F. Ludwig Diehn
Composers Room

Diehn Fine & Performing Arts Bldg.
49th & Elkhorn Ave.
Norfolk, VA
757-683-4173

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Contemporary Music Collection

Russell Stanger Collection

Finding Aids

Key to Finding Aids Terms / Scores and Parts: Alphabetical List /Awards, Certificates, Degrees, etc. /Biographical and Bibliographical Material / Correspondence / Photographs / Programs, Program Notes, etc. /Reviews, Publicity and Newspaper Articles / Sketches and Sketchbooks / Sound Recordings, Films and Videos / Supplemental Material / Introduction

SCORES AND PARTS: ALPHABETICAL LIST

Childhood Images ("Snakes 'n' Snails and Puppy Dog Tails") [1968, c. 1969]
I Overture
II Catching Frogs
III Little Bird
IV Barn Dance
V Limerick
VI Rainy Day
VII Haunted House
VIII Hobby Horse
IX Pirates
X A Boy's Prayer (Overture reprive)
Box 1994-1:2; folders 1-4; master parts:
Box 1994-1:2; folder 1; flute I, flute II, flute III/piccolo; oboe I, oboe II,
English horn (oboe III); clarinets I and II in B-flat, clarinet III in E-flat,
bass clarinet in B-flat; bassoon I, bassoon II, contra bassoon
Box 1994-1:2; folder 2; horns I, II, III, and IV in F; trumpets I, II, and III in C;
trombone I, trombone II, trombone III; tuba
Box 1994-1:2; folder 3; percussion (snare drum, bass drum, tom-toms [4 pitches],
bongos [3 pitches], cow bells [3 pitches], antique cymbals [C and D], tambourine,
gourd [guiro] with wire scraper, temple-block, wood-block, triangle, tam-tam,
cymbal [suspended], cymbals [pair], tubular bells, glockenspiel, vibraphone, xylophone);
timpani; harp; piano (celesta)
Box 1994-1:2; folder 4; violin I, violin II, viola, cello, string bass
Box 1994-1:2a, folders 1-4 facsimile orchestral parts:
Box 1994-1:2a, folder 1; woodwinds (These SUPERSEDE master parts, above)
Box 1994-1:2a, folder 2; brass (These SUPERSEDE master parts, above)
Box 1994-1:2a, folder3; percussion (These SUPERSEDE master parts, above)
Box 1994-1:2a, folder3 percussion, timpani, keyboard (These SUPERSEDE master parts, above)
Box 1994-1:2b, folder 1 strings: violin I (These SUPERSEDE master parts, above)
Box 1994-1:2b, folder 2 strings: violin II (These SUPERSEDE master parts, above)
Box 1994-1:2b, folder 3 strings: viola (These SUPERSEDE master parts, above)
Box 1994-1:2b, folder 4 strings: cello (These SUPERSEDE master parts, above)
Box 1994-1:2b, folder 5 strings: string bass (These SUPERSEDE master parts, above)

Episodes '76 [1976]
I Mounting Tensions
II Patrick Henry
III Let Tyrants Shake
IV Colonial Boys at Play
V British Raid on Holt's Printing Press (Norfolk, VA)
VI New Year's Day 1776
VII A City Weeps
VIII Thomas Jefferson
IX A New Country
X Freedom Song
XI Valley Forge
XII All the Nations
XIII Join or Die
XIV Battle of Bunker Hill [instrumental]
XV God who Gave Us Life
XVI Orchestral Interlude with Speaker [beginning with flute solo]
XVII Yorktown
Box 1994-1:1, folders 1-7; MASTER SET OF PARTS:
Box 1994-1:1, folder 1; flute I, flute II, flute III, flute IV/piccolo I, piccolo II
Box 1994-1:1, folder 2; oboe I, oboe II, oboe II/English horn
Box 1994-1:1, folder 3; clarinet I clarinet II, clarinet III/bass clarinet, e-flat clarinet
Box 1994-1:1, folder 4; bassoon I, bassoon II, bassoon III, bassoon IV/contra bassoon
Box 1994-1:1, folder 5; keyboard (piano, organ, celeste)
Box 1994-1:1, folder 6; harp I, harp II
Box 1994-1:1, folder 7; percussion (battery I, battery II, mallet I, mallet II,
bass drum, snare drum, field drum, tam-tam, cymbals, glockenspiel, xylophone,
castanets, tambourine, guiro, wood block, triangle, cow bells, tubular bells,
celeste [see also folder 5 for celeste])
Box 1994-1:1a, folders 1-11; MASTER SET OF PARTS:
Box 1994-1:1a, folder 1; timpani I, timpani II, timpani III/timpani IV
Box 1994-1:1a, folder 2; horn I, horn II, horn III, horn IV, horn V, horn VI
Box 1994-1:1a, folder 3; trumpet I, trumpet II, trumpet III, trumpet IV
Box 1994-1:1a, folder 4; trombone I, trombone II, trombone III, trombone IV (bass trombone)
Box 1994-1:1a, folder 5; tuba
Box 1994-1:1a, folder 6; violin I
Box 1994-1:1a, folder 7; violin II
Box 1994-1:1a, folder 8; viola
Box 1994-1:1a, folder 9; cello
Box 1994-1:1a, folder 10; contra bass
Box 1994-1:1a, folder 11; vocal
Box 1994-1:3; 28 facsimile orchestral parts (blue cover) [woodwinds, brass, keyboard, percussion]
Box 1994-1:4; 28 facsimile orchestral parts (blue cover) [strings]
Box 1994-1:5; 27 facsimile choral parts (red cover)
Box 1994-1:6; 22 facsimile choral parts (red cover)
Box 1994-1:7; 27 facsimile choral parts (red cover)

Jalapa (an Overture), Op. 9 [1984]
Box 2006-3:2, folder 1a-g; Full score
Box 2006-3:2, folder 2; Flute parts
Box 2006-3:2, folder 3; Oboe parts
Box 2006-3:2, folder 4; English horn parts
Box 2006-3:2, folder 5; Clarinet parts
Box 2006-3:2, folder 6; Bassoon parts
Box 2006-3:2, folder 7; Horn parts
Box 2006-3:2, folder 8; Trumpet parts
Box 2006-3:2, folder 9; Trombone & tuba parts
Box 2006-3:2, folder 10; Violin I & II parts
Box 2006-3:2, folder 11; Viola, cello, bass parts
Box 2006-3:2, folder 12; Timpani & percussion parts
Box 2006-3:2, folder 13; Harp & piano parts

AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, DEGREES, ETC.

Box 1994-1:8, folder 1

BIOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL

Box 1994-1:8, folder 2; includes 2 compact discs, "Russell Stanger at Seventy-Five,"
an interview by Raymond Jones of WHRO
Box 1994-1:8, folder 2; "Interview with Maestro Russell Stanger and Mildred Stanger
on January 24, 1994 as transcribed from a recorded interview with Vernon A. McCart"

CORRESPONDENCE

Box 1994-1:8, folder 3

PHOTOGRAPHS

Box 1994-1:9; 8 binders of photographs (1949-70, 1970-71, 1972-73)
Box 1994-1:10; 7 binders of photographs (1972-73, 1976-77, 1977-78)
Box 1994-1:10a; contact sheets and duplicates from binders of photographs, above
Box 1994-1:18a; photograph on wood of Shoji Hirooka (b. 1944, d.13 Aug 1987).
Translation of Japanese wording: "Headquarters of Sandaya" - a restaurant Hirooka established.

PROGRAMS, PROGRAM NOTES, ETC.

Box 1994-1:11, folder 1; 1966-1967
Box 1994-1:11, folder 2; 1967-1968
Box 1994-1:11, folder 3; 1968-1969
Box 1994-1:11, folder 4; 1969-1970
Box 1994-1:11, folder 5; 1970-1971
Box 1994-1:11, folder 6; 1971-1972
Box 1994-1:11, folder 7; 1972-1973 (1973-74 missing)
Box 1994-1:11, folder 8; 1974-1975
Box 1994-1:11, folder 9; 1975-1976
Box 1994-1:11, folder 10; 1976-1977 (1977-78 missing)
Box 1994-1:11, folder 11; 1978-1979
Box 1994-1:11, folder 12; 1979-1980
Box 1994-1:11, folder 13; 1980-1981
Box 1994-1:12; some duplicate programs (some are incomplete)
Box 1994-1:15; binder of photocopied partial programs (works performed and performers)
of Russell Stanger concerts, Oct.1966-May 1980
Box 1994-1:15; personal "Press Book" from 1949-62 includes some programs

REVIEWS, PUBLICITY AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Box 1994-1:13, folders 1-10
Box 1994-1:14, folders 1-5
Box 1994-1:15; 3 personal "Press Books" (1949-62 [includes some programs], 1970-71, 1971-72)
Box 1994-1:16; 4 personal "Press Books" (1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79 in 2 vols.)
Box 1994-1:17; 4 personal "Press Books" (1979-80 in 2 vols., 1980-81, 1982-86)
Box 1994-1:18; 1 personal scrapbook, "1964-1966 Minneapolis"
Box 1994-1:18a; 1 personal scrapbook, "1966-1968, Norfolk, Virginia";

SKETCHES AND SKETCHBOOKS

Box 1994-1:19, folders 1-6

SOUND RECORDINGS, FILMS AND VIDEOS

Arnold Walker Interviews (recorded Fall 1965, right channel)
Skitch Henderson
Russell Stanger
Box 1994-1:20; 1 reel

Stanger. Childhood Images ("Snakes 'n' Snails and Puppy Dog Tails"). Selections.
Box 1994-1:20; 5 reels

Stanger. Episodes '76
Box 1994-1:20; 2 cassette tapes

Stanger. "J. Sebastian Rock," Suite in Two Movements for Rock Group and Orchestra
Box 1994-1:20; 2 reels

Barraud. Offrande à Une Ombre
Russell Stanger, conductor
Box 1994-1:20; 1 reel

Mozart. 2 Piano Concertos
Russell Stanger, conductor
Box 1994-1:20; 1 reel

Rimsky-Korsakov. Capriccio
Liszt. Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major
Nielson. Symphony No. 5
Russell Stanger, conductor
Box 1994-1:20; 1 reel

Tchaikovsky. Symphony No. 5
Russell Stanger, conductor
Box 1994-1:20; 1 reel

Piston. Symphony No. 3
Wagner. Overture to Meistersinger
Vaughan Williams. Fantasia on Greensleeves
Vaughan Williams. Serenade to Music
Russell Stanger, conductor
Box 1994-1:20; 1 reel

Stanger. Miyazaki: Symphonic Suite for Orchestra and Chorus, Op. 12
Russell Stanger, conductor
Box 2006-3:3; 1 DVD

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL

Box 1994-1:21; includes personal appointment books
Box 1994-1:22; miscellaneous publishers' catalogs and programs
Box 1994-1:23; Stanger's notes for youth concert announcements
Box 1994-1:24; 44 reels of miscellaneous music
Box 1994-1:25; 16 reels, 1 LP record set of Thea Musgrave's "A Christmas Carol"
Box 1994-1:26; miscellaneous periodicals and books
Box 1994-1:27; Boston Symphony Orchestra programs (bound):
1920-21, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27
Box 1994-1:28; Boston Symphony Orchestra programs (bound):
1927-28, 1928-29 , 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35
Box 1994-1:29; Boston Symphony Orchestra programs (bound):
1935-36, 1936-37, 1937-38, 1938-39, 1939-40, 1942-43; 3 personal books
Box 1994-1:30, folders 1-4; scores by other composers

Development for Orchestra [1961], by Willard Straight
Box 2006-3:1, folder 1; Conductor's score

Violin Concerto, Op. 36 [1962], by Gene Gutchë
Box 2006-3:1, folder 2; Conductor's score

Gemini, Op. 41 [1965], by Gene Gutchë
Box 2006-3:1, folder 3; Conductor's score

Hsiang Fei, Op. 40 [1965], by Gene Gutchë
Box 2006-3:1, folder 4; Conductor's score

Tenochtitlan, Op. 39 [1965], by Gene Gutchë
Box 2006-3:1, folder 5; Conductor's score

Structure for Orchestra in One Movement [1965], by Willard Straight
Box 2006-3:1, folder 6; Conductor's score

Aesop Fabler Suite, Op. 43 [1966], by Gene Gutchë
Box 2006-3:1, folder 7; Conductor's score

Prometheus USA, Op. 46 [1968], by Gene Gutchë
Box 2006-3:1, folder 8; Conductor's score

Symphony VI, Op. 45 [1970], by Gene Gutchë
Box 2006-3:1, folder 9; Conductor's score

Box 2006-3:2, folder 14; 1961 - Program notes for Willard Straight's "Development for Orchestra"
Box 2006-3:2, folder 15; 1968 - BMI Orchestral Program Survey
Box 2006-3:2, folder 16; 1969 - BMI Orchestral Program Survey
Box 2006-3:2, folder 17; 1970 - BMI Orchestral Program Survey
Box 2006-3:2, folder 18; 1984 - "Jalapa" mistakes
Box 2006-3:2, folder 19; 1984 - Folder for orchestral parts from "Jalapa", writing in Stanger's hand
Box 2006-3:3, 1 lp record of Jan Peerce recording with handwritten dedication to Stanger on the jacket.