falla, Fanfare, brass & percussion, 1936 Box 6, Folder 10 C. Foster, Protest, Suite for piano, 1933 Box 6, Folder 11 Hilario González Íñiguez, Sonata en la menor, piano, 1942 Box 6, Folder 12 Ernesto Halffter, La lanza blanca, voice and piano, 1932 Box 6, Folder 13 Robert Helps, Fantasy, piano, 1952 Box 6, Folder 14 Jean-Dominique Krynen, La noche oscura, voice, chorus and organ, photocopy, 1993 Box 6, Folder 15 , Pièce de piano pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas, undated Box 6, Folder 16 Darius Milhaud, L’enfant aime… / A Child Loves…, piano, 1948 Box 6, Folder 17 Darius Milhaud, Sonatine pour violon at violoncelle, 1953 Box 6, Folder 18 Frederic Mompou, 5me prélude, piano, undated Box 6, Folder 19 Enric Morera, Ballet popular, piano, 1898 Box 6, Folder 20 Julián Orbón, Sonata para clavicembalo o piano, Homenaje “sobre la tumba de padre Soler,” 1942 Box 6, Folder 21 Émile Passani, Airs a danser, piano, 1926 Box 6, Folder 22 Juan Carlos Paz, Diez piezas sobre una serie en los doce tonos, piano, 1936 Box 6, Folder 24 (Joaquín Rodrigo), Andante sostenuto, (Sonada de adios: Homenaje a Paul Dukas), piano, undated Box 6, Folder 25 Jerome Rosen, The Friendly Beasts, chorus, 2 clarinets, 1953 Box 6, Folder 26 Louis Saguer (Wolfgang Simoni), Five Songs of Spain (G. Chase), orchestra short scores, undated Box 6, Folder 27 Louis Saguer (Wolfgang Simoni), Daybreak in Alabama (L. Hughes), voice and piano, 1968-1969 Box 6, Folder 28 Florent Schmitt, A la mémoire de Paul Dukas, piano, 1936 Box 6, Folder 29 Roger Sessions, Sonata for Violin, unaccompanied, 1953 Box 6, Folder 30 Halsey Stevens, Ostinato (photocopy with signature), piano, 1941 Box 6, Folder 31 Joaquín Turina, El Cristo de la calavera, piano, 1924 Box 6, Folder 32 Ricardo Viñes, Thrénodie: à la mémoire d’Erik Satie, piano, 1927

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