Robert Ward papers, 1950-2000 and n.d.

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Robert Ward papers, 1950-2000 and n.d.

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The collection (3200 items, dated 1950-1980) contains scores and score sketches, correspondence, scrapbooks, research and information files, writings and speeches by Ward, as well as photographs and other materials documenting Robert Ward's life and work. (98-196, 98-564) Addition (01-105)(149 items, dated 1980-1998 and n.d.) contains primarily scores, program notes, libretti, sketches and other working papers for several of Ward's compositions, especially ROMAN FEVER, SACRED CANTICLES, APPALACHIAN DITTIES AND DANCES, SACRED SONGS FOR PANTHEIST, and SONGS FOR RAVENSCROFT. Also includes several manuscript copies and seven audiocassette tapes of musical compositions by others, including YOUNG GIL BLAS by Ernesto Ferreri, BELLAROCCA by Melissa Malouf and James Legg, and AMERICA'S GOING TO THE DICKENS! by Christopher Coleman. Addition (03-139)(80 itmes, .9 lin. ft.; dated 1950-2000 and n.d., bulk 1997-2000) contains musical scores for Ward's "Third Symphony," "Concert Music for Orchestra," and "Minutes till Midnight." There are also concert programs, newspaper clippings, reviews of Ward's work, and photographs.

3429 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8296866

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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