12/5/26 Guide to the Scott Goldthwaite Papers Goldthwaite, Scott

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Wilburn Scott Goldthwaite, b. Melrose, Mass. June 18, 1901; d. December 29, 1981, Urbana, Illinois. Son of James Wilburn and Emma (Chandler) Goldthwaite, studied at Yale under David Stanley Smith, Bruce Simonds, and others; while an undergraduate, served for two years as a correspondent for The Musical Digest. After receiving a Mus.B. degree, taught for one year (1926- 27) at Kent School, Kent, Conn. A year of special study at Harvard under Dr. Archibald T. Davison and Edward Burlingame Hill followed. In the fall of 1928, went to the University of Missouri as head of the theory department, beginning as Assistant Professor of music, later as Associate Professor. Part of the year 1932 was spent in Paris studying with Mile. Nadia Boulanger. Returned to Yale in 1938 for a year, taking degree of Mus.M. In 1938, joined the faculty of the University of Chicago as instructor and Curator of the Music Library. Made Assistant Professor of Music in 1943, and became Acting Chairman of the Department of Music in 1947. Did some work in bibliography and on some aspects of 18th century opera at Harvard 1941-42. Married Mildred Susan Bryant in 1937. Assisted in organizing the now defunct Revue Internationale de Musique in 1936; during summer of 1937, conducted chorus of one of Ford Motor Company's radio shows in New York; served as assistant music critic of Chicago Daily Tribune, 1942-44, assuming similar post with the Chicago Sun from 1944-46; published book reviews, pamphlets, many concert reviews; is supervising the revision of the music articles for the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Member of the Music Library Association, served as Chairman of Committee on Music Library Training, and on February 5th, 1948, was elected President of the Association. He worked with Otto

Gombosi on the 15th-century chanson, earning a Harvard Ph.D. in 1956.

Became professor of musicology at the University of Illinois from 1955 to 1970.  His

musical interests were wide-ranging, and were represented by articles on the chanson, keyboard ornamentation, music in Hungary, and historicism in Webern's Symphony; by his

continued activity in composition and theory; and by his bouts as music critic of the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun (1941-5). He was at his best in helping students and younger colleagues. In the 1960s Scott directed the graduate program of the School of Music (UIUC) until he retired from the school in 1970.

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Genre/Form of Material: Papers Topical Term: Faculty Papers Music Music, School of
Administrative Information Accruals:

5/19/1986

Arrangement of Materials:

Organized into four series, which are arranged in their original order. Series 1: Dissertation draft and notes. Series 2: Transcriptions of medieval manuscripts and translations of German texts. Series 3: Faculty papers. Series 4: Compositions.

Scope and Contents

Papers of Wilburn Scott Goldthwaite, Professor of Music (1945-1970), including letters received from Harvard University School of Music, curriculum vitae of music faculty, and reports written as a student of music.

Detailed List of Contents id72256 Dissertation drafts and notes id72210 1 1 "Rhythmic Patterns and Formal Symmetry in the Fifteenth Century Chanson" dissertation, final draft with examples (1 of 4) 1955 id72211 1 2 "Rhythmic Patterns and Formal Symmetry in the Fifteenth Century Chanson" dissertation, final draft with examples (2 of 4) 1955 id72212 1 3 "Rhythmic Patterns and Formal Symmetry in the Fifteenth Century Chanson" dissertation, final draft with examples (3 of 4) 1955 id72213 1 4 "Rhythmic Patterns and Formal Symmetry in the Fifteenth Century Chanson" dissertation, final draft with examples (4 of 4) 1955 id72214 1 5 Hand-written dissertation draft undated id72215 1 6 Notes for dissertation with copies of sheet music consulted in writing undated id72217 2 1 Dissertation draft with notes undated id72218 2 2 Type-written dissertation draft id72219 2 3 Chansons consulted but not used in final dissertation, with guide to manuscript sources consulted undated id72257 Transcriptions of medieval manuscripts and translations of German texts id72220 2 4 Medieval music transcriptions on loose sheets, with notes and annotations undated id72221 2 5 Transcription drafts of medieval chansons with detailed notes on Goldthwaite's transcription process undated id72222 2 6 Binchois-Dufay and early generation compositions transcriptions undated id72223 2 7 Proof sheets for volume two of "Laborde Chansonnier" transcriptions undated id72225 3 1 "Laborde Chansonnier," Book 1, no. 1-37/99-106 transcriptions undated id72226 3 2 "Laborde Chansonnier," Book 1, no. 52-98 transcriptions undated id72227 3 3 Manuscript translation of Johannes Wolf's "Geschichte der Mensural-Notation" undated id72228 3 4 Manuscript translation of Hugo Leichtentritt "Geschichte der Motette" (History of the Motet), Chapters 1-6 undated id72229 3 5 Manuscript translation of Johannes Wolf "Handbuch der notationskunde," volume 1, section 4, Ars Nova, Chapter 1 undated id72259 Faculty papers Scope and Contents

Includes lecture notes from courses and lectures given by Goldthwaite at the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois, course materials, correspondence and drafts of scholarly writing.

id72231 4 1 Medieval music transcriptions/notations - for MUSIC 414, vol. 1-4 (1 of 2) undated id72232 4 2 Medieval music transcriptions/notations - for MUSIC 414, vol. 1-4 (2 of 2) undated id72233 4 3 "Introduction to Symphonic Music," "Weberian Cantata #1, 3rd movement," "Musical Offering" undated Scope and Contents

Lecture notes

id72234 4 4 "The Passion According to St. Matthew," "Pre-Classical (Baroque) Forms," "Riemann: History of Musical Theory from the 9th to the 19th century" undated Scope and Contents

Drafts of lectures

id72235 4 5 "The use of General Reference Materials in Music Librarianship" lecture notes undated id72236 4 6 "An Introduction to Chamber Music," notes for lecture at University of Chicago; and notes for lecture "Nationalism in English Music" 1946 id72237 4 7 "The Nature of Opera" and "Definitions of Opera" lecture notes undated id72238 4 8 Drafts of book reviews 1945-1955 id72239 4 9 Humanities I at University of Chicago lecture notes undated id72240 4 10 MUSIC 320: English Church Music, 1540-1695, University of Illinois, lecture notes Fall 1959 id72241 4 11 Correspondence with composers and drafts of articles on contemporary composers 1957 id72243 5 1 Study proposal for research into education practices for high school choral music teachers undated id72244 5 2 Autographed photograph of Richard Bonelli and biographical note 1937 id72245 5 3 Articles and lecture transcriptions not by Goldthwaite 1940-1963 id72246 5 4 Betty Tackett arrangements of modern music undated
id72262 Compositions id72247 5 5 Scott Goldthwaite "Overture for Orchestra" FS and P (1 of 4) 1938 Scope and Contents

Manuscript version

id72248 5 6 Scott Goldthwaite "Overture for Orchestra" FS and P (2 of 4) 1938 Scope and Contents

Manuscript version

id72249 5 7 Scott Goldthwaite "Overture for Orchestra" FS and P (3 of 4) 1938 Scope and Contents

Manuscript version

id72250 5 8 Scott Goldthwaite "Overture for Orchestra" FS and P (4 of 4) 1938 Scope and Contents

Manuscript version

id72251 5 9 Scott Goldthwaite "Overture in D Major" FS and P (1 of 2) undated Scope and Contents

manuscript version

id72252 5 10 Scott Goldthwaite "Overture in D Major" FS and P (2 of 2) undated Scope and Contents

manuscript version

id72253 5 11 Cesar Franck (arr. Scott Goldthwaite) "Choral in E" FS (1 of 3) undated Scope and Contents

manuscript version

id72254 5 12 Cesar Franck (arr. Scott Goldthwaite) "Choral in E" P (2 of 3) undated Scope and Contents

manuscript version

id72255 5 13 Cesar Franck (arr. Scott Goldthwaite) "Choral in E" P (3 of 3) undated Scope and Contents

manuscript version