Lukas Foss Collection Span: 1930s-2000 English collection 16 boxes At the center of this large collection are the manuscripts and sketches for most of the compositions of the noted composer, conductor and teacher Lukas Foss. The collection is also rich in correspondence between Foss and many of the other leading composers of the twentieth century. The business and subject files contain information on many of Foss' commissions, performances, and teaching relationships involving the Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati and Cleveland orchestras and the American Symphony, as well as other orchestras, festivals, universities and conservatories across the country. One of the many interesting items is an early (age 7-8) attempt at an opera using the fairy tale which later became Foss' opera, Griffelkin. 67 manuscripts of unpublished works and 108 manuscripts of published works; 1 Anton Webern manuscript (2 page sketch of arrangement of Schoenberg's Kammersymphonie); photographs (ca. 100 items); childhood manuscript books; correspondence (ca. 400 items); business and subject files. No Lukas Foss Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress Foss, Lukas Music manuscripts and correspondence of the important American composer, conductor and teacher. Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site. Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply. Chamber Music Choral Music Piano Music Orchestral Music Foss, Lukas Andriessen, Louis Babbitt, Milton Berio, Luciano Bernstein, Leonard Bolcom, William Boulez, Pierre Brant, Henry Cage, John Carter, Elliott Crumb, George Cunningham, Merce Tredici, David Del Druckman, Jacob Gould, Glenn Gould, Morton Hindemith, Paul Kagel, Mauricio Knussen, Oliver Lachenmenn, Helmut Lutoslowski, Witold Menotti, Gian Carlo Meredith, William Messiaen, Olivier Milhaud, Darius Nono, Luigi Penderecki, Kristoff Pousseur, Henri Previn, André Rochberg, George Rostropovich, Mistislav Sandburg, Carl Sessions, Roger Stern, Isaac Stockhausen, Karlheinz Stolzman, Richard Stravinsky, Igor Szell, George Takemitsu, Toru Vonnegut, Kurt Wolpe, Stephan Wuorinen, Charles Xenakis, Iannis Young, La Monte Performing Arts Encyclopedia scdb Music Division, Library of Congress IHAS 120821 loc.natlib.scdb.200033666