{"id":7234,"date":"2021-02-12T10:13:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T15:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/?page_id=7234"},"modified":"2024-06-21T14:39:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T18:39:32","slug":"gread","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/","title":{"rendered":"GARDNER READ COLLECTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1603809181644{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1717608412866{margin-top: -30px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;]Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections<br \/>\nSibley Music Library<br \/>\nEastman School of Music<br \/>\nUniversity of Rochester<\/p>\n<p>Prepared by Katherine L. Axtell (Fall 2002);<br \/>\nMathew Colbert (Spring 2007);<br \/>\nand Daphne Tan (Fall 2008)<br \/>\nRevised by Gail E. Lowther (Spring 2024)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/files\/Gardner-Read-Collection.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GARDNER READ COLLECTION<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"Contents\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>CONTENTS<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#Descrip\">Description of Collection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Series\">Description of Series<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Inventory<\/li>\n<li>Series 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/#S1\">Compositions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Series 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/#S2\">Recordings<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Series 3: <a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/#S3\">Scholarly Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Series 4: <a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/#S4\">Papers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Series 5: <a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/#S5\">Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Series 6: <a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/#S6\">Oversize<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"Descrip\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION<\/h3>\n<p>Shelf location: C4A 5,1 \u2014 C4A 8,5<br \/>\nPhysical extent: 87 linear feet[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_media_grid style=&#8221;pagination&#8221; items_per_page=&#8221;1&#8243; element_width=&#8221;12&#8243; gap=&#8221;0&#8243; arrows_design=&#8221;vc_arrow-icon-arrow_08_left&#8221; loop=&#8221;yes&#8221; item=&#8221;masonryMedia_SlideWithTitleAndCaption&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1712932522034{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1718993530969-5a76c919-76bc-8&#8243; include=&#8221;7235,7236&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1626106140981{margin-top: -10px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Biographical Sketch<\/h4>\n<p>Over the course of his career as a composer, Gardner Read (b. Evanston, IL, 2 January 1913; d. Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA, 10 November 2005) produced over 250 works for a wide variety of genres and instrumentations, including four symphonies, an opera, an oratorio, and incidental music for several plays.\u00a0 Read\u2019s works have been performed and recorded by some of the foremost artists and ensembles of his day.\u00a0 In addition to his compositional career, Read served as a professor of composition at a number of reputable institutions, most notably Boston University (1948-78).\u00a0 In conjunction with his pedagogical endeavors, Read completed eight books, among which the subjects of musical notation and orchestration figured prominently.\u00a0 Read credited Debussy, Ravel, Bartok, Stravinsky, Vaughan Williams, Copland, and Hanson as the principal influences on his compositional development.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner Read\u2019s intensive musical studies began his freshman year at Evanston Township High School, the first high school in the United States to institute a music major. His public school music concentration was complemented with private studies at Northwestern University.\u00a0 A 1932 residency at the National Music Camp (Interlochen, Michigan) brought Read into contact with the composer and conductor Howard Hanson; partly as a result of this meeting, Read chose to continue his training at the Eastman School of Music.\u00a0 During his years at Eastman, Read studied composition with Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson; he earned the Bachelor of Music degree in 1936 and the Master of Music degree in 1937.\u00a0 He spent part of 1939 in Europe, where he studied with Ildebrando Pizzetti and met Jean Sibelius.\u00a0 In 1941, Gardner Read undertook his final period of formal compositional training, studying with Aaron Copland while on fellowship at Tanglewood.<\/p>\n<p>Read\u2019s career as a pedagogue extends back at least to the summer of 1940, when he was appointed to teach composition at the National Music Camp. Also during his appointment that summer, Read met Margaret Vail Payne (b. Terre Haute, IN, 14 July 1909; d. Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA, 28 January 2003), whom he married later that year on September 17, 1940. Through the 1940s, he held a succession of short-term positions at Midwestern institutions:\u00a0 head of the Theory and Composition departments of the St. Louis Institute of Music (1941-43); chair of Composition at the Kansas City Conservatory (1943-45); and head of Theory and Composition at the Cleveland Institute of Music (1945-48).\u00a0 This series culminated in his appointment in 1948 as Professor of Composition and Composer-in-Residence at Boston University, a position he retained until his appointment to the rank of Professor Emeritus in 1978.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner Read has been duly honored for his music and for his teaching.\u00a0 In 1937, his Symphony No. 1 was awarded the top prize in the American Composer\u2019s Contest and was consequently premiered by the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Sir John Barbirolli.\u00a0 Six years later, in 1943, Read\u2019s Symphony No. 2 was similarly honored as the prizewinning work in the Paderewski Fund Competition, this time with a premiere by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Serge Koussevitzky.\u00a0 In 1957, and again in 1964, Gardner Read represented the United States Information Service at music festivals in Mexico.\u00a0 Doane College conferred an honorary Doctor of Music degree upon Gardner Read in 1962.\u00a0 And in 1982, Read received the prestigious Eastman School of Music Alumni Achievement Award from his alma mater.\u00a0 More significantly, a long list of musical luminaries have performed and recorded Gardner Read\u2019s compositions:\u00a0 the conductors Howard Hanson, Leonard Bernstein, Serge Koussevitzky (Boston Symphony), Erich Kunzel (Cincinnati Symphony), Lorin Maazel (Cincinnati Symphony), Fritz Reiner (Cleveland Orchestra); the violist William Primrose; the organists David Craighead and Leonard Raver; and the harpsichordist Barbara Harbach.<\/p>\n<p>For further information on the life and works of Gardner Read, see <a href=\"https:\/\/rochester.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01ROCH_INST\/1vg5sr1\/alma9915256993405216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary Ann Dodd and Jayson Rod Engquist, <em>Gardner Read:\u00a0 A Bio-Bibliography<\/em> (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996).<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Provenance<\/h4>\n<p>The Gardner Read Collection was established in October 1982 as a gift to the Sibley Music Library by Gardner Read.\u00a0 Since making the initial shipment of materials, Read continued to augment the collection through nearly annual deposits.\u00a0 Following Gardner Read\u2019s passing, his working library, mostly comprised of books, published scores and ephemera, arrived at the Sibley Music Library through the efforts of his estate.<\/p>\n<h4>Scope and Contents<\/h4>\n<p>The Gardner Read Collection comprises the personal and professional papers of the composer and pedagogue Gardner Read (1913-2005).\u00a0 A significant number of Read\u2019s approximately 250 compositions are represented here in manuscript form and\/or manuscript reproduction.\u00a0 Many are also preserved on audio recordings, primarily in LP or reel-to-reel format.\u00a0 Read\u2019s extensive literary output, including eight books treating topics of orchestration, musical notation, and the compositional process, constitutes another prominent segment of the Gardner Read Collection.\u00a0 Correspondence, concert programs, diaries, photographs, and other items document Read\u2019s private life and his professional activities outside of composition.\u00a0 Also included in the collection is a portion of Read\u2019s personal library, which features presentation copies of scores and literature as well as items from his study collection.<\/p>\n<h4>Restrictions and use<\/h4>\n<p>Gardner Read placed no restrictions upon the use of the materials of the Gardner Read Collection; reproduction of the contents will, however, be provided to patrons only in accordance with the provisions of United States Copyright Law.<\/p>\n<h4>Associations<\/h4>\n<p>The Gardner Read Collection is one of a growing body of collections documenting the careers of individual Eastman School of Music alumni, particularly those who specialized in composition.\u00a0 Like his fellow alumni <a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/files\/Homer-Todd-Keller-Library.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homer Keller<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/files\/Malcolm-Seagrave-Collection.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Malcolm Seagrave<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/files\/Gordon-Binkerd-Collection.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gordon Binkerd<\/a> (all of whose papers the Sibley Music Library possesses), Gardner Read rose to prominence as an American composer following the completion of his training at the Eastman School.\u00a0 Read\u2019s extensive prose output, however, distinguishes him from these and other colleagues.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1718994135954{margin-top: -20px !important;}&#8221;]<a id=\"Series\" name=\"Series\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>DESCRIPTION OF SERIES<\/h3>\n<p>The Gardner Read Collection has been organized into five major series, namely music manuscripts and imprints, recordings, literary works, personal papers, and library. These series are further subdivided as described below.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a id=\"S1\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S1\">Series 1: Compositions<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThis body of materials preserves drafts, fair and final copies, manuscript reproductions, and publishers\u2019 imprints of works composed by Gardner Read throughout the entire scope of his lengthy compositional career. Works for large ensemble are generally represented by performance part sets as well as by full scores. The materials have been arranged into three sub-series according to material type (i.e., manuscripts and imprints; transcriptions; sketches). Whenever possible, the letter codes assigned to Gardner Read\u2019s compositions by Mary Ann Dodd and Jayson Rod Engquist in their book, Gardner Read: A Bio-Bibliography, precede the citation of each item. The letter codes used are as follows: W# (Work), WT# (Work Transcription), or WS# (Work Sketch). Within each sub-series, the materials are arranged by opus number with unnumbered or unidentified items filed at the end of the respective sub-series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S1sA\">sub-series A: Manuscripts and Imprints<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S1sB\">sub-series B: Transcriptions<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S1sC\">sub-series C: Sketches and Fragments<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a id=\"S2\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S2\">Series 2: Recordings<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThis series comprises Gardner Read\u2019s library of recordings of his own compositions. Each material type has been assigned to a sub-series, as indicated below. Read\u2019s original numbering has been preserved where present.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S2sA\">sub-series A: Instantaneous Discs<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S2sB\">sub-series B: Reel-to-Reel Tapes<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S2sC\">sub-series C: Audiocassette Tapes<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S2sD\">sub-series D: Digital Audio Tapes (DATs)<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S2sE\">sub-series E: Compact Discs (CDs)<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S2sF\">sub-series F: VHS Videocassette Tapes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a id=\"S3\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S3\">Series 3: Scholarly Publications<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The manuscripts of Gardner Read\u2019s extensive writings are preserved within this series.\u00a0 Each individual work has been assigned to its own sub-series.\u00a0 Within each sub-series, the majority of the individual items have been described using Read\u2019s own nomenclature. The letter codes assigned to Gardner Read\u2019s literary writings by Mary Ann Dodd and Jayson Rod Engquist in their book, <em>Gardner Read: A Bio-Bibliography, <\/em>precede the citation of each item. All letter codes used in this series begin with the letters LW, an abbreviation for Literary Writings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S3sA\">sub-series A:\u00a0 Twentieth Century Notation [LW10]<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S3sB\">sub-series B:\u00a0 Contemporary Instrumental Techniques [LW3]<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S3sC\">sub-series C:\u00a0 Twentieth Century Microtonal Notation [LW7]<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S3sD\">sub-series D:\u00a0 Genesis of an Opera [LW12]<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S3sE\">sub-series E:\u00a0 Pictographic Score Notation [LW9]<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S3sF\">sub-series F:\u00a0 Modern Rhythmic Notation [LW4]<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S3sG\">sub-series G:\u00a0 Psychology of Polymeters<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S3sH\">sub-series H:\u00a0 Thesaurus of Orchestral Devices [LW1]<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S3sI\">sub-series I:\u00a0 Orchestral Combinations [LW11]<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S3sJ\">sub-series J:\u00a0 Source Book of Proposed Music Notation Reforms [LW6]<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S3sK\">sub-series K:\u00a0 Style and Orchestration [LW5]<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S3sL\">sub-series L:\u00a0 sub-series L: Music Notation<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S3sM\">sub-series M: Compendium of Modern Instrumental Techniques<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S3sN\">sub-series N: Twentieth-Century Music Notation<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">This sub-series consists of material for an uncompleted book project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser1-3\/#S3sO\">sub-series O: Other Writings <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">This sub-series includes materials for selected lectures by Gardner Read, and manuscript for music reviews published in Notes, the quarterly journal of the Music Library Association.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a id=\"S4\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S4\">Series 4: Papers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S4sA\">sub-series A: Correspondence<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S4sAss1\">sub-sub-series 1: Personal Correspondence<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">Correspondence is foldered alphabetically per sender surname.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S4sAss2\">sub-sub-series 2: Professional Correspondence<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">The folders of this grouping contain correspondence and other documents pertaining to Read\u2019s compositions, scholarly publications, radio broadcasts, and other matters. The items are organized by individual sender where possible, and by corporation\/institution in the cases where multiple individuals contributed to the correspondence.\u00a0 Following Read\u2019s arrangement, some folders are devoted neither to individuals nor to groups, but to documentation pertaining to one particular work, e.g., 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century Notation.\u00a0 Contracts and royalty statements are frequently included in these folders, although some of these documents are housed in Series 1 or Series 2 alongside the associated manuscript(s).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S4sB\">sub-series B: Publicity<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S4sBss1\">sub-sub-series 1: <em>Curriculum vitae <\/em>and Catalogues of Compositions<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">Includes materials prepared by Gardner Read, as well as some professionally-produced promotional literature for Read\u2019s compositions and textbooks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S4sBss2\">sub-sub-series 2: Pressbooks and press clippings<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">Gardner Read maintained a number of scrapbooks devoted to his various endeavors. The majority of documents in these scrapbooks are press materials regarding the performances and recordings of Read\u2019s compositions, his radio program \u201cOur American Music\u201d, reviews of Read\u2019s publications and various other articles pertaining to the composer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">This sub-sub-series also includes loose press clippings that document Read\u2019s publications and performances as well as some human-interest articles that feature Read.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S4sBss3\">sub-sub-series 3: Concert Programs<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">This is a collection of programs from performances including works by Gardner Read, 1937-2004.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S4sC\">sub-series C: Radio Broadcasts<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">From 1953-60, Gardner Read hosted a radio show, \u201cOur American Music,\u201d on Boston-area stations.\u00a0 Budget proposals and programming lists are preserved here.\u00a0 Recordings of selected broadcasts can be found in Series 1, sub-series B (recordings). Pressbooks holding materials pertaining to the radio show can be found Series 3, sub-series B, sub-sub-series 2: Pressbooks and press clippings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S4sD\">sub-series D: Professional Involvement<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">This sub-series consists of ephemera documenting some of Gardner Read\u2019s professional activities. Items in this sub-series include a door plaque, various teaching materials, conference programs, and annual reports issued by the Edward MacDowell Association (1936\u20131954).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S4sE\">sub-series E: Gardner Read Bio-Bibliography Addenda<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Consists of manuscript addenda to <em>Gardner Read: A Bio-Bibliography<\/em> by Mary Ann Dodd and Jayson Rod Engquist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S4sF\">sub-series F: Pre-compositional Materials for Villon, Op. 122<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">This sub-series includes written notes and other pre-compositional materials for <em>Villon,<\/em> Op. 122, namely manuscript composition notes, libretti, synopses of the action, and a typescript draft of the script of <em>The Other Heart<\/em> (as prepared for publication).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S4sG\">sub-series G: Ephemera <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Items in this sub-series include a collection of posters announcing performances of Read works or lectures by the composer; personal and household diaries maintained by Gardner and Vail Read; award citations issued to Gardner Read; and miscellaneous personal mementos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S4sH\">sub-series H: Photographs and Iconography<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">The photographs present include personal photographs of Gardner Read with friends, colleagues, and family; professional portraits of Gardner Read; and autographed photographs of various colleagues and friends of Gardner and Vail Read. In addition, there are three photographic negative plate blocks with portraits of Gardner Read and a hand drawn portrait of Gardner Read in pencil.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S5\"><strong>Series 5: Library<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S5sA\">sub-series A: Presentation copies: Scores<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">This sub-series contains presentation copies of published scores, publication covers and flyleaves, and manuscript reproductions inscribed to Gardner Read by composer friends, colleagues, and pupils. This sub-series contains scores from composers such as: Lukas Foss, Alan Hovhaness, Halsey Stevens, Paul Whear and others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S5sB\">sub-series B: Presentation copies: Literature<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">This sub-series contains presentation copies of published books and journal articles, the majority of which pertain to music, that are inscribed to Gardner Read by the authors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S5sC\">\u00a0sub-series C: Study collection: Scores<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">This sub-series contains scores acquired by Gardner Read for the purposes of analysis and\/or performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S5sD\">sub-series D: Study collection: Literature<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">This sub-series contains books, language dictionaries and travel guides acquired by or given to Gardner and Vail Read.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S5sE\">sub-series E: Recordings<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">This sub-series contains four audio recordings of works by other composers as well as a VHS copy of the WBEZ Boston TV special <em>Oddesey, <\/em>a celebration of Gardner Read marking his 50th birthday.<\/p>\n<p><em>N.B. The scores, books, articles, and recordings in Series 5 are housed in storage containers appropriate to the items\u2019 respective dimensions. Due to the varying dimensions of the materials, there is a discrepancy between the alphabetical sequence (i.e., by composer or author surname) and the numeric box order.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S6\"><strong>Series 6: Oversize<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This sub-group has been created for the ease of filing and is comprised of documents that require special housing consideration on grounds of their oversized dimensions. The oversized materials have been divided into four series according to material type:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S6sA\">sub-series A: Manuscripts and Imprints<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Following the organization of Series 1, these materials have been arranged by opus number. Similarly, the citation of each item is preceded, whenever possible, with the letter codes assigned to Gardner Read\u2019s compositions by Mary Ann Dodd and Jayson Rod Engquist in their book, <em>Gardner Read: A Bio-Bibliography.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S6sB\">sub-series B: Ephemera<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S4sC\">sub-series C: Presentation Copies: Scores<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/findingaids\/gread\/ser4-6\/#S6sD\">sub-series D: Study Collection: Scores<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>N.B. The manuscripts, posters and awards, scores, and books in Series 6 are housed in storage containers appropriate to their respective dimensions. 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