Guide to the Maurice Faulkner Papers

Processed Spring 2003 by James Maiello, update J.Mundy Aug. 16, 2007, update Z.Liebhaber Apr. 22, 2011
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Maurice Faulkner Papers, 1959-1990

Collection number: UArch FacP 35

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara
Processed by:
Processed Spring 2003 by James Maiello, update J.Mundy Aug. 16, 2007, latest update Z.Liebhaber Apr. 22, 2011
Date Completed:
Apr. 22, 2011
Encoded by:
A. Demeter
© 2011 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Maurice Faulkner Papers
Dates: 1959-1990
Collection number: UArch FacP 35
Creator: Faulkner, Maurice
Collection Size: 9 linear feet (19 boxes).
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: Papers of musicologist, critic, and teacher Maurice Faulkner. The collection includes general biographical materials, photographs, article and review typescripts, extensive research notes, professional and personal correspondence, materials related to the Lotte Lehmann Foundation, and UCSB faculty records.
Physical location: SRLF.
Languages: English

Access Restrictions

None. This collection is stored off-site. Advance notice is required for retrieval.

Publication Rights

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

Preferred Citation

Maurice Faulkner Papers. UArch FacP 35. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Donated in 2003, 2011 by Suzanne Somerville Faulkner.

Biography

Born on 2 February 1912 in Fort Scott, Kansas, Maurice Faulkner was awarded a B.S. from Fort Hayes State College in 1932. While teaching music in the public school system, he earned a M.A. from the Teacher's College at Columbia University. Faulkner was appointed to the faculty of San Jose State College in 1937, and received a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1956. In 1940, he joined the faculty at Santa Barbara State College, where he was instrumental in the College's inclusion in the University of California system. His early days at Santa Barbara were interrupted by military service in World War II. In addition to his teaching duties, Faulkner served as chairman of the music department in the early 1950s. He retired from UCSB in 1979.
Faulkner's research was driven by his primary instrument, the trumpet. He published on performance stress, lung capacity of brass players, and other brass-related topics, as well as serving as an editor for The Instrumentalist. He also did extensive research on early brass instruments. Faulkner was a prominent guest conductor, directing ensembles from the Seoul Symphony Orchestra to high school bands. In addition, he conducted the Santa Barbara Orchestra, the University Orchestra (UCSB), and the UCSB Brass Choir, and served as musical director of the Santa Barbara Fiesta Bowl Program. Deeply committed to music education, Faulkner founded the All-California High School Symphony Orchestra, which he directed from 1941-1973. He was a founder of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation and also served on the board of directors of the Music Academy of the West.
Maurice Faulkner was also widely known as a music critic and journalist. He spent summers at the Salzburg Festival and other European musical events, reporting back for publications like the Santa Barbara News-Press, the Saturday Review, and the International Herald-Tribune.
Maurice Faulkner passed away on 7 August 1994.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Maurice Faulkner Papers is divided into 6 series: Series I, Biographical Information; Series II, Correspondence; Series III, Professional Papers; Series IV, Photographs; Series V, Lotte Lehmann Foundation, Series VI, Research Notes. The bulk of material in the collection consists of manuscript research notes, primarily on the topic of historical brass and percussion instruments.

Arrangement

Series I, Biographical Information in Faulkner's papers is limited to two folders on a relative's estate and biographical information.
Series II, Correspondence consists of personal letters and professional correspondence. The personal letters include correspondence with Faulkner's family, holiday cards, and other similar items. Professional correspondence is centered on his position at the University of California, Santa Barbara, his research, and his work as a critic and journalist.
Series III, Professional Papers includes typescripts of articles and reviews, faculty biographies, UCSB faculty documents, and materials from Faulkner's work in Europe as a critic.
Series IV, Photographs are almost exclusively professional. Faulkner's work as a critic provided him with photos of the Salzburg Festival, musicians, and other related subjects. In addition, his association with the Lotte Lehmann Foundation is responsible for several headshots of singers who applied for scholarships. Finally, there are photographs and slides related to Faulkner's research in early brass instruments and world musics.
Series V, Lotte Lehmann Foundation contains the operating and financial documents of the now-dissolved Lotte Lehmann Foundation, which existed to fund young opera singers in the early stages of their careers. The series includes the articles of incorporation, operating documents, bank statements, a ledger, and tax returns, as well as correspondence related to the foundation.
Series VI, Research Notes is comprised of the handwritten notes from Faulkner's research. Most are arranged in chronological order, with minor adjustments for arrangement in boxes and with the exception of undated bundles of notes, which are arranged by subject.
Series VII, Accession PA-2011-012 consists of items from the library of Maurice and Suzanne Faulkner donated in 2011. These include scrapbooks, clippings and letters related to Lotte Lehmann, as well as notes, original research materials and writings of Maurice Faulkner.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Faulkner, Maurice
University of California, Santa Barbara. Dept. of Music
Lotte Lehmann Foundation
Brass instruments.
World music.


 

Series I:  Biographical Information

Box 1: 1

Corinne Somerville Estate materials

Box 1: 2

Biographical Materials

 

Series II:  Correspondence

Box 1: 3

Personal

Box 1: 4

Professional

 

Series III:  Professional Papers

Box 1: 5

MS Journal, 1967

Box 1: 6

Article proofs: "Electrocardiography & Lung Function in Brass Instrument Players," Arch. Environ. Health, 1971

Box 1: 7

Article reprints: "Circulatory Effects of Trumpet Playing," British Medical Journal, 1959

Box 1: 8

"Three Year Analysis" for The Instrumentalist

Box 1: 9

Instrumentalist article proofs

Box 1: 10

Article & review typescripts

Box 1: 11

Press release, Festival Internacional Cervantino

Box 1: 12

Press releases, Salzburg Festival

Box 1: 13

Ticket invoices, Salzburg Festival

Box 1: 14

MS notes, Salzburg Festival

Box 1: 15

Program & tickets, Die Zauberflöte

Box 1: 16

Programs, Vienna Festival

Box 1: 17

Programs, Salzburg Festival

Box 1: 18

Press kit, Brendel/Abbado CD

Box 1: 19

Reception invitations, Salzburg Festival

Box 1: 20

Vienna Puppet Festival materials, 1984

Box 1: 21

"Who's Afraid of Opera" lecture materials

Box 1: 22

UCSB sabbatical applications/records

Box 1: 23

UCSB faculty biographies

Box 1: 24

Who's Who certificate, 1982-83

Box 1: 25

High School Music Festival materials

Box 2: 1

Newspaper articles

Box 2: 3

The Instrumentalist magazine

 

Series IV:  Photographs

Box 2: 2

Photographs & slides

 

Series V:  Lotte Lehmann Foundation

Box 2: 4

Lotte Lehmann Foundation (LLF) Articles of Incorporation

Box 2: 5

General operating documents

Box 2: 6

Membership & donor lists

Box 2: 7

Secretary of State documents

Box 2: 8

Bartlett, Pringle, & Wolf documents

Box 2: 9

Price, Postel, & Parma documents

Box 2: 10

Dean Witter & Co. documents

Box 2: 11

Bank statements

Box 2: 12

Ledger

Box 2: 13

Tax returns

Box 3: 1

Correspondence

Box 3: 2

Applicants' curricula vitae

Box 3: 3

Lotte Lehmann League newsletter

Box 3: 4

Newspaper clippings

Box 3: 5

Miscellaneous documents

 

Series VI:  Notes

Box 4: 1

1977

Box 4: 2

1978, Austrian prehistory & history

Box 4: 3

1978, Musik-Sammlung

Box 4: 4

Dec. 1978-Mar. 1979

Box 4: 5

1980, Bronze Age Lurs, Vienna

Box 4: 6

1981 Jan-Mar.

Box 4: 7

1982 Feb-Sept.

Box 4: 8

1982 Jun-Sept.

Box 4: 9

1983, Aboriginal & Maori music

Box 4: 10

1983, Scandinavian research

Box 5: 1

1983 June, Vienna & Oxford

Box 5: 2

1984, Bronze drums, Singapore

Box 5: 3

1984, Etruscan Trumpets

Box 5: 4

1984, Aboriginal music, Australia

Box 5: 5

1984, Egypt, India, etc.

Box 5: 6

1984, Roman, Greek, Irish, Russian Trumpets

Box 6: 1

1984, Maori Trumpets

Box 6: 2

1984

Box 6: 3

1985, Lur

Box 6: 4

1985, Cambridge University

Box 6: 5

1986, Europe, Greece, Israel

Box 7: 1

1986, Classical authors' references to look up

Box 7: 2

1986, Irish Trumpets, etc.

Box 7: 3

1987, European rock carvings

Box 7: 4

1986, National Library & Musik-Sammlung

Box 7: 5

1986, Notes – Harvard, Oslo

Box 7: 6

1986, Drums, Indonesia, China, etc.

Box 7: 7

1987, Etruscan (Valmoncia, Monte Bego)

Box 7: 8

1987, Peterborough petroglyphs, Canada

Box 7: 9

1987, Bronze Drums

Box 8: 1

1987

Box 8: 2

Danish & Swedish research

Box 8: 3

Wien, Musik-Sammlung

Box 8: 4

Wien, Nationalbibliothek

Box 8: 5

Fell, B. "Bronze-age America"

Box 8: 6

Bibliotheque National, Paris

Box 8: 7

Music in Ancient Israel

Box 9: 1

Misc. 1

Box 9: 2

Misc. 2

Box 9: 3

Misc. 3

Box 9: 4

Misc. 4

Box 10: 1

Misc. 5

Box 10: 2

Misc. 6

Box 10: 3

Misc. 7

Box 10: 4

Misc. 8

Box 11: 1

Misc. 9

Box 11: 2

Misc. 10

Box 11: 3

Misc. 11

Box 11: 4

Misc. 12

Box 11: 5

Misc. 13

Box 11: 6

Misc. 14

 

Series VII: Accession PA-2011-012

 

Lotte Lehmann

Box 12: 1

1969 Clippings about Lotte Lehmann

Box 12: 2

Letters from Lotte Lehmann

Box 12: 3

1951 Photo of Lotte Lehmann, dedicated to Faulkner

Box 12: 4

Morgen! (Richard Strauss, score)

Box 12: 5

Felt portrait of, by Lotte Lehmann

Box 12: 6

6/2/1975 Article about Lotte Lehmann by Faulkner

Box 12: 7

1976 News re: Lotte Lehmann's death

Box 12: 8

Lotte Lehmann League, Vol. 4, No. 1 (1992)

Box 12: 9

Lotte Lehmann League, Vol. 4, No. 2 and 3 (1992)

Box 12: 10

Lotte Lehmann League, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1994)

 

Miscellaneous

Box 12: 11

Letter from Walter Toscanini

Box 12: 12

1962 CC: Letter from Paul Velden to Herbert Barth

Box 12: 13

1978 Letter from National Research Council of Thailand; map of Bangkok

Box 12: 14

Family photo album

Box 12: 15

Press photos from Salzburg, Vienna (1966, 1982, 1986, 1987)

Box 12: 16

Slides from Volberra Museo Guarnacci, Pisa (12)

Box 12: 17

Photos: Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Box 12: 18

Photos: Las Vegas Honor Band (Feb 3, 1962)

Box 12: 19

Photo: youth orchestra performance

 

Professional Research and Writings

Box 13: 1

1980 Notebook: Research trip to Stanford and UC Berkeley

Box 13: 2

1982 Notebook: Round-the-world research trip

Box 13: 3

Miscellaneous handwritten notes on Paleolithic art of Southwest Europe

Box 13: 4

1984, 1987 The Drone Sound - a basis for cultural and emotional activities in primitive societies "The Bronze Lurs"

Box 13: 5

1986 Prehistoric Musical Instruments and Totemism as Suggested by Archaeological and Ethnological Data; "Asian Drums" (Draft 1)

Box 13: 6

1986 Prehistoric Musical Instruments and Totemism as Suggested by Archaeological and Ethnological Data; "Asian Drums" (Draft 2)

Box 13: 7

1986 Prehistoric Musical Instruments and Totemism as Suggested by Archaeological and Ethnological Data; "Asian Drums" (Draft 1)

Box 13: 8

1986 Prehistoric Musical Instruments and Totemism as Suggested by Archaeological and Ethnological Data; "Asian Drums" (Drafts and corrections)

Box 13: 9

1986 Prehistoric Musical Instruments and Totemism as Suggested by Archaeological and Ethnological Data; "Asian Drums" (Completed papers)

 

Article Proofs

Box 14: 1

"The Miraculous Story of the Music Academy of the West"

Box 14: 2

1969-1984 Article proofs

Box 14: 3

1971 Instrumentalist Articles - Europe

Box 14: 4

1976 European Festivals

Box 14: 5

1978-1981 The Instrumentalist Articles

 

Articles by Faulkner

Box 15: 1

1960 Articles

Box 15: 2

1961 Articles

Box 15: 3

1962 Articles

Box 15: 4

1963 Articles

Box 15: 5

1964-1966 Articles

Box 15: 6

1971-1973 Articles

Box 15: 7

1972 Articles

Box 15: 8

1974 Articles

Box 15: 9

1975 LA Times; Salzburg Festivals

Box 15: 10

1976 Santa Barbara news; Europe articles

Box 15: 11

1974-1986 Articles

Box 15: 12

1978-1979 Santa Barbara news; Vienna and Salzburg festivals

 

Scrapbooks

Box 16:

Scrapbook (1960-1961)

Box 17:

Scrapbook (1962-1963)

Box 18:

Scrapbook (1963-1964)

Box 19:

Scrapbook (1966-1967)