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Title: Bernard Gilmore papers
Identifier/Call Number: MS.F.036
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
9.0 Linear feet
(14 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1957-2008
Abstract: This collection consists of material related to the career of Dr. Bernard Gilmore, a French horn player, performer, composer,
and Professor Emeritus of music at the University of California, Irvine. Materials include originals and drafts of over 45
musical compositions and arrangements by Gilmore, as well as performance programs and biographical information.
Creator:
Gilmore, Bernard, 1937-
The collection is open for research.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of material related to the career of Dr. Bernard Gilmore, a French horn player, performer, composer,
and Professor Emeritus of music at the University of California, Irvine. Materials include originals and drafts of over 45
musical compositions and arrangements by Gilmore, as well as performance programs and biographical information.
This collection is arranged in three series:
- Series 1. Musical scores
- Series 2. Event programs
- Series 3. Biographical and personal
The musical scores are grouped together by title as received by the donor. The event programs and biographical and personal
materials are sorted chronologically.
Processed by Matthew Caffrey and Audra Eagle Yun, 2011-2012.
Dr. Bernard Gilmore is a French horn player, performer, composer, and Professor Emeritus of music at the University of California,
Irvine. Gilmore received his B.A and M.A. in composition from UCLA, and his D.M.A. in conducting from Stanford University.
He married pianist Phyllis Markin in 1959.
Dr. Gilmore performed in Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Edwuard van Beinum and
under Georg Solti in a performance of Stravinsky's Sacre du Printemps, as well as with the Boston Pops Tour Orchestra on a
ten-week tour of the United States. Gilmore taught at Cornell University and Oregon State University before joining the faculty
of UC Irvine in 1982.
During his tenure at UC Irvine, Gilmore composed numerous works, among them
Bird of Time, (1983), a work for violin and orchestra, written for violinist Zina Schiff and premiered in Irvine with the Irvine Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Gilmore. It was performed later that year in New York at the Abraham Goodman House in an arrangement
for violin and piano. In 1998 he was commissioned by the University of Wisconsin to compose a piece for their symphonic band’s
tour of the British Isles. Gilmore’s
Isles Tryptych was the featured work for this tour.
Three Miniatures for Violin and Piano was written for faculty members Haroutune Bedelian and Lorna Griffitt in 1992 and subsequently recorded by this duo.
Coffee Date, a one act comic opera was presented at UCI in 1998 with vocalists and piano, and was later performed with vocalists and
chamber orchestra in 2003.
Breed Street (2007), a work for orchestra evoking the spirit of the Breed Street Synagogue in Los Angeles, was his last piece written
at UCI. It was performed by the UCI Orchestra conducted by Stephen Tucker in 2006, shortly before Gilmore retired. A retrospective
of his smaller works was presented at his retirement concert given that same year. It included numerous chamber and solo works
written for UCI students and faculty, including
Two Songs from Torah, sung by Awet Andemicael who originally commissioned the compositions for her Masters Recital in 1999. At that same concert
Pianojazz (1990), a large-scale jazz-influenced work for solo piano, was performed by UCI faculty jazz pianist Kei Akagi. Dr. Gilmore's
compositions influenced the work of other composers including Mark Riley, Jason Barabba, Tim Melbinger, Kendra d’Ercole, Maxim
Vladimiroff, and Darren Wilsey.
Gilmore’s signature piece,
Five Folk Songs for Soprano and Band, written in 1963, enjoyed numerous performances nationwide and internationally. This composition was the first major work
written expressly for soprano and band and was awarded the citation of Best Original Composition at the College Band Directors
National Association (CBNA) Biennial Conference in 1967. It has been commercially recorded by the Cincinnati College Conservatory
of Music Wind Symphony, conducted by Eugene Corpora. In 2007 it was performed by the Illinois State University Carbondale
Wind Ensemble, both on their campus and at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Christopher Morehouse. The work was arranged
for orchestra and soprano and performed in San Diego in 2008 under the direction of David Amos.
Gifts of Phyllis Gilmore, 2011-2012.
Bernard Gilmore Musical Scores. MS-F036. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gilmore, Bernard, 1937-
University of California, Irvine -- Faculty -- Archives.
University of California, Irvine -- Songs and music.
University of California, Irvine. Dept. of Music -- Archives..
Composers
Instrumental music
Musical works
Scores.