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ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title Florencio Asenjo Collection Creator
Asenjo, Florencio
Collection Number UA.90.F105 Extent
7.25 Linear Feet
Date 1945-2013 Abstract The collection documents the musical career of Florencio Asenjo, and contains manuscript sketches and first and final versions of all of the composer's musical output, mostly for orchestra or chamber ensemble. In addition, correspondence, audio recordings, and clippings from the musical press are included. Language
English
. Author Juan Fernando Velasquez Ospina and Jim Cassaro. Publisher ULS Archives & Special Collections Address University of Pittsburgh Library Systemhttp://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Biography
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1926, Asenjo was a mathematician who came from Argentina to the United States in 1958. He was professor on the faculty at several American universities, including Georgetown, Southern Illinois, and the University of Pittsburgh, where he was associate professor of mathematics from 1963 to 2010. Asenjo also had intellectual interests in other areas such as philosophy—especially phenomenology—art history, aesthetics, and especially music. During his youth Mr. Asenjo studied piano, composition, and conducting with the Spanish composer Jaime Pahissa (1880-1969) in Buenos Aires.
Asenjo´s musical output is principally in symphonic repertoire, and has been performed by orchestras and musical ensembles like the Eastman Philharmonic, Eastman Wind Ensemble, U.S. Air Force Band, American University Orchestra, La Plata Symphony Orchestra, Slovak National Symphony Orchestra, the Bulgarian Philharmonia, and the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra. Despite some commercial recordings made in the last ten years by Albany Records, the music of Florencio G. Asenjo is relatively unknown to researchers, musicians, and audiences in general.
In his music, Asenjo tries to avoid overt repetition, which he considers "overwhelming in Western music". Indeed, according to his own words, he does not "want to do repetition for repetition's sake". As a result, he experiments using the relationship between two types of contrasting themes that are commonly found in symphonies and concertos.
According to the composer, these two themes are connected in intent and aesthetic rather than in content. Thus, Asenjo saw in this dialectic contrast the opportunity to create chains of themes in his music that are aesthetically connected, retaining continuity and atmosphere. This particular approach was labeled maximalism by Asenjo, which can be described as a high density of content in constant change. Asenjo passed away in 2013 in Pittsburgh.
Scope: The collection contains sketches and the first and final versions of all of Asenjo's musical output, all for orchestra or chamber ensemble. Included are performance parts and the transparencies used to produce the parts. In addition, Asenjo's vast correspondence with other composers and conductors, among them Igor Stravinsky, Jaime Pahissa, and Ernesto Halffter, among others. Audio recordings, on reel-to-reel tapes and cassettes, by various orchestras and ensembles are also included, along with newspaper clippings of reviews of these concerts.
Preferred Citation
Florencio Asenjo Collection, 1945-2013, UA.90.F105, University Archives, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Juan Fernando Velasquez Ospina and Jim Cassaro.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in six series: Series 1 includes music compositions that are dated and Series 2, those that are undated on the manuscripts. Series 3 includes drafts and final printed versions of articles written by Asenjo, mostly on musical topics. Series 4 includes documents on Asenjo's interaction with music publishers, newspaper articles and clippings, and contracts. Series 5 includes correspondence with other composers and conductors, documents that pertain to Asenjo's travels, and photographic images. Series 6 includes reel-to-reel and cassette tape recordings of Asenjo's works by various orchestras and ensembles, and radio interviews.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Julian Asenjo on March 24, 2014.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Scope and Content Notes The collection contains sketches and the first and final versions of all of Asenjo's musical output, all for orchestra or chamber ensemble. Included are performance parts and the transparencies used to produce the parts. In addition, Asenjo's vast correspondence with other composers and conductors, among them Igor Stravinsky, Jaime Pahissa, and Ernesto Halffter, among others. Audio recordings, on reel-to-reel tapes and cassettes, by various orchestras and ensembles are also included, along with newspaper clippings of reviews of these concerts.
Subjects Other Subjects Music -- Manuscripts Piano music Chamber music -- Scores and parts Orchestral music Music -- 20th century Composers -- Argentina Container List Series I. Dated Compositions , 1945-2011 Preludio en Mi b Mayor; [Prelude in E Flat Major] , 1945 Containers box 1 , folder 1 Variaciones Sobre un Tema de [Jaime] Pahissa; [Variations on a Theme of Pahissa] , 1945 Containers box 1 , folder 2 Scope and Contents On page 9: "17/10/1945". Theme and five variations. On the back of page 9: "Hussein Husliya"
Suite of Pieces for Piano , 1946 Containers box 1 , folder 3 Scope and Contents Instrument: Piano
I. Retrato [Portrait]; II. Corceles Féricos; III. Tarde de Invierno [Winter Afternoon]; IV: Cántiga para una Niña Ruborosa [cantiga for a Blushed Girl]; and V. Pequeña Fuga [Litle Fugue]. Although the title "Suite" is not indicated, the numbers on the first caption of each piece [in blue pencil] suggest an order. Date on first page: "9-1946" and last page"1946 (Junio) [1946, June]". Pasteover on mm. 8 and 9 of "Tarde de Invierno". Manuscript signed by the composer
Allegro sketch , 1946 Containers box 1 , folder 4 Scope and Contents Instrument: Piano
Work dedicated to the composer's father. Date on first manuscript page: "28/10/1946."
Allegro manuscript , 1946 Containers box 1 , folder 5 Scope and Contents Work dedicated to the composer's father. Date on first manuscript page: "28/10/1946."
Subseries 1. Symphony for Strings [Sinfonia para Instrumentos de Cuerda] , 1948 Scope and Contents Instruments: String orchestra: 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Double bass
Dates on the first page of the manuscript: composed between November 1946 and August 1948, premiered on October 11, 1953, El Teatro Argentino, La Plata, Argentina. Other performances: June 3, 1954, State Radio Symphony, Buenos Aires (conductor Bruno Bandini); February 26, 1960, The American University Orchestra, Washington D.C. (conductor: George Steiner).
Drafts of Manuscript Containers box 1 , folder 6 Full score manuscript Containers box 1 , folder 7 Full score transparencies Containers box 1 , folder 8 Ozalid-printed score Containers box 1 , folder 9 Ozalid-printed parts transparencies Containers box 1 , folder 10 Ozalid-printed parts copies Containers box 2 , folder 1 Other related materials Containers box 2 , folder 2 Item 1. Orquesta Sinfonica de la Radio del Estado (LRA), Buenos Aires , June 3, 1954
Item 2. The American University Orchestra, Washington D.C. [mimeograph] , February 26, 1960
Subseries 2. Concierto para Instrumentos de Viento; [Concert for Wind Instruments] , 1950 Scope and Contents Instruments: Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, English Horn, 2 B-flat Clarinets, B-flat Bass Clarinet, B-Flat Soprano Saxophone (or Clarinet), 2 Bassoons, Contrabassoon, 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in B-flat, 2 Trombones, and Tuba.
Date at the end of movement II: 19 de Mayo de 1950. Premiered in January 1960 by the U.S. Air Force Band (Conductor: Harry Meuser), Washington D.C. Other performances: April 30, 1964, Eastman Wind Ensemble (Conductor: A. Clyde Roller); February 18, 1966, Brevard College Orchestra; November 23, 1975, Duquesne University Symphony Band; February 23, 1984, Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble.
Full score manuscript Containers box 2 , folder 3 Full score transparencies Containers box 2 , folder 4 Copies from transparencies Containers box 2 , folder 5 Parts Containers box 2 , folder 6 Other related material Containers box 2 , folder 7 Item 1. Correspondence , 1952, 1960-1964
Item 2. Performance by Carnegie-Mellon Wind Ensemble , 1984
Subseries 3. Danza de los Secretarios [Dance of the Secretaries] , 1961 Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Bb Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 2 Trombones, 2 Violin, Viola, Cello, Double bass, and Timpani.
This piece was the first of a series of sketches based on some fables by Franz Kafka. Notes on first sketch: "5 August, 1960". Notes on second sketch: "24 de Septiembre 1960." Duration indicated on second draft´s last page: 5 min, 30 sec. Premiered on April 27, 1965 by the Eastman Philharmonia (Conductor: A. Clyde Roller) in Rochester, New York. Other performances: April 8, 1976, Duquesne University Symphony (Conductor: Bernard Goldberg). This work was selected to be presented at the 35th Festival of American Music at the University of Rochester.
Sketches , August 4, September 24, 1960 Containers box 3 , folder 1 Full score manuscripts Containers box 3 , folder 2 Full score transparencies Containers box 3 , folder 3 Ozalid-printed full score Containers box 3 , folder 4 Parts transparencies Containers box 3 , folder 5 Ozalid-printed parts Containers box 3 , folder 6 Other related documents Containers box 3 , folder 7 Item 1. Program of the "Thirty-Fifth Annual Festival of American Music" at the Institute of American Music and the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester , April 27-30, 1965
Item 2. Correspondence with people and institutions , 1963-1995
Subseries 4. Effusions: A Symphony of Transitions , 1967 Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, Trumpets in C, Trombone, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double bass, Timpani.
I. La Joie de Vivre, II. Convictions; III. Fiestas. Two wind instruments indicated in the full score manuscript. However, in the printed score only one wind instrument appears. Date on the first page of the draft of "La joie de vivre": Dec. 2, 1967.
Sketch of full score manuscript Containers box 3 , folder 8 Full score manuscript Containers box 3 , folder 9 Full score manuscript Containers box 3 , folder 10 Printed full score Containers box 4 , folder 1 Printed Parts Containers box 4 , folder 2 Subseries 5. Cavalcade of Cubes , 1969 Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Piccolo, Flute, Oboe, English Horn, B-flat Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Contra Bassoon, Horn in F, Trumpet in B-flat, Trombone, Tuba, Timpani, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Double bass.
Date on first page of sketch: "XI-9-67". Premiered on April 27, 1976 by Duquesne University Symphony Orchestra (Conductor: Bernard Goldberg) in Pittsburgh.
Sketch Containers box 5 , folder 1 Full score manuscript Containers box 5 , folder 2 Full score transparencies Containers box 5 , folder 3 Ozalid-printed full score Containers box 5 , folder 4 Parts transparencies Containers box 5 , folder 5 Ozalid-printed parts Containers box 5 , folder 6 Other related documents Containers box 5 , folder 7 Item 1. Letter from Jennifer Bilfield, Executive Director of the National Orchestra Association , July 20, 1989
Item 2. Correspondence with people in institutions , 1970-1974
Subseries 6. Symphony No. 2 [Instrumental Dialogues] , 1979 Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn in F, Trumpet in C, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double bass, and Timpani.
Name differs in print score and parts: "Instrumental Dialogues: A Symphony in Four Movements". Date on the first page of the manuscript: "July 22, 1977". Work composed between January 1, 1977 and April 29, 1979 [with a pause of ten months]. Premiered on June 5, 1981 by the Duquesne University Symphony Orchestra (Conductor: Bernard Goldberg). Other performances: February 14, 1983, University of Pittsburgh Orchestra (Conductor: Grover Wilkins).
Full score manuscript Containers box 6 , folder 1 Copyist manuscript Containers box 6 , folder 2 Printed full scores Containers box 6 , folder 3 Parts manuscripts Containers box 6 , folder 4 Ozalid-printed parts Containers box 7 , folder 1 Other related documents Containers box 7 , folder 2 Item 1. Paper with dates of composition process
Item 2. Correspondence
Subseries 7. Crystallizations: A Symphony in the Nascent State [Symphony No. 3] , 1989 Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn if F, Trumpet in C, Timpani, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Double bass.
Named as Symphony No. 3 on full score manuscript. Contents: I. Lento; II. Andante; III. Moderato. Annotations in full score manuscript: "Mar 4, 82" [on p. 1], "Feb. 21, 87" [on p. 41] and "Estoril, August 15, 1987" [on p. 119]. This work was composed over eight years. According to the notes of the composer, the first draft was written between "July 25, 1980 and April 29, 1981;" the second draft was written between "December 10, 1981 and March 2, 1982;" the final draft was written between "March 4, 1982 and August 15, 1987" [the work was interrupted between April 30, 1982 and September 7, 1986].
Full score manuscript Containers box 8 , folder 1 Final full score Containers box 8 , folder 2 Master copy of printed full score Containers box 8 , folder 3 Printed full score Containers box 8 , folder 4 Printed full score Containers box 8 , folder 5 Parts (chopped from full score) Containers box 9 , folder 1 Master copy of parts Containers box 9 , folder 2 Spiral-bound parts Containers box 10 , folder 1 Other related documents Containers box 10 , folder 2 Item 1. Purpose
Item 2. Papers with dates of composition process
Item 3. Receipts of copies and binding of score and parts
Subseries 8. Concerto for Orchestra , 2010-2011 Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B-flat, Bassoon, Horn in F, Trumpet in C, Trombone, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double bass.
Three movements. Different dates: "2010" [on manila folder that contains full score manuscript], "revised 10/23/2011" on p. 1 of printed [transposed] full score; "revised 10/16/2011" on printed parts.
Full score manuscript Containers box 11 , folder 1 Printed [transposed] full score Containers box 11 , folder 2 Printed parts Containers box 11 , folder 3 Series II. Undated Compositions Subseries 1. A Diptych of Lord Dunsany's Tales Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: solo Violin, Flute, Oboe, English horn, Clarinet in B-flat, Bass clarinet in B-flat, Bassoon, Horn in F, Trumpet in C, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Double bass.
Two sections divided in several movements: Section I. Carcasole: I. When the world was fairier[sic]; II. The harp; III. Turning aside the dooms of fate; IV. The deeps of the forest; V. The music of bells. Section II. In the land before time: VI. The mists before the beginning; VII. Without light; VIII. The pace of things: many times or nor time. Notes on first page of printed [Transposed] score "11/28/11."
Full score manuscript Containers box 11 , folder 4 Printed [transposed] full score Containers box 11 , folder 5 printed parts Containers box 11 , folder 6 Subseries 2. Angels Dancing on a Pin Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Bb Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, Timpani, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Double bass.
Note in the p. 40 of printed full score: "duration 6'46''"
Full score manuscript Containers box 12 , folder 1 Full score manuscript Containers box 12 , folder 2 Printed full score Containers box 12 , folder 3 Printed full score, director score Containers box 12 , folder 4 Printed parts Containers box 12 , folder 5 Subseries 3. A Thousand and One Nights: Impressions for Clarinet and Orchestra Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn in F, Trumpet in C, Trombone, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Double bass.
I. The thrall [sic] of love; II. The hermits; III. The flea and the mouse; IV. The ebony horse; V. The angel of death; VI. City of brass; VII. The lovers of Medina; VIII. The spider and the wind; IX. The quintessence of things; X. Maruf, the cobbler.
[Although the title of this work suggests that there is a clarinet soloist, there is no part for solo clarinet.]
Manuscript score Containers box 13 , folder 1 Printed full scores Containers box 13 , folder 2 Printed parts Containers box 13 , folder 3 Subseries 4. A Throw of the Dice Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet in C, Trombone, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double bass, Timpani.
Full score manuscript Containers box 14 , folder 1 Full score manuscript copies Containers box 14 , folder 2 Printed full score Containers box 14 , folder 3 Printed parts Containers box 14 , folder 4 Subseries 5. Basile's Pentameron: Concerto Grosso A Cinque Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn in F, Trumpet in C, Trombone, 2 solo Violins, solo Viola, solo Cello, Cello, Double bass, and Timpani.
I. Cat Cinderella; II. The old woman discovered; III. The large louse, the mouse and the cricket; IV. Pride punished; V. End of tales of tales.
Full score manuscript Containers box 14 , folder 5 Copy of the full score Containers box 14 , folder 6 Printed full score Containers box 14 , folder 7 Printed full score (corrected) Containers box 14 , folder 8 Printed parts Containers box 14 , folder 9 Subseries 6. El Gran Teatro del Mundo [The Great Theater of the World] Full score manuscript Containers box 15 , folder 1 Scope and Contents Instruments: Chamber Orchestra: Flute, English horn in F, Bass clarinet in B-flat, Tenor Saxophone in B-flat, Violin, Viola, and Double bass.
Contents: I. Waltz interrupted; II. Solemn march; III. Requiem; IV. La joie de vivre; V. Rain; VI. Dialogue of time and space; VII. Venus playing; VIII. Transfigured moment; IX. Pierrot solaire.
Printed [transposed] full score Containers box 15 , folder 2 Subseries 7. Figures Taking Form Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn in F, Trumpet in C, Timpani, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Double bass.
Ozalid-copy full score manuscript Containers box 15 , folder 3 Full score manuscript copies Containers box 15 , folder 4 Printed full score Containers box 15 , folder 5 Printed parts Containers box 15 , folder 6 Subseries 8. Images for Clarinet and Orchestra Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra and solo Clarinet: solo Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Trumpet in C, Trombone, 2 Violins, Violin, Cello, and Double bass.
Notes: Contents: I. Dulcinea's garden; II. Scherezade's dance; III. Children's dreams; IV. The great cemeteries under the moon; V. Night in the Alhambra. Note on p. 70 full score: "Duration 23'34"
Full score manuscript Containers box 16 , folder 1 Full score manuscript Containers box 16 , folder 2 Printed full score Containers box 16 , folder 3 Printed full score Containers box 16 , folder 4 Printed parts Containers box 17 , folder 1 Subseries 9. Gleanings From the World of Lafcadio Hearn Full score manuscript Containers box 17 , folder 2 Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B-flat, Bassoon, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double bass.
Contents: I. A wish fulfilled; II. Story of a fly; III. Of a promise broken; IV. Of a mirror and bell; V. Ultimate questions; VI. Beauty is memory; VII. The reconciliation.
Printed [transposed] full score Containers box 17 , folder 3 Subseries 10. Glimpses Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet in C, Tenor Trombone, Timpani, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double bass.
Contents: I. Dialogues on Peace; II. At the Art Gallery; III. Glimpses of Childhood; IV. Walking by the River.
Full score manuscript Containers box 17 , folder 4 Full score manuscript Containers box 17 , folder 5 Printed full score (first page missing) Containers box 18 , folder 1 Printed parts Containers box 18 , folder 2 Subseries 11. Glimpses at Borges Universe: Three Impressions for Violin and Orchestra Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra and solo Violin: solo Violin, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B-flat, Bassoon, Horn in F, Trumpet in C, Trombone, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Double bass.
Notes: Contents: I. The Garden of king Paths; II. The Aleph; III. Labyrinths. On p. 1 of printed [Transposed] score "8/12/11."
Full score manuscript Containers box 18 , folder 3 Printed full [revised] score Containers box 18 , folder 4 Printed parts Containers box 18 , folder 5 Subseries 12. Palm of the Hand Tales Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn in F, Trumpet in C, Trombone, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double bass.
Contents: I. A sunny place; II. The girl who approached the fire; III. The grasshopper and the bell cricket; IV. A childs viewpoint; V. Goldfish on the roof; VI. The rooster and the dancing girl; VII. The wife of the autumn wind; VIII. Immortality; IX. The white horse; 10. Gleanings from snow country.
Full score manuscript Containers box 18 , folder 6 Copy of full score manuscript Containers box 18 , folder 7 Printed full score with corrections Containers box 18 , folder 8 Printed full score Containers box 19 , folder 1 Printed parts Containers box 19 , folder 2 Subseries 13. Passion and Apotheosis: A Symphony in Two Movements Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet in C, Trombone, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double bass, and Timpani.
Full score manuscript Containers box 19 , folder 3 Full score manuscript Containers box 19 , folder 4 Printed full score (first page missing) Containers box 19 , folder 5 Printed parts Containers box 20 , folder 1 Subseries 14. Resonances: A Symphony for Solo Players and Orchestra Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute (Soloist movement I), Oboe, B-flat Clarinet (Soloist movement III), Bassoon (Soloist movement IV), Horn in F (Soloist movement II), Trumpet in C (Soloist movement V), Trombone, 2 Violins (Violin Soloist in movements II and IV), Viola (Soloist movement III), Cello (Soloist movements I and V), Double bass, and Timpani.
I. Andante; II. Adagio; III. Allegro; IV. Largo; V. Moderato.
Full score manuscript Containers box 20 , folder 2 Full score manuscript Containers box 20 , folder 3 Printed full score Containers box 20 , folder 4 Printed parts Containers box 20 , folder 5 Subseries 15. Scherzo and Trio Scope and Contents Instruments: String trio: Violin, Viola and Cello.
Title on draft: "Canon a tres voces". Title on full score manuscript written in blue ink: "Trío de Violín, Viola y Violonchello: 2" . Notes on p. 1 of full score manuscript "$11.05 1327 16th NW Apt 9 DU 7-9360"
Draft Containers box 20 , folder 6 Full score manuscript Containers box 20 , folder 7 Parts transparencies Containers box 20 , folder 8 Printed parts Containers box 20 , folder 9 Subseries 16. Sinfonia Concertante [Symphony Concertante] Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, English Horn, B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn in F, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double bass, and Timpani.
Contents: I. Moderato; II. Andante; III. Andante.
Manuscript score Containers box 21 , folder 1 Printed [transposed] score Containers box 21 , folder 2 Printed parts Containers box 21 , folder 3 Subseries 17. Tearings Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn in F, Trumpet in C, Timpani, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Double bass.
Contents: I. Prelude; II. Variations; III. Sketches; IV. Danza
Full score manuscript Containers box 21 , folder 4 Full score manuscript Containers box 21 , folder 5 Printed parts Containers box 21 , folder 6 Subseries 18. The Batrachomyomachia, or The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn in F, Trumpet, Trombone, Timpani, 2 Violins, Viola, cello, Double bass.
Full score manuscript Containers box 21 , folder 7 Copy of full score manuscript Containers box 21 , folder 8 Printed full score Containers box 21 , folder 9 Printed full score Containers box 21 , folder 10 Printed parts Containers box 21 , folder 11 Subseries 19. The Birth of Venus Full score manuscript Containers box 22 , folder 1 Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet in B-flat, Bass Clarinet in B-flat, Bassoon, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Double bass.
Full score indicates solos for: Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double bass.
Printed [transposed] full score Containers box 22 , folder 2 Subseries 20. The Odyssey Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, English Horn. B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn in F, Trumpet in C, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Double bass.
Contents: I. Atlántida; II. Sirens; III. Hades; IV. Circe; V. Nausicaa; VI. Cyclops; VII. Exultation
Full score manuscript Containers box 22 , folder 3 Full score manuscript Containers box 22 , folder 4 Printed manuscript Containers box 22 , folder 5 Printed parts Containers box 22 , folder 6 Subseries 21. The Supplicants Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet in C, Trombone, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double bass, and Timpani.
Contents: I. Prologue; II. Anguish and Deliverance. According to the drafts, this work was conceived as "a Cantata for feminine choir and orchestra"
Drafts Containers box 22 , folder 7 Full score manuscript Containers box 22 , folder 8 Full score manuscript copies Containers box 22 , folder 9 Printed parts Containers box 23 , folder 1 Printed full score Containers box 23 , folder 2 Subseries 22. Three Images From Don Quijote Scope and Contents Instruments: For chamber orchestra: Flute, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Trombone, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double bass, and Timpani.
I. The enchanted barque; II. I am coming to be executed; III. Don't die señor Don Quijote.
Manuscript score Containers box 23 , folder 3 Full score manuscript copy Containers box 23 , folder 4 Printed score Containers box 23 , folder 5 Printed parts Containers box 24 , folder 1 Subseries 23. Ubiquities: A Symphony of Contrasts Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Flute, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet in C, Trombone, Timpani, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double bass.
I. Andante; II. Moderato; III. Andante. Note on p. 84 of full score: Duration 22'13" Date in the sketch of the Choral: "9/6/46"
Full score manuscript Containers box 24 , folder 2 Full score manuscript copy Containers box 24 , folder 3 Printed full score Containers box 24 , folder 4 Printed director score Containers box 25 , folder 1 Printed parts Containers box 25 , folder 2 Unidentified sketches , 1955-2002 Containers box 25 , folder 3 Scope and Contents Three different sets of unidentified drafts that were written between 1955 and September 28, 2002. Date on set number 1 "6-4-55". Dates on each page of set 2 [from "August of 2001" to "September of 2002"]. The third set is a draft of a string quintet. Contains indications and comments by the composer.
Jaime Pahissa: Monodia Para Orquesta , 1927 Containers box 25 , folder 4 Scope and Contents Instruments: Orchestra: Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 Oboe, 2 Clarinets in B-flat, 2 Bassoons, Contabasson, 4 Horns in F, 3 trumpets in C, Tuba, Timpani, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Double bass.
Composition of Jaime Pahissa (1880-1969), dedicated to Manuel Roviralba "en testimonio de una vieja amistad" [as a testimony of our old friendship]. Dedicatory to Florencio Asenjo in the foreword "A mi querido Florencio, como buen amigo y excelente discípulo: Jaime Pahissa" [To my dear Florencio, as a good friend and excellent disciple: Jaime Pahissa].
Series III. Articles A Phenomenological Analysis of Stravinsky's "Threni" , 1963 Containers box 26 , folder 1 Scope and Contents Article published in the quarterly Forum, summer-fall of 1963.
Item 1. Correspondence with the magazines
Item 2. Correspondence with Igor Stavinsky (includes two Stravinsky autographs)
Polarity and Atonalism , 1965 Containers box 26 , folder 2 Scope and Contents Article published in Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 1966, pp. 47-52
Item 1. Original typescript
Item 2. Correspondence , 1965-1966
Item 3. Article reviews , 1967
The Aesthetics of Igor Stravinsky , 1968 Containers box 26 , folder 3 Scope and Contents Article published in the Journal of Aesthetic and Art Criticism, Spring 1968.
Item 1. Original typescript draft , November 19, 1966
Item 2. Article review , August 14, 1964
Item 3. Correspondence , 1966-1968
Item 4. Correspondence with Igor Stravinsky (includes two Stravinsky autographs)
The Generation of Form by Geometric Methods , 1970 Containers box 26 , folder 4 Scope and Contents This article was presented at two conferences: "Centro de Ingenieros Provincia de Buenos Aires, Julio de 1954", and "The Ohio State University, 1970."
Item 1. Typescript draft
Item 2. Original typescript
Item 3. copy of typescript
Item 4. Four negatives of the images of the text
Item 5. Abstract
Item 6. Conference typescript
Item 7. Correspondence , 1969-1972
The Crisis in Western Music and the Human Roots of Art , 1971 Containers box 26 , folder 5 Scope and Contents Published by the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism in 1971.
Item 1. Typescript draft
Item 2. Correspondence , 1971-1972
The Principle of the Contemporary of All Styles , 1975 Containers box 26 , folder 6 Scope and Contents Article published in Soundings (Vanderbuilt University), Fall 1975 p. 381-389.
Item 1. Orginial draft
Item 2. Finished version
Item 3. Published version
Maximalism and Minimalism , 1999 Containers box 26 , folder 7 Scope and Contents Article published in Penn Sounds. Volume 10, No. 2, Winter 1999, p. 3-4.
Item 1. Manuscript
Item 2. Printed article
Item 3. Correspondence
Series IV. Music and Academic Production Newspaper clippings and reviews , 1953-1965 Containers box 26 , folder 8 Arts Week, La Plata, Argentina , 1954 Containers box 26 , folder 9 Scope and Contents The National University Eva Peron [Actual National University of La Plata]—where Florencio Asenjo was professor—and the Ministry of Education organized this arts festival in 1954. Florencio Asenjo was a member of the committee that created the program. Florencio Asenjo also participated in the Festival with the lecture "Simetría y polaridad en las matemáticas y en las artes" [Symmetry and polarity inmathematics and arts].
Correspondence with Carl Fischer, Inc. , 1965-1972 Containers box 26 , folder 10 Music scores information Containers box 26 , folder 11 Contract for production with Kirk Trevor , 2008 Containers box 26 , folder 12 Music recordings indexed in Records International , 2004-2008 Containers box 26 , folder 13 Series V. Personal Documents and Correspondence Jaime Pahissa , 1938-1977 Containers box 27 , folder 1 Foreign travels , 1959-2009 Containers box 27 , folder 2 Correspondence with Ernesto and Manuel Halffter , 1963-2012 Containers box 27 , folder 3 Correspondence regarding a cancelled competition for String Orchestra Works , 1989 Containers box 27 , folder 4 Scope and Contents Material related to a cancelled Eastman String Orchestra Competition in 1989, the material indicates that this was a polemical issue that involved a scam.
Correspondence with Harry Hewitt , 1990-2002 Containers box 27 , folder 5 Correspondence with the American Music Center , 1991-2003 Containers box 27 , folder 6 Personal Correspondence Containers box 27 , folder 7 Draft of a radio program , January 27, 1997 Containers box 27 , folder 8 Scope and Contents Transcript of a program in the Latin American Radio Magazine [Revista Radial Latinoamericana] at WRCT, CMU Radio. Giovani E. Reyes, Martha E. Mantilla and Victor Cordova produced this radio program. The family also donated some tapes with the recordings.
Peer review of an article by Donald B. Parker sent to the Journal of Musicological Research , 1986 Containers box 27 , folder 9 Photographs , 1953-2008 Containers box 27 , folder 10 Item 1. Manuel de Falla and Jaime Pahissa, presumedly in Córdoba, Argentina
Item 2. Florencio Asenjo conducting the strings of La Plata Symphonic orchestra, El Teatro Argentino, La Plata, Argentina , October 11, 1953
Item 3. Florencio Asenjo and Kirk Trevor during the recording with the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra , c. 2008
Series VI. Audio Recordings , 1954-1972 Item 1. Symphony for Strings, LRA Radio Nacional , 1954 Containers box 28 Extent 1 reel-to-reel
Item 2. Concerto for Wind Instruments, U.S. Air Force Band, Harry Meuser, conductor , January, 1960 Item 3. Concerto for Wind Instruments, Master tape, Eastman Wind Ensemble, A. Clyde Roller, conductor, , April 30, 1964 Item 4. Danza de los Secretarios, Eastman Philharmonic. A. Clyde Roller, conductor , April 21, 1965 Item 5. Concerto for Wind Instruments, Duquesne University Symphonic Band, John Wilson, conductor , November 23, 1975 Item 6. Danza de los Secretarios, Duquesne University Orchestra , undated Item 7. Symphony No. 2, first movement, rehearsal Item 8. Excerpts from Cavalcade of Cubes; Danza de los Secretarios; Concerto for Wind Instruments; Symphony for Strings Item 9. Cavalcade of Cubes , undated Item 10. Side 1: Cuarteto [Quartet]; Side 2: Bodas de la Montaña [Mountain Weddings], Obertura [Overture] by Jaime Pahissa Item 11. Side 1: Sinfonía Segunda [Symphony No. 2]; Side 2: Suite Intertonal Item 12. La Atlantida [Atlantis] (opera) by Manuel De Falla Item 13. Suite Intertonal by Jaime Pahissa Item 14. Los Gozos de Nuestra Señora [The Joys of Our Lady] by Ernesto Halffter Item 15. Side 1: Elegía [Elegy]; Side 2: Two Psalms by Ernesto Halffter Item 16. Radio Interviews, Argentina , 1972 Item 17. Radio Interviews, Argentina , 1972 Item 18. Symphony for Strings, Buenos Aires State Radio Orchestra , 1954 Containers box 29 Extent 3 discs
