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{"value"=>"1944-2011", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1944/2011"}
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{"value"=>"Paul Turok scores and audio recordings"}
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Music Division</span>"}
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{"value"=>"Paul Turok (1929-2012) was an American composer, music critic, and publisher. His collection, dating from 1944 to 2011, contains scores for his more than 100 compositions, as well as audio recordings of performances and rehearsals of his works."}
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{"value"=>"English"}
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{"value"=>"Turok, Paul, 1929-2012", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Paul Turok was born on December 3, 1929 in New York City. He studied composition at Queens College with Karol Rathaus; the University of California, Berkeley and Princeton University with Roger Sessions; and the Juilliard School with Peter Mennin and Bernard Wagenaar. Following his service in the United States Army, Turok taught music at The City College of New York from 1960 to 1963 and Williams College from 1963 to 1964. He thereafter focused on composition and classical music criticism.</p> <p>Throughout his career, Turok composed more than 100 works for orchestra, band, chamber, solo instrument, and opera settings. A number of his works reference historical events and figures.</p> <p>Orchestral works include: <span class=\"title\">Concerto for Violin and Orchestra</span> (1953), <span class=\"title\">Variations on an American Theme: Aspects of Lincoln and Liberty</span> (1964), <span class=\"title\">Charters West</span> (1968), <span class=\"title\">Lyric Variations</span> (1971), <span class=\"title\">Great Scott!: Orchestral Suite after Joplin</span> (1973), <span class=\"title\">Ragtime Caprice</span> (1978), <span class=\"title\">Threnody</span> (1979), and <span class=\"title\">Canzone Concertante</span> 1-10 (1980-2009).</p> <p>Band works include: <span class=\"title\">Concert March</span> (1955), <span class=\"title\">Songs, Dances, and Studies for Band</span> (1978), and <span class=\"title\">Rhapsody for Band</span> (1989).</p> <p>Chamber and solo works include: <span class=\"title\">Evocations</span> (1955), <span class=\"title\">Homage to Bach</span> (1969), <span class=\"title\">Capriccio for Violin and Percussion</span> (1976), <span class=\"title\">Quintet for English Horn and Strings</span> (1978), <span class=\"title\">Sonata Jubilante</span> (1987), <span class=\"title\">Lanier Songs</span> (1989), and <span class=\"title\">Gypsy Airs</span> (1999).</p> <p>Operas include: <span class=\"title\">Scene: Domestic</span> (1955) and <span class=\"title\">Richard III</span> (1975, 2009).</p> <p>Turok's works have been performed and recorded by major American orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, and the New Jersey Symphony. His works have also been performed in Colombia, England, France, and Japan. In May 1970, a concert of Turok's chamber pieces premiered at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. His work continues to be performed around the world.</p> <p>As a music critic, Turok regularly contributed to <span class=\"title\">The New York Times</span>, and was a frequent guest on WQXR's <span class=\"title\">First Hearing</span>. He published the magazine <span class=\"title\">Turok's Choice: The Insider's Review of New Classical Recordings</span> from 1990 to 2011, and reviewed classical music concerts and recordings for <span class=\"title\">Fanfare</span>, <span class=\"title\">New York Herald Tribune</span>, <span class=\"title\">Music Journal</span>, <span class=\"title\">Musical America</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Ovation</span>.</p> <p>Turok died on July 10, 2012 in New York City from an unspecified illness.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Paul Turok scores and audio recordings, dating from 1944 to 2011, trace Turok's entire career as a composer. The collection exclusively consists of scores and audio recordings of Turok's works. The scores (which primarily include full scores and parts) cover most of Turok's compositions for orchestra, opera, band, chamber, and solo settings. Audio recordings chiefly date from the 1970s to the 1990s, and feature performances and rehearsals of Turok's works.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Paul Turok scores and audio recordings are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/186043#c1785751'>Series I: Scores</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1944-2011</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series I holds all scores in the collection, dating from 1944 to 2011. The majority of Turok's more than 100 published works are represented in this series. Scores for several unpublished works are also present.</p> <p>Types of scores for each composition are noted in the container list. Printed full scores are included for most compositions, while parts are often included for multi-instrument works. Piano reductions, handwritten drafts, and commercially published editions of scores are occasionally present. Dates of scores do not necessarily indicate the original year of publication, as some copies are revised editions or simply printed at a later date.</p> <p>The instrumentation for each composition is indicated in the container list, either in the title of the work or in a separate note. Opus numbers are also listed for each composition. When an opus number is not present, it is likely the composition was never commercially published.</p> <p>Series I holds scores for Turok's wide-ranging works, including those for orchestra, chamber, and band settings, as well as compositions for solo instruments. There are scores and parts for all ten of Turok's <span class=\"title\">Canzone Concertante</span> pieces. His opera adaptation of <span class=\"title\">Richard III</span> is represented by handwritten drafts, a full score, vocal score, and libretto. <span class=\"title\">Variations on an American Song: Aspects of Lincoln and Liberty</span> contains handwritten and annotated versions of the score. The series also features scores for Turok's numerous sonatas for solo or duet instruments.</p> <p>Other compositions represented in the series include <span class=\"title\">Barbershop Variations</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Calendar</span>, <span class=\"title\">Charters West</span>, <span class=\"title\">Concerto for Piano and Orchestra</span>, <span class=\"title\">From Sholom Aleichem</span>, <span class=\"title\">Gypsy Airs</span>, <span class=\"title\">Lanier Songs</span>, <span class=\"title\">Scene: Domestic</span>, <span class=\"title\">Threnody</span>, <span class=\"title\">Tourist Music</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Youngest Brother</span>. Additionally, there are several scores for orchestra and string quartet works that date from the 1940s when Turok was a student at the High School of Music & Art. Some of these scores are written in notebooks, and at least one of them was submitted for a class assignment.</p> <p>The collection also holds notebooks with handwritten notation for multiple works. These are likely Turok's early drafts. Loose, untitled pages of notation (mostly handwritten) are filed with the notebooks as well.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/186043#c1785916'>Series II: Audio Recordings</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1960s-2003</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series, dating from the 1960s to 2003, contains forty-seven audio recordings, mostly performances and rehearsals of Turok's works. Some recordings feature works by other composers alongside Turok's. A 1974 interview with Turok and an episode of WQXR's <span class=\"title\">First Hearing</span> from the 1990s are included as well.</p> <p>The majority of recordings do not have exact dates. Estimated date ranges are provided in such cases.</p> <p>Notable recordings in this series include the 1976 premiere of <span class=\"title\">A Sousa Overture</span> performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra; <span class=\"title\">Canzone Concertante No. 5</span> performed by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wind Ensemble in 1990; and <span class=\"title\">Rhapsody for Band</span> performed by the Lawrence University Symphonic Band in 1995. Other recordings feature Turok compositions such as <span class=\"title\">Clarinet Trio</span>, <span class=\"title\">From Sholom Aleichem</span>, <span class=\"title\">Improvisations</span>, <span class=\"title\">Lyric Variations</span>, <span class=\"title\">Ragtime Caprice</span>, <span class=\"title\">Scene: Domestic</span>, <span class=\"title\">Threnody</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Tourist Music</span>.</p> <p>The <span class=\"title\">First Hearing</span> episode features Turok discussing composers Bohuslav Martinu and Benjamin Britten. Additionally, there are two recordings that highlight Turok in rehearsal with soloists, providing direction and discussing the piece at hand. His rehearsal with cellist Bonnie Hampton is of particular interest.</p> <p>Works by other composers often exist on recordings with Turok's works, usually as part of a full performance program. Several recordings contain only pieces by other composers. These include Christoph Willibald Gluck's <span class=\"title\">Orfeo ed Euridice</span>, Jacques Offenbach's <span class=\"title\">Tales of Hoffman</span>, and Tim Thompson's <span class=\"title\">A Song of Earth</span>. It is unclear if Turok was involved in these recordings that do not feature his work, or if he gathered them for reference.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated in 2016 by Susan Turok.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Nathan Evans</span> in <span class=\"date\">2025</span>.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Digitized versions of the media are available to researchers upon request. Original media formats are noted in the container list.</p>"}
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1944
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1944
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2011
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1944
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2011
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6.83 linear feet (22 boxes). 47 audio recordings
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{"value"=>"Paul Turok scores and audio recordings, JPB 21-105. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}