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Robert Bass attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign between 1978 and 1982. He originally planned to focus his studies on radio engineering through the university's Communication Department, but the program was temporarily closed to restructure its degree requirements so he enrolled in the campus' LAS and Music program. During his tenure at the University he played trumpet in the Marching Illini and Basketball bands between 1979 and 1982, and served as a trumpet soloist for the marching band.
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Gift.
Item 32 (the radio transcription disc from the National Braodcasting Company) and the postcards in Folders 1 and 2 were transferred from the Musical Americana Collection on January 17, 2018. An additional accrual of transcription discs and a poster was donated by Robert Bass on February 21, 2020. An additional accrual of a single concert program was donated by Robert Bass on August 22, 2022, and an addition of post cards and sound recordings on February 13, 2023.
The recordings and paper records are arranged by format. The acetate discs are arranged first by music ensemble, and then chronologically by date of recording and music selection performed. The CDs are arranged similarly, and the photographs, postcards, and Band roster are arranged chronologically.
The collection consists of twenty-nine original acetate disc sound recordings and fourteen digital CD recordings containing these acetate discs that document performances by the University of Illinois' Orchestra and Concert Band that were recorded between 1948 and 1949, performances of the
A. Austin Harding Postcard and Conn Advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post. Transferred from 12/9/50, Musical Americana Collection.
Transferred from 12/9/50, Musical Americana Collection.
Includes roster for Illinois Concert Band, 1st Regimental Band, and 2nd Regimental Band.
Photos include: "Part of the 5,000 University of Illinois ROTC students..." May 2, 1953; "Main rehearsal hall of the new band building..." February 24, 1958; "Director Mark H. Hindsley of the University of Illinois Bands..." February 24, 1958; "Band Building" March 6, 1958; "Illini marching band goes into action..." November 9, 1974; "Members of Marching Illini band play kazoos..." October 2, 1975
Contains an articles titled "Corn Country Campus puts on biggest U.S.A. Arts Festival."
Three photographs. One of them contains an article about Bruce Keck on its back.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A: Debussy-Ravel, Danse; conducted by Dr. Hanling, June 21, 1948. Side B: St. Saens, Sonata Opus 167 1st movement; Dorothy J. Albert, clarinet, and Fern Hoge, piano, recorded April 2, 1949. See also Item 34.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Note: Disc has some deterioration. Side A: Dohnanyi - Rapsodia. Side B: Unidentified Mozart. See Also Item 35.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Note: Disc has some deterioration. Side A: Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Hands Across the Sea. Side B: Hail to the Orange, Bolero. See Also Item 36.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Two copies in the sleeve. Note: both discs have substantial deterioration. Side A and B copy 1 and 2: Wagner. Siegfried's Rhine Jouney. See Also Item 37.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Note: Disc is deteriorating. Side A and B: Wagner, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks. See Also Item 38.
Phonographic Disc. Side A: Massanet, Meditation from Thais. Side B: Ketelby, Fanfare; King, Pride of the Illini; Alford, March of the Illini; Hill, Hail to the Orange. Albert Austin Harding Conducting. See Also Item 39.
Phonographic Disc. Side A: Denza-Lang, Funiculi-Funicula; Hill, Oskee-Wow-Wow; Guild, Illinois Loyalty. Side B: Strauss, Death and Transfiguration. Albert Austin Harding Conducting. See Also Item 40.
Phonographic Direct Cut Discs. Side 1: Illinois Loyalty and "Three in One," Side 6: Tap Roots Part 2 - The Civil War and Reconstruction (1 of 3); Side 2: George Washington Bicentennia March and University of Illinois March, Side 5: Tap Roots Part 1 - The South Before the Civil War Cotton Plantation Scene (2 of 3); and Side 3: Masquerade Suite, Side 4: Serenata and Oskee-Wow-Wow (3 of 3). See Items 51 & 52.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A: Illinois Loyalty; Oskee-Wow-Wow; Three in One; Crusade for Freedom, Overture to Tannhauser; and The Stars and Stripes Forever. Side B: Tap Roots, Masquerade Suite: Mazurka-Gallop; Lilt of the Latin; and Polka and Fugue from Schwanda. See Items 53 & 54.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A:Handel, Water Music Suite Part 1 of 3. Side B: Handel, Water Music Suite, Part 2 of 3.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A: Handel, Water Music Suite, Part 3 of 3; recorded May 1, 1949. Side B: De Falla-Gille, Argonesa, recorded April 1, 1949.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A: Handel, Water Music, Part 1 of 2. Side B: Handel, Water Music, Part 2 of 2.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A: Handel, Water Music. Parts 1 of 4. Side B: Handel, Water Music Part 2 of 4. See Also Item 41.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A: Handel, Water Music. Part 3 of 4. Side B: Handel, Water Music, Part 4 of 4. See Also Item 41.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A: Stravinsky, Piano Concerto. Part 1 of 5. Side B: Stravinksy, Piano Concerto, Part 2 of 5. See Also Item 42.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A: Stravinsky, Piano Concerto. Part 3 of 5. Side B: Stravinsky, Piano Concerto,Part 4 of 5. See Also Item 42.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A: Stravinsky, Piano Concerto. Part 5 of 5. Side B: De Falla-Gille, Aragonesa. See Also Item 42.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A and B: Beethoven, Concerto in D Major. Georges Enesco conductor. See Also Item 43.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A and B: Franck, Symphony in D Minor. Parts 1 and 2 of 8. See Also Item 44.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A and B: Franck, Symphony in D MInor. Parts 3 and 4 of 8. See Also Item 44.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A and B: Franck, Symphony in D Minor. Parts 5 and 6 of 8. See Also Item 44.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A and B: Franck, Symphony in D Minor. Parts 7 and 8 of 8. See Also Item 44.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A and B. Stravinsky, Pulchinella Suite. Parts 1 and 2 of 6. See Also Item 45.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A and B: Stravinsky, Pulchinella Suite. Parts 3 and 4 of 6. See Also Item 45.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A and B: Stravinsky, Pulchinella Suite. Parts 5 and 6 of 6. See Also Item 45.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. University of Illinois School of Music Custom Recording Series. Side A: Robert Kelly, Toccata for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble, and Sydney Hodkinson, Two Structures for Percussion Ensemble. Side B: Jack Mckenzie, Rites, William Kraft, Suite for Weatherkings, and Benjamin Johnston, Dirge. See Also Items 55 and 56.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Note: Disc is degrading. Side A and B: Strauss, Don Juan.
Phonographic Direct Cut Disc. Side A and B: Two clarinets and bassoon. See Also Item 48.
10" Disc, Acetate on Cardboard. Side A: Hit Of The Week K3. Love Letters in the Sand. and College Medley: Illinois Loyalty and Michigan Victory. See Also Item 46.
10" Phonographic Disc. Side A: University of Illinois, The Illinois Loyalty Song. Side B: Univeristy of Maine, Stein Song. Vocal direction by Harry Sosnik. See Also Item 47.
10'' Phonographic Disc. Side A: Fr. Roehman, The Great, Big, Firm, but Patient Aardvork; (traditional) I've Got My Mojo Workin'; and Delange-Van Heusen, Darn that Dream and Kim Richmond, Latino. Side B: Larry Dwyer, The Old Beelzebub Blues; Howard, Fly Me to the Moon; and Georges Duvivier, The Lunceford Touch. See also Items 57 and 58.
14" Transcription Disc. Trasferred from 12/9/50, Musical Americana Collection. See also Item 49.
14" Transcription Disc. Radio Programs 5 and 6. See Also Item 50.
Concert Band, "Sonata, Opus 167," Saint Saens
Concert Band, "Danse," Debussy-Ravel
CD. Duplicate of Item 1. Debussy-Ravel, Danse. June 21, 1948. and St. Saens, Sonata Op. 167, 1st Movement. April 2, 1949.
Concert Band, "Rapsodia," Dohnanyi
Concert Band, unidentified Mozart
CD. Duplicate of Item 2. Dohnanyi, Rapsodia. and unknown Mozart piece.
Concert Band, "Nobles of the Ancient Shrine"
CD. Duplicate of Item 3. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Hands Across the Sea, Hail to the Orange (sung), Bolero.
Concert Band - "Siegfried's Rhine Journey," Wagner
CD. Duplicate of Item 4. Wagner, Siegfried's Rhine Journey.
Concert Band, "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," Wagner
CD. Duplicate of Item 5. Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks.
Concert Band, "Medley"
CD. Duplicate of Item 6. Meditation from Thais, Fanfare, Pride of the Illini, March of the Illini, Hail to the Orange.
Concert Band, "Funiculi-Funicula"
CD. Duplicate of Item 7. Funiculi-Funicula, Oskee-Wow-Wow, Illinois Loyalty, Death and Transfiguration.
U of I Orchestra, "Water Music," Handel
CD. Duplicate of Items 13 and 14. Handel, Water Music.
U of I Orchestra, "Piano Concerto," Stravinsky
CD. Duplicate of Items 15, 16, and 17. Stravinsky, Piano Concerto. and De Falla-Gille, Aragonesa. Note on CD reads "Igor Stravinsky Conducting U of I Orchestra, Soulima Stravinsky, piano soloist."
U of I Orchestra, "Concerto in D Major," Beethoven
CD. Duplicate of Item 18. Beethoven, Concerto in D Major.
U of I Orchestra, "Symphony in D Minor," Franck
CD. Duplicate of Items 19, 20, 21, and 22. Franck, Symphony in D Minor.
U of I Orchestra, "Pulchinella Suite," Stravinsky
CD. Duplicate of Items 23, 24, and 25. Stravinsky, Pulchinella Suite.
Sam Lanin's Orchestra, "Illinois Loyalty"
CD. Duplicate of Item 29. 2 copies. Hit of the Week K3. Illinois Loyalty, Michigan Victory, and Love Letters in the Sand.
Dick Powell and the Foursome, "Illinois Loyalty"
CD. Duplicate of Item 30. Illinois Loyalty and the Universiy of Maine Stein Song
Unidentified woodwind ensemble, unidentified title
CD. Duplicate of Item 28.
Duplicate recording of Item 32. Track 1: The Goldman Band - Pride of the Illini. Track 2: Invictus (15 more)
"Illini Time," Radio Transcript
CD. Duplicate of Item 33. Radio shows 5 and 6.
Audio CD. Duplicate of Item 8, 1951 RCA 78 rpm 3 disc album.
Data CD. Duplicate of Item 8, 1951 RCA 78 rpm 3 disc album.
CD. Duplicate of Item 9, 1952 RCA 38 rpm album.
DVD. Duplicate of Item 9, 1952 RCA 38 rpm album.
CD. Duplicate of Item 26.
DVD. Duplicate of Item 26.
Audio CD. Duplicate of Item 31. Trasferred from University of Illinois Jzaa Band 1968 Romania LP.
Data CD. Duplicate of Item 31. 48 KHz 24 Bit wav files.
Three CDs. Live recordings from the University of Illinois 1949.
Photos posed by University of Illinois musicians.
Marching Illinois Formations Composite Photograph, signed by A.A. Harding and Mark Hindsley
Article on Marching Illini on p. 11; article on football team on p. 28.
Marching Illini photos and article on pages 32, 33, 34.
Audio CD, restored July, 2021. Two marches: 1) "Illinois Loyalty" and 2) "The Victors." From Columbia Records 35717, 78 rpm, 1939.
Data disc, 24 bit. restpred July. 2021. Two marches: 1) "Illinois Loyalty" and 2) "The Victors." From Columbia Records 35717, 78 rpm, 1939.
From 1967 reel-to-reel tape transfer. Restored July 2021.+
From 1967 reel-to-reel tape transfer. Restored July, 2021.
7" Reel-to-Reel tape
Columbia Records, No. 35717. Columbia Military Band.
Disc. Gordan Jacob: Music for a Festival, conducted by Mark Hindsley.
Audio CD and data CD. Duplicate of Box 4, Item 1. Gordan Jacob: Music for a Festival, conducted by Mark Hindsley.