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Edward T. Cone Papers

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C1027
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 32 boxes
  • 28.6 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Citations should be as follows: Edward T. Cone Papers, Box #, Folder #, Manuscripts Division, Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1924-1996 (inclusive) and 1939-1996 (bulk)
Creator:
Cone, Edward. T.
Form:
Correspondence and Scores.
Abstract:
This collection contains the musical manuscripts, musical sketches, and personal papers of Edward T. Cone, a composer and member of the Princeton University faculty.

Cone, Edward. T.

Edward T. Cone was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, on May 4, 1917. He earned a B.A. and a M.F.A. from Princeton University, studying under Roger Sessions, and afterward held a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship at Princeton. In 1947, he joined the faculty, teaching music history, theory, and composition until 1985. Additionally, he was an Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large for Cornell University from 1979 until 1983. His other awards and distinctions include a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Old Dominion Fellowship at Princeton, an ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Princeton.

Cone's musical compositions include a symphony and music for piano, voice, chorus, orchestra, and chamber ensembles. In addition to these works, he wrote several books: Musical Form and Musical Performance (1968), The Composer's Voice (1974), and Music: A View From Delft (1989).

Edward T. Cone died in Princeton on October 23, 2004.

This collection consists of musical sketches, musical manuscripts, and personal papers of Edward T. Cone. It features early and working drafts of many of Cone's finished compositions as well as sketches of those that he considered incomplete. The collection also contains correspondence from friends of Cone, including John Berryman and Roger Sessions, and some of Cone's personal papers, including poetry by John Berryman and William Meredith.

"Obituary by Edward Cone" at Edcone.com consulted during preparation of biographical note.

Gift of the Edward T. Cone Estate in 2004 and 2010.

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This collection was processed by Danielle Ford in April 2006. Materials were identified and dated by Jeffrey Farrington, Musical Property Executor for the Estate of Edward T. Cone, who provided considerable aid in arranging this collection. Finding aid written by Danielle Ford in April 2006.

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Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Author
Danielle Ford
Finding Aid Date
2006
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Contains masters of Edward T. Cone's published compositions, most done in pen on vellum, and working copies used for performance, revision, or correction.

Arrangement

Arranged by estimated date of completion and alphabetically. Due to new information regarding chronology, some pieces were originally undated or filed under their dates of revision and are now known to be out of proper chronological order. All dates given in finding aid are correct.

Physical Description

24 boxes

undated: Cadenzas for Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, E-flat Major, K. 365, undated. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Draft
  2. Score
Physical Description

2 folders

undated: Cover Me Over, Clover, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Text from Richard Eberhart poem.

Physical Description

1 folder

1939: String Quartet #1, 1939. 4 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Parts, draft
  2. Score, draft
  3. Parts, revision
  4. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

4 folders

1940: Twenty-One Little Preludes, 1940. 23 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. I. "Moderato," draft
  2. II. "Andante," draft
  3. III. "Allegro non troppo," draft
  4. IV. "Rubato," draft
  5. V. "Lento ma scherzoso," draft
  6. VI. "Andante," draft
  7. VII. "Allegro molto," draft
  8. VIII. "Allegro decisio," draft
  9. IX. "Andante," draft
  10. X. "Andante non troppo," draft
  11. XI. "Allegro non troppo," draft
  12. XII. "Moderato," draft
  13. XIII. "Allegro scherzo," draft
  14. XIV. "Lento," draft
  15. XV. "Allegro," draft
  16. XVI. "Andante," draft
  17. XVII. "Allegro," draft
  18. XVIII. "Andante," draft
  19. XIX. "Allegro moderato," draft
  20. XX. "Lento," draft
  21. XXI. "Allegro," draft
  22. "Rejected" materials
  23. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

23 folders

1940: Violin and Piano Sonata #1, 1940. 5 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Sketches
  2. Score with annotations
  3. Score with annotations
  4. Violin part, vellum copy
  5. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

5 folders

circa 1940-1941: Two Fugues for J. Merrill Knapp, circa 1940-1941. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Draft
  2. Score
Physical Description

2 folders

1941: Clarinet Quintet, 1941. 2 boxes.
Scope and Contents
  1. Early draft
  2. Correcting copy
  3. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 boxes

1941: "Dover Beach" (Orchestra), 1941. 3 folders.
Scope and Contents

Text from Matthew Arnold poem.

  1. Early draft
  2. Working score
  3. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

3 folders

1942: "An Overture for the War", 1942. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents

Also known as "Prelude to Victory."

  1. Sketch
  2. Correcting copies [oversize]
  3. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 folders

1946: Divertimento for Woodwinds, 1946. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Early draft
  2. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 folders

1946: Elegy for Violin & Piano, 1946. 3 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Sketches
  2. Violin part, vellum copy
  3. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

3 folders

1946: "Excursions: Suite for A Capella Chorus", 1946. 4 folders.
Scope and Contents

Text from poems by Henry Thoreau. Printed pamphlet is signed, "To Ed from Mathilde, 1/13/56."

  1. Sketch
  2. Working score (four copies)
  3. Score, vellum copy
  4. Printed edition
Physical Description

4 folders

1946: "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Commemorative Anthem", 1946. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Text is from the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes. Score, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

1946: Nocturne for 'Cello and Piano, 1946. 4 folders.
Scope and Contents

Revised in 1959.

  1. Sketches
  2. "Unrevised" copy of score
  3. Cello part, vellum copy
  4. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

4 folders

1946: Prelude and Variations for Piano Four-Hands, 1946. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents

Begun in 1940.

  1. Early draft
  2. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 folders

1946: "The Lotos-Eaters", 1946. 2 boxes.
Scope and Contents

Text from Alfred, Lord Tennyson poem. Includes original 1939 version and later reworking of piece, begun in 1940.

  1. 1939 version, sketches
  2. 1939 version, correcting copy
  3. revision, working score [oversize]
  4. revision, score, vellum copy [oversize]
Physical Description

2 boxes

1947: "A Memory", 1947. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Text from William Allingham poem. Score, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

1947: "Fantasy on a Hebrew Theme", 1947. 2 boxes.
Scope and Contents

Revised in 1976.

  1. Early draft
  2. Correcting copy [oversize]
  3. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 boxes

1947: Piano Sonata, 1947. 3 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Early draft
  2. Correcting copy
  3. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

3 folders

1947: Rhapsody for Violin & Piano, 1947. 3 folders.
Scope and Contents

Revised in 1976.

  1. Early draft
  2. Viola part
  3. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

3 folders

1948: Fanfare, 1948. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Bound score.

Physical Description

1 folder

1948: "Fantasy on an Advent Hymn", 1948. 4 folders.
Scope and Contents

Revised in 1976.

  1. Sketches
  2. Early draft
  3. Correcting copy
  4. Score
Physical Description

4 folders

1948: "Scarabs: A Suite of Songs for Soprano and String Quartet", 1948. 6 folders.
Scope and Contents

Text from R. P. Blackmur poems.

  1. Early draft
  2. First violin part, vellum copy
  3. Second violin part, vellum copy
  4. Viola part, vellum copy
  5. Cello part, vellum copy
  6. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

6 folders

1948: "Sir Thomas' House", 1948. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents

Text from John Berryman poem.

  1. Early manuscript
  2. Revision
Physical Description

2 folders

1948: "Two Psalms for Chorus and Orchestra", 1948. 4 folders.
Scope and Contents

Uses text of Psalms 90 and 91.

  1. Sketches
  2. Correcting copy
  3. Piano/vocal score
  4. Full score
Physical Description

4 folders

1948: Violin and Piano Sonata #2, 1948. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Violin part, vellum copy
  2. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 folders

1949: Duo for Violin and Harp, 1949. 3 folders.
Scope and Contents

Revised in 1979.

  1. Correcting copy
  2. Part, vellum copy
  3. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

3 folders

1949: String Quartet #2, 1949. 7 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Working score
  2. Correcting copy
  3. First violin part, vellum copy
  4. Second violin part, vellum copy
  5. Viola part, vellum copy
  6. Cello part, vellum copy
  7. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

7 folders

1950: Fantasy ("Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen"), 1950. 4 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Sketches
  2. Correcting copy
  3. Score, vellum copy
  4. 1955 revision
Physical Description

4 folders

1950: "The Hollow Men", 1950. 3 folders.
Scope and Contents

Text from T. S. Eliot poem.

  1. Parts, working copy
  2. Choral part, vellum copy
  3. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

3 folders

1950: "Triptych: Three Poems by John Berryman", 1950. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Sketches
  2. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 folders

1950: "Veni Creator Spiritus", 1950. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Sketches
  2. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 folders

1951: "In Memoriam - R. D. W.", 1951. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Early draft
  2. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 folders

1951: Music for a Film, 1951. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Parts, vellum copy
  2. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 folders

1951: Trio for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano, 1951. 5 folders.
Scope and Contents

Revised in 1976.

  1. Correcting copy
  2. Working copy
  3. Violin part, vellum copy
  4. Cello part, vellum copy
  5. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

5 folders

1953: Elegy, 1953. 2 boxes.
Scope and Contents
  1. Early draft
  2. Parts, correcting copy
  3. Parts, vellum copy
  4. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 boxes

1953: Symphony, 1953. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Early draft
  2. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 folders

1954: Sonata for Violoncello Solo, 1954. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents

Revised in 2000.

  1. Correcting copy
  2. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 folders

1954: Songs, 1954. 2 boxes.
Scope and Contents
  1. "Mona Lisa," early draft
  2. "With Rue My Heart Is Laden," early draft
  3. "With Rue My Heart Is Laden," revision
  4. "An Epitaph," early draft
  5. "The Street Sounds to the Soldiers' Tread," early draft
  6. "Into My Heart," early draft
  7. "Bells in Tower at Evening Toll," early draft
  8. "If It Chance Your Eye Offend You," early draft
  9. "Parta Quies," early draft
  10. "Loveliest of Trees," early draft
  11. "In the Morning," early draft
  12. "Dover Beach," early draft
  13. "The Shell," early draft, early draft
  14. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 boxes

1954: "The Duchess of Malfi", 1954. 4 folders.
Scope and Contents

Based on the John Webster drama.

  1. Early draft
  2. Correcting copy
  3. Score, working copy
  4. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

4 folders

1955: "Petit Chant de Noel", 1955. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Text from Gabriel Vanhanian poem. Score, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

1956: "Around the Year: A Cycle in Memory of Walter de la Mare", 1956. 6 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Viola part
  2. First violin part, vellum copy
  3. Second violin part, vellum copy
  4. Viola part, vellum copy
  5. Cello part, vellum copy
  6. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

6 folders

1957: "In the Last Days", 1957. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Text from Micah. Score, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

1957: Nocturne and Rondo for Orchestra and Piano, 1957. 3 boxes.
Scope and Contents

Begun in 1955.

  1. Early sketches
  2. Draft
  3. Brass parts, vellum copy
  4. Strings part, vellum copy
  5. Winds part, vellum copy
  6. Other parts, vellum copy
  7. Score, vellum copy4
  8. Working copies [I],
  9. Working copies [II]
  10. Working copies [III]
  11. Working copies [IV]
Physical Description

3 boxes

1957: Prelude, Passacaglia and Fugue, 1957. 3 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Working copy
  2. Correcting copy
  3. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

3 folders

1958: Three Miniatures, 1958. 5 folders.
Scope and Contents

Text from James Stephens poems. #3 written in 1937; #1 and #2 written in 1958.

  1. "In the Night," early draft
  2. "In the Night," revision
  3. Correcting copy
  4. Harvard Glee Club copy
  5. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

5 folders

1959: Concerto for Violin and Small Orchestra, 1959. 3 boxes.
Scope and Contents
  1. Working copy
  2. Correcting copy
  3. First violin part, working copies
  4. Second violin part, working copies
  5. Viola part, working copies
  6. Violoncello part, working copies
  7. Contrabass part, working copies
  8. First flute part, working copies
  9. Second flute part, working copies
  10. Oboe part, working copies
  11. English horn part, working copies
  12. First clarinet part, working copies
  13. Second clarinet part, working copies
  14. First bassoon part, working copies
  15. Second bassoon part, working copies
  16. First horn part, working copies
  17. Second horn part, working copies
  18. First trombone part, working copies
  19. Second trombone part, working copies
  20. First trumpet part, working copies
  21. Second trumpet part, working copies
  22. Harp part, working copies
  23. Timpani part, working copies
  24. Solo violin part, working copies
  25. "Puccini" (located with Concerto parts)
  26. Solo violin part, vellum copy
  27. Parts, vellum copy
  28. Brass parts, vellum copy
  29. Strings parts, vellum copy
  30. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

3 boxes

1959: "Silent Noon", 1959. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents

Text from Christina Rossetti poem. No vellum copy found.

  1. Copy of score
  2. Published version in New Vistas in Song
Physical Description

2 folders

1959: Twelve Bagatelles on the Triads, with a Prologue and an Epilogue on the Two All-Interval Triads, 1959. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents

List of corrections on back of loose copy of "12 Tonal Studies."

  1. Correcting copy
  2. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 folders

1960: Quintet for Piano and Strings, 1960. 4 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Working score
  2. Parts, correcting copies
  3. Parts, vellum copy
  4. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

4 folders

1961: Four Songs from "Mythical Story", 1961. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Text from George Seferis poems. Score, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

1961: Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin, 1961. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Score, vellum copy [I]
  2. Score, vellum copy [II]
Physical Description

2 folders

1962: "La Figlia che Piange", 1962. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Text from T. S. Eliot poem.

  1. Working copy
  2. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

1 folder

1962: Twelve Tonal Studies, 1962. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Correcting copy
  2. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 folders

1963: Duo for Violin and 'Cello, 1963. 4 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Correcting copy
  2. Correcting copy
  3. Score, vellum copy, with corrections
  4. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

4 folders

1963: "Etude for Either Hand, or Both", 1963. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Inscribed, "For Kitty Ellis/the unhappy Summer of 1963 Princeton, NJ.". Score, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

1964: Music for Strings, 1964. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

No vellum copy found. Working copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

1965: Fantasy for Two Pianos, 1965. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Score, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

1965: Variations on a Fan-Fair, 1965. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Score and parts, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

1965: Funeral Stanzas, 1965. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Score and parts, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

1966: String Sextet, 1966. 8 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Working copy
  2. First violin part, vellum copy
  3. Second violin part, vellum copy
  4. First viola part, vellum copy
  5. Second viola part, vellum copy
  6. First cello part, vellum copy
  7. Second cello part, vellum copy
  8. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

8 folders

1966: Two Limericks from Modo di Cantare Limerichi, 1966. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Score, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

1969: Duo for Violin and Clarinet, 1969. 3 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Correcting copy
  2. Working copy
  3. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

3 folders

1970: "Philomela: Three Nightengale Songs", 1970. 4 folders.
Scope and Contents

Text from Sir Philip Sidney, Robert Seymour Bridges, and Matthew Arnold poems.

  1. Working copy
  2. Viola part, vellum copy
  3. Flute part, vellum copy
  4. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

4 folders

1971: Two Songs from Shakespeare, 1971. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

From Twelfth Night and Cymbeline. Score, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

1973: Psalm CXXI, 1973. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Score, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

1973: String Trio, 1973. 2 boxes.
Scope and Contents

Begun in 1972.

  1. Violin part, working copy
  2. Viola part, working copy
  3. Cello part, working copy
  4. Violin part, vellum copy
  5. Viola part, vellum copy
  6. Cello part, vellum copy
  7. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 boxes

1974: Sphinxes: 25 Aphorisms for Piano, 1974. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Working copy
  2. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 folders

1975: Serenade, 1975. 8 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Working copy
  2. Working copy
  3. Cello part
  4. Cello part, vellum copy
  5. Flute part, vellum copy
  6. Violin part, vellum copy
  7. Viola part, vellum copy
  8. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

8 folders

1976: Cavatina for Treble Viol and Harpsichord, 1976. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Inscribed, "for R. H. L." Score, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

1977: Page from a Diary, 1977. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Correcting copies
  2. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 folders

1977: Wedding Music, 1977. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Score, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

1978: Nine Lyrics from Tennyson's "In Memoriam", 1978. 3 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Correcting copy
  2. Correcting copy
  3. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

3 folders

1979: Cadenzas, 1979. 10 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Working copy
  2. Working copies
  3. Parts, working copy, with program
  4. Oboe and solo violin part, vellum copy
  5. First violin part, vellum copy
  6. Second violin part, vellum copy
  7. Viola part, vellum copy
  8. Cello part, vellum copy
  9. Contrabass part, vellum copy
  10. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

10 folders

1981: Cadenzas to W. A. Mozart, K.467, 1981. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Copy of score.

Physical Description

1 folder

1980-1981: Capriccio for String Quartet, 1980-1981. 5 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. First violin part, vellum copy
  2. Second violin part, vellum copy
  3. Viola part, vellum copy
  4. Cello part, vellum copy
  5. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

5 folders

1983: Quartet for Strings and Piano, 1983. 2 boxes.
Scope and Contents
  1. Early draft, box 18
  2. Score, working copy
  3. Parts, working copy
  4. Score, working copy
  5. Parts, working copies
  6. Violin part, vellum copy
  7. Viola part, vellum copy
  8. Cello part, vellum copy
  9. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 boxes

1984: Another Page from a Diary, 1984. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents

Inscribed, "In memory R. H. S."

  1. Program, Roger Sessions Memorial
  2. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 folders

1984: Completion of a Cadenza for Beethoven's Piano Concerto in C Major, Op. 15, 1984. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1986: Two Gardens, 1986. 7 folders.
Scope and Contents

Text from Joyce Carol Oates poems.

  1. Sketches
  2. Parts, correcting copy
  3. First violin part, vellum copy
  4. Second violin part, vellum copy
  5. Viola part, vellum copy,
  6. Cello part, vellum copy
  7. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

7 folders

1987: Two Women, 1987. 3 folders.
Scope and Contents

Text from Christina Rossetti and Emily Brontë poems. Inscribed, "For the Pierpont Morgan Library."

  1. "Song--Christina Rossetti," early version
  2. Working copy
  3. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

3 folders

1989: "Ozymandias", 1989. 4 folders.
Scope and Contents

Text from Percy Bysshe Shelley poem.

  1. Oboe part, vellum copy
  2. Clarinet part, vellum copy
  3. Bassoon part, vellum copy
  4. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

4 folders

1990: Ostinato, Cadenza, and Finale (Trio for Viola, Violoncello, and Piano), 1990. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents

No vellum copy found.

  1. Correcting copy
  2. Working copy
Physical Description

2 folders

1990: "Solace", 1990. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Text from Richard Eberhart poem. Score, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

1993: "New Weather", 1993. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents

Text from Paul Muldoon poem.

  1. Score, working copy with concert program
  2. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 folders

1996: Pastoral Variations for Flute and Harp, 1996. 3 folders.
Scope and Contents
  1. Correcting copy
  2. Flute part, vellum copy
  3. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

3 folders

after 1996: Four Lyrics from Yeats, after 1996. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Score, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

after 1996: "Songs of Innocence and Experience", after 1996. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Text from William Blake poems. Score, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

after 1996: Three Songs from "Pippa Passes", after 1996. 2 boxes.
Scope and Contents

Text from Robert Browning poems.

  1. Working copy
  2. Score, vellum copy
Physical Description

2 boxes

after 1996: Variations for Solo Viola, after 1996. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Score, vellum copy.

Physical Description

1 folder

Duplicate Materials, undated. 2 boxes.
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies of many working copies and vellum copies of scores found in this series. Unprocessed.

  1. Oversize duplicates
  2. Other duplicates
Physical Description

2 boxes

Scope and Contents

Contains pieces written prior to 1939 or not intended for publication.

Arrangement

Arranged by estimated date of composition and then alphabetically. Due to new information regarding chronology, some pieces were previously filed under their date of revision and are now known to be out of proper chronological order. All dates given in finding aid are correct.

Physical Description

2 boxes

undated: Assorted sketches, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

undated: Miscellania from envelopes, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Material clipped from envelopes containing early works and sketches.

Physical Description

1 folder

before 1937: Compositions in folder: Invention, Legend, Minuet (on the bass of Hayden's minuet for the "Lark" quartet), Nocturne, Prelude, The Truants, Waltz, before 1937. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents
  1. "Invention": Piano solo
  2. "Legend": Piano solo
  3. "Minuet": Two violins/viola/cello
  4. "Nocturne": Piano solo
  5. "Prelude": Piano solo
  6. "The Truants": Voice/piano
  7. "Waltz": Piano solo
Physical Description

1 folder

before 1937: "Allegro", before 1937. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Inscribed, "An aftermath of Peer Gynt, I suppose to be dedicated to M. G. F."

Physical Description

1 folder

before 1937: "Andante", before 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

before 1937: "Andante", before 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

before 1937: "Ballade", before 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

before 1937: "Miscellaneous Variations - original theme", before 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

before 1937: "Scherzo", before 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

before 1937: "Sonata" [I. Allegro moderato, II. Poco meno mosso, III. Presto, IV. Finale - Rondo allegro (much variation)], before 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

before 1937: "The Changling", before 1937. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Accompaniment to Walter de la Mare poem.

Physical Description

1 folder

before 1937: "The Song of the Secret", before 1937. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Accompaniment to Walter de la Mare poem.

Physical Description

1 folder

1937: "At the Keyhole", 1937. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Accompaniment to Walter de la Mare poem.

Physical Description

1 folder

1937: "Capriccio", 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937: "Chorale", 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937: "Etude", 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937: "Fantasia", 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937: "Fantasie", 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937: "Nocturne", 1937. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Dedicated "to J. B."

Physical Description

1 folder

1937: "Prelude" (Allegro moderato), 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937: "Prelude" (Andante con moto), 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937: "Romance", 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937: "Scherzo", 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937: "Scherzo" (Presto), 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937: "Song (without words)" (Allegro non troppo), 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937: "Song (without words)" (Andante), 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937: "Theme (Moderato)", 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937: "Theme (Allegro appassionato)", 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937: "Toccata (Allegro molto)", 1937. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937-1938: "Allegretto", 1937-1938. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937-1938: "Allegro Molto", 1937-1938. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Inscribed, "Music 305 Exam, dedicated to Mr. Roger Sessions."

Physical Description

1 folder

1937-1938: "Etude", 1937-1938. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937-1938: "Intermezzo", 1937-1938. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937-1938: "Legend", 1937-1938. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937-1938: "Piece for Violin & Piano", 1937-1938. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937-1938: "Sonata, F# minor", 1937-1938. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Inscribed "(for M. F. if she wants it)"

Physical Description

1 folder

1940-1941: "Fugue (two voices)", 1940-1941. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Written with "Two Fugues for J. Merrill Knapp." E minor, 4/4.

Physical Description

1 folder

1940-1941: "Fugue (two voices)", 1940-1941. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Written with "Two Fugues for J. Merrill Knapp." G minor, 4/4.

Physical Description

1 folder

1940-1941: "Fugue (two voices)", 1940-1941. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Written with "Two Fugues for J. Merrill Knapp." G minor, 4/4.

Physical Description

1 folder

1940-1941: "Fugue (three voices)", 1940-1941. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Written with "Two Fugues for J. Merrill Knapp." D minor, 4/4.

Physical Description

1 folder

1940-1941: "Fugue à 3", 1940-1941. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Written with "Two Fugues for J. Merrill Knapp." A minor, 4/4.

Physical Description

1 folder

1940-1941: "Fugue à 3", 1940-1941. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Written with "Two Fugues for J. Merrill Knapp." A flat major, 4/4.

Physical Description

1 folder

1940-1941: "Fugue à 3", 1940-1941. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Written with "Two Fugues for J. Merrill Knapp." E minor, 3/4.

Physical Description

1 folder

1940-1941: "Fugue à 3", 1940-1941. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Written with "Two Fugues for J. Merrill Knapp." E minor, 2/4.

Physical Description

1 folder

1940-1941: "Fugue à 4", 1940-1941. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents
  1. Written with "Two Fugues for J. Merrill Knapp." C minor, 3/4
Physical Description

1 folder

1940-1941: "Fugue à 4", 1940-1941. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents
  1. Written with "Two Fugues for J. Merrill Knapp." B major, 2/4
Physical Description

1 folder

1940-1942: Cadenzas for W. A. wMozart, K466, 1940-1942. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Contains twelve binders of musical sketches, charts, and early manuscripts. Many items in the sketchbooks are bound upside-down, Cone's method for keeping different pieces separate.

Arrangement

Sketchbooks have been kept in their original order. To maintain this order, each leaf bears a number in brackets in the bottom right corner of the front of the page as it appeared when bound.

Physical Description

6 boxes

Sketchbook A, 1954-1963. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes:

  1. "Etude for Either Hand, or Both" (1963), draft, 3 pp.
  2. "Duo for Violin and 'Cello" (1963), draft, 21 pp.
  3. "Twelve Tonal Studies" (1962), chart, 4 leaves / draft, 37 pp.
  4. "The Duchess of Malfi" (1954), draft, 33 pp. [See also: Sketchbook G]
  5. "La Figlia che Piange" (1962), sketch, 7 leaves / draft, 13 pp.
  6. "Duo for Violin & Harp" (1959), draft, 46 pp.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sketchbook B, 1959. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes: "Concerto for Violin and Small Orchestra" (1959), draft, 96 pp. / sketch, 37 leaves.

Physical Description

1 folder

Sketchbook C, 1956-1957. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes:

  1. "Prelude, Passacaglia and Fugue" (1957), draft, 47 pp. / sketch, 25 leaves
  2. "Around the Year: A Cycle in Memory of Walter de la Mare" (1956), draft, 49 pp.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sketchbook D, 1989-1996. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes:

  1. "Pastoral Variations for Flute & Harp" (1996), sketch, 1 leaf / draft, 22 pp.
  2. "New Weather" (1993), draft, 12 pp.
  3. "Solace" (1990), draft, 6 pp.
  4. "Ostinato, Cadenza, and Finale (Trio for Viola, Violoncello, and Piano)" (1990), draft, 30 pp.
  5. "Ozymandias" (1989), sketch, 2 leaves / draft, 16 pp.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sketchbook E, after 1996. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes:

  1. "Three Songs from Pippa Passes" (After 1996), sketch, 3 leaves / draft, 10 pp.
  2. "Variations for Solo Viola" (After 1996), sketch, 3 leaves, draft, 14 pp.
  3. "Four Lyrics from Yeats" (After 1996), sketch, 18 leaves
  4. "Songs of Innocence and Experience" (After 1996), sketch, 15 leaves
Physical Description

1 folder

Sketchbook F, 1947-1981. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes:

  1. "Violin and Piano Sonata #2" (1948), draft 57 pp. / sketch, 26 leaves
  2. "Piano Piece," 4/4 (1947-1948?), draft, 2 pp.
  3. "Piano Piece," 3/4 (1947-1948?), draft, 3 pp.
  4. "A Memory" (1947), sketch, 1 leaf / draft, 4 pp.
  5. "Capriccio for String Quartet" (1980-1981), draft, 18 pp.
  6. "Cadenzas" (1979), sketch, 4 leaves / draft, 17 pp.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sketchbook G, 1949-1961. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes:

  1. "String Quartet #2" (1949), draft, 94 pp.
  2. "L'Colombe de L'Ille de la Cite" (1955?), sketch, 2 pp. [See also: Sketchbook J]
  3. "Four Songs from Mythical Story" (1961), charts / draft, 63 pp.
  4. "Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin" (1961), chart, 2 leaves / draft, 25 pp.
  5. "The Duchess of Malfi" (1954), sketch, 21 leaves [See also: Sketchbook A]
  6. "Sonata for Violoncello Solo" (1954), draft, 22 pp.
  7. "L'Colombe de L'Ille de la Cite" (1955?), sketch, 2 pp. [See also: Sketchbook J]
Physical Description

1 folder

Sketchbook H, 1948-1951. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes:

  1. "Trio for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano" (1951), draft, 142 pp.
  2. "Two Psalms for Chorus and Orchestra" (1948), draft, 98 pp.
  3. "The Hollow Men" (1950), draft, 30 pp.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sketchbook I, 1957-1960. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes:

  1. "Quintet for Piano and Strings" (1960), sketch, 15 leaves / draft, 74 pp.
  2. "Nocturne and Rondo for Orchestra and Piano" (1957), sketch, 13 leaves / draft, 44 pp. / sketch, 13 pp. (overlaps following piece)
  3. "In the Last Days" (1957), sketch, 2 leaves / draft, 23 pp.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sketchbook J, 1951-1970. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes:

  1. "Philomela: Three Nightingale Songs" (1970), draft, 15 pp. / draft, 10 pp.
  2. "Variations for Orchestra" (1968), sketch, 4 leaves / draft, 23 pp.
  3. "String Sextet" (1966), sketch, 4 leaves / draft, 37 pp. / sketch, 6 leaves
  4. "March for Alto Sax, Trombone and Snare Drum" (1966-1969?), sketch, 2 pp.
  5. "Duo for Violin & Clarinet" (1969), sketch, 15 leaves / draft, 26 pp., with material from "Pippa's Song" on reverse of first page (See also: Sketchbook E)
  6. "Petit Chant de Noel" (1955), sketch, 3 pp.
  7. "La Colombe de L'Ille de la Cite for Voice and Guitar" (1955?), text, 2 pp. / draft, 2 pp. [See also: Sketchbook G]
  8. "Symphony" (1953), draft, 74 pp.
  9. "Elegy" (1953), draft, 13 pp. / sketch, 4 leaves
  10. "Music for a Film" (1951), draft, 17 pp.
  11. "Allegro non Troppo" (piano piece) (1951?)
  12. "Moderato" (piano piece) (1951?)
  13. "Largo" (piano piece) (1951?)
  14. "Music for a Film" (1951), sketch, 5 leaves
  15. "Philomela: Three Nightingale Songs" (1970), draft, 26 pp.
  16. "Funeral Stanzas" (1965), draft, 22 pp.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sketchbook K, 1964-1973. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes:

  1. "Music for Strings" (1964), sketch, 10 pp. / draft, 19 pp.
  2. "Fantasy for Two Pianos" (1965), sketch, 17 pp. / draft, 65 pp.
  3. "Two Limericks" (1965-1966?), sketch, 1 p.
  4. "Variations on a Fan-Fair" (1965), sketch, 5 leaves / draft, 9 pp.
  5. "String Trio" (1973), sketch, 19 leaves / draft, 42 pp.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sketchbook L, 1946-1977. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes:

  1. "Page from a Diary" (1977), draft, 6 pp.
  2. "Nine Lyrics from Tennyson's In Memoriam" (1978), sketch, 10 leaves / draft, 38 pp.
  3. "Cavatina" (1976), draft, 11 pp.
  4. "Wedding Music" (1977), draft, 4 pp.
  5. "Page from a Diary" (1977), sketch, 5 leaves
  6. "A Frank Capriccio for Flute and Clarinet" (1972-1977?), sketch, 1 leaf / draft, 3 pp.
  7. "Serenade" (1975), draft, 27 pp.
  8. "Sphinxes: 25 Aphorisms for Piano" (1974), draft, 20 pp.
  9. "Serenade" (1975), sketch, 4 leaves
  10. "Two Songs from Shakespeare" (1971), draft, 4 pp.
  11. "Davie for Alto Sax in E-flat" (undated), draft, 2 pp.
  12. "Psalm CXXI" (1973), draft, 14 pp.
  13. "Nocturne for 'Cello and Piano" (1946), draft, 25 pp.
  14. "Twelve Bagatelles on the Triads, with a Prologue and an Epilogue on the Two All-Interval Triads" (1959), draft, 40 pp.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Contains personal correspondence; material from the 1939 Princeton University commencement, at which Cone was salutatorian; poetry, including an unpublished poem written for Cone by John Berryman; two short plays by unknown writers; and clippings.

Arrangement

Arranged by form.

Physical Description

1 box

Correspondence: Unidentified, 1935-1988. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 TL, 1 TLS, 12 ALsS

Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence: B General, 1949-1988. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents
  1. Babbitt, Milton: ANS (1949)
  2. Berlin, Isaiah: 1 TLS, 1 TL (1988)
  3. Berryman, John: TLS with autograph postscript (undated)
  4. Bryan, Mckenty, Mrs.: ALS (undated)
  5. Burke, Kenneth: 3 TLsS, 1 ALS (1962, 1966, 1984)
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence: C General, 1941. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents
  1. Claggart, John: TNS (undated)
  2. Cone, Benjaman: TLS (1960)
  3. Cone, Edward: ANS (Christmas card), photocopy of TLS regarding John Berryman, including two typewritten drafts of poems (undated, 1972)
  4. Conley, Betteen: TNS (undated)
  5. Copland, Aaron: 2 TLsS (1941, 1968)
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence: Eaton, John, 1965. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

20 ALsS

Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence: F-R General, 1942-1988. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents
  1. Fussell, Paul: ANS (1975)
  2. Gish, Lillian: TLS (1986)
  3. Gordon, Caroline: TLS (undated)
  4. Huber, Ted: TLS (1946)
  5. Locke, Ralph P.: ALS (1988)
  6. Palmer, George and Phoebe: 3 ANsS (Christmas cards, 1972 and undated)
  7. Rounds, F. W., Jr.: ANS (1942)
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence: S General, 1941. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents
  1. Sherbondy, Jacqueline: ALS (1942)
  2. Skinner, Margaret: ALS (1952)
  3. Smith, Patrick: TLS (including libretto for The Duchess, 1958)
  4. Stein, Sarah: ALS (1941)
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence: Sessions, Roger, 1948. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

4 ALsS

Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence: V-W General, 1939-1956. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents
  1. Welch, Sylvia: ALS (1951)
  2. Wilbur, Charlee and Richard: ANS (1956)
  3. Williams, R. Vaughan: TLS with attached ALS from "Lettice" (1952)
  4. Wurzburg, Francis L.: ALS (1939)
Physical Description

1 folder

Poetry: John Berryman, 1953. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents
  1. Holograph birthday poem for Cone (undated)
  2. TMsS of "Homage to Mistress Bradstreet," inscribed to Cone
  3. pamphlet containing "In Memoriam (1914-1953)" and "Another New Year's Eve (1970)"
  4. photocopy of "A Prayer After All" (1970)
Physical Description

1 folder

Poetry: William Meredith, 1948-1966. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents
  1. 4 AMssS
  2. 12 TMssS
Physical Description

1 folder

Poetry: Miscellaneous, 1949. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents
  1. Fitzgerald, Robert: pamphlet containing poem (1956)
  2. Fried, Michael: TMs (undated)
  3. Garrett, George: TMsS (1978)
  4. Loomis, Chalres Battell: TMs (undated)
  5. Wesel, Andy: TMsS (undated)
  6. 2 TMss by unknown writers (undated)
  7. TMsS with illegible signature (1949)
Physical Description

1 folder

Plays, 1950. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents
  1. TMs of "I Called It Eden" by an unknown writer (undated)
  2. TMs of "The Gas Chamber" by Stanley J. Seeger, Jr. (1950)
Physical Description

1 folder

Spanish translation of Cone's "The Structure of Falstaff", 1961. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

TMsS of "La estructura de Falstaff," translated by Jon Rinnander and inscribed to Cone (1961)

Physical Description

1 folder

Princeton University Commencement, 1939, 1939. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents
  1. Clippings
  2. Small pamphlet: "Princeton University: One Hundred and Ninety-Second Commencement" with Cone's handwritten notes
  3. Pamphlet: "An Antidote to Frustration: The President's Baccalaureate Address"
  4. Cone's term report
  5. Commencement concert program
  6. TMs of Cone's address as salutatorian with his handwritten notes
  7. Printed copy of address
  8. Pamphlet: "Princeton University: The One Hundred and Ninety-Second Commencement"
  9. Pamphlet: "Princeton University: One Hundred and Ninety-Second Baccalaureate Address"
Physical Description

1 folder

Memorial Pieces, 1952-1988. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents
  1. TMs: "Upon the occsion [sic] of the sudden death of a saint, Professor Donald A. Stauffer, at Oxford, August 8, 1952," reverse is "The Dawn-Song of St. Francis" with notations by Cone
  2. TMs: "Upon the occasion..." credited to Robert V. Keeley
  3. Pamphlet: "John Dickinson, 1894-1952" by George L. Harris
  4. Pamphlet: Harold Stein: In Memoriam (1966)
  5. Pamphlet: "Millard Meiss: March 25, 1904-June 12, 1975"
  6. Pamphlet: "Katharine MacKenty Bryan, October 18, 1903-June 4, 1976
  7. Pamphlet: "Arthur Mendel: June 6, 1905-October 14, 1979"
  8. Photocopy of "Sigfried Rosengart as I Knew Him" by Ellen B. Hirschland
  9. Photocopy of "In Memoriam John Jordan" by F. X. Martin Osa
  10. TMs: "Words for the burial of Lupa's ashes--September 27, 1988"
Physical Description

1 folder

Clippings, 1957. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

6 newspaper clippings relating to Cone's work

Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous, 1924-1993. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents
  1. Cone's membership card for Veterans of Future Wars, signed by John C. Turner
  2. Envelope labeled "N. B.: Important papers!"
  3. Princeton Small Animal Rescue card
  4. Clipping of "A Hindu Fable"
  5. Photocopied portrait of Allen Tate
  6. Program: "Florence Hunt's Piano Class" (1924)
  7. Pamphlet: "The Baltimore Museum of Art: A Resolution" (1949)
  8. Dinner menu (1954)
  9. Pamphlet: "A Letter"
  10. Pamphlet: "Contemporary Composers Catalogue" (1955)
  11. Pamphlet: "Cone Mills Corporation 75th Anniversary" (1970)
  12. TMs: history of the Cone family name
  13. Pamphlet: "Lost Counties" by William Howard Adams, inscribed to Cone
Physical Description

1 folder

Print, Suggest