{"value"=>"<p>This series consists primarily of Barker's original compositions. Nearly-complete lists of his works can be found in the composition catalog file in Series I, though some pieces in this series are not listed there. This series includes his early and student works (late 1960s to mid-1970s) as well as his mature pieces (late 1970s - 1987). His mature works nearly all include sketches, manuscript scores, master scores for reproduction (Barker was his own copyist), and parts, some of them marked with performance notes.</p> <p>Among his early works are a piece for guitar (Sea Rock Section Road, ca. 1968); original country music (1970s, mostly lead sheets, but also including rough arrangements); Supralapsarianism (early 1970s, a piece for orchestra and chorus); Waltz Through A Briar Patch (1972, for clarinet ensemble); and Sonata for Piano (1973). Some of his mature pieces include Gianni Schicchi (A Chamber Ballet in Two Acts, 1979), Pulse III (1980), Single Six (1982, for bass clarinet), Trikhyalo (1983), Double Concerto for Bass Clarinet, Trombone and Chamber Orchestra (1983-1984, composed for his doctoral dissertation), Four Sets for Orchestra (1985), Symphony No. 1 (1985), Five Pieces for Piano (1986), and his last complete composition, Chorales (1987).</p> <p>Barker also wrote arrangements of two Bach Preludes and Fugues, Paganini's 24th Caprice, and two pieces by Palestrina. These scores are at the front of the series. Also among Barker's scores was the incomplete manuscript for an orchestral piece by another, unidentified composer. This score is in the last folder of the series.</p>"}