Inventory of the Ernest Quinan collection, 1923-1932
Inventory of the Ernest Quinan Collection, 1923-1932
Collection number: ARCHIVES QUINAN 1
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This notice by Professor Vincent Duckles appeared in the CU News(May 23, 1957):
- 1. Gedalge, André, Traité de la fugue (Paris: Enoch & Cie, 1901), 379 pp. This published volume contains profuse annotations by Ernest Quinan.
- 2. Gedalge, André, Treatise on the Fugue. English translation by Tatiana de S. Quinan and Ernest Quinan. Bound typescript copy dated Berkeley, California, May 1, 1925. The volume contains only a translation from the French of the text, not the musical examples. A note signed by Ernest Quinan states: "This translation (is) for the sole use of the undersigned..."
- 3. Koechlin, Charles, A Summary of the Rules of Counterpoint. English version by Ernest Quinan. (Paris: Au Menestral, 1927), 137 pp. Two copies with the inscription in ink: "For the Library, University of California. In token of appreciation. Ernest Quinan. Paris, November 30, 1927. (Ladd Fellowship in Music), 1925-27."
Collection of 11 pieces for piano (23 pp.).
1.
Miniature.
Dedication: To Tatiana.
Date: Paris, June, 1926.
2.
Prelude in B major.
Dedication: To Tatiana
Date: Paris, June, 1926.
3.
Adagio.
Dedication: To Esther Johnsson.
Date: July, 1927.
4.
Prelude in E
b minor.
Dedication: To Frederic Hart.
Date: Paris, September, 1930.
5.
Saraband.
Dedication: To Marian Farquhar.
Date: Paris, July, 1930.
6.
Lied: Free harmonization of a Schumann melody.
Date: Paris, June, 1926.
7.
Pedal prelude: Miniature.
Date: Berkeley, 1924.
8.
Miniature.
Date: Berkeley, 1924.
9.
Dorian I.
Date: Berkeley, 1924.
10.
Dorian II.
Date: Berkeley, 1924.
11.
Miniature.
Date: Berkeley, 1924.
Collection of 8 pieces for piano (duplicates of item no. 1)
1. Miniature (as item 1 above).
2. Prelude in B major (as item 2 above).
3. Adagio (as item 3 above).
4. Miniature (as item 8 above).
5. Dorian I (as item 9 above).
6. Dorian II (as item 10 above).
7. Miniature (as item 11 above).
8. Pedal prelude (as item 7 above).
Adagio, for piano (as no. 3 in item 1).
Ink, 3 pp.
Dated: July, 1927.
Remarks: no dedication.
La Coquille, for piano.
Ink, 1 page.
Inscription: Les Adieux à mon maitre Monsieur le Roi (Allen)
Dated: April 24, 1923.
Down South, for violin and piano.
3 copies (one titled "
Negro Spiritual")
Ink.
Dated: Berkeley, March 29 & 30, 1925.
Lento e cantabile, for piano.
Ink, 9 pp.
Date: March 8, 1925.
Melody 1: Complaint, apparently for violin and piano.
Pencil, 3 pp.
No date or place.
Melody 2: Petit companion, apparently for violin and piano.
Pencil, 2 pp.
No place or date.
Prelude in B major, for piano (as no. 2 in item 1).
Ink, 3 pp.
Date: Paris, June, 1926.
Remarks: no dedication.
Prelude in E
b minor, for piano
(as no. 4 in item 1).
Ink, 5 pp.
Date: Paris, September, 1930.
Remarks: no dedication.
Quelques petites variations diatoniques pour instruments a cordes (violin 1-2, viola, and cello).
Full score, piano reduction, and 4 parts.
Date: Paris, November 2, 1930.
Rondino, for violin and piano.
Score and part.
Ink, 17 pp.
Inscription: Berkeley, XXIV, VI, XXI.
Santyman "Oh Santyman please come to me." for voice and piano.
3 copies.
Inscription: For Lloyd Quinan's 3rd Xmas, Berkeley.
December 25, 1932.
Valse, for piano.
Ink, 8 pp.
Date: Paris, France, March, 1930.
Adagio, for violin and piano (incomplete).
Ink, 35 mm.
No place or date.
Five fugues with analyses. In a notebook, pp.77-100.
1.
Three voice fugue, for piano (F).
Ink, 2 pp.
Date: Berkeley, April, 1924
Inscription: Written 1924 by using Richter's book on fugue.
2.
Three voice fugue, for piano (D
b).
Ink, 4 pp.
Date: June, 1929, (Paris).
Inscription: Written by using
La traite de la Fugue. of Gedalge. Gedalge no. 37.
Remarks: The fugue contains written criticisms of Mlle. Nadia Boulanger.
3.
Four voice fugue, for piano (a minor).
Ink, 6 pp. Subject: Anonymous no. 46.
Date; July, 1929, (Paris).
Remarks: Corrections in the hand of Nadia Boulanger.
4.
Four voice fugue, for piano (g).
Ink, 7 pp. Subject Auber no. 7.
Date: July, 1929, (Paris).
Remarks: Corrections in the hand of Nadia Boulanger.
5.
Four voice fugue, for piano (D).
Ink, 5 pp. subject by Ernest Quinan.
Date: September, 1929, (Paris).
Remarks: Corrections in the hand of Nadia Boulanger.
Fugal stretti and episodes. Hand copied examples mostly from André Gedalge
Traité de la fugue.
Ink, 8 pp.
No date or place.