Finding Aid for the William Kraft Collection of Musical Compositions, ca

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1 No online items Compositions, ca Collection processed and machine-readable finding aid created by UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections staff. UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections University of California, Los Angeles, Library Performing Arts Special Collections, Room A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box Los Angeles, CA Phone: (310) Fax: (310) The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 74 1

2 Finding Aid of the William Kraft Compositions, ca Collection number: 74 UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Contact Information University of California, Los Angeles, Library Performing Arts Special Collections, Room A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box Los Angeles, CA Phone: (310) Fax: (310) URL: Processed by: UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections staff Date Completed: 1987 Encoded by: UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections staff 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: William Kraft Compositions, Date (inclusive): ca Collection number: 74 Creator: Kraft, William Extent: 18 boxes (9 linear ft.) Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Performing Arts Special Collections Los Angeles, California Shelf location: Held at SRLF. Language: English. Source of Acquisition/Provenance William Kraft; gift; Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for access. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to the Performing Arts Special Collections. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to Performing Arts Special Collections Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Performing Arts Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], William Kraft Compositions, 74, Performing Arts Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles. Biography 74 2

3 Kraft was born on Sept. 6, 1923, in Chicago, IL; BS (1951) and MA (1954) in composition, Columbia Univ.; percussionist, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (LAPO), ; became the music director of the LA Percussion Ensemble and Chamber Players in 1955; became director of LAPO New Music Group in 1981; composer-in-residence, LAPO, ; recipient of Guggenheim fellowships (1967 & 1972), NEA grants (1975, 1977, 1979), and an award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1984); his intimate knowledge of percussion instruments is an important influence on his work; his works include a number of large-scale works for orchestra and percussion. Organization Arranged in the following series: 1. Music for film and television productions (boxes 1-9) 2. Musical compositions (boxes 10-18) 3. Other materials (boxes 11, 14). Scope and Content Holographs, ozalid masters and copies, and photocopies of scores and parts of music for film and television. Includes scores for Avalanche, Bill, The Chisholms, The Elephants: Last Day in Eden, Fire and Ice, The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, and Kirlian Force. The Collection also includes scores for musical compositions, including L'Arlésienne Sweet, Da dit, Passacaglia, Theme and Metric Variations, Etude for Two Drums, English Suite, Courante no.2, Me and Mr. Stenner, Nonet for Brass and Percussion, Permutations, Theme and Variations for Percussion Quartet, Weavings, Brazen, Cadeau, Cascando, Colorations, Concerto for Percussion, Concerto for Timpani, Contextures, Cornucopia, Divinations, Incantation, Kandinsky Variations, Pierrot Mute, Quintessence Revisited, Red Azalea, and Selbstmord. Access Points Kraft, William--Archives. Composers--United States--Archival resources. Motion picture music. Television music. Music--Manuscripts. Motion picture music--scores. Television music--scores. Series I. Music for Film and Television 1. Avalanche (1978) Avalanche, Cue 1. Avalanche Main Title. Avalanche, Cue 2. Bruce Skiing and First Avalanche. Avalanche, Cue 3. The Avalanche. Avalanche, Cue 4. Firemen to the Rescue. 74 3

4 Series I. Music for Film and Television 1. Avalanche (1978) Avalanche, Cue 5. Nick and David to the Rescue. Avalanche, Cue 6. End Credits. Avalanche, Cue 7. Tina Leaves Screaming. Avalanche, Cue 8. The Races. Avalanche, Cue 9. David Sights the Burning Ambulance. Avalanche, Cue 10. Kathy's Sequence. Avalanche, Cue 11. Bruce and Annette in Bed. Avalanche, Cue 12. The Aftermath. Avalanche, Cue 13. The Cornice. Avalanche, Cue 14a-b. 14a: Plane Thru Motns [Plane Through Mountains], 14b: Bleachers Blowing Over. Avalanche, Cue 15. Army Rescue. Avalanche, Cue 16. Mother Goes Down / Henry Comes Through. Avalanche, Cue 17. Annette's Sequence (Ice Skating). 74 4

5 Series I. Music for Film and Television 1. Avalanche (1978) Avalanche, Cue 18. Nick and Caroline at the Pool. Avalanche, Cue 19. Nick and Caroline at the Cabin. Avalanche, Cue 20. Henry's Saved. Avalanche, Cue 21. Sleigh Ride. 2. Fire and Ice (1983) Box 1, Folder 2 Fire and Ice. Music Notes (cue sheets and timings). Box 1, Folder 3 Fire and Ice. Short score (Photocopy of manuscript, folder 1 of 2). Box 1, Folder 4 Fire and Ice. Short score (Photocopy of manuscript, folder 2 of 2). Box 1, Folder 5 Fire and Ice. Short score and sketches (photocopies). Box 1, Folder 6 Fire and Ice. Full score of cues 7-4/8-0A (bound photocopy). Box 1, Folder 7 Fire and Ice. Full score of cues 5-5, 22, 32, and 35 (Both manuscript and photocopy). Box 1, Folder 8 Fire and Ice. Orchestration charts. 3. Bill (1981) (Television Movie) 74 5

6 Series I. Music for Film and Television 3. Bill (1981) (Television Movie) Box 2, Folder 1 Music Notes (cue sheets and timings). Box 2, Folder 2 Full score of cues 11-13, 21-22, 32, 34, 42, 51, 61-62, 71-74, 91-92, and (onion skin). Box 2, Folder 3 Full score of cues 11-13, 21-22, 32, and 34 (ozalid copies). Box 2, Folder 4 Full score of cues 42, 51, 61-62, 71-74, 91-92, and (ozalid copies). Box 2, Folder 5 Full score of cues 14 and 15 (ozalid copies). Box 2, Folder 6 Orchestration chart. Box 2, Folder 7 Orchestral parts (onion skin). Box 2, Folder 8 Woodwind parts (manuscripts). Box 2, Folder 9 Brass parts (manuscripts). Box 3, Folder 1 Parts for percussion, electric bass, and keyboard (manuscripts). Box 3, Folder 2 Box 3, Folder 2 Violin I parts (manuscripts). Box 3, Folder 3 Violin II parts (manuscripts). 74 6

7 Series I. Music for Film and Television 3. Bill (1981) (Television Movie) Box 3, Folder 4 Viola and violincello parts (manuscripts). 4. The Chisholms (1980) (Television Movie) Box 4, Folder 1 Chisholms II: The Promised Land (a.k.a. The Betrayal). [unittitle added: see error report] Full score for cues 12, 22, 23, 31-32, 41, (onion skin). Box 4, Folder 2 Chisholms II: The Promised Land [a.k.a. The Betrayal]. [unittitle added: see error report] Full score for cues 12, 23, 31-32, (ozalid copies). Box 4, Folder 3 Chisholms II: The Promised Land (a.k.a. The Betrayal). [unittitle added: see error report] Bound photocopies of sections from published scores of works by Copland, with annotations (Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, Rodeo: Hoedown). Box 4, Folder 4 Chisholms IV. Music Notes (cue sheets and timings). Box 4, Folder 5 Chisholms IV. Full score of cues 11, 21-24, 31-34, 41-43, (onion skin). Box 4, Folder 6 Chisholms IV. Full score of cues 11, 21-24, 31-34, 41-43, (2 bound ozalid copies). Box 4, Folder 7 Chisholms IV. Orchestral parts, onion skin (Violin I part--ozalid copy). Box 4, Folder 8 Chisholms VI. Music Notes (cue sheets and timings). Box 4, Folder 9 Chisholms VI. Full score of cues 11-14, 22, 31-32, 41, (onion skin). Orchestral parts (onion skin). Box 5, Folder 1 Chisholms VII. Music Notes (cue sheets and timings). 74 7

8 Series I. Music for Film and Television 4. The Chisholms (1980) (Television Movie) Box 5, Folder 2 Chisholms VII. Full score of cues 11-13, 21-23, 31-32, 41-43, (onion skin). Orchestral parts (onion skin). Box 5, Folder 3 Chisholms VII. Full score (bound ozalid copy). Box 5, Folder 4 Chisholms VIII: Chains. Full score of cues 11-13, 21-24, 31-33, 41-43, (onion skin). Orchestral parts (onion skin). Box 5, Folder 5 Chisholms VIII: Chains. Full score of cues 11-13, 21-24, 31-33, 41-43, (bound ozalid copy). Box 5, Folder 6 Chisholms IX: Siren Song. Full score for clues 11, 13, 21-25, 31-34, 41-43, (onion skin). Orchestral parts (onion skin). Box 5, Folder 7 Chisholms IX: Siren Song. Full score of cues 11, 13, 21-25, 31-34, 41-43, (bound ozalid copy). 5. The Elephants: The Last Day in Eden Box 6, Folder 1 Music Notes (cues and timings). Box 6, Folder 2 Full score of cues 11-13, 21-22, 31-34, 41, 51, (onion skin). Box 6, Folder 3 Full score of cues 11-13, 21-22, 31-34, 41, 51, (bound ozalid copy). Box 6, Folder 4 Full score of cues 11 and 12 (ozalid copy). Box 6, Folder 5 Orchestral parts (onion skin). Box 6, Folder 6 Woodwind parts (manuscripts). 74 8

9 Series I. Music for Film and Television 5. The Elephants: The Last Day in Eden Box 6, Folder 7 Brass parts (manuscripts). Box 6, Folder 8 Percussion parts (manuscripts). Box 6, Folder 9 Violin I and II parts (manuscripts). Box 6, Folder 10 Viola and Violincello parts (manuscripts). 6. The Homeric Hymn to Demeter Box 7, Folder 1 The Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Score (manuscript). Box 7, Folder 2 The Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Score (onion skin). Box 7, Folder 3 The Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Full score (bound ozalid copy). Box 7, Folder 4 The Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Orchestral parts (onion skin). Box 7, Folder 5 The Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Woodwind parts (ozalid copy). Box 7, Folder 6 The Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Percussion parts (ozalid copy). Box 7, Folder 7 The Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Script (typescript). 7. Kirlian Force (1974) 74 9

10 Series I. Music for Film and Television 7. Kirlian Force (1974) Box 8, Folder 1 Kirlian Force. Full score (onion skin). Box 8, Folder 2 Kirlian Force. Full score of cue sheets (2 bound ozalid copies). Box 8, Folder 3 Kirlian Force. Orchestral parts (onion skin). Box 8, Folder 4 Kirlian Force. Woodwind parts (manuscript, folder 1 of 2). Box 9, Folder 1 Kirlian Force. Woodwind parts (manuscript, folder 2 of 2). Box 9, Folder 2 Kirlian Force. Brass parts (manuscripts). Box 9, Folder 3 Kirlian Force. Percussion and keyboard parts (manuscripts). Box 9, Folder 4 Kirlian Force. String parts (manuscripts). Series II. Musical Compositions Box 10, Folder 1 L'Arlesienne Sweet (Etude for Three Drums). Percussion parts. Onion skin and ozalid copies. Box 10, Folder 1 Da Dit. Percussion parts. Onion skin and ozalid copies. Box 10, Folder 1 Passacaglia. Percussion parts. Onion skin and ozalid copies. Box 10, Folder 1 Theme and Metric Variations. Percussion parts. Onion skin and ozalid copies

11 Series II. Musical Compositions Box 10, Folder 1 Etude for Two Drums. Percussion parts. Onion skin and ozalid copies. Box 10, Folder 1 English Suite: Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Bouree 1 & 2, Gigue. Percussion parts. Onion skin and ozalid copies. Box 10, Folder 2 Courante No. 2. Score (onion skin). Box 10, Folder 3 Me and Mr. Stenner. Music Notes (cues and timings). Box 10, Folder 4 Me and Mr. Stenner. Full score (onion skin and ozalid copies). Box 10, Folder 5 Me and Mr. Stenner. Full score (2 bound ozalid copies). Box 10, Folder 6 Me and Mr. Stenner. Parts (manuscripts). Box 10, Folder 7 Nonet for Brass and Percussion. Score and parts (onion skin). Box 10, Folder 8 Nonet for Brass and Percussion. Brass parts (ozalid copies). Box 11, Folder 1 Permutations. "For John Whitney." Full score (photocopy of ozalid copy). Box 11, Folder 2 Permutations. Full score (bound ozalid copy)

12 Series II. Musical Compositions Box 11, Folder 3 Theme and Variations for Percussion Quartet. Full score (3 ozalid copies) and Narration (2 ozalid copies). Includes recording copy. Box 11, Folder 4 Theme and Variations for Percussion Quartet. Performance copies for Percussion I and II (ozalid copies). Box 11, Folder 5 Theme and Variations for Percussion Quartet. Performance copies for Percussion III and IV (ozalid copies). Box 11, Folder 6 Weavings. Pencil sketches (manuscript). 7. Sketchbooks Box 11, Folder 7 Sketchbooks. Series III. Other Materials Box 11, Folder 9 Miscellaneous papers, including correspondence, fragments, and notes. [unittitle added: see error report] Series II. Musical Compositions 2. Concertos Box 12, Folder 1 Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra. Full score (manuscript, in pencil). 7. Sketchbooks Box 17, Folder 1 Sketchbook. Spiral bound. Sketches for the film "Fire and Ice" and "Double Play". Box 17, Folder 2 Sketchbook I. Spiral bound. Sketches for "Dialogues and Entertainments" and "Evening voluntaries"

13 Series II. Musical Compositions 7. Sketchbooks Box 17, Folder 3 Sketchbook II. Spiral bound. Sketches for "Contextures II" (orchestral version) and "Quartet for the love of time". Box 18, Folder 1 Sketchbook. Spiral bound. Sketches for "Melange". Box 17, Folder 4 Sketchbook IV. Spiral bound. Sketchese for "A Kennedy portrait/contextures III" and "Settings from Pierrot lunaire: Mein Bruder". Box 17, Folder 5 Sketchbook VI. Spiral bound. Sketches for "OCPAC[?]", "Mein Bruder", "Horn Concerto", and "Vintage Renaissance". Box 17, Folder 6 Sketchbook VII. Oct 27, Spiral bound. Sketches for "Cascando" (9/27/88-10/7/88), "Harlequinale (Pierrot Lunaire)" (5/17/89-7/11/89), "Vintage Renaissance" (new ending only) (7/18/89-7/24/89), "Fanfare vintage" (4/14/90-9/5/90), "Pierrot Mute" (9/8/90-10/16/90), and "Selbstmord" (11/29/90). Box 17, Folder 7 Sketchbook VIII. Spiral bound. Sketches for "Wedding Music for Jennifer and John" (mid August to Sept 11, 1989), "Guitar piece" (1989), and "Selbstmord" (ending). Box 17, Folder 8 Sketchbook IX. Spiral bound. Sketches for "Cadeau" (4/11/92-6/16/92). Box 18, Folder 2 Sketchbook. Spiral bound. Sketches for "Pierrot (Feerie)" and "Symphony of Sorrows". 3. Contextures Box 18, Folder 5 Contextures II: The Final Beast. Manuscript score, pencil, 108p. [unittitle added: see error report] Complete draft of the full score. 7. Sketchbooks Box 18, Folder 4 Sketchbook. Sketches for "Gossamer Glances"

14 Series II. Musical Compositions 2. Concertos 2. Concertos Box 15, Folder 3 Concerto Grosso (1962). Full score, ozalid copy, 69 l. [unittitle added: see error report] For orchestra with violin, flute, cello, bassoon concertino. Spiral bound. Dated Jan. 13, "Composer copy." Box 15, Folder 2 Concerto for Tuba, Three Chamber Groups and Orchestra (1979). Full score, ozalid copy, 68 l. Alternative title: Cornucopia, for tuba and orchestra. Spiral bound. "Composer copy." "Composed for and dedicated to my friend Roger Bobo.. Written at the request of Zubin Mehta on the occasion of his final season as Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.." Box 16, Folder 2 Fanfare Vintage (The Saint Comes Marching In). Full score, ozalid masters (pencil), 23 l. For orchestra. Box 16, Folder 8 Vintage Renaissance. Full score, ozalid masters (pencil), 39 l. [unittitle added: see error report] For orchestra. 3. Contextures Box 16, Folder 1 Contextures II: The Final Beast (1986). Full score, ozalid masters (pencil), 28 l. For soprano and tenor soloists, chorus and orchestra. "To the victims of all wars / Why can we not one and all love one another" (Stephen Crane). Box 16, Folder 4 Of Ceremonies, Pageants and Celebrations (1986). Full score (25 l.) and parts, ozalid masters (ink). Commissioned by the Orange County Center for the Performing Arts, Inc, for the opening of the center. For orchestra. Dedication: "To my teacher and friend Otto Luening. He had faith when I had none." Masters created for the premier performance. Box 16, Folder 3 Gossamer Glances (1993). Full score, ozalid masters (pencil), 50 l. [unittitle added: see error report] For orchestra. Commissioned by the Association of California Symphony Orchestras to celebrate its 25th anniversry

15 Series II. Musical Compositions Box 16, Folder 7 Settings from Pierrot Lunaire (1994). Full score, ozalid masters (pencil), 93 l. For soprano and orchestra. "Composed on a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts." "This is an orchestral version of the chamber settings ( ) commissioned by the Schoenberg Institute, Leonard Stein, Director, to set verses not used by Schoenberg." Box 13, Folder 16 M's P: an encore piece (1978). Score, ozalid master, 2 l. [unittitle added: see error report] For 4 timpani, cymbal and high pitched drum. "To my friend and colleague, Mitchell Peters." Box 13, Folder 14 Images (1978). Score, ozalid masters (pencil), 7 l. [unittitle added: see error report] For four timpani, five cymbals and large tam tam. In four movements: I. And the bronze bird sang; II. And the first sound must gather in deep bronze; III. Angels of the winds; IV. Homage (to Mahler). 3. Contextures Box 14, Folder 4 Contextures IV: Songs of Flowers, Bells and Death (1991). Full score, manuscript (pencil), 65p. Also ozalid masters (pencil), 3 l. Also: additional manuscript notes; 2 typescript letters, signed, from Mohammad Nadertabar to Kraft, May 12, 1991 & June 26, 1991; phonetic transcription from the Koran; additional photocopied and mansucript material. Box 13, Folder 27 Fanfare from Games: Collage I (1993). Full score, ozalid masters, 4 l. [unittitle added: see error report] For the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra's 75th birthday. 7. Sketchbooks Box 18, Folder 3 Sketchbook. Spiral bound. Sketches for Encounters XI, unidentified compositions. Date on last page: Dec. 20,

16 Series II. Musical Compositions Box 13, Folder 34 Silent Boughs: That Love at Length Should Find Me Out. Manuscript score (pencil), 17 p. For sorano and string orchestra. Box 13, Folder 35 Silent Boughs: What Lips My Lips Have Kissed. Manuscript score (pencil), 19 p. For sorano and string orchestra. Box 13, Folder 33 Silent Boughs: Sketches. Manuscript (pencil), 10 p. 4. Encounters Box 13, Folder 12 Encounters IX, for alto saxophone and percussion (1982). Score, ozalid copy, 10 p. Dated 3/4/82. Box 13, Folder 13 Encounters IX, for alto saxophone and percussion (1982). Score, ozalid masters (ink), 10 p. Dated 3/4/82. Box 13, Folder 20 Soliloquy, for solo percussion and tape (1979). Score, ozalid masters, 10 p. Commissioned by and dedicated to Karen Ervin. Box 13, Folder 15 Images (1979). Score, ozalid masters (engraved), 8 l. [unittitle added: see error report] For four timpani, five cymbals and large tam tam. Box 13, Folder 36 The Sublime and the Beautiful (1979). Full score, ozalid masters (pencil), 14 l. For tenor, flute (piccolo, alto flute, bass flute [optional]), clarinet (bass clarinet), percussion (1), piano (celeste), violin, 'cello. Texts: 1. Dostoevsky, Notes from the underground; 2. Rimbaud, Being beauteous. Box 13, Folder 37 The Sublime and the Beautiful (1979). Parts, ozalid masters (ink), 46 l

17 Series II. Musical Compositions Box 13, Folder 21 Igor Stravinsky. L'Histoire du Soldat. Percussion part, ozalid masters, 13 l. Transcribed by William Kraft (July 1963). Box 13, Folder 17 M's P: an encore piece (1978). Score, ozalid masters (engraved), 3 l. [unittitle added: see error report] Final revision 3/16/79, Marina Del Rey, Ca. 4. Encounters Box 13, Folder 11 Encounters III D.L.A.: duel for trumpet and percussion. Ozalid masters (ink), 15 l. Dedicated to the combatants, Thomas M. Stevens and Mitchell T. Peters. Commissioned by Thomas M. Stevens. In three movements: I. Strategy; II. Truce of God; III. Tactics. Box 13, Folder 19 Scherzo a Dué (Percussion Duet). Score, ozalid masters (ink), 6 l. Box 13, Folder 18 Morris Dance, for percussion solo. Score, ozalid masters, 6 l. Box 13, Folder 38 Theme and Waltz (1947). Manuscript (ink and pencil), 4 p. [unittitle added: see error report] Solo part for unidentified instrument (1 p.) and accompaniment (2 p.); also an additional page entitled "Your're Long Gone Due". Box 13, Folder 29 Box 13, Folder 30 Box 14, Folder 8 Box 14, Folder 7 The Innocents (The Witch Trial at Salem) (1975). Part for percussion 4, masters (engraved), 7 l. The Innocents (The Witch Trial at Salem) (1975). Vocal parts, ozalid masters (engraved), 56 l. The Innocents (The Witch Trial at Salem) (1975). Parts for percussion and harmonium, masters (engraved), 20 l. The Innocents (The Witch Trial at Salem) (1975). Vocal score, masters (engraved), 56 l. "A dramatic scene for four vocal quartets, chorus, percussion, harmonium, and celeste." Text: Barbara Kraft