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Homer Simmons papers, 1900-1982

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Table of contents

Container List

Series 1. Musical compositions. Series 1. 1928-1970.

Scope and Content

Includes works for solo and dual pianos. There are published copies, both originals and reproductions, and reproductions of handwritten manuscripts.

Box 1, Folder 1

Absence (Abwesenheit). 1939.

Box 1, Folder 1

Broken Dreams. 1931.

Box 1, Folder 1

The Calico Cat. 1948.

Box 1, Folder 1

The Cheshire Cat (Cake-walk). 1941.

Box 1, Folder 1

The Chinese Plate. 1944.

Box 1, Folder 1

A Day at the Circus. 1954.

Box 1, Folder 1

Deep River. 1942.

Box 1, Folder 1

The Dormouse (Sarabande). 1941.

Box 1, Folder 1

The Duchess (Passacaglia). 1940.

Box 1, Folder 1

Fugato Giocoso (Homage to Bach). undated.

Box 1, Folder 1

The Gingham Dog. 1948.

Box 1, Folder 1

The Gryphon and the Mock Turtle (Minuet) [two copies]. 1940.

Box 1, Folder 2

Happy Return (Heimkehr). 1940.

Box 1, Folder 2

The Lobster Quadrille (Reel). 1941.

Box 1, Folder 2

The Old Dutch Clock. 1948.

Box 1, Folder 2

Parting (Auf Wiedersehen). 1939.

Box 1, Folder 2

Phantasmania. 1929.

Box 1, Folder 2

Prelude (In Memoriam, Sergei Rachmaninoff). 1944.

Box 1, Folder 2

The Queen of Hearts (Gigue). 1941.

Box 1, Folder 2

Scherzino. 1939.

Box 1, Folder 2

Stairways (Fox-Trot) [annotated]. 1928.

Box 1, Folder 3

Stations of the Cross. 1970.

Box 1, Folder 4

Tango at Midnight. 1940.

Box 1, Folder 4

Two Modern Baroque Dances [two copies]. 1969.

Box 1, Folder 4

Valse Piquant - Valse Lente - A Magyar Waltz (For Two Pianos) [two copies]. 1969.

Box 1, Folder 4

Valse Piquant - Valse Lente - A Magyar Waltz (For Piano Solo). 1970.

Series 2. Personal material. 1927-1986.

Scope and Content

Includes biographical information, concert programs, correspondence, a scrapbook, audio recordings, and poems and essays.

Box 1, Folder 5

Biographical material. 1936-1975.

Scope and Content

Includes: lists of works composed and performed; photograph of Simmons and Scharl; copy of birth record; certificate of death.

Box 1, Folder 6

Enters, Agna. 1948-1959.

Scope and Content Note

Includes: correspondence between the artist Enters and George Scharl; programs for Enters' pantomime performances.

Box 2, Folder 7

Music publishing. 1927-1983.

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence and material regarding copyrights and royalties.

Box 1, Folder 8

Programs. 1927-ca. 1963.

Scope and Content

Includes: Hollywood Bowlsheviks by de Brú [1927 souvenir program with caricatures by the artist who would later be known as Xavier Cugat]; program for a recital by Jules Bledsoe, 1941 [inscribed by Bledsoe].

Box 1, Folder 9

Writings. 1941-ca. 1970.

Scope and Content Note

Includes poetry and essays.

Box 3

Scrapbook. 1938-1970.

Scope and Content Note

Includes clippings, performance programs, and biographical material.

Box 2, Folders 1-2

Sound recordings. 1986.

Scope and Content

Contains eight audio cassettes of works and performances by Simmons and George Scharl.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

These are audio cassette copies made in 1986; use of audio material requires production of listening copies.

Series 3. Material regarding Ignacy Jan Paderewski. 1908-1975.

Scope and Content

Contains material regarding the world-renowned pianist, composer, and politician who was Simmons' teacher; includes an unpublished book manuscript, programs, and a very small amount of correspondence.

Box 2, Folder 3

Book manuscript. undated.

Scope and Content Note

Contains 307-page typed manuscript "Music Study with Paderewski."

Box 2, Folder 4

Clippings. 1924-1955.

Box 2, Folder 5

Correspondence with Paderewski. 1932.

Scope and Content Note

Includes a handwritten note from Paderewski; thank-you card.

Box 2, Folder 6

Correspondence with publishers. 1949-1975.

Box 2, Folder 7

Notes. undated.

Box 2, Folder 8

Periodicals. 1932.

Scope and Content

Contains: Time, February 27, 1939, with Paderewski on the cover [two copies].

Box 3

Periodicals - oversize. 1932-1934.

Scope and Content

Contains: Bravo, June 1932, special issue on Chopin, with an article by Paderewski [in French]; L'illustré, August 16, 1934 [in French].

Box 2, Folder 9

Photographs. 1908.

Scope and Content Note

Contains several copies of the same image in varying sizes and formats.

Box 2, Folder 10

Programs. 1932.

Container List

Series 1. Musical compositions.

Series 2. Personal material.

Series 3. Material regarding Ignacy Jan Paderewski.