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Bibliography, Matthew Herman

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Bibliography of music pieces commissioned, performed and published by Matthew Herman.

Bibliography, Jack G. Montgomery Jr.

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Bibliography of publications by Jack Montgomery.

Schulman, Steven A. (Fa 1227), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1227. Student paper titled “The Preacher’s Just Like a Grasshopper: A Study of a Kentucky Song Maker” in which Steven Schulman details the life of Howess Dewey Winfrey, a song-maker from Cumberland County. Schulman collected folk songs and performances from Winfrey over the course of two months. His fieldwork revealed that Winfrey was a creator of satirical tunes, which were influenced by his childhood, his experiences with the Church of the Nazarene, his time spent as a logger, his relationships with family and friends, politics, and land ownership. The paper includes excerpts from …

Carpenter, Howard R., 1919-2016 (Mss 613), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 613. Manuscript orchestral music for several pieces composed by Howard R. Carpenter, a music professor at Western Kentucky University from 1953 to 1984.

Mcdaniel, William Joseph, 1918-2009 (Mss 526), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 526. Unpublished manuscript music written by William J. McDaniel, native of Jellico, Tennessee, and Western Kentucky University alumni. Includes symphonic works, a ballet, songs, two chamber operas, small ensemble works, and choral works. Most have a religious theme. Also contains news clippings about McDaniel’s music and correspondence.

Book Reviews, John M. Cipolla

Music Faculty Publications & Performances

Book reviews by John Cipolla of:

• Mandat, Eric. Chips Off the Ol' Block for Solo Bass Clarinet
• Rossini, Gioachino & Carlos Pässler. Divertimento for Clarinet & Piano
• del Aguila, Miguel. Pacific Serenade, Op. 59 for Clarinet & String Quartet
• Wilson, Jeffrey. Colour Studies for Clarinet

Ua94/6/12 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Raldon Smith, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Sheet music and music composition books used by Raldon Smith while a student at WKU.

Ua94/6/1 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Western Kentucky University Small Collections, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Small collections of personal papers and oral histories relating to the Western Kentucky University.

Strahm, Franz Joseph (Mss 213), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 213. Musical scores (22) composed by Strahm, a talented composer and pianist, who served as the head of Western Kentucky University's Music Department from 1910 to 1941. Some of the pieces are quite short, while others contain full orchestration.

Ua37/4 Faculty Personal Papers Franz Strahm, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Joseph Strahm during his tenure as music professor at Western Kentucky University from 1910 to 1941. The collection includes biographical information and tributes, and Professor Strahm’s composition. The series is arranged in three sections, personal papers, sheet music and compositions and scores.

English Hyms And Hymn Writers Of The Eighteenth Century, Hazel Turbeville

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to treat the English hymns and hymn writers of the eighteenth century.

Ua37/4 Funeral March Heroica, Franz Strahm

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Sheet music for Franz Strahm's original composition Funeral March Heroica written in memorial of the fallen heroes of the World War I American Expeditionary Forces.