James Tenney fonds

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
1998-038/031(02) Audio recordings : "Ergodos II" with responses (strings, winds and bass), Tone Roads Ensemble File 24 Apr. 1964
1998-038/031(05) Audio recordings : "Wake for Charles Ives", "Crystal Canon for Edgar Varese" from a concert by the San Fransisco Conservatory's New Music Ensemble File 13 Nov. 1975
1998-038/032(01) Audio recordings : "Harmonium #5", Galliard Trio, CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), 2 channel File 6 Nov. 1978
1998-038/032(02) Audio recordings : "Deus ex machina" (part one), Ann Holloway (tam-tam), The Music Gallery Item 16 Oct. 1982
1998-038/032(03) Audio recordings : "Water on the Mountain....Fire in Heaven" for six electric guitars, J. McKay conducting File Oct. 1985
ASC17136 Audio recordings : "Water on the Mountain....Fire in Heaven" for six electric guitars, J. McKay conducting Item Oct. 1985
1998-038/032(09) Audio recordings : One unidentified tape which reads "Dad- seems to be recorded over "Octandre" rehearsal, good run of "Octandre" here" File
1998-038/033(05) Audio recordings : "Quintext I-IV" (forward direction), "Quintext" and "Clang" (reversed direction) File
1998-038/033(07) Audio recordings : Charles Ives #1-13 songs Norma Marder, soprano; James Tenney, pianist, #2-"Hawthorne", James Tenney, pianist; Bell labs concert File 8 Mar. 1963
1998-038/034(02) Audio recordings : "Sonata #2" movements 1 and 2 File
1998-038/034(03) Audio recordings : Charles Ives "Sonata #2" movements 3 and 4 File
1998-038/034(06) Audio recordings : Lon Harrison "Canticle #3" California Institute of the Arts Percussion Concert File
1998-038/034(08) Audio recordings : Schoenberg : Piano-piece op, 11, no. 1 Denver 1955 ; Ives : "Emerson" from Bennington 1958 ; Ruggles : "Angels" University Of Illinois 1959 ; Ives "Scherzo : Over the Pavements" University Of Illinois, 1960 File 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960
1998-038/035(02) Audio recordings : Instrumental Ensemble Pieces, 1956-1973, California Institute of the Arts Spring : 1)"Seeds" 2) "In the Phrygian Mode" 3) "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" 4) "For 12 Strings (rising)" 5) "Hey when I Sing" 6) "In the Lydian Mode" (reverse direction) File 1973
1998-038/035(08) Audio recordings : "Chromatic Canon" (one voice only) "Glissade I, IV, V" File
1998-038/036(01) Audio recordings : 1) 1 kHZ tone 2) "Spectral Canon" for Conlon Nancarrow 1974 3) "Music for Player Piano" (1964) Item 1974
1998-038/036(02) Audio recordings : 1)1 KHZ tone C 2) "Spectral Canon" for Conlon Nancarrow, 1974 3) "Music for Player Piano," 1964 Item 1964
1998-038/036(06) Audio recordings : 1) "Improvisations for Medea," 1961 2) "Collage #1 Blue Suede," 1961 3) Stochastic String Quartet, 1963 4) "Collage #2 Viet-Flakes," 1966 Item 1961-1966
1998-038/036(07) Audio recordings : Electronic and computer music, 1961-1969 1) "Ergodos I," 1963 2) "Ergodos II," 1964 File 1961-1964
1998-038/037(02) Audio recordings : 1) "Three pieces for Drum Quartet," 1975 University of Toronto Percussion Ensemble conducted by James Tenney 2) "Spectral Canon" for Conlon Nancarrow (1974) for Harmonic Player Piano 3) "Quintext four and five" (string quartet and bass) (1972) Faculty and student players, California Institute of the Arts 4) "Collage #1 - Blue Suede" (concrete music)(1961) File 1961-1975
1998-038/039(04) Audio recordings : Electronic and Computer Music 1) "For Ann (rising)" 2) "Fabric for Che" (1969) File 1969
1998-038/039(07) Audio recordings : "Three Indigenous Songs" (Dec. 1979) 1) New music concerts, Feb. 2, 1980 2) Cal Arts (California Institute of the Arts) ensemble L. Mosko, conducting, Mar. 1982 File 1979-1982
1998-038/040(02) Audio recordings : Side A 1) Ben Johnston-"Second String Quartet" 2) Cage-Hiller-"HPSCHD" 3) Hiller-"Computer Music for Percussion and Tape"; Side B: Ben Johnston-"Sonata for Microtonal Piano," "Fourth String Quartet" (this has a "drop-out" in it) (1973) File 1973
1998-038/040(04) Audio recordings : Cage - "Atlas Eclipticallis", Feldman - "Out of Last Pieces", Brown - "Available Forms II"; Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic File 7 Feb. 1964
1998-038/040(07) Audio recordings : John Cage rehearsal San Francisco File 2 Mar. 1962
1998-038/040(09) Audio recordings : John Cage - Lecture in 014 Steacie, tape 2 File 27 Jan. 1982
1998-038/041(02) Audio recordings : Tone Roads Concert, Ives: "Tone Roads #1 and #3", Feldman: "Projection 2", Varese: "Octandre" File 20 Dec. 1963
1998-038/042(04) Audio recordings : "Studies for Player Piano": #4, #5, #6, #9 (transferred to Reel #2 of collection), #11, #14, Canon 4/5, #16 File
1998-038/042(06) Audio recordings : Nancarrow "Studies for the Player Piano" #10, #11, #12, #13, #14 (canon 4/5), #15 (canon 3/4), #16, #17 (canon 12/15/20), #18 (canon 3/4), #19 (canon 12/15/20) File
1998-038/042(08) Audio recordings : Nancarrow "Studies for Player Piano #24 [and] #25: Reel #3 of coll; #33: Reel #4 of Coll File
1998-038/044(03) Audio recordings : "Fabric"; #3 and #4 (half-speed) repeated, 1) work-tape #68 (#3 and #4 (half-speed) repeated) 2) work-tape HI (all of 12 + 34 + 68 at the higher speed) Item 1968
1998-038/044(04) Audio recordings : "Fabric" work tapes 1) #12 (#1 and #2 repeated) 2) LO-1 (first half of 12 + 34 + 68 at normal (slow) speed) Item
1998-038/044(07) Audio recordings : Ives songs, original on Mylar File 14 Apr. 1963
1998-038/044(08) Audio recordings : Pitts St., "Complement I", "Hawthorne" File
1998-038/045(03) Audio recordings : Tone roads West, Percussion Concert-conducted by James Tenney 1) Cowell-"Ostinato Pianissimo" 2) Peter Garland-"The Three Strange Angels" 3) Varese-"Ionisation" File 19 June 1973
1998-038/045(06) Audio recordings : Second half of Tenney concert File
1998-038/045(08) Audio recordings : "York New Music Ensemble" Concert" ; First Half 1) Ives: "Scherzo-Over the Pavements" 2) Cowell: "Vocalise" 3) Cage: "Inventions" (1933) File 8 Dec. 1976
1998-038/046(05) Audio recordings : #4B Friday night in Albuquerque with Steve and Carol File
1998-038/046(10) Audio recordings : Tues July 17, Dad talking about sex File
1998-038/046(14) Audio recordings : Phoenix Party July 17 File
1998-038/047(04) Audio recordings : 9-D, Phoenix, July 19, fourth tape File
1998-038/047(08) Audio recordings : #3 File
1998-038/047(10) Audio recordings : #5 File
2000-045/001(30) Programmes File 1990-1994
2000-045/001(31) Programmes, clippings File 1992-1999
1998-038/004(02) About composers : Conlon Nancarrow, article originals File 1977
1998-038/004(08) About composers : Conlon Nancarrow, general notes, charts, etc. File
1998-038/004(12) About composers : Analytical notes on Debussy, "Syrinx" File
1998-038/004(16) About composers : Harry Partch File 1974-1983
1998-038/004(21) About composers : Egard Varese-"Density 21.5" File 1946
1998-038/004(22) About composers : Webern-"Concerto" Op.24 File 1948
1998-038/005(03) Theory : Harmon File 1956-1963
1998-038/005(07) Theory : Sankaran and Deva File 1955-1963
1998-038/005(14) Theory : Violin perception File 1959-1976
1998-038/006(01) Theory : Illustrations for Yale article (Journal of Music Theory) File 1963
1998-038/006(02) Theory : Notes for research reports and article : "Hierarchical Temporal Gestalt Perception" File [1976-1978?]
1998-038/007(03) Research : Perception-communication File 1963-1966
1998-038/007(07) Research : Criticism-history File 1963-1965
1998-038/007(13) York University : MFA Music File [1979-1991?]
1998-038/007(18) York University : Class materials File 1982-1988
1998-038/008(01) Electronic Music : Hugh LeCaine Project, Canadian Electronic Ensemble File
1998-038/008(03) Electronic Music : Copies of journal articles related to electronic music File
1998-038/008(06) Electronic Music : Electronic music instrument schematics File
1998-038/009(09) "A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance'", Part three, revision copy File 1980
1998-038/009(10) James Tenney, Canada 1978, "A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance'", originals of old deleted copies File 1978
1998-038/024(02) Nancarrow, general notes, charts, etc. File
2000-045/003(01) Clippings File 1964-2000
1998-038/001(13) Personal and professional correspondence : Stan Brakhage, correspondence File 1985-1989
1998-038/001(18) Personal and professional correspondence : Nam June Paik File 1968
1998-038/003(01) Alphabetical correspondence and subject files : Correspondence, A File 1985-1990
1998-038/003(07) Alphabetical correspondence and subject files : Ellen Band File 1985
1998-038/003(09) Alphabetical correspondence and subject files : Bennington College File 1982-1989
1998-038/003(10) Alphabetical correspondence and subject files : Bennington College Chorus File 1984-1985
1998-038/003(11) Alphabetical correspondence and subject files : William Brooks File 1983-1989
1998-038/003(17) Alphabetical correspondence and subject files : Correspondence, D to L File 1980-1990
1998-038/003(35) Alphabetical correspondence and subject files : Perspectives of New Music File 1983-1988
1998-038/049(02) Loose correspondence File [1965?]
1998-038/049(04) Carolee Schneemann, correspondence File [1955-1976?]
1998-038/050(05) Oversize : I hard plastic disc (supporting disc for 3 thin plastic discs below0, [ca. 0.75m] File
1998-038/050(08) Oversize : 1 large plastic music disc [ca. 0.75m] : "The Popcorn Effect" Note : The plastic discs itemized above in (06), (07) and (08) contain code which was played by a mechanical drum. These input control discs are a mechanism for controlling the mechanical drum. The drum was used to produce the above 3 pieces. Stephan Von Huene built this drum as a sound sculpture. File
1998-038/050(10) Oversize : 3 cardboard sheets with circle scores File
1998-038/050(11) Oversize : 21 large thin paper sheets with circle scores Note : The above two listings, (10) and (11), are prints made by Stephan Von Huene. These are made from the 3 plastic circles described in (06), (07) and (08). The prints are artwork. They were created to go with the mechanical drum in a sound sculpture. File
2000-045/001(02) Personal correspondence [includes correspondence with Morton Feldman, John Cage, Lionel Nowak, Steve Reich and Gayle Young among others] File 1978-1986
2000-045/001(07) Correspondence File 1991-2000
2000-045/001(15) From music course, Phil Corner File
2000-045/001(18) Malcolm Goldstein File 1988-1995
2000-045/001(21) Ezra Sims File
2006-047/001(01) Correspondence : Jo Ann Tenney to Carl Tenney File 1948
2006-047/001(03) Correspondence : Carl Tenney to Jim Tenney File 1960-1968
2006-047/001(04) Carl Tenney : photograph File
2006-047/001(05) Correspondence : Alivia [Tenney] to Jim Tenney and Carolee Schneeman File 1961
2006-047/001(09) "IS" : correction copy of manuscript draft by Carl Tenney File
1978-018/001(03) Music Scores by Tenney : for Bassoon File
1978-018/001(04) Music Scores by Tenney : Faust File
1978-018/001(07) Music Scores by Tenney : Music for the film, "Unglassed windows cast a terrible reflection" File
1978-018/001(08) Music Scores by Tenney : Study for Quintext V File
1978-018/001(09) Music Scores by Tenney : Trio for flute, oboe, clarinet in A File
1978-018/001(12) Music Scores by Tenney : Orchestral Variations File [1954 or 1955]
1978-018/001(15) Music Scores by Tenney : Variations, in A on a theme by my father for Piano File 1955
1978-018/001(16) Music Scores by Tenney : From the "Blue Books" File 1956