{"value"=>"<p>15 boxes. The scores are in two divisions: those by Kirchner and those by other composers. Kirchner's work is arranged alphabetically by title. Most of his major works are present, including String Quartets 1, 3 and 4; the two piano concertos; the three pianos sonatas; the Sonata Concertante, the orchestral works Music for Orchestra (I and II), N.Y. Connotations, Music for Cello and Orchestra and Music for Flute and Orchestra; the opera Lily (based on Saul Bellow's <span class=\"title\">Henderson The Rain King</span>); smaller ensemble pieces such as Toccata for Strings, Solo Winds and Percussion; and solo works for piano, cello, and violin. Also among the scores is a folder of exercises Kirchner did for Arnold Schoenberg in 1939, and annotated by Kirchner in 1993.</p> <p>The score files include varying combinations of sketches, manuscript scores and parts, and publisher proofs and final published versions, often containing written corrections and annotations. Notes with each composition or folder specify exact content. The series also contains two boxes of unfinished sketches, and two folders of orphan score or part pages.</p> <p>The scores by other composers consist primarily of pieces written by friends and former students in honor of Kirchner's birthdays, mostly for his 70th, for which a celebratory concert was held (see also 70th Birthday Celebration in Series I). These include short pieces by David Del Tridici, Ivan Tcherepnin, Arthur Berger (who also wrote a birthday piece for Kirchner's wife, Gertrude), William Eldridge, Russell Steinberg and Peter Lieberson. The 70th birthday scores were gathered in a decorated gift box for presentation to Kirchner. This gift box is in box 32. The one non-birthday related score is <span class=\"title\">Lament for Oedipus</span> by Seymour Shifrin, which is autographed to Kirchner.</p>"}