Finding Aid of the Robert Linn papers 0310

Finding aid prepared by Rebecca Hirsch, Mandeep Condle and Ranjanabh Bahukhandi
The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu
2010 September


Title: Robert Linn papers
Collection number: 0310
Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 21.0 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1925-1999
Abstract: The Robert Linn papers contains drafts and final copies of music compositions by Robert Linn, along with a few programs for concerts and other events. Linn joined the faculty of the USC School of Music in 1957 and served as the Chairman of the Music Theory and Composition Department from 1973 to 1990. Over the course of his career, Linn published compositions for symphony and wind orchestras and chorus and chamber ensembles.
creator: Linn, Robert

Scope and Content

Collection consists of the drafts and final copies of music compositions by Robert Linn and a small number of miscellaneous programs for concerts and other events.

Biographical Note

Robert Linn was born in San Francisco, California in 1925. He joined the faculty of the USC School of Music in 1957 and served as the Chairman of the Music Theory and Composition Department from 1973 to 1990. Over the course of his career, Linn published compositions for symphony and wind orchestras and chorus and chamber ensembles. He also served as the president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Association for American Composers and Conductors. Linn passed away in Los Angeles, California in 1999.

Conditions Governing Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

The collection contains published materials; researchers are reminded of the copyright restrictions imposed by publishers on reusing their articles and parts of books. It is the responsibility of researchers to acquire permission from publishers when reusing such materials. The copyright to unpublished materials belongs to the heirs of the writers. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder# or item name], Robert Linn papers, Collection no. 0310, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Acquisition

The Robert Linn papers were donated to USC in 2003 by Virginia Linn, Robert Linn's widow.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Linn, Robert -- Archives
Composition (Music)--Archival resources
Music--Performance--Archival resources
Musicians--Archival resources
Programs (documents)
Scores
Sheet music

Box 1, Folder 1

Overture for Orchestra

Box 1, Folder 2

Anthem of Wisdom for Chorus and Orchestra

Box 1, Folder 3

Sinfonia for String Orchestra

Box 1, Folder 4

Concertino for Oboe, Horn, Percussion and String Orchestra

Box 1, Folder 5

Quartet for Violin, Clarinet, Cello and Piano

Box 2, Folder 1

Fantasia for Cello and Strings

Box 2, Folder 2

Concertino for Violin and Wind Octet

Box 2, Folder 3

Concertino for Woodwind Quartet and String Orchestra

Box 2, Folder 4

Flute Concerto

Box 3, Folder 1

Concerto Gross for Trumpet, Horn, Trombone and Band

Box 3, Folder 2

Elevations

Box 3, Folder 3

Variations of a Halsey Stevens' Tune for Clarinet and Cello

Box 3, Folder 4

Blow the Man Down

Box 3, Folder 5

Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Piano

Box 3, Folder 6

Pike's Peak, Duet for Flute

Box 3, Folder 7

Elementary Band Piece

Box 3, Folder 8

Farmer in the Dell

Box 3, Folder 9

Little Brown Jug

Box 3, Folder 10

Grandfather Clock

Box 3, Folder 11

Billy Boy

Box 3, Folder 12

Sonatina for Viola and Piano

Box 3, Folder 13

Three-Part Invention

Box 3, Folder 14

Partita for Wind Ensemble

Box 4, Folder 1

Bedpostludes for Solo Bassoon

Box 4, Folder 2

Theme for the Master Plan

Box 4, Folder 3

Antipasto for Violin and Clarinet

Box 4, Folder 4

Fantasia for Two Violins

Box 4, Folder 5

String Quartet #1

Box 4, Folder 6

Five Pieces for Flute and Clarinet

Box 4, Folder 7

Folie a Deux

Box 4, Folder 8

String Trio

Box 4, Folder 9

Residuum fior Bass Clarinet and Piano

Box 4, Folder 10

Forward, Inward, Afterward for Two Guitars

Box 4, Folder 11

Tri-Fling for Flute, Cello and Guitar

Box 4, Folder 12

Serenade for Flute, Clarinet, Cello and Guitar

Box 4, Folder 13

Three Pieces for Flute, Alto Saxophone and Guitar

Box 4, Folder 14

Splay

Box 5, Folder 1

Love Song Cycle

Box 5, Folder 2

Concerto Grosso for Trumpet, Horn, Trombone and Band

Box 5, Folder 3

Concerto Grosso for Oboe, Harpsichord and Orchestra

Box 5, Folder 4

Olympic Anthem

Box 5, Folder 5

March of the Olympians

Box 5, Folder 6

Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Winds

Box 5, Folder 7

Adagio and Allegro for Eleven Instruments (Newer version)

Box 5, Folder 8

Adagio and Allegro for Eleven Instruments (Older Version)

Box 5, Folder 9

Trombosis

Box 5, Folder 10

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Box 6, Folder 1

Quintet for Brass Instruments

Box 6, Folder 2

Three Epigrams for String Quintet

Box 6, Folder 3

Interventions for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello

Box 6, Folder 4

Suite for Oboe and Strings

Box 6, Folder 5

Cantata Jovialis

Box 6, Folder 6

Divertimento for Saxophone Quartet

Box 6, Folder 7

Love Song Cycle

Box 6, Folder 8

Hexameron

Box 7, Folder 1

Program for Antipasto

Box 7, Folder 2

Program for Ayre & Ground for Cello

Box 7, Folder 3

Program for Cantana Jovialis

Box 7, Folder 4

Program for Centennial Anthem/Anthem for Wisdom

Box 7, Folder 5

Program for Concertino for Violin and Wind Octet

Box 7, Folder 6

Program for Concertino for Oboe, Horn, Percussion and Strings

Box 7, Folder 7

Program for Concertino for Piano and Wind Ensemble

Box 8, Folder 8

Program for Concerto for Flute and Orchestra

Box 7, Folder 9

Program for Concertino for Oboe, Harpsichord, and Strings

Box 7, Folder 10

Program for Concerto for Soprano Sax and Wind Ensemble

Box 7, Folder 11

Program for Concerto Gross for Trumpet, Horn, Trombone and Band

Box 7, Folder 12

Program for Dithyramb

Box 7, Folder 13

Program for Divertimento for Oboe, Two Horns and Strings

Box 7, Folder 14

Program for Duo for Cello and Piano

Box 7, Folder 15

Program for Diversions for Six Bassoons

Box 7, Folder 16

Program for Duo for Clarinet and Cello

Box 7, Folder 17

Program for Elevations

Box 7, Folder 18

Program for Fanfare for the Prince of Wales

Box 7, Folder 19

Program for Fanfare for Three Clarinets

Box 7, Folder 20

Program for Fantasia for Cello and Strings

Box 7, Folder 21

Program for Fantasia for Two Violins

Box 7, Folder 22

Program for Forward, Inward, Afterward

Box 7, Folder 23

Program for Five Preludes

Box 7, Folder 24

Program for Hexameron

Box 7, Folder 25

Program for Home from the Sea

Box 7, Folder 26

Program for Horn Quartet

Box 7, Folder 27

Program for Interventions for Oboe and Strings

Box 7, Folder 28

Program for John Burns of Gettysburg

Box 7, Folder 29

Program for Overture for Orchestra

Box 7, Folder 30

Program for Partita for Band

Box 7, Folder 31

Program for Piano Sonata

Box 7, Folder 32

Program for Piano Sonata #2

Box 7, Folder 33

Program for Piano Variations

Box 7, Folder 34

Program for The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Box 7, Folder 35

Program for Propagula

Box 7, Folder 36

Program for Prelude and Dance (from Saxophone Quartet)

Box 7, Folder 37

Program for Quartet for Saxophones

Box 7, Folder 38

Program for Quintet for Brass Instruments

Box 7, Folder 39

Program for Residuum for Bass Clarinet and Piano

Box 7, Folder 40

Program for Saxiprage Blue for Baritone Saxophone and Piano

Box 7, Folder 41

Program for Serenade for Flute, Cello, Clarinet, and Guitar

Box 7, Folder 42

Program for Seven Canons for Solo Clarinet

Box 7, Folder 43

Program for Splay for Four Guitars

Box 7, Folder 44

Program for Toccatina for Organ

Box 7, Folder 45

Program for Three Pieces for Flute, Alto Saxophone, and Guitar

Box 7, Folder 46

Program for Trombosis Twelve Trombones

Box 7, Folder 47

Program for Trompe L'oeil for Trombone and Piano

Box 7, Folder 48

Program for Twelve

Box 7, Folder 49

Program for Vino for Violin and Piano

Box 7, Folder 50

Program for Three Madrigals

Box 7, Folder 51

Program for Woodwind Quintet

Box 7, Folder 52

Program for Twelve

Box 7, Folder 53

Program for Piano Concerto #2

Box 7, Folder 54

Program for Propagula

Box 7, Folder 55

Biographical Materials (4 folders)

Box 7, Folder 56

Programs - 1988

Box 7, Folder 57

Scrapbook (2 folders)

Box 8, Folder 1

Saxifrage Blue for Baritone Saxophone and Piano

Box 8, Folder 2

Diversions for Six Bassoons

Box 8, Folder 3

Due for Cello and Piano

Box 8, Folder 4

Little Suite for Violin and Cello

Box 8, Folder 5

Prelude and Dance (from Sax Quartet)

Box 8, Folder 6

Fanfares for Three Clarinets

Box 8, Folder 7

Dithyramb

Box 8, Folder 8

Woodwind Quintet

Box 8, Folder 8

Piano Concerto #2

Box 8, Folder 10

Concertino for Piano and Wind Ensemble

Box 8, Folder 11

Variegations for Clarinet and Piano

Box 8, Folder 12

Vino for Violin and Piano

Box 8, Folder 13

Due for Clarinet and Cello

Box 8, Folder 14

Quartet for Horns

Box 8, Folder 15

Sax Quartet (First Version)

Box 8, Folder 16

Three Contemporary Saxophone Quartets

Box 9, Folder 1

Three Madrigals

Box 9, Folder 2

Three German Folk Songs for Chorus and Piano

Box 9, Folder 3

"When I Grow Up" - Five Children's Song

Box 9, Folder 4

Caprice/Suite for Solo Vision

Box 9, Folder 5

Miniatures for Solo Oboe

Box 9, Folder 6

Anthem of Wisdom

Box 9, Folder 7

Toccatina for Organ

Box 9, Folder 8

Piano Sonata #2

Box 9, Folder 9

Piano Sonata #1

Box 9, Folder 10

Cantana Jovialis

Box 9, Folder 11

Songs of William Blake

Box 9, Folder 12

Home from the Sea

Box 9, Folder 13

Roulade for Two Oboes

Box 9, Folder 14

Seven Canons for Solo Clarinet

Box 9, Folder 15

Five Preludes for Piano

Box 9, Folder 16

Lude for Piano

Box 9, Folder 17

Albumen for the Young: A Dozen Easy Piano Pieces

Box 9, Folder 18

Piano Variations

Box 9, Folder 19

8tudes for Piano

Box 9, Folder 20

Duo for Soprano Saxophone and Vibraphone

Box 9, Folder 21

Quintet for Brass Instruments

Box 9, Folder 22

Trompe L'oeil for Trombone and Piano

Box 10, Folder 1

Propagula

Box 10, Folder 2

Concerto Grosso for Oboe, Harpsichord, and String Orchestra

Box 10, Folder 3

String Orchestra

Box 10, Folder 4

Symphony#1 in One Movement

Box 10, Folder 5

Concerto Grosso for Trumpet, Horn, Trombone and Band

Box 11, Folder 1

Programs - 1965 - 1966

Box 11, Folder 2

Programs - Misc.

Box 12, Folder 1

Programs - Misc.

Box 13, Folder 1

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Box 13, Folder 3

Partita for Wind Ensemble

Box 13, Folder 3

Ayre and Ground for Solo Cello

Box 14, Folder 1

Fantasia for Cello and Strings

Box 14, Folder 2

Blow Down the Man

Box 14, Folder 3

Class compositions: "Modern Harmony" and "Motion Picture Music"

Box 14, Folder 4

Concertino for Woodwind Quartet and Strings

Box 15, Folder 1

Concertino for Piano and Wind Ensemble (#1)

Box 15, Folder 2

Concerto Gross for Oboe, Harpischord and Strings

Box 16, Folder 1

Flute Concerto

Box 16, Folder 2

Adagio & Allegro (Older Version)

Box 16, Folder 3

Centennial Anthem/Anthem of Wisdom

Box 16, Folder 4

Elevations

Box 16, Folder 5

Concerto Grosso for Trumpet, Horn, Trombone and Band

Box 16, Folder 6

Dithyramb

Box 17, Folder 1

Hexameron

Box 18, Folder 1

Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

Box 18, Folder 2

The Story Tellers of the Canterbury Tales

Box 18, Folder 3

Anthem of Wisdom

Box 18, Folder 4

John Burns of Gettysburg

Box 18, Folder 5

Fanfares for Three Clarinets

Box 19, Folder 1

Twelve

Box 20, Folder 1

Symphony #1 in One Movement

Box 20, Folder 3

Concerto Grosso for Oboe, Harpsichord and Strings

Box 20, Folder 4

Piano Concerto #2

Box 21, Folder 1

Seven Canons for Solo Clarinet

Box 21, Folder 2

Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Wind Ensemble