Finding Aid to the Wayne Peterson Papers, 1982-1996, bulk 1982-1986

Finding Aid written by Matthew Weber

The Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library

Hargrove Music Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California, 94720-6000

Phone: (510) 642-2623

Email: music_reference@berkeley.edu

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Finding Aid to the Wayne Peterson Papers, 1982-1996, bulk 1982-1986

Collection Number: ARCHIVES PETERSON 1

The Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

Finding Aid Written By:: Matthew Weber
Date Completed:: October 2013

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Wayne Peterson papers

Date (inclusive): 1982-1996,

Date (bulk): bulk 1982-1986

Collection Number: ARCHIVES PETERSON 1

Creators : Peterson, Wayne, 1927-

Extent: Number of containers: 1 Linear feet: .4

Repository: University of California, Berkeley. Music Library

Hargrove Music Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California, 94720-6000

Phone: (510) 642-2623

Email: music_reference@berkeley.edu

URL: https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/music_library_archives

Abstract:

Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English

Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to The Music Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Music Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Music Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Wayne Peterson Papers, ARCHIVES PETERSON 1, Music Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Alternate Forms Available

There are no alternate forms of this collection.

Related Collections

Earplay Collection

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Sextets (Piano, clarinet, flute, percussion, viola, violoncello)--Scores

String quartets--Scores

Overtures--Scores

Administrative Information

Accruals

No additions are expected.

System of Arrangement

Arranged to the container level.

Biographical Information

Wayne Peterson (b. 1927, Albert Lea, MN living in San Francisco, CA since 1960) is a Pulitzer Prize winning composer, as well as a pianist and educator.

Peterson earned B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Minnesota. He did advanced study on a Fulbright Scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music, London, England.

In 1960, he joined the faculty of San Francisco State University, reaching the rank of Professor of Music, from which he is now retired. In 1998 San Francisco State University, established the Wayne Peterson Prize in Music Composition. Peterson was awarded the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Music for The Face of the Night, The Heart of the Dark, an orchestral work commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony and conducted by David Zinman.[1]

Peterson's other honors include a Composer's Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1986) and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1989-90). In 1990 he was a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome.

[biography from Wikipedia.org]

Series 1 Compositions 1992-1996

Physical Description: Comprises published scores, manuscripts, and computer-generated printed copies of Peterson's work.

Arrangement

Alphabetically by title.

Scope and Content Note

Compositions by Wayne Peterson.

Carton 1, Folder 1

Ariadne's thread for harp and mixed ensemble undated

Physical Description: Photocopy of manuscript.

Carton 1, Folder 2

Diptych 1996

Physical Description: Peters edition, spiral bound, 66 p.

Scope and Content Note

For flute (alto flute, piccolo), clarinet (bass clarinet), viola (or violin), violoncello, percussion and piano. In two movements : I. Aubade, II. Odyssey.

Carton 1, Folder 3

Pop sweet : for string quartet undated

Physical Description: Printout of computer-generated score.

Scope and Content Note

In three movements : I. Samba these days, II. Lament, III. Can this grass be blue?

Carton 1, Folder 4

Sextet 1995

Physical Description: Henmar edition, spiral bound, 47 p.

Scope and Content Note

For flute (alto flute), clarinet (bass clarinet), percussion, harp, violin and violoncello.

Carton 1 , Folder 5

Theseus : an overture for small orchestra 1995

Physical Description: Printout of computer-generated score, 64 p.

Carton 1, Folder 6

Transformations : [for] chamber orchestra 1992

Physical Description: Henmar edition, spiral bound, 91 p.

Carton 1, Folder 7

Vicissitudes : for chamber ensemble [1995]

Physical Description: Printout of computer-generated score.

Scope and Content Note

For flute (piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (bass clarinet), percussion, piano, violin, and violoncello.