LU_121Vincent Persichetti CollectionLU.121Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections

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Vincent Ludwig Persichetti (June 6, 1915 – August 14, 1987) was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, Persichetti was a native of Philadelphia. He was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own work and teaching, as well as for training many noted composers in composition at the Juilliard School.

 Custodial History

The Vincent Persichetti Collection was purchased by the Greenwood Library from Rudy Shackelford in 1990. Mr. Shackelford, a composer from Virginia, was responsible for collecting the majority of the materials in this collection.

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There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.

 Correspondence, Interviews, and ArticlesCorrespondence between Rudy Shackelford and Others about Vincent Persichetti1 FolderCorrespondence between Rudy Shackelford and Others Concerning the Publication of his book Vincent Persichetti1 FolderBooklets about Vincent Persichetti1 FolderInformation about Vincent Persichetti's Music1 FolderArticles about Vincent Persichetti2 FolderInterview with Vincent Persichetti by Katy Matheson1 FolderCorrespondence between Shackelford and Persichetti5 FolderCorrespondence between Walter Simmons and Rudy Shackelford1 FolderVincent Persichetti, chronology2 FolderConversation with Vincent Persichetti (by Rudy Shackelford)2 FolderConversation with Vincent Persichetti (by Rudy Shackelford), photocopy1 FolderArticles by, or with reference to Vincent Persichetti3 FolderAwards, Commissions, and Honorary Degrees1 FolderNews Items and 1947 yearbook for the Philadelphia Music Conservatory1 FolderThe Split Fifth or Procrustes is Deaf: A Plea for the Wholistic [sic] Analysis of Music, by Hugh Aitken1 FolderInformation on his (Persichetti) Performance of "String Quartets Nos. 1-4" at Arizona State University1 FolderOrgan Composition Information1 FolderShackelford's "Modal Harmonic Analysis of the Hymn "Drop, Drop, Slow Tears"1 FolderShackelford's Analysis of the Chorale Prelude of Persichetti's "Drop, Drop, Slow Tears"1 FolderShackelford's Analysis of Persichetti's "Sonata for Organ" and "Sonatine for Organ, Pedals Alone"1 FolderProgram from 1965 Performance of Organist Joan Lippincott at Westminster Choir College and Scores and Analysis of Persichetti's "Sonata for Organ"1 FolderInformation on Persichetti's "Shimah B'Koli (Psalm 130)"1 FolderPhotocopied Scores1 FolderProgram for the National Convention of the American Guild of Organists1 FolderInformation on Persichetti's "Auden Variations"1 FolderPersichetti's "Shima B'Koli," arranged for Orchestra by Rudy Shackelford1 FolderCorrespondence between Rudy Shackelford and David Craighead1 FolderCorrespondence between Rudy Shackelford and The Diapason1 FolderCorrespondence between Rudy Shackelford and Robert Anderson1 FolderMonographs and DissertationsVincent Persichetti's Music: A Monograph (photocopy)1 FolderVincent Persichetti's Music: A Monograph, pgs. 1-1011 FolderVincent Persichetti's Music: A Monograph, pgs. 102-2221 FolderThe Chorale Music of Vincent Persichetti, DMA Dissertation by Theodore Ishizawa and Melange of Dissertations in Music, microfilm catalog1 FolderMusic Scores/Theordore Presser Co.Listing of scores donated by the Theodore Presser Company1 FolderOrgan Prelude and Fugue in A Minor1 FolderFlower Songs - Cantata No. 61 FolderFour Arabesques1 FolderLittle Mirror Book1 FolderSecond Piano Sonata1 Folder2nd Harpsichord Sonata1 Folder3rd Harpsichord Sonata1 Folder4th Harpsichord Sonata1 Folder5th Harpsichord Sonata1 Folder6th Harpsichord Sonata1 Folder7th Harpsichord Sonata1 Folder8th Harpsichord Sonata1 Folder9th Harpsichord Sonata1 FolderThe Little Harpsichord Book1 FolderSerenade No. 15 for Harpsichord1 FolderChorale Prelude: Drop, Drop, Slow Tears1 FolderChorale Prelude: Give Peace, O' God1 FolderSonatine for Organ, Pedals Alone1 FolderSong of David1 FolderSonata for Organ1 FolderSerenade No. 4 for Violin and Piano1 FolderLove - S.S.A.A., A Cappella1 FolderParable XXIII for Violin, Cello, and Piano1 FolderPersichetti - Scores for Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, and Vocal CompositionListing of Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, and Vocal Compositions1 FolderPiano, "Appalachian Christmas Carols"1 FolderPiano, "Little Piano Book"1 FolderPiano, "Mirror Etudes"1 FolderPiano, "Parable XIX for Piano"1 FolderPiano, "Parades"1 FolderPiano, "Poems for Piano, Volume I"1 FolderPiano, "Poems for Piano, Volume II"1 FolderPiano, "Poems for Piano, Volume III"1 FolderPiano, "Reflective Keyboard Studies"1 FolderPiano, "Serenade No. 2"1 FolderPiano, "Serenade No. 7"1 FolderPiano, "Serenade No. 8"1 FolderPiano, "Sonata for Two Pianos"1 FolderPiano, "First Piano Sonata"1 FolderPiano, "Third Piano Sonata"1 FolderPiano, "Fourth Piano Sonata"1 FolderPiano, "Fifth Piano Sonata"1 FolderPiano, "Sixth Piano Sonata"1 FolderPiano, "Seventh Piano Sonata"1 FolderPiano, "Eighth Piano Sonata"1 FolderPiano, "Ninth Piano Sonata"1 FolderPiano, "Tenth Piano Sonata"1 FolderPiano, "Eleventh Piano Sonata"1 FolderPiano, "Twelfth Piano Sonata"1 FolderPiano, "Sonatinas 1-6"1 FolderPiano, "Three Toccatinas"1 FolderPiano, "Variations for an Album"1 FolderOrgan, "Auden Variations"1 FolderOrgan, "Chorale Prelude: Drop, Drop, Slow Tears"1 FolderOrgan, "Do Not Go Gentle"1 FolderOrgan, "Dryden Liturgical Suite"1 FolderOrgan, "Parable for Organ"1 FolderOrgan, "Shima B'Koli"1 FolderHarpsichord, "1st Harpsichord Sonata"1 FolderVocal, "Hilaire Belloc Songs," "Thou Child So Wise," "The Microbe"1 FolderVocal, "Emily Dickinson Songs"1 FolderVocal, "Harmonium"1 FolderVocal, "James Joyce Songs"1 FolderVocal, "A Net of Fireflies"1 FolderVocal, "Two Chinese Songs"1 FolderPersichetti, Scores for Choral, Chamber and Solo Intrument, Orchestra, BandListing of Choral, Chamber, Orchestra, and Band Compositions1 FolderChoral, "Three Canons for Voices"1 FolderChoral, "Celebrations"1 FolderChoral, "The Creation"1 FolderChoral, ee cummings Choruses, "sam was a man," and "this is the garden"1 FolderChoral, ee cummings Choruses, "dominic has a doll," "maggie and milly and molly and may," "uncles," and "nouns to nouns"1 FolderChoral, "Glad and Very"1 FolderChoral, "Hymns and Responses"1 FolderChoral, "Magnificat and Nune Dimittis"1 FolderChoral, "Mass"1 FolderChoral, "The Pleiades"1 FolderChoral, "Proverb"1 FolderChoral, "Seek the Highest"1 FolderChoral, "Song of Peace"1 FolderChoral, "Spring Cantata"1 FolderChoral, "Stabat Mater"1 FolderChoral, "Te Deum"1 FolderChoral, "Winter Cantata"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "The Hollow Man"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Infanta Marina"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "King Lear"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Little Recorder Book"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Masques"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Flute"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Brass Quintet"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Oboe"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Bassoon"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Carillon"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Harp"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Horn"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable XI for Solo Alto Saxophone"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable XII for Solo Piccolo"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Clarinet"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Trumpet"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo English Horn"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable XVI for Solo Viola"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Double Bass"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Trombone"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Guitar"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Tuba"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Pastoral for Woodwind Quintet"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "1st String Quartet"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "2nd String Quartet"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "3rd String Quartet"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "4th Strung Quartet"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Serenade No. 1"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Serenade No. 3"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Serenade No. 6"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Serenade No. 9"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Serenade No. 10"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Serenade No. 12"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Serenade No. 13"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Sonata for Solo Cello"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Sonata for Solo Violin"1 FolderChamber and Solo Instrument, "Vocalise"1 FolderOrchestra, "Concertino for Piano and Orchestra" 2 pianos, 4 hands1 FolderOrchestra, "Concerto for English Horn and String"1 FolderOrchestra, "Concerto for Piano and Orchestra"1 FolderOrchestra, "Dance Overture"1 FolderOrchestra, "Introit for Strings"1 FolderOrchestra, "A Lincoln Address"1 FolderOrchestra, "Night Dances"1 FolderOrchestra, "Sinfonia: Janiculum"1 FolderOrchestra, "4th Symphony"1 FolderOrchestra, "Symphony for Strings"1 FolderOrchestra, "7th Symphony"1 FolderOrchestra, "Symphony No. 8"1 FolderBand, "Bagatella"1 FolderBand, "Chorale Prelude: O God Unseen"1 FolderBand, "Chorale Prelude: So Pure the Star"1 FolderBand, "Chorale Prelude: Turn Not Thy Face"1 FolderBand, "Divertimento for Band"1 FolderBand, "A Lincoln Address"1 FolderBand, "Masquerade"1 FolderBand, "O Cool is the Valley"1 FolderBand, "Pageant"1 FolderBand, "Parable No. 9"1 FolderBand, "Psalm for Band"1 FolderBand, "Serenade No. 11"1 FolderBand, "Symphony for Band"1 FolderReel to Reel Audio01 of 08:1 ReelsAuden Variations for Organ1 Reels02 of 08:1 ReelsThe Creation1 Reels03 of 08:1 ReelsSide I: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra1 ReelsSide II: "The Pleiades"1 Reels(interview with Persichetti after Philadelphia Orchestra performance of Piano Concerto)1 Reels04 of 08:1 ReelsSide I: Persichetti, Symphony No. 7, Arizona State University Orchestra1 ReelsPersichetti, Night Dance1 ReelsSide II: Celebrations1 ReelsTe Deum1 ReelsStabat Mater1 Reels05 of 08:1 ReelsSide I: Symphony No. 3 (Alabama)1 ReelsFables1 ReelsMirror Etudas, Lawton1 ReelsParable VIII for Horn (Thomas Bacon)1 ReelsPiano Sonata No. 9 (Keith Smith)1 ReelsPiano Sonatina No. 3 (Brenda Beck)1 ReelsSide II: Persichetti1 ReelsDance Overture1 ReelsPiano Sonatina No. 11 Reels06 of 08:1 ReelsConcertina for Piano and Orchestra1 ReelsEastman Rochester Orchestra1 ReelsHoward Hanson, conductor1 ReelsVincent Persichetti, piano1 Reels07 of 08:1 ReelsPiano Sonata No. 111 Reels08 of 08:1 ReelsSide I: King Lear1 ReelsSide II: Serenade No. 5 for Orchestra - Ormandy1 ReelsPersichetti, Original Music Scores, Working ManuscriptsListing of Original Music Scores1 FolderPersichetti, Sonata and Sonatine, working manuscript1 Folder"Sonatine for Organ, Pedals Alone," score with handwritten notations1 Folder"Parable for Organ," score with handwritten notations1 Folder"Serenade No. 4 for Violin and Piano," score1 Folder"Sonata for Organ," score with handwritten notations1 Folder"Quintet," score1 Folder"Concerto for Piano, Four Hands," score1 FolderHolographsListing of Holographs1 FolderHolograph, "2nd Piano Sonata"1 FolderHolograph, "1st Piano Sonata"1 FolderHolograph, Vocal, "Sara Teasdale Songs, Op. 72, No. 1"1 FolderHolograph, Organ, "Auden Variations"1 FolderHolograph, Orchestra, "Fables for Narrator and Orchestra"1 FolderHolograph, Vocal, "Carl Sandburg Songs, Op. 73"1 FolderHolograph, Vocal, "ee cummings Songs, Op. 26"1 FolderHolograph, Vocal, "Robert Frost Songs, Op. 49, Dust of Snow"1 FolderHolograph, "English Songs, Op. 49"1 FolderHolograph, "Poems for Piano, Vol. III"1 FolderEphemera, Chronology, and Oversized ScoresVincent Persichetti 1915-1987, booklet1 FolderVincent Persichetti, chronology1 FolderA Conversation with Vincent Persichetti, by Rudy Shackelford (working copy)1 FolderScores donated by Dr. Pat Lust, Longwood College, Dept. of Music1 FolderLPsPiano Quintet, performed by the New Art String Quartet and Vincent Persichetti and Harmonium, performed by Darleen Kliener and Lois McLeod1 ObjectThomas Stacy, English Horn1 ObjectVincent Persichetti, Concerto for Piano, 4 Hands Op. 56 and Paul Creston, Sonata for Saxophone and Piano, Op. 191 ObjectVincent Persichetti, Four String Quartets, performed by the New Art String Quartet1 ObjectBrian Minor play with the Chicago Symphony String Quartet and Lawson Lunde, piano1 ObjectVincent Persichetti, Parable XI for Solo Alto Saxophone1 ObjectLawson Lunde, Sonata No. 1 for Alto Saxophone and Piano1 ObjectLeon Stein, Quintet for Saxophone and String Quartet1 ObjectNew York Brass Quintet1 ObjectJan Bach, Laudes1 ObjectMichel Leclere, Par Monts et Par Vaux1 ObjectVincent Persichetti, Parable for Brass Quintet1 ObjectUniversity of Kansas Symphonic Band, Robert E. Foster, conductor1 ObjectThe Compositions of Vincent Persichetti1 ObjectRalph Sauer Plays Music for Trombone by Milhand, Persichetti, Bassett, and Pergolesi with Alan deVeritch, viola, Ronald Leonard, cello, and Paul Pitman, piano1 ObjectIthaca High School Band, Frank Battisti, conductor (includes Persichetti's "Serenade for Band"1 ObjectThe Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conductor William Schuman, Symphony No. 91 ObjectVincent Persichetti, Sinfonia: Janiculum1 ObjectTemple University Trio1 ObjectVincent Persichetti, Serenade for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 171 ObjectWalter Piston, Trio1 ObjectWallingford Riegger, Trio, Op. 11 ObjectContemporary Music for Trumpet and Organ1 ObjectAnthony Plog, trumpet1 ObjectMadalyn Swearington, organ1 ObjectBarbara Bing, soprano1 ObjectThe Dallas Brass Quintet, performs the music of Persichetti, Hovhaness, Reynolds, and Childs1 ObjectJohn Barrows-horn, Bernie Leighton and Tait Sanford-piano, Harvey Phillips-tuba (includes Persichetti's "Serenade No. 12 for tuba)1 ObjectNew England Conservatory Wind Ensemble1 ObjectHindemith, Symphony in B-flat1 ObjectPersichetti, Symphony No. 61 ObjectOboist Peter Christ with the Crystal Chamber Soloists (includes Persichetti's "Parable for Solo Oboe")1 Object