MenuPreliminary Inventory of the Phillip Rhodes papers, 1958-2004
Abstract
North Carolina born and raised composer, Duke alumn, and composer-in-residence and professor at Carleton College.
Collection comprises primarily scores, instrumental parts, notes, and recordings that follow the development of each of Rhodes' compositions. There are published and unpublished works for vocal and instrumental preformance, as well as correspondence, programs, newspaper clippings, and other publicity and related items. Included are also 34 CDs, 2 audiocassettes, and 1 videocassette, as well as photographs. The 2007 Addition (07-061)(1600 items, 2.5 lin. ft.; dated 1960s-2004) primarily contains professional files and correspondence related to Rhodes' career. Files include music festivals; premieres and other performances of Rhodes' works; correspondence with performers, other composers, and record companies; and some clippings and other memorabilia.
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
- Creator
- Rhodes, Phillip
- Title
- Phillip Rhodes papers, 1958-2004
- Language of Material
- English
- Extent
- 71.5 Linear Feet, 7186 Items
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection Overview
Collection comprises primarily scores, instrumental parts, notes, and recordings that follow the development of each of Rhodes' compositions. There are published and unpublished works for vocal and instrumental preformance, as well as correspondence, programs, newspaper clippings, and other publicity and related items. Included are also 34 CDs, 2 audiocassettes, and 1 videocassette, as well as photographs.
The 2007 addition (07-061)(1600 items, 2.5 lin. ft.; dated 1960s-2004) primarily contains professional files and correspondence related to Rhodes' career. Files include music festivals; premieres and other performances of Rhodes' works; correspondence with performers, other composers, and record companies; and clippings and other memorabilia.
Addition (2008-0185)(50 items, .5 lin. ft.; dated 1959-2008) contains 41 CDs featuring audio recordings of performances of Rhodes compositions and arrangements, an original score for Sweet River Waltz, and notes and drafts related to compositions from 2007.
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Contents of the Collection
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Accession comprises primarily scores, instrumental parts, notes, and recordings that follow the development of each of Rhodes' compositions. There are published and unpublished works for vocal and instrumental preformance, as well as correspondence, programs, newspaper clippings, and other publicity and related items. Included are also 34 CDs, 2 audiocassettes, and 1 videocassette, as well as photographs.
for orchestra and SATB chorus
Commissioned by the ELgin (ILL) Public Schools. Published (rental) by Theodore Presser, Bryn Mawr.
for soprano and string quartet
Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation (Harvard University) and the Berkshire Music Center (Tanglewood Festival). Published by C.F. Peters, New York.
Recordings
Commissioned by the violinst, Paul Zukofsky. Published by C.F. Peters, New York.
For children's voices and Orff instrumentarium.
Commissioned by the American Orff-Schulwerk Association. Published by Schott (London).
For concert band.
Published by Theodore Presser (rental).
For concert band.
Originally titled Adventure fantasies for young players.
Published by J. Ballerbach.
For treble choir and piano.
Commissioned by the Kentucky Music Educators Association. Published by the Kentucky Music Educators Association.
For children's choir and Orff instrumentarium.
Commissioned for the Northfield Public Schools with funding from the Minnesota State Arts Board. Published by Schott (London).
Commmissioned by Paul R. Bryan for Duke University Symphony Band.
For concert band.
For concert band.
Commmissioned by the National Band Association.
Published by J. Ballerbach.
For high voice, clarinet and piano.
Texts from the Shakespeare plays. Commissioned by tenor, James McDonald, Professor of Voice, Indiana University.
Published by earthsongs music, Corvallis, Oregon.
For string quartet.
For brass choir.
An occasional piece commissioned by Carleton College to mark the retirement of Stephen R. Lewis, Jr. as President of the College (1987-2002).
For bassoon and harp.
Commissioned by Jackson Bryce through the David Bryn-Jones Endowed Professorship.
Ffor violin and piano.
Someone to watch over me commissioned by Anna Jean Rhodes and Alan J. Lipsky to celebrate their marriage. Summertime fantasy and I got (fascinating) rhythm commissioned by Kathryn Ananda-Owens and Hector Luis Valdivia for concert use.
Beginning in 1973 (and continuing for a number of years), the Berea College Country Dancers and the McLain Family Bluegrass Band were engaged by the CIncinnati Symphony Orchestra to tour with the orchestra's summer programs. It was a good, old-fashioned event: the CSO softball team would play the local team in the afternoon, followed by a picnic supper, and ending with a concert (usually outdoors) in the evening. Enclosed is the program book from 1974.
Since I was at the time Composer-in-Residence for the Kentucky State Arts Commission, I was hired by the CSO to do the orchestral arrangements for both groups.
My work with the MCLain Family Band eventually led to the Concerto for Bluegrass Band and Orchestra (a.k.a. Bluegrass Festival Suite) which was commissioned jointly by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kentucky Arts Commission to celebrate the national bicentennial. This work has subsequently been performed more than 200 times from Alaska to Florida. (PR)
SSA, a cappella
Published score, C. F. Peters, New York.
For string quartet and woodwind quintet.
This piece was the first publication of Rhodes' music by C.F. Peters, New York.
For string quartet and woodwind quintet.
For orchestra.
For the Louisville-Jefferson County Youth Orchestra.
For high voice and piano.
Poetry by Millard C. Dunn, Duke 1962.
Winner of Tanglewood Orchestra Prize, 1962
For violin, viola, and cello.
BMI Student Composers Award, 1965. Later revised and published in 1973.
For SATB, a cappella.
Poetry by Millard C. Dunn, Duke 1962. Published in 2000 by J. Ballerbach, San Antonio
For soprano and piano.
For the Kentucky Arts Commission.
For solo viola.
Commissioned by the violist, Ann Woodward. Published by C.F. Peters, New York.
For woodwind quintet.
For violin, viola and cello.
Published by C.F. Peters, New York.
For soprano, SATB chorus and organ.
For the Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church of Bethesda, MD.
For clarinet and string quartet.
Commissioned by the J.B. Speed Art Museum of Louisville. Published by C.F. Peters, New York.
Commissioned by the Kentucky Chamber Orchestra. Published by C.F. Peters, New York.
For SATB, a cappella.
For the Berea College Choir. Published by C.F. Peters, New York.
For double brass choir.
To celebrate the inauguration of Robert Edwards as President of Carleton College.
For SATB, a cappella.
For the Berea College Choir.
For soprano and tenor soli, SATB chorus, flute, oboe, trumpet, bassoon and harp.
Text from John Milton's ode of the same name. Published by C.F. Peters, New York.
For chamber orchestra.
Commissioned by the Kentucky Dance Theater. Published (rental) by C.F. Peters, New York.
Commissioned by the NEA and the Kentucky Arts Commission. Published by EMI, New York (G. Schirmer, agent).
For high voice and piano.
Commissioned by the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Published by C.F. Peters, New York.
Commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts. Published by C.F. Peters, New York.
for soprano and orchestra
Commissioned by the Louisville Orchestra. Published (rental) by C.F. Peters, New York.
for soprano, mezzo soprano and 12 instruments
Commissioned by Carleton College for the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. Published by C.F. Peters, New York (rental).
for soprano, mezzo soprano and 12 instruments
Commissioned by Carleton College for the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. Published by C.F. Peters, New York (rental).
for flute, violin, cello and harp
Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation (Harvard University) for Seculum Musicae of New York. Published by C.F. Peters, New York.
SATB with percussion
Commissioned by three professional choruses through the National Endowment for the Arts. Excerpt publicaton by C.F. Peters, New York
for SATB, a cappella
Published by C.F. Peters, New York
SATB and brass choir
Commissioned by West Virginia Wesleyan College for their 100th Anniversary.
Soprano, flute, viola, cello and piano
Commissioned by the Chicago Ensemble.
Commissioned by Carleton College for the inauguration of Stephen R. Lewis, Jr. as its ninth president.
for clarinet with extension
For Martino Festschrift publication in Perspectives of new music.
Commissioned by the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra to dedicate a new arts center. Published (rental) by C.F. Peters, New York.
Commissioned by the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra to dedicate a new arts center. Published (rental) by C.F. Peters, New York.
A Christmas piece for soprano, violin, and organ.
SSAA, organ
Commissioned by the First United Church of Christ, Northfield for the dedication of a new organ.
for solo violin and synthesized strings
Published by C.F. Peters, New York.
Soprano, violin, and organ
for organ
On O sacred heart, now wounded
for string quartet
Originally written for our son's wedding (a revised version later used in Two Appalachian settings for string quartet.)
Published by C.F. Peters, New York.
Published by C.F. Peters, New York.
This work was originally commissioned throught the National Endowment for the Arts by a consortium of three professional choruses: The Paul Hill Chorale (Washington, DC), the Gregg Smith Singers (New York), and the Oregon Repertory Singers (Portland).
for narrator, soprano, tenor, baritone soloists, SATB chorus, and large orchestra
Text from John Milton's epic poem.
Commissioned by the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times Foundation for the Louisville Orchestra. Recorded on First Edition Records in 1972 as a 2-Record Set, LS-723, 723. Published (rental) by C.F. Peters, New York.
for soprano, mezzo, tenor, baritone soloists, SATB chorus, and chamber orchestra
Based on the Hawthorne short story of the same name.
Winner of the National Opera Association's New Opera Competition in 1986.
for soprano, mezzo, tenor, baritone soloists, SATB chorus, and two pianos
Based on the Hawthorne short story, Feathertop.
Commissioned by Carleton College to celebrate its 125th anniversary. One of three finalists in the National Opera Association's New Opera Competition, 1994.
Enclosed are working notes, draft of manuscript full score (composed excerpts intended to show opera people.
Libretto (by Dr. Benjamin Bradford.
Accession, 2007 (2007-0061)
Addition (dated 1960s-2004) primarily contains professional files and correspondence related to Rhodes’ career. Files include music festivals; premieres and other performances of Rhodes’ works; correspondence with performers, other composers, and record companies; and some clippings and other memorabilia.
Addition (2008-0185)(50 items, .5 lin. ft.; dated 1959-2008) contains 41 CDs featuring audio recordings of performances of Rhodes compositions and arrangements, an original score for Sweet River Waltz, and notes and drafts related to compositions from 2007.
Historical Note
Composer-in-Residence and Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities at Carleton College where he joined the faculty in 1974. His principal teachers have been William Klenz, Iain Hamilton, Donald Martino, and Mel Powell. Born in Forest City, North Carolina in 1940, he received degrees from Duke University and the Yale University School of Music. Rhodes has been the recipient of numerous commissions and composition awards, including grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Fund for Music, a citation and award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Tanglewood Orchestra Prizes, two McKnight Foundation Fellowships, two Fromm Foundation Commissions (Harvard), and a Bush Foundation Fellowship for Artists. Rhodes' compositions are published by C. F. Peters, E.M.I., Theodore Presser, J Ballerbach, and Schott, and recorded on labels including CRI, Centaur Records, First Edition (Louisville), Innova, New World Records, and Vienna Modern Masters.
Subject Headings
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Phillip Rhodes papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Provenance
The Phillip Rhodes papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2006, 2007.
Processing Information
Processed by Christina Ramos, Alice Poffinberger; John Mayrose, June 2007
Encoded by John Mayrose, June 2007
This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.