Inventory of the Jack Edward Holloway Papers, 1939-1984
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Inventory of the Jack Edward Holloway Papers, 1939-1984
Collection number: ARCHIVES HOLLOWAY 1
The Music Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Contact Information
- Hargrove Music Library
- University of California, Berkeley
- Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
- Phone: (510) 642-2623
- Email: music_reference@berkeley.edu
- URL: https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/music_library_archives
- Processed by:
- John A. Emerson
- Completed by:
- May 1, 1986
- Encoded by:
- Xiuzhi Zhou
© 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Jack Edward Holloway Papers,
Date: 1939-1984
Collection number: ARCHIVES HOLLOWAY 1
Creator: Holloway, Jack Edward, 1923-1984
Extent: Number of items: 10 flat storage boxes
Linear
feet: 2.5
Repository: The
Music Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Shelf location: For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Provenance
DONORS: Mr Jack Holloway, Las Vegas, October, 1984, and Mrs. Margery Harris, Tempe,
Arizona, March, 1985
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in
writing to the Head of the Music Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jack Edward Holloway Papers, The Music Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
Abstract
Holloway, Jack Edward, was born in Topeka, Kansas, January 28, 1923; and died in Las
Vegas, Nevada, November 16, 1984. His papers consist of musical compositions,
correspondence, and programs.
Part I: Bio-Bibliographical Documents
item 1.
Folder containing a sketch of Mr. Holloway's professional career, together with a list of his compositions, Xerox copies of
some programs and newspaper reviews, and a statement of work accomplished under a Fulbright grant.
item 2.
Biographical materials pertaining to Mr. Holloway's career in mining.
item 3a.
Folder containing 105 letters dating May 4, 1951 to February 13, 1963.
item 3b.
Folder containing 61 letters dating October 24, 1979 to October 26, 1984
item 4.
Folder containing 43 programs which featured Mr. Holloway's musical compositions, and dating from 1947 to 1960.
item 5.
Folder containing reviews of Mr. Holloway's compositions in performance.
item 6.
Essay
Electronic Music in 1959 (typescript in a plastic folder).
item 7.
Folder containing notes and copies of the essay
Electronic Music in 1959. Also notes for a class given on electronic music.
item 8.
Essay
Polytonality and Atonailty, by Darius Milhaud.
item 9.
Photographs of Jack Holloway: one (1) studio photograph; three (3) 8 x 10" glossy prints of friends at Aspen including Darius
Milhaud; eleven (11) snapshots with friends.
item 10.
Folder containing miscellaneous documents.
Part II: Vocal Compositions
item 11.
Concerto, for soprano and orchestra
(1948)
Physical Description: Draft, 11 leaves, pencil.
Arranged for voice and two pianos.
item 12.
In Memorium, a song for soloists, chorus, and orchestra
(1980)
Dated: July 23, 1980, Yucaipa, California
Physical Description: Two (2) full scores, spiral
bound, Xerox copies; one (1) unbound Xerox copy of the full score with some
manuscript leaves; two (2) manuscript notebooks containing the vocal parts
and an instrumentation chart.
Physical Description: Text derived from poems of
Walt Whitman
Physical Description: Inscription: "This work is
dedicated to the memory of my many happy friends who vanished in several wars."
Physical Description: See also item 42
item 13.
The Mystic Trumpeter, for baritone and chamber orchestra (1957)
Dated: Aspen, Colorado, and Bonn, Germany, 1958
Physical Description: Two (2) full scores, spiral
bound, Xerox copies.
Physical Description: Text: Walt Whitman. See also
item 42
Physical Description: Inscription: Reproduction
costs for this work were obtained from a National Endowment for the Arts Composers
Fellowship
item 14.
Three Chinese Songs, for soprano and piano
Physical Description: Autograph score on onion skin
paper, ink, 9 leaves, and three (3) blueprint copies of the score. In 4 folders.
Physical Description: Inscription: Moro Bay, New
Guinea, 1943; revised: 1956,
Physical Description: Villa Montalvo, California
Physical Description: There are 2 cassette recordings
and 1 tape recording in the collection, see item 43
Physical Description: Contents:
2. Flowers and Moonlight on the Spring River
3. Dreaming of a Dead Lady
item 15.
Three Songs, for soprano and string quartet (1950)
Dated: Richmond, California, 1950
Physical Description: Autograph score on onion skin
paper, ink, 21 numbered leaves, and 1 Xerox copy of the score, accordion folded.
Two folders.
Physical Description: Text: Walt Whitman
Physical Description: Inscription: For Martha Long
and Nathan Rubin
Physical Description: There is 1 cassette recording
and 1 tape recording, see item 43
item 16.
Through a Child's Eyes. Five Songs lyric soprano and chamber orchestra (1983)
Dated: Composed 8/8/83-9/21/83. Orchestrated 11/16/83-12/20/83. Las Vegas, Nevada
Physical Description: Two (2) full scores, one spiral
bound, one lose pp.
Physical Description: Xerox copies, 41 pp. each.
Draft copy with full text.
Physical Description: Text: Poems written by my
thirteen year-old daughter, Diane
Physical Description: Inscription: This work is
written expressly for and dedicated to Virko and Elissa Baley
Physical Description: Contents:
item 17.
Two Chorus Pieces, for soprano, tenor, alto, and bass
(1959)
Physical Description: One autograph full score on
onion skin paper, ink, 35 leaves, and one Xerox copy, accordion folded. Two
folders.
Physical Description: Text: Poems from "This is
my beloved," by Walter Benton
Physical Description: No place or inscription
Physical Description: Contents:
1. Entry -- November 25, "There are no starts tonight."
2. Entry -- October 15, "Sleep, whisper everyone."
Part III: Instrumental Compositions
item 18.
Configuration, for solo violin
(1959)
Dated: Koln, Deutschland, May 2, 1959
Physical Description: Two Xerox copies of the score,
4 pp., accordion folded.
Physical Description: Inscription: Composed for
Ronald Stoffel in 1959
item 19.
Fantasia, for piano, four hands
(1954)
Dated: San Pablo, California, 1954
Physical Description: Two (2) Xerox copies of the
score made from a blueprint copy. 16 pp. In 2 folders.
Physical Description: Inscription: For Peggy and
Milton Salkind
Physical Description: There are 2 cassette copies,
see item 43
item 20.
Middle-Ages Dance Suite, for clarinet and string quartet
(1984)
Dated: July 9, 1984, Las Vegas, Nevada
Physical Description: Autograph score, 12 pp., ink;
two (2) Xerox copies of the score; set of parts in ink; and draft of the score.
5 folders.
Physical Description: Inscription: Written expressly
for my long-time dear friend and wonderful composer-musician-clarinetist,
Jerry Rosen
item 21.
Piano Concerto
(1982)
Dated: Composed 8/21/82-1/1/83. Orchestrated 1/15/83-3/22/83, Las Vegas.
Physical Description: Autograph full score, ink,
74 leaves; one (1) Xerox copy of the score, spiral bound, and drafts. In 3
folders.
Physical Description: Inscription: This work as
supported in part by a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
item 22.
Piano Pieces (1957) (Two pieces for piano)
Dated: July 4 and July 12, 1957, Aspen, Colorado
Physical Description: Autograph score on onion paper,
5 leaves, ink. Also one (1) blueprint copy and one (1) Xerox copy. In 3 folders.
Physical Description: Inscription: For Frank, For
Chris
item 23.
Recitative and Aria, for violin and piano
(1946)
Physical Description: Autograph score, ink, on 8
leaves of onion skin paper. In 1 folder.
Physical Description: Inscription: Jack Holloway,
August, 1946, Mills College
item 24.
Serial Studies, for violin, viola, and cello (1958) (Two pieces)
Dated: Koln, Dec. 25, 1958
Physical Description: Autograph score, ink, with
prefatory explanations and charts, 9 leaves. Also one (1) blueprint copy.
In 2 folders.
Physical Description: Contents:
2. Chart for Serial Study no. 1
3. Chart for Serial Study no. 2
item 25.
Sonata no. 1, for violin and piano (1951). In 3 folders.
Dated: January, 1951, Berkeley
Physical Description: Autograph score on onion skin
paper, ink, 29 leaves. Also an autograph set of parts on onion skin paper,
and a Xerox copy of the score, accordion folded.
Physical Description: Inscription: For Robert Gross
item 26.
Sonata no. 2, for violin and piano
(1957)
Dated: March, 1957, Berkeley
Physical Description: Autograph score and parts
on onion skin paper, ink.
Physical Description: Score, 38 leaves; parts, 13
leaves. Also a xerox copy of the score, accordion folded. In 3 folders.
Physical Description: Inscription: For the Berkeley
Piano Club
Physical Description: Contents:
1. Movement 1, Seven Metamorphosis
2. Movement 2, Allegro Giubilante, Fuocoso, Comodo
item 27.
Sonor for Orchestra
(1958)
Dated: Completed July 25, 1958, Aspen, Colorado
Physical Description: Full score, blueprint; also
two (2) spiral bound Xerox copies.
Physical Description: In 3 folders. 31 pp. each.
See also item 42.
Physical Description: Inscription: For my teacher,
Darius Milhaud, with gratitude
item 28.
String Quartet no. 1 (Three Pieces and Postlude) (1952)
Date: Richmond, California, 1952
Physical Description: Autograph score, ink, 10 leaves.
Also three (3) Xerox copies (accordion folded). In 4 folders.
Physical Description: Inscription: In memory of
my Father, Frank
Physical Description: Contents:
3. Andante graziozo e simplice
item 29.
String Quartet no. 2
(1983)
Dated: Las Vegas, Nevada, 5/6/83-6/26/83
Physical Description: Draft score, pencil, 18 leaves.
Autograph score, ink, 15 leaves.
Physical Description: Parts, ink. Three (3) Xerox
copies of the score (accordion folded). Set of parts, Xerox copies. In 7 folders.
Physical Description: Inscription: For Roger Levenson
& The San Francisco Composers' Forum Concert
item 30.
Symphony no. 1
(1980)
Dated: Composed 7/25/80-12/25/80, Yucaipa, California Orchestrated 1/25/81-5/1/81, Las Vegas, Nevada
Physical Description: Notebook (spiral bound) containing
drafts of the Symphony.
Physical Description: Full autograph score, ink,
110 leaves. Two (2) spiral bound xerox copies of the score. In 4 folders.
See also item 42.
Physical Description: Inscription: For Tracy, Diane,
and Laura
item 31.
Symphony no. 2
(1982)
Dated: Composed 11/25/81-3/14/82, Las Vegas, Nevada Orchestrated 4/15/82-6/25/82, Las Vegas, Nevada
Physical Description: Bound notebook containing
drafts of the Symphony.
Physical Description: Autograph full score, ink,
110 leaves. Two (2) spiral bound Xerox copies of the score.
Physical Description: Inscription: This work was
supported by a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Physical Description: Remarks: At measure 179 a
bass soloist commences the text "Come lovely and soothing Death." Text derived
from Whitman's Death Carol.
item 32.
Three Pieces and Postlude, for string quartet
(1952)
Physical Description: 4 parts [3 ozalid copies].
item 33.
Trio "The Atoll": violin, cello, piano
(1956)
Dated: 1956
Physical Description: Autograph score and short
score (violin and cello parts), ink.
Physical Description: 2 ozalid copies, one with
inscription: For John & Priscilla Logan
item 34 a-b.
Violin Concerto (1981)
a. Notebook (spiral bound) containing pencil sketches
b. Autograph full score, ink.
Dated: Composed 6/10/81 Las Vegas, Nevada, and Yucaipa, California
Orchestration 12/25/81, Las Vegas, Nevada
Revised: 4/25/82, Las Vegas, Nevada
Physical Description: Inscription: For a lady --
Valerie
item 35.
Dialogue, for cello and orchestra
(1984)
Dated: 7/16/84
Physical Description: Notebook (spiral bound) containing
sketches
Part IV: Incomplete Works
item 36.
Elbowcreek 1880 (libretto for incomplete opera)
Dated: 1958
Physical Description: Notebook -- libretto drafts
item 37.
Symphony No. 3 (1983) (incomplete)
Physical Description: Sketches (1 folder).
Physical Description: Incomplete full score, ink.
item 38 a-d.
Miscellaneous
Physical Description: Sketches in four folders
Part V: Student Exercises
item 39.
Three (3) spiral bound notebooks containing harmony and counterpoint exercises.
Dated 1939-46.
item 40.
Harmony and counterpoint exercises.
Physical Description: One folder of loose sheets.
item 41.
Exercise in orchestration.
Physical Description: One folder of loose sheets.
Part VI: Five Compositions -- Autographs on Oversize Onion Skin Paper
item 42.
Five compositions in one archival box containing the original autograph manuscripts which were copied on oversized onion skin
paper.
no. 13.
The Mystic Trumpeter
Part VII: Performance of Compositions on Cassette Tapes
item 43.
The following pieces are available:
no. 13.
The Mystic Trumpeter (3 copies)
no. 15.
Three Whitman Songs (2 copies)
no. 19.
Fantasia, for piano (2 copies)
no. 26.
Sonata no. 2, for violin and piano
no. 28.
String quartet no. 1 (2 copies)
no. 32.
Three Pieces and Postlude
Part Viii: 32 Items in Two (2) Archival Boxes
Access Information
NOT TO BE OPENED UNTIL THE YEAR 2000 AD AT THE REQUEST OF MR. JACK HOLLOWAY
item 44.
Box 1 of 2 containing items 1 through 15
item 45.
Box 2 of 2 containing items 16 through 32