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{"value"=>"3141012", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1950-2013", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1950/2013"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Series IV: Library"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.58 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
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{"value"=>"<p>This series holds writings and scores authored or composed by Wolff's friends and associates, as well as Wolff's own writings.</p> <p>Wolff's writings consist of essays on music, interview transcripts, and recommendation letters. They are comprised of typed manuscripts (or reproductions), most of which are annotated or have edits. The longest of these is \"Experiments in Music Around 1950 and Some Consequences and Causes (Social-political and Musical).\" Shorter pieces include \"On Verbal Notations\" and notes on Wolff's compositions <span class=\"title\">Prose Collection</span> and <span class=\"title\">Burdocks</span>.</p> <p>Also present are typed notes on Wolff's colleague Cornelius Cardew, and notes on John Cage's composition <span class=\"title\">Apartment House 1776</span>. There are three interview transcripts, ranging from 9 to 19 pages. One is derived from a public conversation with Wolff, Stephen Chase, and Clemens Gresser at the 2002 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, while the other two are one-on-one interviews. The recommendation letters are for students and colleagues, and include Wolff's own Senior Faculty Grant Proposal for the winter of 1993.</p> <p>The writings also include work by the composer/critic Hans G. Helms, the composer James Tenney, the composer/poet Jackson Mac Low, and the composer Alvin Lucier. These are published items which were sent or gifted to Wolff (the latter are inscribed to Wolff). Some are in German. The pamphlet from Yoko Ono (who was associated with John Cage's circle) and John Lennon advertises an Ono-Lennon event in Coventry, England.</p> <p>The scores are a mixture of manuscripts, manuscript reproductions, and published copies. Most are gifts inscribed to Wolff. The John Cage manuscripts are instructional material written for Wolff's lessons with him in 1950 or 1951; these also bear Wolff's annotations. Other composers represented here include Robert Ashley, Earle Brown, Morton Feldman, Malcolm Goldstein, György Kurtág, Gordon Mumma, Frederic Rzewski, Howard Skempton, Yūji Takahashi, and La Monte Young.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Library files are divided into Writings and Scores and arranged alphabetically within.</p>"}
- date_start
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1950
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1950
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2013
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1950
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2013
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1.58 linear feet (5 boxes). 184.3 kilobytes (1 computer files)