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Pauline Oliveros Papers Page 1 Pauline Oliveros Papers Series 1: Compositions Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically. Scope and Contents: Series comprises Oliveros' composition files containing original and copies of sketches and diagrams related to the process; notes on the compositions; correspondence regarding the compositions; and both originals and copies of manuscripts; and some photographs Box Folder Description Date 1 1 Aga 1984 October 20 1 2 All Fours for the Drum Bum (For Fritz Hauser) 1990 1 3 Angels and Demons 1980 1 4 Antigone's Dream 1999 1 5 AOK 1969 - 1996 1 6 Approaches and Departures - Appearances and Disappearances 1995 1 7 Arctic Air / Alpine Air / Pacific Air 1989 - 1992 1 8 Autobiography of Lady Steinway, The 1989 1 9 Bandoneon Music various dates 1 10 Beyond the Mysterious Silence. Approaches and Departures 1996 1 11 Blue Heron (For bass and piano) 2006 October 10 1 12 Bonn Feier 1971, 1977 1 13 Breaking Boundaries. For piano or piano ensemble. (For Atlantic Center for the Arts) 1996 December 7 1 14 Buffalo Jam. [Amtrak to Buffalo] 1982 February 15 1 15 Bye bye Butterfly undated 1 16 Car Mandala 1988 October 17 1 17 Cheap Commissions 1986 April 1 18 Circuitry for Percussion 1967, 2003 1 19 Collective Environmental Composition 1975 June 2 1 20 Contenders, The 1990 1 21 Crone Music 1990 1 22 Dance undated 1 23 Deep Dish Dreaming 1992 1 24 Deep Listening undated 1 25 Deep Listening Pieces 1979 1 26 Double X [In Sierra Nevada] 1979 August 1 27 Dream Gates (For Marimolin) 1989 1 28 Dream Horse Spiel (Commissioned by Westdeutsche Rundfunk, Cologne) 1988-1989, 2004 1 29 Dream Horse Spiel. Background inspiration: horses; dreams various dates Page 2 1 30 Dream Mandala An Autobiography. For WDR 1989 October 1 31 Dreaming I Am undated 1 32 Ear Rings 1995 1 33 Earth Ears. Deep Listening publication 1989 1 34 Earth Ears. Working papers 1983 1 35 Earth Worm also Sings, The. Dedicated to John Cage undated 1 36 Echoes from the Moon. Includes large photograph of Pauline in performance 1987 1 37 El Relicario de los Animales. Complete sets 1979, 1989 1 38 El Relicario de los Animales. Extras and subsets 1979, 1989 1 39 Elemental Gallop 2000 February 22 1 40 Epigraphs in the Time of AIDS. For Deep Listening Band and Long String Instrument 1994 1 41 Festival House (Dedicated to Tom Nee) 1968 1 42 Flaming Indian, The (sonic meditation; for Gerald Shapiro, Margot Blum ...) 1971 November 25 1 43 For Allison Knowles AKA All is On 1985 March 19 1 44 For Budding Halloween Peace undated 1 45 For Two For T (For Jessica Catron) 2003 1 46 Four for Forty. A birthday piece for Arturo Salinas 1995 1 47 Four Meditations for Orchestra 1996 1 48 Four Meditations for Orchestra 1997 1 49 From Unknown Silences (For David Tudor) 1996 September 9 1 50 Future of Anonymity, The [sic] [Basle] 1991 1 51 Garland for John Cage, A. (Alternate title: Cage for Cage: A Garland) Comm. Cologne 1986 1 52 Gathering Together. For piano eight hands. Complete master / holograph / paste-up 1983 March 20 1 53 Gathering Together. Working papers, photocopy of holograph notebook pages 1983 1 54 Gentle, The. 1983 1 55 Ghostdance. Background inspiration: Mexico trip ; poetry 1995 1 56 Ghostdance. Josa-Jones / Oliveros related performances. With letters and snapshots 1995-1996 1 57 Ghostdance. Venues 1996 1 58 Ghostdance. Working papers 1995-1996 1 59 Gigi a Gogo undated 1 60 God Dog. (For Rosita) 1989 November 19 1 61 Grand Buddha Marching Band, The 1983-1985 1 62 Greeting Meditation, The 1984 January 8 1 63 Guys Piece undated 1 64 Harbour Symphony for 6 Boat Horns. (St. Johns, N.F.) 1984-1986 1 65 Have You Ever Been to China? (Collab. Ione, Oliveros and Hoffrenning) undated 1 66 Heart Chant, The. (Vancouver, B.C.) 2001 July Page 3 1 67 Home 1986 August 6 1 68 Hommage a Serafina (Switzerland) 1994 1 69 Horse Sings from Cloud / Horse Sing from Cloud to Dancing Breath 1984 January 1 70 Humayun's Tomb. (Vrindaban, India) 1986 March 1 71 Illegal Harmony: In the Age of Cage (or A Tribute to a Master of Change) 1992 August 24 1 72 In Consideration of the Earth (For Tom Bickley & Norman Lowrey; Cologne) 1998 October 28 1 73 In Memoriam Nikola Tesla, Cosmic Engineer. (For Merce Cunningham) 1969 January 24 1 74 In Memory of The Future. (Recorded at The Kitchen, New York City) 1991 October 25 1 75 Inside / Outside / Space / Is 1992 May 1 76 Jewel in the Lotus, The 1990 June 20 1 77 King Kong Sing-A-Long. (For Charlotte Moorman) Avant-Garde Festival, WTC, NYC 1977 June 11 1 78 Kitchen Symphony 2005 February 18 1 79 Klickitat Ride, The. 108 Possibilities 54 Opposites undated 1 80 Klickitat Ride, The. 108 Possibilities 54 Opposites. Reprint of journal 1982-1983 1 81 Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg 1981 November 19 1 82 Legend. For Ellen Forman Dance Co. with Florence Ierardi 1985 June 2 1 Library of Maps, The. An Opera in Many Parts. Collaboration with Moira Roth. Moira's two-volume texts 2002 2 2 Library of Maps, The. Texts of related / background material of Moira's 2001 2 3 Lightning Box, The 1990 February 21 2 4 Lion's Eye. Commissioned by Gamelan Son of Lion. Inc. three floppies 1989 2 5 Lion's Eye. Full set; parts 1989 2 6 Lion's Eye. Original label: For gamelan; synclavier version. 1989 2 7 Lion's Eye. Original label: For synclavier. In text: no less than 5 gamelan players" 1989 2 8 Lullaby for Daisy Pauline 2005 June 2 9 Lunar Opera. Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2000 August 2 10 Lunar Opera. Participants' resumes, works, information ... various dates 2 11 Mabou Mines' Lear by William Shakespeare. (1 of 2) 1989 2 12 Mabou Mines' Lear by William Shakespeare. (2 of 2) 1989 2 13 Mabou Mines' Lear by William Shakespeare. Working copy and related notes. 1989 2 14 Magnet Trails circa 2007 2 15 Malcolm Birthday Piece 1986 March 12 2 16 Maquilapolis (film sound track collaboration) 2005 July 21 2 17 Mirrorrum. 1994 July 13 2 18 Monkey Business undated 2 19 Ms. Liberty undated 2 20 Music for Stacked Deck. Script by Dick Higgins. (Bonn, Germany) 1980 November 22 2 21 Neiro: An Opera in One Act. Story by Ione. Also titled: Njinga 1997 Page 4 2 22 New Indigo Peace, A. Commissioned by Sarah Cahill for Rothko Chapel Peace Concert 2009 2 23 New Sound Meditation, The. Bang on a Can Festival 1988 May 3 2 24 Njinga the Queen King. African sources various dates 2 25 Njinga the Queen King. Press kit 1993-1998 2 26 Njinga the Queen King. Productions. Scripts and sound. See also Neiro 1993-1998 2 27 No More Fear undated 2 28 Non Stop Flight undated 2 29 Norwegian Wood. John Lennon and Paul McCartney with worksheets of notation by Pauline Oliveros circa 1965 2 30 Norwegian Wood. Piano arrangement by Pauline Oliveros for Aki Takahashi 1989 December 13 2 31 O Sister Whose Name is Goddess (a.k.a. Calling the Goddess), text Barry Bryant 1984 2 32 Old Sound New Sound Borrowed Sound Blue 1994 September 29 2 33 Oliveros Interval Studies for Horn, The written 1959; pub. 2002 2 34 Oliveros Interval Studies for Horn, The. Inc. statement from professor; floppy disk undated 2 35 One Hundred Meeting Places 2006 2 36 One Thousand Acres for String Quartet Apr-72 2 37 Out of the Dark. Commissioned for Ensemble Resonanz by Frau Musica Nova (Mills) 1998 August 31 2 38 Pebble Music. For Habarigani 1992 2 39 Phantom Fathom 1972 July 18 2 40 Piano Piano. For Howard Klein 1986 October 2 41 Pieces of Eight 1985 2 42 Poem of Change, A. For Anita Hill and Rodney King (WDR) 1992 June 9 2 43 Portraits. Bearsville, N.Y. for premiere Oct. 27, 1987 at World Music Days, Bonn 1987 June 2 44 Portraits. Ensembles: Relache; Sonor. 1988, undated 2 45 Portraits. Participant lists, directional score sets, technical production and other working papers 1988 2 46 Portraits. Participants (first name only) circa 1988 2 47 Portraits. Participants A - Z circa 1988 2 48 Postcard Theater circa 1972 2 48 Prayer/Memory. Chant for Mother Earth. Text by Carole Bovoso, for Pauline 1986 2 50 Primordial Lift. Inc. color slides 1998 2 51 Quintessential. A quartet for any four players. (Mills College) 1996 September 29 2 52 Rabbit in the Moon. Meridian Gallery 1999 2 53 Rattlesnake Mountain 1982 2 54 Ringing for Healing - Observance 2004 River Sounding. Annual event of Delaware Riverkeeper Network. 1998 performances include Pauline Oliveros's 2 55 1994-1998 riverdream through us and Spirit Dreams (narrated by Ione) in memory of Joe Catalano 2 56 Rock Piece (Lennox, MA) 1978 August 16 2 57 Roots of the Moment, The. Including liner notes for CD undated Page 5 2 58 Rose Moon. Including the 2-CD set 1977-1978 2 59 Saxual Orientation 1997 2 60 Seven Moons. Mandala for improvisation 1988 September 27 2 61 Seventh Mansion, The. For Linda on her journey 1983 2 62 Seventy [70"] Chords for Terry 2005 May 2 63 Shopper's Opera. [Text] by Anthony Martin. To be performed in a shopping mall 1984 2 64 Single Stroke Roll Meditation, The (in Sonic Meditations series), For Stuart Saunders Smith 1975 May 18 3 1 Six for New Time. For Sonic Youth. Text by Ione 1999 February 14 3 2 Sonic Meditations.
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