Scope and arrangement
The Dorian Wind Quintet records (1954-2012) document the first four decades of the group's existence through programs; scrapbooks; sound recordings; photographs; clippings; subject, touring, and management files; publicity material; datebooks; files of the Dorian Wind Quintet Foundation; and posters. The largest components of the collection are sound recordings and programs.
The sound recordings, dating from the 1960s to the early 2000s, consist largely of concerts, radio broadcasts, and studio performances by the Quintet. They feature the Quintet performing music by Luciano Berio, Darius Milhaud, Paul Taffanel, J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Carl Nielsen, Elliott Carter, Billy Childs, Igor Stravinsky, Jacques Ibert, Anton Reicha, and Jacob Druckman, among others. A small quantity of the sound recordings is of other wind quintets, music sent to the group for its consideration, and recordings of individual members of the Quintet in other settings. These include a solo performance by flautist Karl Kraber and a performance by and interview with the Da Vinci Chamber Ensemble, which featured Jane Taylor and Barry Benjamin. Some recordings have information on the place or occasion of the recording, and listings of composers performed. A portion of the recordings are digital transfers of analog originals, created by the donor. Some of these are accompanied by additional information in the form of HTML files. The recordings are arranged chronologically within three divisions: performances and recordings by the Dorian Quintet; demonstration recordings or performances by other musicians; and unidentified works and performers.
The programs, housed in 17 volumes of binders, date from 1961 to 2001 and offer comprehensive coverage of the Quintet's performance career.
The touring files document visits to Europe, West Africa, India, Greece, Turkey, and the Middle East. They hold itineraries; programs; correspondence with the U.S State Department and local presenters; photographs; and memorabilia.
The letters file contains letters from composers, personal notes to Jane Taylor, and letters regarding business and publicity.
The management files can be found under Columbia Artists Management Inc. (CAMI) and Kazuko Hillyer International. They contain contracts, itineraries, programming information, and correspondence with the Quintet. Additional contracts, some of which were executed through CAMI, are filed under contracts.
The rest of the subject files hold clippings; histories of the Quintet; grant applications to the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts; repertoire, recording, and program lists; files regarding residencies in the State University of New York system; datebooks belonging to Jane Taylor; and files on individuals, concerts, other events, or publishers. The Dorian Wind Quintet Foundation file contains development information and correspondence with funders.
The scores hold manuscript or published versions of scores performed, commissioned, or considered for performance by the Quintet. Most have annotations, composer autographs, or both. Some pieces have full scores and parts, but most have either a full score, parts, or single parts. The scores include music by Lukas Foss, Luciano Berio, Richard Rodney Bennett, Jacob Druckman, Paul Hindemith, Roger Kellaway, Joel Chadabe, and Billy Childs. Also present is an arrangement of Beethoven's String Quartet No. 14 by Henry Brant, and sketches and unidentified manuscripts.
Photographs document the Quintet's earliest days at the Tanglewood Music Center in 1961 and its tours of West Africa and India in the 1960s and 1970s. They also hold publicity shots of the group and its individual members from 1961 to the early 2000s.
Collection content dating from before the formation of the Dorian Quintet in 1961 documents the career of Jane Taylor. It includes datebooks, programs, and photographs.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject or format.