Contributing Institution: Hargrove Music Library

Title: Jorge Liderman papers

Identifier/Call Number: ARCHIVES LIDERMAN 1

Physical Description: 26 Containers 6 cartons, 2 document boxes, 4 large document boxes, 13 flat boxes, 1 large flat box

Date (inclusive): 1975-2008

Language of Material: Non-musical materials in English, Hebrew, and Spanish.

Arranged in five series, the first and most extensive features the musical compositions of Jorge Liderman, both complete and unfinished works, some with sketch materials; a second series is devoted to his student work, presented in two subseries of undergraduate and graduate periods. Series three is a chronologically arranged collection of concert programs and reviews of his compositions/performances. Professional papers appear in series four, arranged in four subseries comprising correspondence, grant applications, UC Berkeley teaching materials, and documentation of degrees and awards. Various media recordings containing audio, video, and data files as well as pictorial material complete the collection.

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 16 Nov 1957 and educated at the Rubin Academy of Music (1979-1983) in Jerusalem with Mark Kopitman and at the University of Chicago (1983-1988) with Ralph Shapey and Shulamit Ran, Jorge Liderman was a composer whose music embodied his life experience and resisted tidy stylistic classification. A classically trained guitarist, Liderman integrated diverse musical characteristics, often indebted to the music of locations where he lived or visited, blending these disparate components into a cohesive idiomatic musical language. He experimented with repetition and gradual processes in many of his works and repeated rhythmic motives and pitch materials on different structural levels, allowing musical ideas to be repeated immediately while also using repetition to contribute to the overarching formal structure. Liderman joined the Music Department at the University of California, Berkeley in 1989 and taught composition and music theory until his death on 3 Feb 2008 in El Cerrito, CA.

Source: Campbell, Jennifer L. 2012 "Liderman, Jorge." Grove Music Online. 18 Dec. 2018. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-1002219301.

The collection came to UC Berkeley from the estate of Jorge Liderman in two shipments through the help of John Kendall Bailey, who identified, sorted, and classified much of the material and provided a preliminary inventory.

The collection documents the musical formation and career of Jorge Liderman, reflected primarily in compositions in the form of autograph sketches, manuscript drafts and fair copies, as well as computer-generated printouts of finished scores, some accompanied by performing parts with annotations and revisions from performances or recordings. It also contains textual material in the form of concert programs and reviews of his compositions as well as professional papers, such as correspondence, grant applications, and teaching materials from his period at UC Berkeley. The collection includes audio and video recordings as well as computer data discs.

Published choral octavos of anthems for four mixed voices with English text, essentially unmarked (though several are inscribed to Cantor Reuben Rinder and several bear the stamp of Congregation Emanu El, San Francisco).

Published choral octavos of anthems for cantor and mixed voices, mostly in Hebrew, some with English translation.

Adler, Hugo Ch. We Were Slaves Altman, Ludwig Early Will I Seek Thee Avery, Lawrence Blessed is the Match Barkan, Emanuel Return, O Sons Binder, A. W. Festival Song Bugatch, Samuel Vay'chulu Chajes, Julius Song of Galilee Chajes, Julius Adon Olom Coopersmith, Harry Draw Ye Waters Joyfully Coopersmith, Harry On To Zion Coopersmith, Harry A Psalm of Thanksgiving Feuer, Joseph Prayer For Peace Feuer, Joseph Purim Hymn Frank, René The Spite of Michal Freed, Isadore The Builders' Dance Freed, Isadore Zion, My Beloved Fromm, Herbert The 23rd Psalm Goldman, Maurice Song of the Palmach Grimm, C. Hugo Torah Service for the Sabbath Evening Guttmann, Oskar Song of David Haas, George de Linked Together Helfman, Max Areshes Helfman, Max Ballad of the Five Helfman, Max Haben Yakir Li Helfman, Max Kol Nidrei Helfman, Max L'cho Dodi Helfman, Max Evening Mood Helfman, Max Mi Yemalel Helfman, Max Song of Faith Helfman, Max Israeli Harvest Song Helfman, Max Wondrous Night Helfman, Max, arr. Jerusalem-The One and Only Helfman, Max, arr. This Is Our Land Helfman, Max, arr. Israel Lives On Helfman, Max, arr. Torah Dance Helfman, Max, arr. Wanderer's Prayer Idelsohn, A.Z. Yesterday's Bubble Isaacson, Michael Avinu Malkeinu Isaacson, Michael Kaddish for S'lichot Jacobi, Frederick May the Words Janowski, Max Sim Shalom Janowski, Max Maoz Tsur / Mi Y'maleyl Janowski, Max Yom T'ruah Yih'yeh Lachem - Shofar Service Janowski, Max Un'Tanneh Tokef - Uv'shofar Gadol Janowski, Max High Holy Day Kedushah Janowski, Max Four Hebrew Songs Janowski, Max Ahavat Olam Janowski, Max Or Zarua Janowski, Max R'tsey Vim'nuchoseynu Janowski, Max Sefer Hachayim Janowski, Max Yom Hazikkaron Jassinowsky, Pinchos Yom Shabboson Jassinowsky, Pinchos Ve Al Kulom Jospe, Erwin Call of the Soul Kaiser, Alois Simchath Torah - Cantata Kohs, Ellis B. 3 Chorale-Variations on Hebrew Themes (organ) Kosakoff, Reuven Hatikvah Lewandowski, Louis Shiviti Adonai Lovejoy, Addison R. Grant Us Peace Lovejoy, Addison R. Cause Us To Lie Down in Peace Luskin, S. Palestinian Workers' Song Miron, Issachar Kaddish Richards, Steven Miz'more Shiru Ladonai Roberts, Charles J. Kol Nidre Saphir-Helfman Summer Day Schalit, Heinrich Sing Unto the Lord Schalit, Heinrich The 23rd Psalm Schwarz, Herman Hallelujah Siegel, Benjamin T'filat Shel Y'ladim - Friday Evening Service Silver, Mark Kodosh Attoh Silver, Mark Ya-Ale Silver, Mark Shiru Ladonoy Soltes, Avraham Meditation Spicker, Max Why art thou cast down, O my soul? Stutschewsky, Joachim The Hen Weinberg, Jacob The 92nd Psalm Weinberg, Jacob Hallelujah Weinberg, Jacob Soldiers of the Peace Weinberg, Jacob Hadassah Weiner, Lazar Gele Late Weiner, Lazar Yevorechecho Weiner, Lazar May the Words Werner, Eric Music for Megillah Ritual Wohlberg, Max Shirei Zimroh - Sabbath Morning Service Youngman, Althya Ramdhun

Musical scores, unmarked, removed from collection:

Bach, J.S. Orgelwerke VI, Edition Peters Birtwistle, Harrison, Secret Theatre, 1988 Hajdu, Georg, Der Sprung, 1994 [with dedication] Kohs, Ellis B., Three Chorale-Variations on Hebrew Hymns, for Organ Gainza, Violeta de & Graetzer, Guillermo, Canten señores cantores de America: 100 canciones tradicionales de los paises Americanos, Buenos Aires, 1967 Leone, Gustavo, Contour 3, 1987 Leone, Gustavo, Ilustraciones, 1985 Loevendie, Theo, Six Turkish Folkpoems for female voice and 7 instruments, Donemus, 1977 Malsky, Matthew, Ballad of the Strange Strand, undated Moss, Piotr, Form II, 1986 Notareschi, L.K., Column Emerging, 2003 Ortiz, Pablo, Jitomates risueños, 1997 Terzian, Alicia, Atmosferas, 1972 Terzian, Alicia, Carmen criaturalis, 1971 Terzian, Alicia, Juegos para Diana, 1970 Terzian, Alicia, Cuaderno de imagines, 1975

Photocopies of musical scores, unmarked, removed from collection:

Adams, John, Harmonielehre, Part III. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie Andriessen, Louis, Hoketus Andriessen, Louis, De Staat Bartok, Bela, Allegro barbaro Berg, Alban, Sonate Op. 1 Berio, Luciano, Cries of London Berio, Luciano, Requies Berio, Luciano, Sequenza VII Birtwistle, Harrison, Secret Theatre Boulez, Pierre, Memoriale Carter, Elliott, Eight Etudes and a Fantasy Carter, Elliott, Sonata for Violoncello and Piano Carter, Elliott, String Quartet No. 3 Dallapiccola, Luigi, Quaderno musicale di Annalibera Donatoni, Franco, Fili Donatoni, Franco, Françoise Variationen Donatoni, Franco, Quartetto II per archi Dowland, John, Lachrimae Feldman, Morton, For Samuel Becket Feldman, Morton, Piano Feldman, Morton, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello Feldman, Morton, Rothko Chapel Feldman, Morton, String Quartet No. 2 Ferneyhough, Brian, Fourth String Quartet Gaburo, Kenneth, Mouth-Piece Glass, Philip, Strung Out Globokar, Vinko, Toucher Gorecki, Henryk Mikolaj, Already It Is Dusk Josquin Des Prez, Qui habitat Kurtág, György, Kafka-Fragmente, Op. 24 Levy, Isaac, Chants judéo-espagnols (London, World Sephardi Federation) Ligeti, György, Aventures Ligeti, György, Étude No. 1, "Désordre" Ligeti, György, Étude No. 6, "Automne à Varsovie" Ligeti, György, Kammerkonzert Ligeti, György, Komposition für zwei Klaviere Ligeti, György, Nouvelles aventures Ligeti, György, Selbstportrait mit Reich und Riley (und Chopin is auch dabei) Ligeti, György, Streichquartett No. 1 Ligeti, György, Streichquartett No. 2 Lutoslawski, Witold, Chain 2 Lutoslawski, Witold, String Quartet (1964) Manoury, Philippe, Le livre des claviers Nancarrow, Conlon, Study No. 37 for Player Piano Ravel, Maurice, Trois poèmes de S. Mallarmé Reich, Steve, Octet Reich, Steve, Six Marimbas Reich, Steve, Tehillim Thow, John, To Invoke the Clouds Torke, Michael, The Yello Pages Verdié, Adriana, Quattro Varèse, Edgar, Octandre Wolf, Hugo, Italienisches Liederbuch Xenakis, Iannis, Evryali Xenakis, Iannis, Rebonds