1st Movement: Score, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 8. Scores, parts, charts, performance and composition notes, 1981-2016, is the largest series, including twenty-nine sub-series, grouped by work: 1. The Ascension album, circa 1981, 2005, 2. Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus), circa 1981, 3. Symphony No. 2 (The Peak Of The Sacred), circa 1982, 4. Symphony No. 3 (Gloria), 1982 and undated, 5. Symphony No. 4 (Physics), circa 1983, 6. Symphony No. 5 (Describing Planes Of An Expanding Hypersphere), 1984-1985, 7. The Belly of an Architect Film score for string orchestra, circa 1986-1987, 8. Symphony No. 6 (Angel Choirs At The Gates Of Hell, in 4 movements, revised as Devil Choirs At The Gates Of Heaven, in 5 movements), circa 1987-1988, 9. Symphony No. 7 (Live in Graz) commissioned for the Steirischer Herbst Festival, circa 1989, 2010, 10. The World Upside Down ballet score commissioned by the Elisa Monte Company, circa 1990, 11. ln Passions Tongue opera score commissioned by The Opera Tomorrow Festival, circa 1986, 12. Les Honneurs Du Pied dance score in two movements for orchestra commissioned by Roc in Lichen, Paris, circa 1991, 13. String Quartet No. 1 commissioned by Bang on a Can, circa 1991, 14. The Tower Opera score for orchestra and chorus (with libretto by Matthew Maguire, unproduced), circa 1992, 2011 June, 15. Symphony No. 8 (The Mystery), 1991-1992, 2003, 16. Symphony No. 9 (L'Eve Future), circa 1993, 17. Symphony No. 10 (The Mystery Pt. 2), circa 1994, 1996, 2003, 18. "Glenn Branca and The New York Chamber Sinfonia Conducted by Glen Cortese" performance (The World Financial Center), circa 1994, 19. Symphony No. 11 (The Nether Lands), 1996, 2005, 2016 and undated, 20. Symphony No. 12 (Tonal Sexus), circa 1998, 21. Symphony No. 13 (Hallucination City), 1999-2007 and undated, 22. Symphony No. 14 (The Harmonic Series), 2003-2008 and undated, 23. Compositional Recreations for electro-acoustic chamber ensemble, circa 2005, 24. The Ascension: The Sequel album, circa 2010-2013, 25. Symphony No. 15 (Music for Strange Orchestra), circa 2010, 26. Symphony No. 16 (Orgasm), 2015 and undated, 27. The Third Ascension album, 2013-2016 and undated, 28. Harmonic Series, 1985, 1997 and undated, and 29. Untitled and miscellaneous, 1986-2014 and undated.
Dates
- undated
Creator
- From the Collection: Branca, Glenn, 1948-2018 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. 2 files have been restricted to protect third party privacy.
Extent
From the Collection: 68.6 Linear Feet (85 boxes, 14 oversize boxes)
From the Collection: 1909.49 (approximate) Gigabytes (124 optical disks, 44 digital audio tapes, 135 floppy disks )
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Italian
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Spanish; Castilian
From the Collection: German
Library Details
Part of the Music Library Repository
Deering Library, Level 3
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300 US
847-491-3635
specialcollections@northwestern.edu