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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt8779s460 No online items Guide to the Gerhard Samuel Collection ARS.0049 Finding aid prepared by Franz Kunst Archive of Recorded Sound Braun Music Center 541 Lasuen Mall Stanford University Stanford, California, 94305-3076 650-723-9312 [email protected] © 2011 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved. Guide to the Gerhard Samuel ARS.0049 1 Collection ARS.0049 Descriptive Summary Title: Gerhard Samuel Collection Dates: 1940-2007 Collection number: ARS.0049 Creator: Samuel, Gerhard Collection size: 104 boxes: 695 reels ; 889 audiocassettes ; 10 DATs ; 13 phonogram discs ; 5 compact discs ; 19 CD-Rs ; 11 videocassettes ; 1 DVD-R ; 26 computer discs ; approximately 5 boxes of photographs, film, microfilm, and slides. Remainder are paper files. Repository: Archive of Recorded Sound Abstract: Papers and recordings from American conductor and composer Gerhard Samuel (1924-2008), particularly from his years conducting the Oakland Symphony, Minneapolis Symphony, and University of Cincinnati. Language of Material: Multiple languages Access Open for research; material must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Contact the Archive for assistance. Publication Rights Property rights reside with repository. Publication and reproduction rights reside with the creators or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Head Librarian of the Archive of Recorded Sound. Preferred Citation Gerhard Samuel Collection, ARS-0049. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Source The Gerhard Samuel Collection was donated to the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound by Erica Wilhelm in 2009. Sponsor This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Scope and Contents The conductor and composer Gerhard Samuel (1924-2008) was born in Bonn, Germany, and immigrated with the Samuel family to the United States in February 1939. Exhibiting remarkable musical ability from an early age, Samuel received training with Paul Hindemith at Yale and Serge Koussevitzky at Tanglewood, and studied composition with Howard Hanson at the Eastman School of Music. Following a short time working on Broadway and in France, Samuel rose to prominence in the late 1940s under Antal Doráti and the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. The Gerhard Samuel Collection documents his career both as composer and conductor, the latter especially during his tenures with the Oakland Symphony, San Francisco Ballet, Philharmonia Orchestra and Contemporary Music Ensemble at the University of Cincinnati, and, as associate conductor, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Minneapolis Symphony. In particular, the collection demonstrates Samuel's commitment to contemporary music, as with his programming of a great many living composers (many of whom corresponded with Samuel regularly), and his involvement as a founder and musical director with the Cabrillo Music Festival. The Oakland Symphony under Samuel offered the West Coast debut for works by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Terry Riley, Lou Harrison, Darius Milhaud, and many others. This collection contains original recordings of performances, rehearsals, auditions, and lectures, as well as recordings of Samuel's own compositions. In addition, the Samuel Collection features archival materials from throughout his life and career, including business and personal correspondence; concert programs, posters and handbills; photographs; publicity, press clippings and scrapbooks; business records; lecture and teaching materials, and Samuel's entire library of musical scores including original musical manuscripts. Indexing Terms Cabrillo Music Festival. Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra. Oakland Symphony Orchestra. I. Media Guide to the Gerhard Samuel ARS.0049 2 Collection ARS.0049 I. Media 1. Audio - Tape Reels 1. Audio - Tape Reels Physical Description: 23 boxes Box 11 John C. Adams, American Standard. Recorded on Obscure Records. Sesac Inc. Physical Description: 1 5" open reel tape Box 20 Samuel Adler, Summer Stock overture. 7th Army Symphony, Adler, conductor ; Symphony no.1. Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Hendl, conductor Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 20 Samuel Adler, Symphony no.2. Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Hendl, conductor Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 22 Lisa Ancona. No I William Tell and M-Bow ; Pied Piper of Hamlin ; Til Eulenspiegel. KEAR Physical Description: 2 5" open reel tapes Box 20 Theodore Antoniou Physical Description: 2 5" open reel tapes Box 11 Theodore Antoniou Tape #3 Physical Description: 1 5" open reel tape Box 15 Larry Austin, Catharsis: Open Style for Two Improvisation Ensembles, Tape and Conductor. Master Dub Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 3 Larry Austin, Improvisation for Orchestra and Jazz Soloists. National Symphony, Gunther Schuller, conductor. 1962-05-31 Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 23 Bach, Trio Sonata. Ashworth Williams, Fenner Goldberg 1967-07 Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 20 Harry Bartlett, Concertino for Percussion Physical Description: 1 5" open reel tape Box 7 Bruno Bartolozzi, Concertazioni for Bassoon, Strings and Percussion. Bartolozzi, conductor. Sergio Penazzi, bassoon ; Lou Harrison, Cinna. Tuning and first half of piece Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 23 Beckett-McDonald Piano Duo. University of Manitoba recital. Hindemith, Sonata for Dual Pianos ; John Cage, Three Dances for 2 Prepared Pianos ; Bartok, Five Pieces from Mikrokosmos for Two Pianos 1968-11-29 Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 3 Beethoven 1964-11-23 Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 7 Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 Physical Description: 2 7" open reel tapes Guide to the Gerhard Samuel ARS.0049 3 Collection ARS.0049 I. Media 1. Audio - Tape Reels Box 20 [Berg], Wozzeck. Mitropoulos 1957 Physical Description: 1 5" open reel tape Box 20 Berg Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 12 Bergsma, Sweet Was The Song The Virgin Sung. Galaxy Music Corp. Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 20 Berio, Laborinthus Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 20 Berio, Laborinthus II Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 12 Berio, Laborinthus II. Swingle Singers, RTF group, Berio, conductor Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 15 Berio, Sinfonica Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 7 John Biggs, Audition Tape. Oboe Concerto. Michael Zearott, conductor 5/1961 ; Motets. Gregg Smith Singers 1960 ; Scherzo. Westwood Wind Quintet 1960 ; Piano Variations. Michael Zearott, KPFK 6/25/62 ; Pastoral for Clarinet and String Quartet. Tom Osborne and Albert Quartet 6/29/62 ; Incidental Music for La Mort Qui Faillit Trepasser (Puppet Show) Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 7 John Biggs, Symphony No.1. Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 12 John Biggs, Triple Concerto. Michael Zearott, conductor. Schoenberg Hall. 1963-02-25 Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 23, Box 4 Boone and Samuel Concert, KQED Physical Description: 2 7" open reel tapes Box 4 Charles Boone, Radiation. Lumbya Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 4 Charles Boone, String Piece (1978) ; Streaming (1979) Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 4 Charles Boone, Second Landscape (1973). Ensemble European de Musique Contemporaine, Tabachnik, conductor [letter to Samuel enclosed] Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 4 Charles Boone, First Landscape (1971). San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Ozawa, conductor. Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 11 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Leinsdorf, conductor. Scenes from Goethe's Faust 1966-02-26 Physical Description: 2 7" open reel tapes Guide to the Gerhard Samuel ARS.0049 4 Collection ARS.0049 I. Media 1. Audio - Tape Reels Box 22 G. Bottesini, Grand Duo Concertante Physical Description: 1 5" open reel tape Box 4 Boulez. Ojai. Domaines Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 23 James Boyk, pianist. American West Festival, Colorado State University. Chopin, Schumann, Mozart, Prokofiev 1972-08-15 Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 20 Brahms, Piano Concerto No.1 1964-01 Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 3 Brahms, Piano Concerto No.2 ; Haydn, Symphony 1964-01 Physical Description: 2 7" open reel tapes Box 3 Brahms part II 1956-02-24 Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 4 Henry Brant, Orbits. Sunday Evening Version. 1979-02 Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 20 Britten, Nocturne. Carringer Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 20 William Brusick, Serenade and Kinetic Dance. Don Commiskey, clarinet, William Brusick, piano 1981-02-17 Physical Description: 1 5" open reel tape Box 23 Brussells '66. Berlioz, Brahms, etc. [Reels 1 and 2 of 3] 1966 Physical Description: 2 7" open reel tapes Box 12 Harold Budd, Life Cycle. Chamber Orchestra. UCSD 1972-02 Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 4 Busoni, Doktor Faust. Philharmonia Orchestra, Boult, conductor Physical Description: 3 7" open reel tapes Box 4 Busoni, Four Scenes from Doktor Faust. From Busoni Fund concert 1962-05-14 Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 4 Busoni, Lustspiel Overture ; Sarabande Cortege Physical Description: 1 7" open reel tape Box 4 Busoni, Piano Concerto Physical Description: 3 7" open reel tapes Box 4 Busoni, Turandot Suite Physical Description: