Finding aid for the Lou Harrison Notebooks
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Finding aid for the Lou Harrison Notebooks
Collection number: MS 132 ser.2
The University Library
Special Collections and Archives
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
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- Initial processing by Charles Hanson; Final processing by M. Carey
- Date Completed:
- March 2012
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Lou Harrison notebooks
Dates: 1934-2004
Collection number: MS 132 ser.2
Creator:
Harrison, Lou
Collection Size:
147 notebooks
16 boxes
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: This collection contains the notebooks kept by Lou Harrison over the course of his life.
Physical location: Stored in Special Collections and Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Esperanto
Spanish
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Lou Harrison notebooks. MS 132 ser.2. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Acquisition Information
Gift from Lou Harrison 1991-2003.
Biography
Lou Harrison (1917-2003) is recognized especially for his percussion music, his work with just intonation tuning systems,
and his syntheses of Asian and Western musics. His compositions have combined instruments from various cultures and utilized
many of his own construction. His style is marked by a notable melodicism: even his percussion and 12-note works have a decidedly
lyrical flavor.
Harrison spent his formative years in northern California, where his family settled in 1926. In 1935 he entered San Francisco
State College (now University), and in his three semesters there studied the horn and clarinet, took up the harpsichord and
recorder, sang in vocal ensembles and composed works for early instruments. In Spring 1935 he enrolled in Henry Cowell's course
"Music of the Peoples of the World" and began composition lessons with Cowell, who proved one of the strongest influences
in Harrison's life.
Harrison also collaborated with West Coast choreographers and in 1937 was engaged by Mills College in Oakland, California
as a dance accompanist. At Mills in 1939 and 1940, and in San Francisco, Harrison and John Cage staged high-profile percussion
concerts, for one of which they jointly composed Double Music for Four Percussionists.
In August 1942 Harrison moved to Los Angeles, where he taught music to dancers at University of California, Los Angeles and
enrolled in Arnold Schoenberg's weekly composition seminar. The following year he moved to New York. There he wrote over 300
reviews for the New York Herald Tribune, premiered (as conductor) Ives's Third Symphony, and composed works in a dissonant
contrapuntal style. But New York life proved difficult and in 1947 Harrison suffered a nervous breakdown that ultimately served
as a catalyst for a change in his compositional language. Following this traumatic event, Harrison turned more deliberately
to melodicism and pentatonicism, and embarked on studies of tuning systems. After a two-year residency at Black Mountain College
in North Carolina, he returned to the West Coast. In 1954 he settled in Aptos, California where he remained for the rest of
his life.
Studies in Korea and Taiwan in 1961-62 and an intensive exploration of Indonesian gamelan beginning in 1975 inspired Harrison
to bring Asian influences into his musical style and to write works combining Eastern and Western instruments. In 1967 Harrison
met William Colvig (1917-2000), an electrician and amateur musician who became his partner and collaborator in instrument-building
and tuning experiments. Together they built three instrument sets evoking the gamelan. In his last years, Harrison returned
more avidly to composing for Western instruments. He wrote four symphonies, various concerti, and numerous chamber works.
Throughout his life, Harrison articulated political views of multiculturalism, ecological responsibility and pacifism in both
writings and musical compositions. He and Colvig were also active politically in the gay rights movement. In addition to his
musical compositions and prose writings, Harrison, a published poet and a painter, was renowned for his calligraphic script,
and even designed his own computer fonts.
Leta Miller
Scope and Content of Collection
Lou Harrison was a man with a continuously unrestrained flow of thoughts and ideas, poetry, music, and intellectual observances.
The "Notebook" series, consists of over 140 legers, artist's pads, and journals spanning 1934 to 2003.
Harrison would often pick up a notebook begun decades earlier and make new entries or revising and adding to existing ones.
Drafts of letters and papers, musical composition sketches, and socio/political observances find themselves side by side with
architectural designs, calligraphic decorations, and figure studies.
Lou was fond of using the term "Item" as a designation for a certain thought or observance (as is particularly noted in the
Music Primer). Within the contents description the user will encounter such references as "Item: on John Cage", "Item: A further thought
on Kirnberger's Well Temperament" or "Item: An Indian Tal. First instructions for composing".
In 1951 Lou began musical and poetry sketches for
Songs in the Forest. It wasn't until 1992 that he returned to this work and completed it. Gamelan notation is relatively simple and compact compared
to Western instrument scoring. Lou could pull out a small notebook while traveling and sketch ideas and revisions with ease.
The notebooks are filled with such scores, some that were abandoned or remain incomplete.
Poetry was also Harrison's passion. Early letters to his mother speak of his conflict and indecision to devote more time to
poetry or music. The notebooks are filled with examples from 1934 right up to 2003 when he completed his second book of poetry,
Poems and Pieces.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Harrison, Lou, d. 1917-
Composers--United States
Dramatic music
Dance music
Incidential music
Motion picture music
Orchestral music
Vocal music
Ensembles (Music)
Percussion
Gamelan music
Keyboard instrument music
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Harrison, Lou, 1917- --Lou Harrison archive
Related Material
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Additional information may be found in these related collections held by other repositories
Collection Contents
box-folder 1:1
Notebook #1
1969-71
Physical Description: Red spiral bound notebook, 24 pages, 4 x 6 inches
Contents description: Various sketches of calligraphy and writings.
Scope and Content Note
To Ron and Elsie at Solstice 1969 from Lou and Bill. Verse: "To the rational animal...". "Zoroastrianism is a most excellent
religion..." .
"Accept money up to the point of lightly amusing".
"Four kinds of Compositions".
Uncial sketches.
Young Caesar: "While the boats are being readied".
"Jahlas are very useful" (with example and description).
box-folder 1:2
Notebook #2
1957-1959
Physical Description: Red spiral bound "Daily reminder" with calendar's for 1958-59, 4 x 6 inches
Contents description: This could possibly be a date book for 1957, but entries include notes from the Korea trip, 1961. Approximately 50 pages
with many small entries and notes referring to scales and modes and instruments.
Scope and Content Note
Verse: "One no longer gets a life-estimate from the Health Dept., but from the State Dept." "I think that in the U.S. nothing
has a value, it only has a price".
Modes: Slendro types; Pelog types; pelogs with 7's; pelogs with 11's. Tempered 7-tone scale in cents.
Notes on tunings and modes: Scale on 3rd oct. of ratios
( 7-limit gamut); "Odd-number-high idea reinforces tonality". Mixed five-tone modes. Over-tone groups. Notes in Esperanto.
Notes with instruments, Haegum, Ahjeng, Kayagems, and Piri.
Possible daily structure: "4 hours - the book (Korean Music Book), 1 hour playing, 1 hour composing, 1 hour instruments making,
1 hour letters". Questions: "Date of earliest separate pitch notation in China, Korea, Japan?" "Comparison and tuning of Sinitic
musics during the middle ages".
Concerto in Slendro. 3rd
Strict Song. "Begin clicks, begin triangles, begin gong", (
Political Primer).
box-folder 1:3
Notebook #3
ca. 1990-92
Physical Description: Blue and red signature bound writing tablet, 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Contents description: Gamelan notation and writings with poetry and teaching materials.
Scope and Content Note
Gending in Honor of Max Beckman. Poem 7/10/91. General notes and "ism's". Divisions of countries and instruments. Teaching notes test for
World Music. Final exam. Writing: "In 1959 Mantle Hood brought to the U.S." (gamelan). Sparse notes of Harrison gamelan pieces. Note
on
Gamelan Si Betty. Personal notes. "Eros: he is Coterminous with Chaos". Brief description of Harrison/Colvig visit to Petra. Note on Harrison
interview with Remy Charlip and about Remy Charlip's Children's Books. American Sign Language. Black Mountain College celebration/performance
at San Francisco Legion of Honor. List of people to practice sign language with. List of friends for complimentary tickets.
Quiz for 9/18/92. More tests through Spring 93. Poetry sketches: "Ah, your music Munyi". Complete poems 1992. Many pages of
poetry that became substance for the unpublished book
Poems and Pieces.
box-folder 1:4
Notebook #4
ca. 1974
Physical Description: Music manuscript notebook, 48 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description: Sparse musical sketches.
Lullaby for Elsa Lewis
12/1/1974
Little Homage to Eratosthenes, in his chromatic
12/22/1974
box-folder 1:5
Notebook #5
ca. 1970
Physical Description: Spiral bound Grumbacher sketchpad, 6 x 9.25 inches
Contents description: Writings and calligraphy sketches.
Scope and Content Note
"Items". "First instructions for composing". " The World of Music" (7 pages of descriptions of World Music). " Somewhere
in the world, at every minute, a solemn song is being sung". Letter to Director Wu regarding a plan to reintroduce Chinese
music in schools in San Francisco. Calligraphy sketches. Notebook appears to be from Redwood City, Aptos, Oaxaca, and San
Jose State University.
box-folder 1:6
Notebook #6
ca. 1962
Physical Description: Memo book, 4.25 x 6.75 inches
Contents description: Writings on Asian instruments.
Scope and Content Note
"The Psaltery". Writings on the psaltery, its history and movement through various cultures. Approx. 6 pages.
box-folder 1:7
Notebook #7
ca. 1941
Physical Description: Notebook with string binding and obscure decoration, 4.5 x 8.5 inches
Contents description: Art and poetry.
Scope and Content Note
This notebook has one drawing by Harrison and one poem by Harrison (9/15/41). This notebook was recovered from a shed and
is in very poor condition though legible. The poem was reproduced in a booklet for Harrison's 80th birthday at Mills College.
box-folder 1:8
Notebook #8
ca. 1964
Physical Description: Music notebook, 24 pages, 9 x 8 inches
Contents description: Music sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Sketches for horn and percussion and Wesak Sonata, "On the mode which in Korea is called delightful".
box-folder 1:9
Notebook #9
ca. 1964-94
Physical Description: Music notebook, 24 pages, 9 x 8 inches
Contents description: Music sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Various sketches for "water bowls" and
Book Music. Book music refers to accompanying music to a recording of Harrison poetry read by Harrison and William Colvig. Performed
by Harrison, Colvig, and Charles Hanson on metallaphone, suling, wood block, harp. Recorded by Gregg Squires.
box-folder 1:10
Notebook #10
ca. 1960
Physical Description: Air mail paper pad, 8 x 10 inches
Contents description: Writings in Esperanto and English.
Scope and Content Note
Writing in Esperanto. Writing: "Art & Cuba Socialism and the artist".
box-folder 1:11
Notebook #11
ca. 1959
Physical Description: Spiral bound lined notebook, 8 x 10 inches
Contents description: Writings sketches.
Scope and Content Note
"Scholastic Suite on the first three primes/ for galvanized iron washtubs/ garbage cans and water pails to Robert Hughes for
the pleasure of working with him".
Notes on Cantonese Opera. Slendro and Pelog tuning.
box-folder 1:12
Notebook #12
ca. 1966
Physical Description: Spiral bound artist's notebook, 6 x 8 inches
Contents description: Writings and writing sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Elaborate writing on music, government, Hiroshima, birds, radiation;
"Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely". More writing: "If you want to understand music you will first train
your ears." Lengthy writing on sound. Writing in Esperanto. Quotes by Virgil Thomson. Music Primer sketches.
box-folder 1:13
Notebook #13
1960-69
Physical Description: Spiral bound artists pad, 6 x 8 inches
Contents description: Writings sketches and observances.
Scope and Content Note
Notes (things to do). Sparse note. Chinese music. Reference to Tsai Ping. Several "Items". "Item" with words to John Cage.
Personal thoughts.
box-folder 1:14
Notebook #14
ca. 1971-72
Physical Description: Sketchpad, 12 x 9 inches
Contents description: Writings, art and calligraphy sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Young Caesar notes. Notes about Dan Kobialka in William Colvig's hand. Calligraphy sketches. "Sonata for Sax and Percussion". Possible
ideas for puppetry works. Designs for "Our bedroom window; xmas'71". "Items" of music 1972. "Item" on John Cage.
box-folder 2:1
Notebook #15
ca. 1951-1966
Physical Description: Black and red "Record" writing tablet, 5 x 8 inches
Contents description: Writings and sketches for a drama.
Scope and Content Note
Lengthy writing including a reminiscence of hiking with John Cage and discovering mushrooms. Act breakdown for Hymn to Demeter
with sketches for text.
box-folder 2:2
Notebook #16
ca. 1972
Physical Description: Academie Sketch Pad, 12 x 9 inches
Contents description: Sparse calligraphy sketches and notes.
Scope and Content Note
Scene sketches for
Young Caesar. List of puppetry books. Letter to Paco regarding performance. Uncial sketches. Article on the films of James Broughton.
box-folder 2:3
Notebook #17
ca. 1970
Physical Description: Academie Sketch Pad, 12 x 9 inches
Contents description: Sparse sketches with notes and lists.
Scope and Content Note
Young Caesar sketches and notes for Estampie in Scene VII. Also includes a letter to Harrison regarding production. A list of friends
to invite to production and a Red Gate Players list.
box-folder 2:4
Notebook #18
ca. 1955
Physical Description: Spiral bound blue writing pad, 9 x 11 inches
Contents description: Lengthy writings.
Scope and Content Note
On the Separation of War and State. Writings on Registered Veterinary Nurses.
box-folder 2:5
Notebook #19
ca. 1971
Physical Description: Academie Sketch Pad, 12 x 9 inches
Contents description: Calligraphy and art sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Calligraphy notes and sketches (multicolor). Sketch of "Oak Stall England 14th century". Sketch of "Painted concrete portal
to Chapel in Miss. St. B" (Mission Santa Barbara). Notes on various flora.
box-folder 2:6
Notebook #20
ca. 1955
Physical Description: Drawing pad, 12 x 9 inches
Contents description: Writings and notes in Esperanto and English.
Scope and Content Note
Writings in Esperanto (Harpsichord, dulcimer). Introductory notes to Cinna in Esperanto. Notes on where to send things (Ives,
Cowell letters).
box-folder 2:7
Notebook #21
ca. 1948-49
Physical Description: Music manuscript book, 10 x 7 inches
Contents description: Music manuscripts.
Scope and Content Note
"Jean's Ballet" (
The Perilous Chapel).
Allegro Moderato (
Homage to Milhaud).September 31, 1948
box-folder 2:8
Notebook #22
ca. 1970-83
Physical Description: Music notebook, 9 x 8 inches
Contents description: Chinese and Indonesian transcriptions.
Scope and Content Note
List of percussion instruments. Chinese Concerts:
A Hundred Birds Court the Phoenix.
Step by Step Higher.
Dance of the Golden Dragon. Gamelan transcriptions:
Kulu Kulu/ Lagu Alit/Patet Kenong.
Kulu Kulu sulingan.
box-folder 2:9
Notebook #23
ca. 1963
Physical Description: Spiral bound manuscript book, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Music sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Music Sketches:
Overture to a Tragedy,
Free Songs,
Divided chants. Psaltery sketches.
Exquisite Fragments in Free Style,
Concerto for Aulos,
Estampie for Psaltery,
Homage to Chi Pai-Shi,
Song Kit for Poets. Sentences and sayings by Harrison. Sketches for
Tombeau de Charles Ives (At the Tomb of Charles Ives). Poetry "On Whatman paper... alas no more".
Piri sketches, psaltery sketches. Chromatic sketches.
Mahasthamaprapta,
Avoliketshvara.
Haiku (for Kay Davis).
Solo for Bob Hughes from Group on a Row the Same.
box-folder 2:10
Notebook #24
ca. 1994-96
Physical Description: Spiral bound manuscript book, 12 x 9 inches
Contents description: Large variety of musical sketches and revisions.
Scope and Content Note
Duporo (Pak Chokro),
Pastorale en Rondeau (cello and harp, from
Suite for Cello and Harp, 1949, revised expanded to
Suites for Cello and String Orchestra),
Vestiunt Silve,
New First Suite for Strings,
Rhymes with Silver,
Lazarus Laughed,
Young Caesar (final version),
A Parade for MTT.
box-folder 2:11
Notebook #25
ca. 1998-2002
Physical Description: Music notebook marked on cover "2 Lou Harrison", ca. 1998 - 2002, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Music sketches and scores.
Scope and Content Note
Music for Remy (Remy Charlip,
Snake Dance).
Scenes from Nek Chand.
box-folder 2:12
Notebook #26
ca. 1977,
1986
Physical Description: Brown artists notebook, 8.75 x 11.25 inches
Contents description: Gamelan sketches and scores, writings, paste-ins, and notes.
Scope and Content Note
Music Sketches, class roster, class exams.
Song tunes in Honor of Palladio, 1982.
Gending in Honor of James and Joel (sketch). Mills College material. Art/design sketches.
Gending Claude,
Lancaran Molly,
Gending Dennis,
Gending in Honor of Sinan. Architectural designs.
Gending in Honor of Aphrodite (chorus). Puppet design notes. Rough schedule of class: Music 1126 " Intonation" 1985. "A 7-limit tuning - 33 tones".
Lagu Pa Undang.
Lines of 11 and 8 on Harry Partch, (1973 - paste in). Many personal notes and sketches. Diet schedule. Pasted in magazine
photos. Ladrang in Honor of Pak Daliyo. Lines to Ned Rorem, (1973 - paste in). Lancaran Singa Neba. Writing on a Sidney Jowers
project. Many "paste ins" - photos/newspapers.
Pak Daliyo sketches and score.
Nines to John Cage (1977).
Lines for the Hovhanessiad (for Alan Hovhaness).
Tens on remembering Henry Cowell. Large writing: " There is widespread interest in musical intonation and tuning...".
box-folder 2:13
Notebook #27
ca. 1939,
1953
Physical Description: Lines notebook, 7.5 x 9.5 inches
Contents description:
Poetry, art, and notes.
Scope and Content Note
Poetry (December 1939). "Catalogue" (listing of Harrison works to date by genre and date): "Sonata Types, Fugue Types, Chamber
Music, Orkestral, Whatnots". "Melodyregulants" (5 choices to determine melody). " Opera" (schematic). Canon (sketch). "Teknic",
dance movements. " The Heavenly Jig". " Manners of Soundmoving". "Demonstration". History of Sappho (approximately 10 pages
script of drama). "The seven powers of dimension". Artwork ("minstrel with guitar"). Poem; Miracle of an Icehouse (Carmel,
July 24, 1939). Several pasted in artworks. One artwork dated July 24, 1939 in Harrison's hand ca. 1953, with continuation
of poetry in Harrison's hand dated October 18 1953. List of recordings (San Francisco ca. 1939).
box-folder 3:1
Notebook #28
ca. 1973-74
Physical Description: Lined notebook with hand-colored borders, 7.5 x 9.5 inches
Contents description:
Lengthy writings and notes.
Scope and Content Note
Notes on tunings, instruments, waterbowls. Studies in Intonation. Transfer harp, psaltery design, moveable frets. Writing
sketch "My Mother no longer Exists" (Mother's death and subsequent executorship). Letter from Gibson Walters regarding donation
of books to San Jose State University. Programs: International Conference and Third Annual Festival of Fine Arts. Music of
the Orient, Billings, Montana with Harrison pieces, lectures. Chinese Classical Music and Verse. Notes on Esperanto. Committee
for Asian Studies.
box-folder 3:2
Notebook #29
ca. 1983-84
Physical Description: Black graph paper notebook, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description:
Entries from New Zealand, Indonesia, and Petra.
Scope and Content Note
Many sketches and notes on gamelan and writings and personal observances.
Elevens from reading Pope (8/13/83, Christchurch). Nabataen Order column design. Design for building. Pasted in quotes from magazines. Photograph of
Petra. Tuning and instrument schema by William Colvig. Archytas' Enharmonic, Didymus' Chromatic, Ptolemy's Intense Diatonic.
"Floor mosaic" (sketch) New Paphos, Cyprus.
Of a matter I've not seen written of in Javanese Music Theory (Slippery Slendro).
Eights on Islam. Personal notes for travel. Letter to Mary Hill (music secretary at Mills College) from Jogjakarta.
Gending Demeter. Eights in Illness 3/9/84.
Letter from Kathy Foley (UCSC Porter College) regarding music for production of
Faust. "Notes in Naples" 5/7/84. Notes from Rome 5/13/84 regarding dependence on chemicals. Various magazine articles. Column sketches
(Petra). Addresses and numbers of friends and colleagues.
box-folder 3:3
Notebook #30
ca. 1958-59
Physical Description: Airmail writing tablet, 8 x 10 inches
Contents description:
Writings in Esperanto and English.
Scope and Content Note
Writings in Esperanto. Letter to "Richard" regarding
Political Primer and possible performance. Loose page refers to
Crackpot Lecture, "Why I've permanently Joined the Crackpots...in two words; for sanity".
box-folder 3:4
Notebook #31
ca. 1975
Physical Description: Airmail writing tablet, 8 x 10 inches
Contents description:
Sparse drawings and notes.
Scope and Content Note
Several pages of "dots and lines" drawings with 1 page sparse references.
box-folder 3:5
Notebook #32
ca. 1983-85
Physical Description: Blue and black artist's notebook, 8.75 x 11.25 inches
Contents description:
Entries from New Zealand and Indonesia with gamelan works and poetry.
Scope and Content Note
Travel notes, things to do. Gamelan notes and notation. Notes of lecture or presentation. Tuning notes.
Gending in Honor of James and Joel.
Gending in Honor of Palladio.
Ketawang Wellington.
Lagu Lagu Thomasan. Poetry:
Ode,
Cry to Herakles,
Elevens from reading Pope. William Colvig's notes for phoning to United States.
For the Pleasure of Ovid's Changes. Photographs: Hammering a gong in Aptos Garage/Shop. Floor design for new house "after the King's Pattern, Knebworth House".
Mass to St. Cecilia.
The Foreman's Song Tune. Petra. Poems:
Five's for a tinted Xerox.
Fives on New Zealand Rain. Photographs of architectural scenes. "Dream Food I" (a recipe dreamed of).
Gending in Honor of Sinan.
Lagu Elang Yusuf. "Cirebon Joy" (recipe). " Comments from Java about
Double Concerto (comments from people on a performance or hearing of this piece).
box-folder 3:5
Notebook #33
ca. 1987
Physical Description: Red spiral bound music notebook, 8 x 10.5 inches
Contents description:
Music sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Varied Trio, Rondeau in Honor of Fragonard (from
Varied Trio).
Ariadne. Io and Prometheus (revisions of 1951 work).
A Cornish Lancaran.
box-folder 3:6
Notebook #34
ca. 1984-88
Physical Description: Spiral bound artist's notebook, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description:
Art, gamelan, and writings.
Scope and Content Note
Column designs. "However Sue de Vale ...has brought up 'puzzling pelog' a companionship to Slippery Slendro" (writing on pitch
in gamelan instruments). Slendro tunings, (Pak Chokro). Gamelan sketches. Paste-in photos from magazines. Note on Hanya Holm
(dancer, early Mills College). Calligraphic notes. Drawings from Florida Trip. Various art sketches. The Heart Sutra translation
from Sanskrit to English by Edward Conze. Program for Percussion Concerts (2) with Rupert Kettle at Aquinas College. Reviews
(6) of
Piano Concerto (1985). Gamelan works (traditional):
Lancaran Ricic Ricik,
Lancaran Manyar Sewu. Sparse notes on separate scraps of paper (poetry).
box-folder 4:1
Notebook #35
ca. 1996
Physical Description: Lined writing tablet, 8.5 x 11.75 inches
Contents description:
Poetry.
Scope and Content Note
The Four Patrons of the Palaestra.
The Path at West Holding.
box-folder 4:2
Notebook #36
ca. 1976
Physical Description: Lined spiral bound writing tablet, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description:
Gamelan, writings and notes.
Scope and Content Note
Gamelan works and sketches.
Music for Kyai Hudan Mas. Writing on the Center for World Music (1976).
Bubaran Robert.
Gending Samuel.
["
Gending Valentine", words.]
Various personal notes on things to do and send.
box-folder 4:3
Notebook #37
ca. 1981-86
Physical Description: Orange music notebook, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description:
Music scores and sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Mills College. Music score/sketches: trumpet part for
Bubaran Robert,
Estampie for Organ to Susan Summerfield,
A Cornish Lancaran,
Mass to St. Cecilia,
Stampede.
box-folder 4:4
Notebook #38
ca. 1961-62
Physical Description: Pink spiral bound sketch book, 6 x 9 inches
Contents description:
Entries from Korea with notes and sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Notes on
New Ode II, drawings, writing sketches "The sound of the ti-tze". "Composer's diseases". Notes on furnishings (reclining mats and cushions)
on ceramics, stone, silk, screens.
Writing: "On composing".
Nak Yang Chun, Hyi Mun.
box-folder 4:5
Notebook #39
ca. 1973-77
Physical Description: Black artist's notebook, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description: Poetry and writings and letters..
Scope and Content Note
Music sketch: "Toniaion on E". Letter/Poem:
On Bill's return from the Mountains (September 1973). Note on Adolph Berson (artist). Poetry:
Sapphic Stanzas to Ned Rorem (October 1973). Poetry:
Ode on the Monochord, Nines to John Cage on his 60th birthday (1977). Cinquaines by Adelaide Crapsey. "To My Favorite Composers" by Henry Noyes. Writing to Liang Tsai Ping for his 60th
birthday.
box-folder 4:6
Notebook #40
ca. 1983/86,
2000
Physical Description: Black laboratory notebook, inches
Contents description: Poetry, gamelan, and notes.
Scope and Content Note
Notes or lesson in Indonesian with Jody Diamond.
The Path at West Holding section (from 2000). Gamelan sketches:
For the Repose of my friend James Broughton (ca 1998). Sparse personal notes. Pasted in magazine photos.
Cry to Aphrodite (1986). Poetry sketches (regarding William Colvig). Tour Accounts (Stanford - Humboldt). Notes on Harry Partch.
7's on the Solar Swell (1985).
Gending in Honor of William Colvig.
box-folder 4:7
Notebook #41
ca. 1993,
2001
Physical Description: Black artist's notebook, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description: Sparse poetry and notes.
Scope and Content Note
Mostly empty notebook:
Birthday Haiku from Charles Hanson (2001). References to book and articles. "Western Worries - thots of an elder alien". Apparent notes
for a talk.
box-folder 5:1
Notebook #42
ca. 1976
Physical Description: Black artist's notebook, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description: Gamelan Degung inventory, tuning sketches, architectural drawings.
Scope and Content Note
"Gamelan Degung" by Richard North. Silhouettes of Harrison and Colvig paper cut outs by Betty Polis. Loose papers: responses
to letters, recommendations. Scale of an Egyptian Long Lute. "Lithophone" tuning by William Colvig. Letter regarding Pa Undang.
box-folder 5:2
Notebook #43
ca. 1983
Physical Description: Black artist's notebook, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description: About the Mills Gamelan.
Scope and Content Note
The Mills Gamelan, by William Dithrich. [The Mills Gamelan designed and built by William Colvig, Lou Harrison, and students].
This being a description of building and tuning of the Mills Gamelan.
box-folder 5:3
Notebook #44
ca. 1966
Physical Description: Bound black signature writing notebook, 7 x 8.5 inches
Contents description:
Sparse writing sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Sketches for the
Music Primer. "Right Rhythm decides all things tonal".
box-folder 5:4
Notebook #45
ca. 1945-51
Physical Description: Bound signature composition notebook, 8 x 9.75 inches
Contents description:
Music sketches, writings and art.
Scope and Content Note
Music sketches:
Triphony,
Passacaglia Theme,
Tenor I. Writing: "On Modes".
Songs in the Forest (text and music sketches). Sparse notes on melody/counterpoint. Writing: "Total Polyphony". Unknown writing ending with a
Blake quote. Other quotes. Writings: religion, psychoanalysis. Various sketches of writings. "Hangman" game with John Cage.
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Notebook #46
ca. 1976
Physical Description: Spiral bound artist's sketchbook, 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Contents description:
Sparse notes.
Scope and Content Note
Sparse notes on detail of Chinese Music Concert and Lecture. Lily Chin. Lecture notes. Accounting for trip. Notes for World
Music class.
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Notebook #47
ca. 1937-1949
Physical Description: Black and red bound signature notebook, 8 x 10.5 inches
Contents description:
Poetry and writings.
Scope and Content Note
Sketches for a Choric Drama, Poems, and Odeset for the Disenchanted. Sonnets. Achilles Series. Notes on
Women Walk Free,
Changing World, and
All religions are One, (music manuscripts at Mills College). Many unfinished works. A very rich variety of San Francisco area writings from the
late 1930's.
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Notebook #48
ca. 1987-1997
Physical Description: Black and white artist's tablet, 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Contents description: Multiple entries and loose papers spanning one decade.
Scope and Content Note
Tokyo: Names and Addresses. Postcard from Dennis Russell Davies. Note from Jack Foley. Telegram from George Smith. Photos
of architecture. Font studies. Spares writings and notes. Ptolemy "duple divisions" and other tuning ratios. "All from Boethius
(book V)".
Grand Duo corrections.
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Notebook #49
ca. 1935-39,
1954-66
Physical Description: Worn artist's notebook, 5.25 x 7.75 inches
Contents description: Many writings, poetry, and art sketches.
Scope and Content Note
San Francisco poems. Sayings and thoughts, poems ca. 1954-60, including lyric sketches for
Strict Songs. Thoughts on Buddhism. Thoughts on sexuality. Some figure sketches. Some lengthy writings. Notes for
Music Primer.
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Notebook #50
ca. 1935-37
Physical Description: Worn artist's notebook, 5.25 x 7.75 inches
Contents description: Poetry and writings.
Scope and Content Note
Many romantic poems and writings from San Francisco period.
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Notebook #51
ca. 1955-57
Physical Description: Five pages of artist's pad, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description:
Sparse notes and writings.
Scope and Content Note
Cinna: Introduction to
Cinna to Henry Allen Moe and the Guggenheim Foundation. A letter to Esperanto League requesting progress of translation to Esperanto.
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Notebook #52
ca. 1959-64
Physical Description: Six pages of air mail pad, 8 x 10 inches
Contents description: Writing and calligraphy.
Scope and Content Note
Sparse writing and some calligraphic experiments.
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Notebook #53
ca. 1977-78
Physical Description: Sprial bound drawing pad, 8 x 10 inches
Contents description: Music sketches and sparse notes.
Scope and Content Note
Some calligraphic work. Gamelan sketches.
Prelude or Postlude to Betty Freeman.
From Music for Bill and Me (
Bill in Moonlight, gamelan). "Paul Nash's Just Guitar" (tuning).
Lancaran Anthony.
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Notebook #54
ca. 1970-73
Physical Description: Spiral bound drawing pad, 8 x 10 inches
Contents description: Sparse notes on tunings and temperaments.
Scope and Content Note
Tuning notes, Intense Diatonic. "Ptolemy invented the monochord!" "Monochord....long, straight and very narrow path to pleasure".
Notes on things to do.
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Notebook #55
ca. 1986-2000
Physical Description: Music manuscript notebook [worn with tape],7.75 x 10.75 inches
Contents description: Large variety of music sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Music sketches for
Young Caesar,
Double Concerto,
Piano Trio,
Threnody for Oliver Daniel,
Homage to Pacifica,
Pedal Sonata,
Grand Duo,
Mass to St. Cecilia,
Book Music, and
Fourth Symphony.
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Notebook #56
ca. 1960
Physical Description: Air mail pad, 8 x 10 inches
Contents description: Sparse art sketches and notes.
Scope and Content Note
Art sketches including studies for Hermes and Eros. Several thoughts and lists. Calligraphy sketches.
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Notebook #57
ca. 1990-2001
Physical Description: Artist's pad, 7.75 x 10 inches
Contents description: Poetry, gamelan, and clippings.
Scope and Content Note
Paste-in and cutouts from magazines and newspapers. Architectural drawings.
Horatian Ode on Bravo 20,
Cinquain of Discovery,
Cinquan in San Jose, (and others all ca. 1991). Newspaper clipping of Harrison from 1966.
Gending in Honor of Max Beckman (1984/92). Several thoughts and writings. Poetry notes (including works in the unpublished book
Poems and Pieces). Newspaper article on Gay issues. Personal diary entries.
Ladrang Carter Scholz. Addresses and names.
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Notebook #58
ca. 1955-59
Physical Description: Airmail pad, 8 x 10 inches
Contents description: Writings and sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Writings in Esperanto. Notes and sketches of public address (reference to Bob Hughes). Calligraphy sketches.
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Notebook #59
ca. 1967
Physical Description: Airmail pad, 6.25 x 10 inches
Contents description: Writing.
Scope and Content Note
Writing on the collapse of the Dynasties of China and the music of China.
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Notebook #60
ca. 1959
Physical Description: Airmail pad, 8 x 10 inches
Contents description: Writings in Esperanto.
Scope and Content Note
Esperanto studies [contents unknown], personal notes, note to Harry Partch "Where are you?"
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Notebook #61
ca. 1965
Physical Description: Orange drawing book, 6 x 9 inches
Contents description: Sparse writing.
Scope and Content Note
Letters written in anger regarding the use of music - specifically not permitting the use of Harrison's music by the Federal
Government.
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Notebook #62
ca. 1976
Physical Description: Spiral bound drawing pad, 8 x 10 inches
Contents description: Sparse sketches and notes.
Scope and Content Note
Designs for "Underground Studio". Sparse notes.
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Notebook #63
ca. 1987
Physical Description: "1/2 Pound" tablet, 5 x 7.5 inches
Contents description: Sparse entries.
Scope and Content Note
Various pages of names, addresses and notes.
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Notebook #64
ca. 1996
Physical Description: Spiral bound writing tablet, 7.5 x 10.25 inches
Contents description: Writings and gamelan.
Scope and Content Note
Notes from trip to Dartington Hall. Notes on learning ASL. Notes on how to use the computer. Gamelan sketches:
Dartington Hall. Writings: "My preemptive subtext". Sparse writings and poetry sketches.
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Notebook #65
ca. 1956
Physical Description: Spiral bound Strathmore drawing pad, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Writings and letters.
Scope and Content Note
"Of Sound & Music in the Vulgar Culture". Letter to Carlos Chavez. Letter to nephew Brad. Letter to Robert Whitney.
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Notebook #66
ca. 1969
Physical Description: Spiral bound Strathmore drawing pad, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Sparse notes and schedule.
Scope and Content Note
Sketch for a virginal. Letter to Chong Hwa Park regarding 7th Symposium on the Arts in Asia. Photocopies of tunings.
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Notebook #67
ca. 1989
Physical Description: Spiral bound Strathmore sketchbook, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Writings and poetry..
Scope and Content Note
14's to Claude Lorraine,
In Honor of Aphrodite. Introduction to Peter Garland's book on Jaime De Angulo. Lists of names and sparse notes.
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Notebook #68
ca. 1976
Physical Description: Spiral bound Strathmore drawing book, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Sparse entries and notes.
Scope and Content Note
San Jose State University class grades. Sparse music sketches. "Items".
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Notebook #69
ca. 1980
Physical Description: Music manuscript notebook, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Unknown music sketches.
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Notebook #70
ca. 1971
Physical Description: Academie sketchpad, 9.25 x 11.75 inches
Contents description: Calligraphy, sketches, and notes.
Scope and Content Note
Some calligraphic sketches. Letter to Kenneth Rexroth re: performance. Shadow screen positions [
Young Caesar] and material related to
Young Caesar.
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Notebook #71
ca. 1972
Physical Description: Strathmore drawing pad, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Sparse writings and notes.
Scope and Content Note
Esperanto notes including text for
La Koro Sutro [sketches]. Lists, book lists, sparse notes.
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Notebook #72
ca. 1986
Physical Description: Spiral bound yellow drawing tablet, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Gamelan sketches and sparse writings.
Scope and Content Note
Sketches for
Gending Pindar,
Gending Dennis,
Gending Claude. Sparse poetry notes on the end of the world due to Bomb [about Bill Colvig, Victor Jowers]. Notes and instruction to
New Moon [elaborate notes on ornaments and performance protocol]. List of gamelan pieces noted by slendro or pelog. Notes for writing
and poetry re: civilization as a "shipwreck".
A Cornish Lancaran. Letter from Carter Scholz.
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Notebook #73
ca. 1976
Physical Description: Strathmore drawing tablet, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Gamelan materials.
Scope and Content Note
Notes for gamelan instruments and works. Sketch of poetry. Printed materials on Indonesian culture.
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Notebook #74
ca. 1976
Physical Description: Spiral bound Strathmore drawing pad, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Gamelan music.
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten scores of traditional Gamelan pieces for use in a concert.
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Notebook #75
ca. 1974-76
Physical Description: Spiral bound artist's sketchbook, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description: Writings, sketches and letters.
Scope and Content Note
Recommendation for Tom Stone. Architectural sketches of Church in San Francisco, notes of things to do, outline for Orchestration
Class. Draft of "Such Melodies and Clutter: Thoughts around Ives". (Letter regarding the Center for World Music and Related
Arts in Berkeley.) Recommendation for Michael McNabb. Sparse art drawings and notes. Writings on Partch/Cowell. Letter to
"Al" regarding activities and World Music Center. Writing on Pauline Benton. Sketch for a tuneable Mountain Dulcimer.
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Notebook #76
ca. 1970-2000
Physical Description: Spiral bound music manuscript book, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Music sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Music Sketches:
Main Bersama Sama, and
Threnody. Sketches for
Young Caesar revision.
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Notebook #77
ca. 1978
Physical Description: Artist's pad, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Ratios, sketches and letters.
Scope and Content Note
Original sketches for
A Chart of all Superparticular Ratios by Harrison and Colvig. Letter regarding Tom Siwe and University of Illinois. Recommendations for Ernst Heins.
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Notebook #78
ca. 1965
Physical Description: Spiral bound sketchbook, 11 x 14 inches
Contents description: Writings, art, music sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Color calligraphic sketches.
Om Namo Amitabhaya Buddhaya (#1 of three hymns). Sparse unusual notes: "Harrison's Chanter" (writing and music sketch - "psalm-tone style of plain chant").
"Items, (
Music Primer). Letter to Roman Book dealers regarding the possibility of selling autograph manuscripts. Tuning schema: Fibonacci and Inverse.
Writings, calligraphy sketches. Color designs.
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Notebook #79
ca. 1965
Physical Description: Pink cover sketchbook, 11 x 14 inches
Contents description: Articles and images from magazines.
Scope and Content Note
Magazine pages pasted-in and loose on Vasarely and others.
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Notebook #80
ca. 1960
Physical Description: Grey Strathmore drawing pad, 11 x 14 inches
Contents description: Writings, letters, calligraphy.
Scope and Content Note
Calligraphic sketches. Notes in English and Esperanto. Letter to Peter Yates about performance of Violin Concerto (
Concerto for Violin with Percussion Orchestra, tunings and composition). "Rules of the Font". Many pages of calligraphic sketches.
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Notebook #81
ca. 1968
Physical Description: Red spiral bound Strathmore drawing pad, 11 x 14 inches
Contents description: Art and color designs.
Scope and Content Note
"Acrostic hymn on the sanscrit mantram to the Buddha amitabha". Design for around the edge of the string-droning drum. Various
color schemas. Sparse notes on Chinese music concert.
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Notebook #82
ca. 1965-73
Physical Description: Spiral bound sketchbook, 11 x 14 inches
Contents description: Proportional studies, sketches, and color designs.
Scope and Content Note
Tunings, Modes, Proportional Studies. Photocopy of
Johnny Appleseed score. The Chapter of practicing the Tao [music]. Loose page writing on the music and instruments of Asia... loose pages
music sketches for drums, guiro, and gongs.
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Notebook #83
ca. 1968-69
Physical Description: Spiral bound sketchbook, 11 x 14 inches
Contents description: Teaching materials and notes.
Scope and Content Note
Folding leg system for Psaltery. Class rosters (San Jose State University). Pages of taped in paper pieces with various notes
for lectures. Test Questions (World Music).
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Notebook #84
ca. 1963
Physical Description: Grey spiral bound Strathmore drawing pad, 11 x 14 inches
Contents description: Calligraphy.
Scope and Content Note
Calligraphy experiments. "Rules of the font and rules of the caps". One male figure sketch. Design for a solstice card.
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Notebook #85
ca. 1997-99
Physical Description: Notebook with decorated cover, 7 x 9 inches
Contents description: Art sketches and sparse notes.
Scope and Content Note
Loose papers within. Card from Kitaj. Sparse sketches, notes. Paste-ins. Joshua Tree house ideas. Various small poetry sketches.
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Notebook #86
ca. 1961
Physical Description: Spiral bound daily planner, 7.25 x 9 inches
Contents description: Entries on calander for freighter trip and subsequent events.
Scope and Content Note
Sparse entries include preparations for trip to Japan, entries regarding concerts, lessons, lectures, from this trip. Some
notes on Korean Musics. Puppet sketches. Addresses. Notes in Esperanto.
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Notebook #87
ca. 1962
Physical Description: Spiral bound drawing block, 9 x 6.25 inches
Contents description: Music notation and sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Korean Music:
Nak Yang Chun,
Hyi Mun,
Bluebird Song. Comparison charts for Chinese and Japanese music notation. Al Farabi tuning schema. Sparse music notations.
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Notebook #88
ca. 1978
Physical Description: Orange music book, 9 x 8 inches
Contents description: Gamelan music.
Scope and Content Note
Hudan Mas,
Serenade.
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Notebook #89
ca. 1978
Physical Description: Orange music notebook, 9 x 8 inches
Contents description: Music sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Sketches for an Estampie and gamelan pieces.
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Notebook #90
ca. 1978
Physical Description: Orange music notebook, 9 x 8 inches
Contents description: Gamelan scores and sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Main Bersama-Sama (for Bill George). Sparse notes for
Serenade.
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Notebook #91
ca. 1978
Physical Description: Orange music notebook, 9 x 8 inches
Contents description: Gamelan scores and sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Main Bersama-sama II (
Threnody for Carlos Chavez), and
Serenade.
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Notebook #92
ca. 1978
Physical Description: Orange music notebook, 9 x 8 inches
Contents description: Tuning modes.
Scope and Content Note
"From Ur, in Old Babylonian, British Museum tablet". Tunings of the harp (nine tones). "Tones of the greater complete System".
Manjar Sewu.
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Notebook #93
ca. 1978
Physical Description: Music notebook, 9 x 8 inches
Contents description: Music scores and sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Serenade for Guitar with Optional Percusion.
Plaint, Variations on Walther von der Vogelweide's Song of Palestine (
String Quartet Set),
Little Homage to Sinan.
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Notebook #94
ca. 1964
Physical Description: Brown spiral bound notebook, 3.5 x 6 inches
Contents description: Names, addresses and "Items".
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Notebook #95
ca. 1967-69
Physical Description: Black artist's notebook, 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Contents description: Writings, poetry, journal, and art.
Scope and Content Note
"On Homosexuality", Poems for Bill Colvig, personal "diary" entries, "Bill went to the Southern Sierras." Designs for "new
wooden instruments." Artistic designs. Fortune Cookie messages. Acoustic screen design, transfer harp design. Many "Items."
List of people to receive the limited edition publication
19 Items.
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Notebook #96
Undated
Physical Description: Music notebook, 6 x 8.25 inches
Contents description: Sparse notes for lecture or presentation.
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Notebook #97
ca. 1958
Physical Description: Writing tablet, 5.5 x 9 inches
Contents description: Writings in Esperanto and English.
Scope and Content Note
"I have no 'middle' when unemployed especially".
Writings on the class system.
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Notebook #98
ca. 1971
Physical Description: Cloth bound notebook, 7.5 x 10.5 inches
Contents description: Materials for
Young Caesar.
Scope and Content Note
Instrument lists. Cast list for
Young Caesar. Scenes for
Young Caesar. Tuning schema's.
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Notebook #99
ca. 1978
Physical Description: Spiral bound music notebook, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Very sparse music sketches for Asian instruments.
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Notebook #100
ca. 1960-92
Physical Description: Music manuscript notenook, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Wide variety of music sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Music sketches for psaltery, Wells One, Colvig One, Virgil One (etc.). Tunings and instruments. Sketches for
Orpheus. Poetry sketches (loose page).
Peace Piece,
Songs on the Forest, melodicles, etc.
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Notebook #101
ca. 1983
Physical Description: Warwick pocket memo notebook, 3.25 x 5.25 inches
Contents description:
Travel notebook from New Zealand with many small entries.
Scope and Content Note
Names and addresses, sparse gamelan notation, brief writings, lists, and art sketches.
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Notebook #102
ca. 1980-92
Physical Description: Writing tablet, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description:
Gamelan designs, letters and poetry.
Scope and Content Note
Letter to Dennis Russell Davies (Bonn Gallery project, Larry Polansky and Jody Diamond). Sparse sketch of Colvig for instrumental
device. Notes: Shopping for a Gamelan. "Open House". Sketches for aluminum pieces for instrument (William Colvig). Font sketches.
Poetry Sketches (
Measures, from unpublished poetry book,
Revenge). Notes about George Smith (for an ASL class). Complete poems ca. 1992 from unpublished
Poems and Pieces. Letter to Jack Body ca. 1988 (memories of New Zealand, "feeling old and can't make a big trip".)
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Notebook #103
undated
Physical Description: Yellow lined writing tablet, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description:
Lengthy writings and poetry.
Scope and Content Note
Notes for a lecture. Lengthy notes and letter on Dennis Russell Davies' performance of the
Third Symphony with revisions as well as references to the
Elegiac Symphony.
9's on a Male Matter. Writings on tunings. Loose papers: Poem on Sherman Slayback. Notes for Terry Riley's
In C. Various "items" and sparse notes.
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Notebook #104
ca. 1984
Physical Description: Blue covered writing booklet, 3.25 x 5.5 inches
Contents description:
Multiple small entries, names, and notes.
Scope and Content Note
Names and addresses, gamelan sketches.
Lagu Victoria,
Lagu Kiseran. Quotes by Pasolini, Shaw, and Forster. Very sparse notes, names, and a few musical sketches for suling.
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Notebook #105
ca. 2000-2003
Physical Description: Black artist's notebook, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description:
Poetry and paste-ins.
Scope and Content Note
Paste-in: Words to country western song used in the film
Big Eden ("Don't let the stars get in your eyes..."). Sketches from
The Path at West Holding, Bits of a Gathering,
CODA, (from
Poems and Pieces). Sparse paste-ins newspaper and/or magazine.
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Notebook #106
ca. 1974-82
Physical Description: Black laboratory notebook, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description:
Large amount of proportional studies, writings, poetry, notes and sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Fibonachi proportions. Diatonic modes. Column design. "Items". Designs for pavilions. Chi Lu for Richard Dee. Poetry. Tunings.
Instrument sketches,
Gamalan.
Main Bersama-sama II. Traditional gamalan pieces. Drawing of the "great bell at City of 10,000 Buddhas". Paste-in photographs and articles.
Writing sketches.
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Notebook #107
ca. 1955
Physical Description: White spiral bound writing booklet, 6.75 x 8.25 inches
Contents description:
Writings.
Scope and Content Note
On the separation of War and State. Names and addresses. Sketch for a letter to Henry Allan Moe regarding
Simfony in Free Style. Esperanto writings.
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Notebook #108
ca. 1942
Physical Description: Brown spiral bound lines notebook, 7 x 8.5 inches
Contents description:
Concert and performance materials from Los Angeles.
Scope and Content Note
"
Hangout: A show by Lou Harrison, September 1942". Autograph and typed verse for chorus, 2 dancers and percussion. Additional notes
"orkestra for
Hangout". Names and phone numbers.
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Notebook #109
Undated
Physical Description: Red spiral bound writing book, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description:
Writings and journal.
Scope and Content Note
Writing in Esperanto titled "Hiawatha". Lengthy writing "A Note on Homosexuality in Science Fiction". Several lengthy pages
describing financial and emotional situations.
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Notebook #110
ca. 1992
Physical Description: Black artist's sketchbook, 4.25 x 6.25 inches
Contents description:
Art sketches and tuning sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Sparse figure drawings, ratios, and gamelan sketches.
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Notebook #111
ca. 1987
Physical Description: Lined composition book, 8 x 10.25 inches
Contents description:
Teaching materials and program notes.
Scope and Content Note
Gamalan class roster. Student add slips and lab tutoring hours.
Program notes for
Concerto for Piano with Javanese Gamelan and
Ariadne.
Sketch for a traveling clavichord. Short poem for Jody Diamond on final page.
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Notebook #112
ca. 1964-67,
1972
Physical Description: Green spiral bound music manuscript book, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description:
Music scores and sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Wesak Sonata,
The Garden at One and a Quarter Moons. Sparse sketches and writings.
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Notebook #113
ca. 1970-72
Physical Description: Pink spiral bound sketchbook, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description:
Large variety of poems, sketches, and notes.
Scope and Content Note
Poetry and items: "My back recovered", "Pinnacles II", "Climbing Mt. Whitney", "Oleanders". Gender sketches and tuning ratios.
Sketches for
Young Caesar.
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Notebook #114
ca. 1974-76
Physical Description: Spiral bound address book, 4 x 6 inches
Contents description:
Names and addresses (entered, and on loose papers).
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Notebook #115
ca. 1980
Physical Description: Spiral bound Strathmore drawing pad, 8 x 10 inches
Contents description:
Art sketches and spares notes.
Scope and Content Note
Design for "guest room wardrobe". Names and addresses.
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Notebook #116
ca. 1982-83
Physical Description: Grey bound notebook, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description:
A compliation of photocopied pages from other notebooks with additional autograph entries.
Scope and Content Note
Quote from Schopenhauer and Prince Ch'un the 2nd. Sketches for suling. Test questions from Mills College.
Matched song-tunes in Honor of Palladio. Flute duet in
Devotions.
Gending in Honor of James and Joel.
Gending Claude,
Lancaran Molly,
Gending Dennis.
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Notebook #117
ca. 1990
Physical Description: Drawing pad, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description:
Writings and figure sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Memories of Irving Morrow. Hermes. Male figure drawings of questionable authorship.
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Notebook #118
ca. 1961
Physical Description: Pink spiral bound Strathmore charcoal pad, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description:
Calligraphy, music sketches, writings.
Scope and Content Note
[Aboard the freighter S.S New York]: "The purser has just agreed to give me my second cholera shot at Midway Island". Slendro
types, pelog types. Calligraphy sketches. Green ink sketch of male figure. Sparse writings.
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Notebook #119
ca. 1965
Physical Description: Drawing pad, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description:
Proportional studies.
Scope and Content Note
Proportional studies which were later incorporated into larger art works.
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Notebook #120
ca. 1964
Physical Description: Pink spiral bound Strathmore charcoal pad, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description:
Writings and art sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Drawings of Buddha's. Multiple brief sketches and notes (writings).
Nearly complete poem on the occasion of death of Harrison's father "an ode composed to allow my thots to wander, and so to
avoid suicide".
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Notebook #121
ca. 1972
Physical Description: Spiral bound Strathmore drawing pad, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Music and art sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Music sketches. Art sketches from various buildings in Santa Fe and Taos. Drawing of William Colvig in Santa Fe (this drawing
reproduced in the unpublished book
Poems and Pieces). Many small sketches and notes on instruments etc.
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Notebook #122
ca. 1986
Physical Description: Yellow writing tablet, 8.5 x 14 inches
Contents description:
Writings and program notes.
Scope and Content Note
Notes for a talk and about "pop" music. Writing: "There is an international industry devoted to a theophany of J.S. Bach".
Sparse notes regarding gamelan students (Cabrillo College). "Anecdote". Notes for a talk or interview. Lengthy notes on
Concerto for Piano with Javanese Gamelan, with precise thoughts of
Piano Concerto with Selected Orchestra (Keith Jarrett "problems"). Notes/writing: Stanza's, rhymed couplets, W.H. Auden, Robert Bridges, Tureo's book "The New Book
of Forms". "Item", An Indian Tal (rhythmic structure). Poem about Father.
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Notebook #123
ca. 1986
Physical Description: Yellow writing tablet, 8.5 x 14 inches
Contents description:
Writings, gamelan, teaching materials.
Scope and Content Note
"Answers to questions from a gentleman in Greece" (apparently questions for interview or publication). Loose page in pencil
"Harry Partch's amazing book Genesis of a Music". Poem:
Tens on pressing the button: A Vomit. Cabrillo College class, student names and sparse gamelan notes. Lengthy writing on various questions and protocols regarding
performances (
Concerto in Slendro: "Agree to 12-tone, do not allow removing tacks". "Percussionists never complain". "Wider slendro tuning"). "On the way down
to Los Angeles, Bill and I stopped to see Pak Cokro". "Item: "A further thought about Kirnberger's Well Temperament". Notes
on Peter Garland's book (Amerindian/Hispanic cultures, Jaime deAngulo).
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Notebook #124
ca. 1990
Physical Description: Spiral bound Strathmore charcoal pad, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description:
Artwork.
Scope and Content Note
1 pastel landscape by Harrison on 17th page.
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Notebook #125
ca. 1936-37
Physical Description: Spiral bound music notebook, 9.5 x 12.5 inches
Contents description:
Music scores and sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Notebook contains
Saraband and
France 1917 - Spain 1937. Other pieces not authorized for performance include: Ritual #2, Ritual #3, Ritual #4, Ritual #5, Group Dance for Lenore,
and an untitled Piano Sonata.
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Notebook #126
ca. 1938,
1992
Physical Description: Spiral bound music notebook, 9.5 x 12.5 inches
Contents description:
Music scores and sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Concerto Grosso for Dorothy James, January 3 1938.
Beforepiece to the Medea (unfinished sketches).
A Clear Midnight (Walt Whitman) unfinished music sketches.
Tenth Ritual (unfinished sketches). Sketches from
White Ashes (1992).
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Notebook #127
ca. 1960
Physical Description: Spiral bound Strathmore charcoal pad, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description:
Eleven reference points for a "talk" dealing with sexuality presented to the Unitarian Fellowship in Aptos.
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Notebook #128
ca. 1990-91
Physical Description: Yellow writing pad, 8.5 x 11.75 inches
Contents description:
Writings and letters.
Scope and Content Note
Notes for
Fourth Symphony, letter to Marika Smith, letter to Dennis Russell Davies, review of Carol Oja's book "Colin McPhee: Composer in Two Worlds",
letter from John Schneider.
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Notebook #129
ca. 1980
Physical Description: Notebook, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description:
Photocopied pages from other notebooks.
Scope and Content Note
Names and addresses, gamelan sketches, poetry, notes, and lists.
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Notebook #130
ca. 1984
Physical Description: Warwick pocket memo pad, 3.25 x 5.5 inches
Contents description:
Entries while traveling abroad (primarily Indonesia).
Scope and Content Note
Names and addresses. Shopping lists. Gamelan notation. Poetry and art sketches.
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Notebook #131
ca. 1963
Physical Description: Music notebook, 7.5 x 10.5 inches
Contents description:
Music sketches.
Scope and Content Note
"A Tune for Limericks". Sketches for
Pacika Rondo.
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Notebook #132
ca. 1994
Physical Description: Composition book, 8 x 10 inches
Contents description:
Gamelan class materials.
Scope and Content Note
Ricik Ricik,
Singa Nebah with student names and times for lessons.
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Notebook #133
ca. 1987-90
Physical Description: Composition book, 8 x 10 inches
Contents description:
Music, poetry and art sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Varied Quintet,
Ariadne,
Coyote Stories,
Gending Vincent,
Young Caesar,
A Soedjatmoko Set. Figure sketches, paste-ins. Syllabic Stanza patterns in Bulwer Lytton's "Lost Tales of Miletus". "Academy of the West".
Sapphic Syllables in Honor of Sinan. Newspaper articles etc.
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Notebook #134
Undated
Physical Description: Artist's notebook, 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Contents description:
Music sketches, writings, gamelan and art.
Scope and Content Note
Landscape drawings, "Items", tuning schema's,
Organ Concerto,
Payatamus, modes,
Gending Samuel,
Gending Bill,
Ode to the Monochord. "Forest floor design".
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Notebook #135
ca. 1991
Physical Description: Composition book, 8 x 10 inches
Contents description:
Gamelan sketches and scores. Sparse writings.
Scope and Content Note
In Honor of Munakata Shiko,
Homage to Pacifica,
Gending Aphrodite, Inscription to Dr. Lu Zung-an, peking patterns, bonang patterns.
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Notebook #136
ca. 1983
Physical Description: Black Strathmore drawing notebook, 5.75 x 8.75 inches
Contents description:
Personal journal while traveling.
Scope and Content Note
"Journal 1983". A journal written in New Zealand from May through August 1983. Descriptions of dinners and friends and locales,
illnesses, concerts, and feelings.
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Notebook #137
ca. 1981-82
Physical Description: Notebook, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description:
Photocopied pages from other notebooks.
Scope and Content Note
Gamelan sketches and scores:
Gending Hesphaestus,
Gending Demeter,
Gending Epikuros. Notes for
Young Caesar. Poem to Persephone. Teaching materials. Names and addesses, etc.
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Notebook #138
ca. 1966
Physical Description: Spiral bound sketchbook, 11 x 14 inches
Contents description:
Art, notes, poetry, writings.
Scope and Content Note
Oaxaca Trip. Phrases in Spanish. List of baggage. Notes on S.I.R (Society for Individual Rights, San Francisco) dances. Poem
to Munyi "on our second meeting", "Ah your music Munyi". List of prime numbers.
"The Symbolic Aphorisms of Pythagoras: Translation by Thomas Taylor". Music sketch: "You are a young American Soldier marching
to die in Vietnam". Proportional studies in color. Words for a Blues tune.
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Notebook #139
Undated
Physical Description: Spiral bound sketch notebook, 11 x 14 inches
Contents description:
Writings, poetry, art.
Scope and Content Note
Various "items". Proportional studies. Poetry sketches. Many sketches of writings and thoughts. Chinese concert materials.
Notes for percussion accompaniment for Lorle Kranzler.
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Notebook #140
ca. 1977
Physical Description: Strathmore drawing pad, 8 x 10 inches
Contents description:
Gamelan pieces and art sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Gamelan sketches:
Gending Richard,
Gending Paul,
Lagu Jody,
Gending Bill,
Gending Robin (Robin Strange).
Lagu Pa Undang. Sketch from "Young Lakes, June 19, 1977".
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Notebook #141
ca. 1960
Physical Description: Drawing tablet, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description:
Writings in Esperanto.
Scope and Content Note
Writings that cite Bob Hughes, Esperanto League of North America, KPFA. Sparse notes in English as well.
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Notebook #142
ca. 1959
Physical Description: Green spiral bound Strathmore charcoal pad, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Writings in Esperanto, sketches, letter draft.
Scope and Content Note
Writings and sketches in Esperanto. Design for flutes "with readily alterable intonations". Letter to Henry and Sidney Cowell
thanking them for the gift of the grand piano.
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Notebook #143
ca. 1966
Physical Description: Grey Strathmore drawing pad, 11 x 14 inches
Contents description: Calligraphy sketches and designs.
Scope and Content Note
Sketches and designs apparently for an article by Peter Yates "An Amateur at the Keyboard". Calligraphic sketches for the
Music Primer.
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Notebook #144
ca. 1958
Physical Description: Green Strathmore drawing pad, 9 x 12 inches
Contents description: Sparse sketches.
Scope and Content Note
Sketch of a bench. Sketch of a man. Sparse writing in Esperanto.
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Notebook #145
Undated
Physical Description: Eaton's Highland Air Mail tablet, 12 pgs. 8 x 10 inches
Contents description: Calligraphy samples, practice pages, notes
Scope and Content Note
1st page = "To Lloyd Lojdo - Calligr la bolskvibo liosuro . . . "
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Notebook #146
Undated
Physical Description: Notebook tablet, 8 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches
Contents description: Calligraphy samples, practice, Esperanto?
Scope and Content Note
1st page = K Kun granda plezuro mi recevw ulan tre afablan leteron, icas mi dankas vin
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Notebook #147
Undated
Physical Description: Spiral bound sketchbook (wire removed), 12 x 18 inches
Contents description: Calligraphy samples
Scope and Content Note
Calligraphy "Veterinarians Oath", lettering samples, practice pages.
