Inventory of the Charles Cook Cushing Papers, 1914-1982

Processed by Oliver Schwaner-Albright, revised by Judy Tsou; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou
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Inventory of the Charles Cook Cushing Papers, 1914-1982

Collection number: ARCHIVES CUSHING 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:
Oliver Schwaner-Albright
Revised by:
Judy Tsou
Date Completed:
March 1996
Encoded by:
Xiuzhi Zhou
© 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Charles Cook Cushing Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1914-1982
Collection number: ARCHIVES CUSHING 1
Creator: Cushing, Charles, 1905-
Extent: Number of containers: 9 cartons, 1 oversize document box

Linear feet: 11
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

The Charles Cook Cushing Papers were given to the Music Library by Charlotte Cushing, his widow, in 1988 and 1992. A few music manuscripts (mostly arrangements) were given to the Music Library by other individuals: the arranged Chausson songs were given by James Schwabacher, Jr. (for whom the arrangements were made); and the arrangement of All Hail! Blue and Gold was donated by Jerome Rosen. Some of the newspaper clippings in the biographical materials file were collected by the reference librarians at UCB.

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has been assigned to the Music Library. 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], Charles Cook Cushing Papers, ARCHIVES CUSHING 1, The Music Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Biography

Charles C. Cushing (b. Oakland, Calif., Dec. 8, 1905; d. Berkeley, Calif., April 14, 1982) professor and composer. He studied at the University of California, Berkeley (BA, MA) and won the Paris Prize Fellowship (1929), which took him to the Ecole Normale de Musique for composition lessons with Nadia Boulanger; he also studied violin, viola, clarinet, and piano. He taught at Berkeley (1931-68, professor 1948), where he conducted the University of California Concert Band (1934-52). His music is lyrical and makes use of impressionist harmonies; notable among his works is Carmen Saeculare,which was performed under his direction at the Greek Theater in Berkeley. He translated the texts of Milhaud's Les Malheurs d'Orphée and Satie's Socrate, and he contributed articles to Modern Music. In 1952 he was admitted to the Légion d'honneur. Biographical sketch taken from The New Grove Dictionary of American Music.

Scope and Content

The Charles Cook Cushing papers consist of Cushing's personal, research, and working Papers, spanning his youth (ca. 1914) to his death in 1982, with the bulk of the materials from his career at U.C. Berkeley (1931-68). There are also obituaries and some posthumous articles gathered by his wife, Charlotte.
The bulk of the archive is a collection of concert programs for concerts he attended both in this country as well as in Europe. The collection also includes a number of journal articles he collected relating to his fields of research, or off-prints of articles given to him by the authors.
There is also a substantial collection of correspondence, some from famous composers; among them are Ernest Bloch, Nadia Boulanger, Ingolf Dahl, Darius Milhaud, Igor and Soulima Stravinsky, Randall Thompson, and Virgil Thomson. Other materials include newspaper clippings of reviews, departmental files (includes recommendation letters, internal faculty correspondence, departmental meeting minutes, scholarships, and paperwork on his sabbatical leave), and teaching materials from courses he taught here at U.C. Berkeley. Most of the manuscripts of his original compositions are not present in this collection, only microfilm copies of the manuscripts were included. However, the original manuscripts of most of his music arrangements are included here.

The collection is divided into the following ten series:
Boxes 1, 8, and 10

Series 1: Biographical Materials, Including Music Compositions and Writings

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by the title of the folders (many Cushing's own titles).
Box 1

Series 2: University and Departmental Files

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within sub-groups.
Box 2

Series 3: Non-Academic Committees, Clubs, etc.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by name.
Box 2

Series 4: Correspondence

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by author of the letter. Some are unidentified.
Box 3

Series 5: Research Resources

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Divided into two subseries: A: Journal articles on a particular subject (collected by Cushing); and B: Journal off-prints arranged alphabetically by the author's name (mostly given to Cushing).
Boxes 4 and 5

Series 6: Pedagogical Materials

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged by course number, then alphabetically by topic.
Boxes 6, 7, 8, and 9

Series 7: Concert Programs

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically; the oversized programs are arranged chronologically after the regular sized ones.
Box 5

Series 8: Photographs

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Alphabetically arranged by the name of the production.
Box 10

Series 9: Sound Recordings

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Titles are listed by discs.
Box 5

Series 10: Miscellany

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Miscellaneous files in alphabetical arrangement.

 

Series 1: Biographical Materials, Including Music Compositions and Writings

Box Box 1 , Folder 1

Biographical materials, 1

Folder 2

Biographical materials, 2

Folder 3

Biographical materials, 3

Folder 4

Biographical materials and reviews, 1

Folder 5

Biographical materials and reviews, 2

Folder 6

Essay on Faure

Folder 7

Lecture on Milhaud's Symphony No. 3, for SF Symphony program

Folder 8

Lecture on Milhaud (misc.)

Folder 9

Lecture on Roussel's 4e Symphonie

Folder 10

Libretto for Milhaud's Les Malheurs d'Orphee, in English

Box Box 8 , Reel microfilm reel 8

Music manuscripts

Scope and Content Note

Clarinet Sonata, score only, in two microfilms,
Reel microfilm reel 2

Music manuscripts

Scope and Content Note

The Dark Hills,
Reel microfilm reel 14

Music manuscripts

Scope and Content Note

Phrygian Toccata, with clip,
Reel microfilm reel 4

Music manuscripts

Scope and Content Note

Poem for Baritone and Orchestra, full score,
Reel microfilm reel 1

Music manuscripts

Scope and Content Note

Psalm XCVII, full score,
Reel microfilm reel 7

Music manuscripts

Scope and Content Note

Saint Ursula and the Radishes, full score,
Reel microfilm reel 10

Music manuscripts

Scope and Content Note

Second Sonata for Violin and Piano, violin part only,
Reel microfilm reel 11

Music manuscripts

Scope and Content Note

Second Sonata four Violin and Piano, 30 pages,
Box Box 10 , Folder 1

Music manuscripts, arrangements --

Scope and Content Note

Bingham, Harold (re-harmonized by Albert Elkus). All Hail! Blue and Gold
Folder 2

Music manuscripts, arrangements --

Scope and Content Note

Chausson, Ernst. Serenade Italienne (op. 2:5), Le Colibri(op. 2:7), La Caravane (op.14),
Box Box 8 , Reel microfilm reel 5

Music manuscripts, arrangements --

Scope and Content Note

Erbam's, Dich Mein, O Herre Gott, full score with 4 parts,
Reel microfilm reel 6

Music manuscripts, arrangements --

Scope and Content Note

Concerto pour Quatre Saxophones, Marcelle de Manziarly,
Reel microfilm reel 3

Music manuscripts, arrangements --

Scope and Content Note

Malheurs d'Orphee, Darius Milhaud, Air IV: Eurydice,
Reel microfilm reel 9

Music manuscripts, arrangements --

Scope and Content Note

La mort d'un tyran, Darius Milhaud, precussion score,
Reel microfilm reel 12

Music manuscripts, arrangements --

Scope and Content Note

Five Songs, Musorgsky (Lamm, ed.): Vol.V no.3, songs 1, 2, 4; Vol.V no.4, songs 5, 12; Meines Herzens Sehnsucht Ich Wolt' Meine Schmerzen Tergossen; Aus Meinen Tranen; The Ragmuffin Evening Song,
Reel microfilm reel 13

Music manuscripts, arrangements --

Scope and Content Note

Socrate, Eric Satie, piano score (without CCC's translation?),
Box Box 10 , Folder 3

Music manuscripts, arrangements -

Scope and Content Note

Stravinsky, Igor. The Five Fingers, No.6
Box Box 1 , Folder 11

Programs and reviews, etc.

Scope and Content Note

Cushing's compositions and arrangements, etc., 1
Folder 12

Programs and reviews, etc.

Scope and Content Note

Cushing's compositions and arrangements, etc., 2
Folder 13

Programs and reviews, etc.

Scope and Content Note

Cushing's compositions and arrangements, etc. -- Cereus, 1
Folder 14

Programs and reviews, etc.

Scope and Content Note

Cushing's compositions and arrangements, etc. -- Cereus, 2
Folder 15

Programs and reviews, etc.

Scope and Content Note

Cushing's compositions and arrangements, etc. -- Cereus, 3
Folder 16

Programs and reviews, etc.

Scope and Content Note

Cushing's compositions and arrangements, etc. -- Le Docteur Miracle,original by Georges Bizet. Music at the Vineyards, 1965
Folder 17

Programs and reviews, etc.

Scope and Content Note

Cushing's compositions and arrangements, etc. -- Ondine
Folder 18

Programs and reviews, etc.

Scope and Content Note

Cushing's compositions and arrangements, etc. -- The Tempest
Folder 19

Programs and reviews, etc.

Scope and Content Note

Cushing's conducting, 1, 1927-39
Folder 20

Programs and reviews, etc.

Scope and Content Note

Cushing's conducting, 2, 1940-66
Folder 21

Programs and reviews, etc.

Scope and Content Note

Cushing's performances
Folder 22

Programs and reviews, etc.

Scope and Content Note

Cushing's program notes
Folder 23

Programs and reviews, etc.

Scope and Content Note

Cushing's speeches
Folder 24

Programs and reviews, etc.

Scope and Content Note

Cushing's transcriptions and orchestrations
Folder 25

Student materials

Scope and Content Note

Music 4A, diatonic harmony. Haydon, 1927
Folder 26

Student materials

Scope and Content Note

Music 5, chromatic harmony. Haydon, 1928
Folder 27

Student materials

Scope and Content Note

Music 121A/B, band instrumentation. Haydon, 1927-28
Folder 28

Student materials

Scope and Content Note

Music 128A/B, fugue. Stricklin, 1927-28
Folder 29

Student materials

Scope and Content Note

Music 298 A/B, special studies. Stricklin, 1928-29
 

Series 2: University and Departmental Files

Box Box 1 , Folder 1

Bulletins (UC Departments)

Folder 2

Departmental business, 1953-54

Folder 3

Departmental business, 1955-59

Folder 4

Departmental business, 1957-59

Folder 5

Graduate committee, 1962-63

Folder 6

Faculty correspondence, departmental

Folder 7

Recommendations for professorship, step V

Folder 8

Scholarships, 1962-63

Folder 9

Scholarships, 1963-64

Folder 10

Semi-Sabbatical, 1964 (also some bio-bibliography)

 

Series 3: Non-Academic Committees, Clubs, etc.

Box Box 2 , Folder 1

Alpha Mu

Scope and Content Note

music honor society, 1924-1952
Folder 2

Amphion Club 1927-1936

Folder 3

Anna Head School, Berkeley

Folder 4

Arts Club

Scope and Content Note

on three eclogues for two clar. and bsn., 1939
Folder 5

Arts Club

Scope and Content Note

Fantasy (flu., clar., bsn., Arts Club paper (12/2/55)
Folder 6

California Music League

Scope and Content Note

first 19 concerts, Mar. 24, 1924 to Apr. 2, 1929
Folder 7

Composers' Forum 1954-55, 1

Folder 8

Composers' Forum 1954-55, 2

Folder 9

Composers' Forum 1955-56

Folder 10

Composers' Forum 1956-58

Folder 11

Cora W. Jenkins School of Music, Oakland, 1923-28

Folder 12

Creative Arts Committee

Folder 13

Glee Club and Treble Clef Society programs, 1927-1958

Folder 14

Music of the Month, Nov. 1940, Apr. 1942; published in Berkeley

 

Series 4: Correspondence

Box Box 2 , Folder 1

1750 Arch Records, 1975

Folder 2

American Music Center, including Ray Green, 1958-65

Folder 3

A

Folder 4

Bliss, Arthur, 1941-75

Box Box 2 , Folder 5

Bloch, Ernest, 1940-57

Folder 6

Bloch-Dimitroff, Lucienne, 1969-80

Folder 7

Bloch, Suzanne, 1966-67

Folder 8

Boulanger, Nadia, 1930-78

Folder 9

Boyden, David, 1956-70

Folder 10

B

Folder 11

Cane, Melville H., ( Snow Toward Evening), 1945

Folder 12

Conservatoire National de Musique, 1953

Folder 13

C

Folder 14

Dahl, Ingolf, 1945-47

Folder 15

D

Folder 16

E

Folder 17

Farnsworth, Helen, 1953-71

Folder 18

Frankenstein, Alfred, 1935-59

Folder 19

F

Folder 20

Green, Ray, 1933-1962

Folder 21

G

Folder 22

H

Folder 23

I

Folder 24

Jacobi, Frederick (1939-1946)

Folder 25

Jorda, Enrique, 1957-62

Folder 26

J

Folder 27

K

Folder 28

Libraries

Folder 29

L

Folder 30

Migot, Charles, 1953-55

Folder 31

Milhaud, Darius, 1947-63

Folder 32

Modern Music, 1938-44

Folder 33

Moe, Lawrence, 1959-64

Folder 34

Monteux, Pierre, 1945

Folder 35

Moore, Douglas, 1943-53

Folder 36

M

Folder 37

N

Folder 38

O

Folder 39

Popper, Jan, 1949-65

Folder 40

Publishers, music 1

Scope and Content Note

American Music Edition, Broude Bros. Music, Boosey & Hawkes ( Petit Suite )
Folder 41

Publishers, music 2

Scope and Content Note

Carl Fischer, Elkan-Vogel, Free Press, Mercury Music, Theodore Presser
Folder 42

Publishers, non-music

Folder 43

P

Folder 44

Q

Folder 45

Rosen, Jerome, 1955-56

Folder 46

R

Folder 47

Salgo, Sandor, 1957-64

Folder 48

Schjilderup, Gebbe Dag, 1954-65

Folder 49

Sessions, Roger, 1941-56

Folder 50

Sproul, Robert Gordon, 1947-52

Folder 51

Stricklen, Edward G., 1930-1949

Folder 52

Stravinsky, Igor & Soulima, 1942-83

Folder 53

S

Folder 54

Thompson, Randall, 1940-63

Folder 55

Thomson, Virgil, 1940-73

Folder 56

T

Folder 57

UC Band (responses to Cushing's resignation), 1950

Folder 58

UC official letters (tenure for George Simonds), 1956-58

Folder 59

U

Folder 60

V

Folder 61

White, E.W. (concerning the Stravinsky book), 1965

Folder 62

W

Folder 63

Unidentified authors

Folder 64

Miscellaneous drafts of letters by Charles Cushing

 

Series 5: Research Resources

 

Subseries A: Journal Articles on the Following Subjects:

Box Box 3 , Folder 1

American composers

Folder 2

Bloch, Ernest, 1

Folder 3

Bloch, Ernest, 2

Folder 4

Boulanger, Lili

Folder 5

Boulanger, Nadia

Folder 6

Debussy, Claude, 1

Folder 7

Debussy, Claude, 2

Folder 8

French musicians, 1

Folder 9

French musicians, 2

Folder 10

French musicians, 3

Folder 11

Musorgsky (chron., biblio.)

Folder 12

Poulenc, Francis (biblio.)

Folder 13

Poulenc, Francis (Dialogues des Carmelites)

Folder 14

Satie, Eric (Socrate, misc.)

Folder 15

Seeger, Charles

Folder 16

Stravinsky, Igor, 1

Folder 17

Stravinsky, Igor, 2

Folder 18

Stravinsky, Igor, 3

Folder 19

Stravinsky, Igor, 4

 

Subseries B: Journal Articles Written by the Following Authors:

Box Box 3 , Folder 20

Bukofzer, Manfred F.

Folder 21

Crocker, Richard L.

Folder 22

Heartz, Daniel, 1

Folder 23

Heartz, Daniel, 2

Folder 24

Kerman, Joseph

Folder 25

Leedy, Douglas

Folder 26

Lowinsky, Edward

Folder 27

Lang, Paul Henry

Folder 28

Slim, H. Colin

Folder 29

Woodfill, Walter

 

Series 6: Pedagogical Materials

Box Box 4 , Folder 1

1 - modal cpt., July-October 1943

Folder 2

1B - 1, 1967

Folder 3

2 - modal counterpoint

Folder 4

3A - 1951

Folder 5

3A - Fall 1955

Folder 6

3A - Fall 1957

Folder 7

3A - 1960

Folder 8

3A/B - 1954-55

Folder 9

3A/B - 1957-58

Folder 10

3B - 1960, 1961, 1965

Folder 11

3B and 4 - 3rd sem. harmony assign. sheets

Folder 12

3C - Fall 1956

Folder 13

3C - Fall 1958

Folder 14

3D - Spring 1957

Folder 15

3D - Spring 1962

Folder 16

3D:1 - 1966

Folder 17

101A

Folder 18

101A - fifth species, two free parts

Folder 19

101A - assign. sheets, Sept. 1955 (pt. 1)

Folder 20

101A - assign. sheets, Sept. 1955 (pt. 2)

Folder 21

101A - Sept. 1955

Folder 22

101A - species in 3 parts, "familiar style," "consonant 4th"

Folder 23

101A - canonic imitation

Folder 24

101A - modification of immediate cadences

Folder 25

101B - total counterpoint, 1961

Folder 26

101B - 1962

Folder 27

101B - 1963

Folder 28

103 - choral scoring, 1952

Folder 29

103 - polyphonic forms

Folder 30

104

Folder 31

104A -

Folder 32

104A - Notes and sketches

Folder 33

104B - post-Wagner resources, Spring 1954-55

Folder 34

104B - ex. sheets, 1954

Folder 35

104B - WDD

Folder 36

105

Folder 37

106A/B -

Folder 38

S107A - musical analysis, 1951

Folder 39

108 (pt. 1)

Folder 40

108 (pt. 2)

Folder 41

108 - instrumentation

Folder 42

108 - Nov.-Feb. 1943-44

Folder 43

109 - orchestration

Folder 44

118D - selected song literature, 1949

Folder 45

119B - masterpieces of mod. music

Folder 46

119B - Oedpius Rex

Folder 47

119B - Sacre and Symphonie de Psalmes

Folder 48

119B - selected modern works, Spring 1956

Folder 49

119C - Spring 1958

Folder 50

165 - Summer Session II, 1942

Folder 51

201 - studies in orchestration

Folder 52

202 - Stravinsky

Folder 53

202 - Fall, 1957

Folder 54

203A

Folder 55

409 - band instrumentation

Folder 56

435A - 1951

Folder 57

Bartok Fifth Chords

Folder 58

Cantus Firmi, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th species

Folder 59

Conducting

Folder 60

Chamber music biblios

Folder 61

Chorales (& modes)

Folder 62

French list of musical terms

Folder 63

General examinations

Folder 64

General notes on modes, "style" and its evolution (Georgian, Palestrina)

Folder 65

Measured music of the 16th century, meter, use of text

Folder 66

Nine terms for musical ear training (rectangular tests), assignment notes and special observations in older folder

Folder 67

Stravinsky-symphonies

Folder 68

Symposium

Folder 69

Veni Creator Spiritus, analysis of Lassus, two part motets

 

Series 7: Concert Programs

Box Box 6 , Folder 1

1914-27

Folder 2

1927-30

Folder 3

1930-32

Folder 4

1932-35

Folder 5

1935-38

Folder 6

1938-40

Box Box 7 , Folder 7

1940-43

Folder 8

1943-45

Folder 9

1945-47

Folder 10

1947-49

Folder 11

1949-52

Folder 12

1952-58

Box Box 8 , Folder 13

1958-62

Folder 14

1962-64

Folder 15

1964-66

 

Oversize Concert Programs

Box Box 9 , Folder 1

1923-24

Folder 2

1924-25

Folder 3

1925-26

Folder 4

1926-27

Folder 5

1927-28

Folder 6

1928-29

Folder 7

1929-30

Folder 8

1930-31

Folder 9

1931-32

Folder 10

1932-33

Folder 11

1933-34

Folder 12

1934-35

Folder 13

1936-37

Folder 14

1937-38

Folder 15

1938, Paris, London

Folder 16

1940-41

Folder 17

1941-42

Folder 18

1942-43

Folder 19

1943-44

Folder 20

1944-45

Folder 21

1945-46

Folder 22

1946-47

Folder 23

1947-48

Folder 24

1948-49

Folder 25

1949-50

Folder 26

1950-51

Folder 27

1951-52

Folder 28

1952-53

Folder 29

1953-54

Folder 30

1958-59

Folder 31

1960-61

Folder 32

1961-62

Folder 33

1962-63

Folder 34

1963-64

Folder 35

1964

Folder 36

1965

Folder 37

1966

Folder 38

1967

Scope and Content Note

(including program from opening of Zellerbach Hall with Symphony of Psalmssigned by Stravinsky)
Folder 39

1968

Folder 40

1969

Folder 41

not dated

Box Box 10 , Folder 42

University of California Concert Band posters

 

Series 8: Photographs

Box Box 5 , Folder 1

The Tempest

Folder 2

The Tempest

Scope and Content Note

ASUC activities brochure
Folder 3

Malheurs d'Orphee

Folder 4

Randall Thompson

 

Series 9: Sound Recordings

Box Box 10

Songs of California

disc disc 1

Part 1: Fanfare and Lights Out, The California Band (Cushing, Director)

 

Part 2: Sons of California, All Hail! Blue and Gold, The California Glee Club (1941)

disc disc 2

Part 3: The Stanford Jonah, California Indian Song, The Axe Yell, Palms of Victory, The California Glee Club

 

Part 4: The Bear Yell, Rambled, Palms of Victory, California Indian Song, The California Band (Cushing, Director)

disc disc 3

Part 5: The Golden Bear, Medley: California, We're For You, March On! California, California Marching Song, The California Glee Club

 

Part 6: Big "C" Song, California Victory Song, Rambled, The California Glee Club

disc disc 4

Part 7: Big "C" Song, Hail to California, The California Band (Cushing, Director)

 

Part 8: Fight 'Em, The Spell It Yell, By The Old Pacific's Rolling Waters, (U.C.L.A.), The California Band

disc disc 5

Part 9: St. Anne (University Hymn), The California Band (Cushing, Director), All Hail! Blue and Gold played on the Campanile Chimes

 

Part 10: Songs of California played on the Campanile Chimes, All Hail! Blue and Gold, The California Band (Cushing, Director)

disc disc 6

Side A: Fight for California ( Lights Out), University of California Band (Cushing, Director)

 

Side B: University of California Medley ( Big "C", Hail to California, Golden Bear), University of California Band (Cushing, Director)

disc disc 7

Side A: University of San Francisco Victory Song, University of California Band (Cushing, Director)

 

Side B: Come Join the Band, University of California Band (Cushing, Director)

disc disc 8

Side A: "Lights Out" March, Arthur Pryor's Band

 

Side B: National Emblem March, United States Marching Band

disc disc 9

Side A: Imperial Guard Brass Band

disc disc 10

Side A: Marche Lorraine, La Garde Republicaine Band

 

Side B: La Marseillaise, La Garde Republicaine Band

 

Series 10: Miscellany

Box Box 5 , Folder 1

Jennifer Cushing, programs of performances and her Piano Book

Folder 2

Miscellaneous clippings, 1

Folder 3

Miscellaneous clippings, 2

Folder 4

Sacramento Bee centennial album, 1957