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Cage 584
William E. Brandt
Papers, 1872-1995

William Brandt (Emeritus Professor of Music, Washington State University) donated his papers to Washington State University Libraries in 1987 (MS87-35) and 1990 (MS90-69). He initially processed and organized the collection in 1993-1994. Stephen D. Youngkin reprocessed the papers in February of 2001 under the supervision of Manuscripts Librarian Robert N. Matuozzi, who also edited the finding aid.

BIOGRAPHY

William Edward Brandt was born in Butte, Montana, in 1920. Shortly thereafter, his family moved to Spokane, Washington. He began endeavoring to compose music as early as fourteen, teaching himself enough to write rudimentary compositions during the period between high school and his second year of college (1934-1939). Brandt began attending the State College of Washington in 1939, majoring in chemistry, but composing music for the classes in Modern Dance taught by Norma Anderson. Brandt began almost four years of military service in the U.S. Army in 1942. Travel associated with his army enlistment allowed him to attend recitals and concerts around the country, including stops in Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, where he attended concerts and recitals. He worked for three years as a librarian of classified materials at the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, a position that gave Brandt time on weekends to continue his work with composition, with a strong emphasis on counterpoint and form. In Utah, he also met the late well-known illustrator Edward Gorey, with whom he maintained a friendship.

In 1945, Brandt met and married Jane Quire (also from Spokane), who for a brief time had attended the famous Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in New York. Their son, Roger Frederick, was born in May of 1946. Jane Quire encouraged Brandt to apply to Eastman on a so-called "challenge" basis, which he did successfully with a composition titled "Night." After he was discharged from the Army in 1946, Jane encouraged him to apply for serious study in music at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, New York, which she had attended briefly. He applied to their Graduate School on a "challenge" basis, submitting a work for large orchestra, chorus and vocal soloists based on Robinson Jeffers' poem "Night" as evidence of his abilities. He was admitted and studied orchestration and composition with Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson from 1946-1950. His successes at Eastman began with a reading of the "Poe Ballet" at the 1947 Symposium, and with other readings at subsequent Eastman Symposia.

During the Eastman years, Brandt's compositional style (as he writes in unpublished biographical notes quoted throughout this synoptic sketch) became more "reasoned and modal" and less rooted in "romantic chromaticism" and "tonality." Though contrapuntal, the writing was less dissonant, featuring compositions more "unified in harmonic and melodic" schemes. The orchestral "King Lear Suite" and the "Third String Quartet," examples of Brandt's Eastman style, were chosen by Howard Hanson to be performed at the American Composers Festival Concerts in Rochester and in Toronto, respectively. Brandt obtained his Master of Music degree in 1948 and his Ph.D. in 1950.

From 1950 to 1956, Brandt sought permanent employment in his field. He and Jane Quire divorced. He taught music in Seattle for a time, giving piano classes under the auspices of the Hopper-Kelly Music Company. During the course of his work, he met soprano Janet Steinke. They were married in 1953 and had two sons, David Evans Brandt (b. 1955) and Douglas Edward Brandt (b. 1960).

Brandt was a member of the musical faculty of Washington State University from 1956 to 1985, when he retired as full professor. From 1958 to 1983, he was also the choirmaster at St. James Episcopal Church in Pullman, Washington. During this period Brandt's secular compositional style became increasingly "chromatic, building on the previous contrapuntal style" and evolved into the twelve-tone serial technique. The variety of choral music he composed for the church, by contrast, was written in a tonally nonfunctional triadic style "in order to effect some sort of compromise between desirable ‘modernity’ and the limitations of the choir, the tastes of the congregation, and the composer's own somewhat conservative ideas about church music. . . ." Brandt published The Way of Music in 1963, and issued a revised edition in 1968. He worked with music faculty at Indiana University to produce a unified course in music theory and history. Brandt was responsible for anthologies covering the Baroque, Classic and Romantic periods. Other authors produced the Medieval and Modern period anthologies as well as accompanying theory and sight-singing texts. Due to a change in the ownership of the publisher, only the anthologies were published. In the 1980s, Brandt wrote another unpublished text for use in his Washington State University Honors courses which dealt with how various arts in the twentieth century reflected their historical contexts. Since retiring in 1985, his musical compositions have been composed in a "looser, not always dodecaphonic style, even plainly tonal when the purpose and the materials seem to require it." Brandt's "Toccata for Piano" was played in South America on a tour sponsored by the U.S. State Department.

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

The William Brandt Papers consist chiefly of music manuscripts. Some of these compositions are fragments. The organizational arrangement has been imposed by the archivist, and consists of two series: Series 1, Music Manuscripts 1934 -1993, includes Subseries 1.1, Non-Oversize Manuscripts, and Subseries 1.2, Oversize Manuscripts, both arranged in alphabetical order by composition title. (In cases where a composition has been produced and/or reproduced in both size formats, those folders of material have all been placed with oversize manuscripts.) Series 2, Correspondence and Reference Material 1946-1995, includes Subseries 2.1 Correspondence, and Subseries 2.2, Reference Material. The correspondence is arranged chronologically by date but has been left in its original internal order. Series 3, Writings and Ephemera 1872-1993, includes programs, publicity, reviews, lectures, talks, published articles, introductions, miscellaneous materials and diplomas and certificates. Series 4, Photographs and Drawings 1942-1993, includes both black and white and color performance stills and personal photographs. Series 5, Phonograph Records, circa 1940s, contains six 78 RPM demonstration recordings.

The descriptive information in Series 1 is standardized according to the classification of musical compositions employed by Arthur Cohn in Recorded Classical Music: A Critical Guide to Compositions and Performances (Schirmer Books, 1981), xi-xii. An index following the descriptive inventory lists Brandt’s music compositions in opus number order with corresponding folder number.

CONTAINER LIST

Box	Folder	Description
Series 1: Music Manuscripts, 1934-1993
Subseries 1.1: Non-Oversize Manuscripts
1	1	Title	Allegro molto e brilliante
		Date Composed	ca. 1943
		Instrumentation	Two pianos
		Genre	Solo instruments
		Textual Format	Holograph
	2	Title	Allegro molto for piano
		Date Composed	Undated
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	3	Title	American Rhapsody ("Let Not the Wind")
		Date Composed	1941
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph and typescript text
	4	Title	An Evening's Entertainment at an Elizabethan Manor House
		Date Composed	1972
		Instrumentation	Violin, viola, cello, recorders, percussion, tourdian, harpsichord
		Genre	Chorus and orchestra
		Textual Format	Holograph and photocopies (complete and parts), script
	4.1	Title	Antiphon (Psalm Response), Psalm 80, Op. 81A
		Date Composed	1993
		Instrumentation	organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	5	Title	Anthem: "Behold My Servant," Op. 48D
		Date Composed	1962
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph, multiple mimeographed complete copies
	6	Title	Anthem: Psalm 19 & 34, Op. 60D
		Date Composed	1981
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple complete photocopies
	7	Title	Anthem: Psalm 62, "My Soul in Silence Waits," Op. 60E
		Date Composed	1980-1981
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Multiple complete photocopies
	7.1	Title	Anthem: Psalm 67
		Date Composed	undated
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	8	Title	Anthem: Psalm 119, "Thy Word Shall Be a Lantern To My Feet," Op. 119
		Date Composed	1979
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple complete photocopies
	9	Title	Anthem: Psalm 119 (121), "I Lift up My Eyes unto the Hills"
		Date Composed	1961
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Multiple mimeographed complete copies
	10	Title	Anthem: Psalm 145, "I Will Exalt You, O Lord"
		Date Composed	1979
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple complete photocopies
	11	Title	Anthem: Psalm 146,"Praise the Lord, O My Soul," Op. 60F
		Date Composed	1981
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple complete photocopies
	12	Title	Anthem sketch for "Ps" setting
		Date Composed	Undated
		Instrumentation	Strings, piano (see Sketches for string/piano trio movements)
		Genre	Chorus with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
.	13	Title	Arrangements of Medieval, Renaissance and Early Baroque Music: Suite X, Banchetto Musicale; Sonata - Il Pomo d’oro; Chiome d’oro; O rosetta che rosetta; Ohimè dovè il mio ben; Dunque ha potutu in me; Ahi, sciocco mondo; Damigella tutta bella; Faulte d’argent; A guest’ Olmo; Amarilli; Amor che deggio far; Damigella tutto bella; Sinforia - chorus- dance; Orteo - chorus - dance; Canzona La Maggia; Consort Accompaniment to "Amyntes with his Rhyllis Fair; Allemande - Brade; Gavotte; Rosasolis; Balletti; Ballet de la Royne; Bransle de la Royne; Elle Crainct Cela
		Date Composed	ca. 1970s
		Instrumentation	Recorder, violin, vibraphone, piano, percussion, harpsichord, cello flute, krummhorn
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and photocopies (complete and parts), program
	14	Title	Ash Wednesday
		Date Composed	ca. 1945
		Instrumentation	Speaker and string quartet
		Genre	Voice and instrumental ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
2	15	Title	"The Blind Man’s Song," Op. 6
		Date Composed	1945
		Instrumentation	Soprano, piano
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	16	Title	Brevities for Piano, Op. 69
		Date Composed	1982
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph, computer print-out, photocopies (complete and parts)
	17-20	Title	Cantata for Christmas, Op. 46
		Date Composed	1956
		Instrumentation	Orchestra
		Genre	Voice and orchestra
		Textual Format	Holograph, printed copies, Ozlid reproductions, multiple complete photocopies
3	21	Title	Cantata Mistica, Op. 75
		Date Composed	1986
		Instrumentation	Chamber orchestra
		Genre	Voice and orchestra
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple complete photocopies
	22	Title	Caprice
		Date Composed	1944
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	23	Title	Caprice No. 2
		Date Composed	1944
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	24	Title	Carol: "Before the Paling of the Stars," Op. 64B
		Date Composed	1983
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple complete photocopies
	25	Title	Carol: "Let us Gather Hand in Hand," Op. 64A
		Date Composed	1981
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and photocopy
	26	Title	Chaconne, Op. 3
		Date Composed	1941
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	27	Title	Chaconne II
		Date Composed	Undated
		Instrumentation	Piano, trombone
		Genre	Instrumental unaccompanied
		Textual Format	Holograph
	28-28.4	Title	Chamber Concerto I, II, III, Op. 76
		Date Composed	1990
		Instrumentation	Woodwind quintet, harpsichord, percussion
		Genre	Instrumental
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple computer print-outs
4	29-31	Title	Chamber Music, Collected (Piano Quintet [1944], Op. 11, Four Poems [1944], Op. 13, String Quartet No. 1 [1946], Op. 15
		Date Composed	1943-1946
		Instrumentation	Piano, string quartet; string quartet; string quartet
		Genre	String ensemble; speaking voice with accompaniment; string ensemble
		Textual Format	Ozlid reproductions
5	32	Title	Children's Pentecost Pageant, Op. 70
		Date Composed	1985
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Chorus with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and photocopies (complete and parts), program
	33	Title	Chorale Preludes
		Date Composed	1948
		Instrumentation	Solo instrument
		Genre	Piano
		Textual Format	Holograph
	34	Title	Chorales for Passion Sunday, Op. 66C
		Date Composed	1959
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Chorus and orchestra
		Textual Format	Holograph and photocopies (complete and parts), mimeographed complete copy
	35	Title	Christmas Introit, Op. 66D
		Date Composed	1979
		Instrumentation	Brass quintet, organ
		Genre	Voice and instrumental ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple complete photocopies
	36	Title	Christmas Music
		Date Composed	1982
		Instrumentation	Brass and organ
		Genre	Voice with instrumental ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph, photocopies (complete and parts), program, readings
	37	Title	Christmas Piece
		Date Composed	ca. 1946-1947
		Instrumentation	Orchestra
		Genre	Choral works
		Textual Format	Holograph
	38-39	Title	A Civil War Requiem, Op. 51, 51A
		Date Composed	1959
		Instrumentation	Winds, percussion
		Genre	Voice and instrumental ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph, Ozlid reproductions, printed copies, microfilm copies, multiple printed vocal scores
6	40	Title	Communion Anthem ("Cipher"), Op. 48B
		Date Composed	1969
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and photocopies (complete and parts), published copy, Communion Anthem (Carol Stream, Illinois: Hope Publishing Company, 1974)
	41-42	Title	Concertino for Piano & Chamber Orchestra, Op. 7
		Date Composed	1941-1942
		Instrumentation	Piano and chamber orchestra
		Genre	Chamber ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
	43	Title	Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 33
		Date Composed	1951
		Instrumentation	Piano, orchestra
		Genre	Piano and orchestra
		Textual Format	Holograph
	44-45	Title	Concerto for Piano and Small Orchestra, Op. 55
		Date Composed	1967
		Instrumentation	Piano and orchestra
		Genre	Solo instrument and orchestra
		Textual Format	Holograph
7	46	Title	Dance Suite, Op. 4
		Date Composed	1941
		Instrumentation	Five winds and percussion
		Genre	Wind ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	47	Title	Dance: "Unresolved Dissonance"
		Date Composed	1940
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	48	Title	Dialogue for Flute & Piano, Op. 74
		Date Composed	1987
		Instrumentation	Flute, piano
		Genre	Solo instruments
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple complete photocopies
	49	Title	Divertimento for String Trio, Op. 31
		Date Composed	1951
		Instrumentation	String trio
		Genre	String ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	50	Title	Divertimento for Three Winds
		Date Composed	1959
		Instrumentation	Flute, clarinet , bassoon
		Genre	Wind ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple complete photocopies, Ozlid reproductions
	51	Title	Du Ring an meinen Finger
		Date Composed	ca. 1954
		Instrumentation	Soprano, piano
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	52	Title	E Tenebris
		Date Composed	1944
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	53	Title	Easter Anthem II: "This is the Day," Op. 48E
		Date Composed	1970
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple complete photocopies
	54	Title	Easter - Jesus Christ is Risen Today
		Date Composed	Undated
		Instrumentation	Orchestra
		Genre	Voice and orchestra
		Textual Format	Holograph and photocopies (complete and parts)
8	55-56	Title	Edgar Allen [sic] Poe, Ballet, Op. 20
		Date Composed	1946
		Instrumentation	Orchestra
		Genre	Orchestral, ballet score
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
	57	Title	The Enchanted Garden, Op. 26
		Date Composed	1947
		Instrumentation	Orchestra
		Genre	Orchestral suite
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
	58	Title	Exsultet for The Great Vigil of Easter (Easter Candle Service), Op. 65
		Date Composed	1977, revised 1990
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph, computer print-out, photocopies (complete and parts)
9	59	Title	Fantasia for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 71
		Date Composed	1986
		Instrumentation	Clarinet, piano
		Genre	Solo instruments
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple complete photocopies
	60	Title	Fantasie for Clarinet, Cello & Piano, Op. 54
		Date Composed	1962
		Instrumentation	Clarinet, cello, piano
		Genre	Chamber ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	61	Title	Joe Farmer, piano composition dedicated to William Brandt
		Date Composed	Undated
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	62	Title	Festival Anthem for Easter: "This is the Day the Lord hath Made. . . ," Op. 62
		Date Composed	1981
		Instrumentation	Brass, trombone, trumpet, horn, organ
		Genre	Voice and instrumental ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple complete photocopies
	63	Title	Festival Mass, Op. 47
		Date Composed	1958
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	64	Title	Four Folk Songs: Buckeye Jim, Leatherwing Bag, Come All You Fari & Tender Ladies, The Invitation, Op. 41
		Date Composed	1953
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
	65	Title	Four Poems for Speaking Voice & String Quartet: Strange Victory, Sea Longing, To Joy, The New Moon
		Date Composed	1944
		Instrumentation	String quartet
		Genre	Voice and instrumental ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	66	Title	Four Songs: Joy, Like Barley Bending, The Net, Pierrot, Op. 12
		Date Composed	1944
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
	67	Title	Four Songs: "Spring Thunder," "Serenade," "Dirge," "The Warbler," (includes Song Sketches: ""Spring Thunder," "Serenade," "Song," "Alone"), Op. 18
		Date Composed	1945
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
	68	Title	Gradual Anthem: "In the Beginning,," Op. 60A
		Date Composed	1976
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple complete photocopies
	69	Title	Hark the Herald Angels Sing
		Date Composed	1944
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
	70	Title	Helen of Troy
		Date Composed	1944
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	71	Title	Homage to Bacchus
		Date Composed	1953
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	71.1	Title	Hymm 333, "Now"
		Date Composed	1992
		Instrumentation	organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	computer print-out
	72	Title	Incidental Music for "Hamlet," Op. 61
		Date Composed	1979
		Instrumentation	Brass quintet and recorders
		Genre	Voice and instrumental ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph and photocopies (complete and parts)
10	73	Title	Incidental Music for "The Lion in Winter," Op. 63
		Date Composed	1981
		Instrumentation	Harpsichord, percussion, ww quintet
		Genre	Chamber ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph, computer print-out
	74	Title	Incidental music to "The Lark," "Sherherd’s Dance," "Alleluia," "Court Song," "Benedictus," "Soldier’s Song," "Santus," "Gloria in Excelsis," "Piu Mosso," "Agnus Dei," "Kyrie," Op. 53
		Date Composed	1960
		Instrumentation	Double bass and percussion
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph, Oz reproductions, vocal scores, Jean Anouilh, The Lark, adapted by Lillian Hellman (New York: Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 1957)
	75	Title	In the Forest
		Date Composed	1942
		Instrumentation	String quartet
		Genre	Chamber ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	76	Title	Intermezzo
		Date Composed	1943-1946
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	77	Title	Instrumental Ensemble of Two Easter Hymns
		Date Composed	Undated
		Instrumentation	Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, harpsichord, violin, viola, cello, piccolo
		Genre	Voice and instrumental ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	78	Title	Kyrie
		Date Composed	1961
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple mimeographed complete copies
	79	Title	Larghetto Tranquillo
		Date Composed	1944
		Instrumentation	String quartet
		Genre	String ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	80	Title	The Last Invocation, Op. 19
		Date Composed	1946
		Instrumentation	Voice alone
		Genre	Choral works
		Textual Format	Holograph
	81	Title	Lute Book Lullaby
		Date Composed	1978
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and photocopy
	82	Title	Lute Song: "I Know a Maiden"
		Date Composed	1977
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	83	Title	Lyric Piece for Piano, Op. 39
		Date Composed	1952
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph and photocopy
	84	Title	Macbeth
		Date Composed	Undated
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	85	Title	Magnificat, Op. 58
		Date Composed	1976
		Instrumentation	Organ and recorders
		Genre	Voice with instrumental ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph, multiple mimeographed complete copies, multiple complete photocopies
	86	Title	Marriage Vows, Op. 66B
		Date Composed	1979
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	87	Title	Mass of St. James: Rite II, Op. 59
		Date Composed	1977, 1992
		Instrumentation	Piano, organ, trumpet, horn, bassoon, flute, violin, clarinet, cello,
		Genre	Chorus and orchestra
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple complete photocopies, computer print-out
	88	Title	The Meditation of Mary, Op. 36
		Date Composed	1951
		Instrumentation	Piano, violin, viola, cello
		Genre	Voice and instrumental ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
11	89	Title	Miscellaneous Piano Pieces: Nocturne (Abendstück), Impromptu, Bagatelle, Serenade, Deux Prelude, Romanza, Suite Petit, Valse, Opus 1-7
		Date Composed	1934-1938
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	90	Title	(Monteverdi): "Il Ballo delle Ninfe d’Istria," canzonett and madrigals
		Date Composed	Undated
		Instrumentation	Violin, cello, harpsichord
		Genre	Chorus and instrumental ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph, photocopies (complete and parts), program
	91	Title	Movement for String Quartet
		Date Composed	1944-1945
		Instrumentation	String quartet
		Genre	String ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	92	Title	Movement for String Quartet
		Date Composed	1949
		Instrumentation	String quartet
		Genre	String ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	93	Title	Movement for Violin and Piano
		Date Composed	1945
		Instrumentation	Violin, piano
		Genre	Solo instruments
		Textual Format	Holograph
	94	Title	Music for the Decalogue, Op. 56
		Date Composed	1967
		Instrumentation	Orchestra
		Genre	Voice and orchestra
		Textual Format	Holograph, Ozlid reproductions, photocopies (complete and parts), reader’s score
	95	Title	Music for the Dedication of an Altar, Op. 73
		Date Composed	1987
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple complete photocopies
	96	Title	Music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: Hac in anni janua; Kalenda maya; Mayenzeit; A l’entrada el tens clar; Robins m’aime; Tout me greif-Robins m’aime-Portare; Summer is icumen in; Douce dame, Gram piant agl’occhi; Tosto che l’alba; O Rosa bella; Adieu m’amour; Dit le Bourguignon; Je suis tant bien; Elle a bien ce ris gracieux; J’ay fait pour vous cent mille pas; Two bourrée; Chiare, fresch’e dolci acque; Pavane and Galliarde; Three Balletti; De petit po’; Preambulium; Ballet du Roy; Sonata di Pomo d’oro; A la bataglia; Bien doy servir; Gentil Robyn; programs
		Date Composed	13th-15th century (presented for programs of February, 1975 and January, 1976)
		Instrumentation	Guitar, krummhorn/viol drone, recorders, finger cymbals, percussion, harpsichord
		Genre	Voice and instrumental ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph and photocopies (complete and parts)
12	97	Title	Namarie: Threnody of Galadriel, Op. 68
		Date Composed	1984
		Instrumentation	Clarinet, piano, chamber orchestra
		Genre	Chorus and instrumental ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph and photocopies (complete and parts), program
	98	Title	Non Nobis, Dominie
.		Date Composed	1961
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Mimeographed complete copy
	99	Title	Overture: The Highland Mountains, Op. 21
		Date Composed	1946
		Instrumentation	Orchestra
		Genre	Orchestral
		Textual Format	Holograph
	100	Title	A Palm Sunday Processional
		Date Composed	1975
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	101	Title	Piano Piece
		Date Composed	1946
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
	102	Title	Piano Pieces
		Date Composed	1945
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	103	Title	Poem
		Date Composed	1943
		Instrumentation	Piano
		Genre	Solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	104	Title	Prelude for Horn and Strings
		Date Composed	1948
		Instrumentation	Horn, strings
		Genre	Orchestral
		Textual Format	Holograph
	105	Title	Prelude for Small Orchestra
		Date Composed	1953
		Instrumentation	Orchestra
		Genre	Orchestral
		Textual Format	Holograph
	106	Title	Puer Natus in Bethlehem, Op. 66A
		Date Composed	1977
		Instrumentation	Organ
		Genre	Voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Photocopy
	107	Title	Quintet for Piano & String Quartet, Op. 11
		Date Composed	1943
		Instrumentation	piano and strings
		Genre	chamber ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
	108	Title	Reveries
		Date Composed	1934-1938
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	109	Title	Rhapsody
		Date Composed	1943
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holography and Ozlid reproductions
	110	Title	Rondo in G for String Quartet
		Date Composed	1946-1947
		Instrumentation	string quartet
		Genre	string ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	111	Title	Scherzo
		Date Composed	1948
		Instrumentation	string quartet
		Genre	chamber ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	112	Title	Scherzo for Small Orchestra
		Date Composed	1948
		Instrumentation	orchestra
		Genre	orchestral
		Textual Format	Holograph
	113	Title	The Ship of Death: A Song Cycle
		Date Composed	1953
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	114	Title	Sketch, for orchestra
		Date Composed	1944
		Instrumentation	piano and orchestra
		Genre	orchestral
		Textual Format	Holograph
	115	Title	Sketch: "Christmas Piece"
		Date Composed	1964
		Instrumentation	organ
		Genre	voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	116	Title	Sketch: "Let Freedom Ring!"
		Date Composed	1964
		Instrumentation	accordion
		Genre	voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	117	Title	Sketch: "Steely Stars and Moon of Brass"
		Date Composed	1945
		Instrumentation	string quartet
		Genre	voice and instrumental ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	118	Title	Sketch: "Trio No. 1"
		Date Composed	1942
		Instrumentation	viola, cello, piano
		Genre	chamber ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
13	119-120	Title	Sinfonietta No. 2, Op. 27
		Date Composed	1948
		Instrumentation	Orchestra
		Genre	Orchestral
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
	121	Title	Sinfonietta No. 3, Op. 45
		Date Composed	1955
		Instrumentation	Orchestra
		Genre	Orchestral
		Textual Format	Holograph
	122	Title	The Slaughter of the Innocents and Rachel’s Lamentation
		Date Composed	1953
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	123	Title	Sonata for Flute & Piano, Op. 37
		Date Composed	1951
		Instrumentation	flute and piano
		Genre	chamber ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
	123.1	Title	Sonata for Harpsichord
		Date Composed	1991
		Instrumentation	harpsichord
		Genre	solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph and multiple complete computer print-outs
14	124	Title	Sonata for Piano, Op. 44
		Date Composed	1954
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	125	Title	Sonata in B-Flat Minor, Op. 1
		Date Composed	1939
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	126	Title	Sonata No. 2 for Piano, No. 39
		Date Composed	1953
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	127-128	Title	Sonatas I & II for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 49, A, B
		Date Composed	1959
		Instrumentation	clarinet and piano
		Genre	chamber ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph, Ozlid reproductions, multiple complete photocopies
	129	Title	Sonatas for Violin & Piano
		Date Composed	1945
		Instrumentation	violin and piano
		Genre	chamber ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	130	Title	Song: "Eyes Look into the Well," Op. 35
		Date Composed	1950
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
15	130.1-130.5	Title	Songs of the Golden Wood, Op. 79
		Date Composed	1992
		Instrumentation	orchestra
		Genre	chorus and orchestra
		Textual Format	Holograph, multiple complete photocopies, computer print-outs
	131	Title	Songs (Riches, Pierrot, Joy, Pierrot’s Song, Jabberwocky, Like Barley Bending), Op. 24
		Date Composed	1944
		Instrumentation	soprano, piano
		Genre	voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	131.1	Title	Square Dance
		Date Composed	1940
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
16	132	Title	String Quartet No. 1, Op. 15
		Date Composed	1945
		Instrumentation	string quartet
		Genre	string ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
	133	Title	String Quartet No. 2, Op. 23
		Date Composed	1947
		Instrumentation	string quartet
		Genre	string ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	134	Title	String Quartet No. 3, Op. 28
		Date Composed	1948
		Instrumentation	string quartet
		Genre	string ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph and photocopies (complete and parts)
17	135	Title	String Quartet No. 4, Op. 42
		Date Composed	1954
		Instrumentation	string quartet
		Genre	string ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph and photocopies (parts)
	136	Title	Suite for Piano
		Date Composed	1942
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	137	Title	Suite for Piano: "Filigree," "Lonesome," "Grotesque," "Gaiety"
		Date Composed	1946
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	138-141	Title	Suite for Small Orchestra
		Date Composed	1950
		Instrumentation	orchestra
		Genre	orchestral suite
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
18	142	Title	Suite for Small Orchestra No. 2
		Date Composed	1964
		Instrumentation	orchestra
		Genre	orchestral
		Textual Format	Holograph
	143	Title	Suite in the Ancient Style
		Date Composed	1941
		Instrumentation	flute and piano
		Genre	chamber ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	144	Title	Theme & Variations
		Date Composed	1943
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	145	Title	Theme & Variations
		Date Composed	1948
		Instrumentation	string quartet
		Genre	string ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	146	Title	Theme for Music for WSU Foreign Films
		Date Composed	1963
		Instrumentation	woodwind quintet
		Genre	wind ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	147	Title	There’s No Business Like Show Business
		Date Composed	1955
		Instrumentation	jazz band
		Genre	voice and jazz band
		Textual Format	Holograph and sheet music
	148	Title	Thirteen Choruses from "The Meditation of Simeon," Op. 34
		Date Composed	1950
		Instrumentation	voice alone
		Genre	choral works
		Textual Format	Holograph
	149	Title	Three Preludes
		Date Composed	1945
		Instrumentation	violin, piano
		Genre	chamber ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	150	Title	Three Religious Songs: "Show Me the Way," "O Lord, How Joyous to Sing the Lord’s Praises," "Bend Me to Thy Will"
		Date Composed	1957
		Instrumentation	organ or piano
		Genre	voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	151	Title	Three Songs: "Dew," "Rome," "The Return," "Spring," Op. 2
		Date Composed	1941
		Instrumentation	soprano, piano
		Genre	voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
	152	Title	Three Songs: "Song for April," "Troth," "Conversation Piece"
		Date Composed	1955
		Instrumentation	soprano, piano
		Genre	voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	152.1	Title	Toccata for Harpsichord
		Date Composed	1992
		Instrumentation	harpsichord
		Genre	solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph, multiple complete photocopies, computer print-out
	153	Title	Toccata for Piano, Op. 57
		Date Composed	1974
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph, photocopy, computer print-out
	153.1	Title	Trilogy
		Date Composed	1941
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	154	Title	Trio for Flute, Violin & Piano, Op. 9
		Date Composed	1942
		Instrumentation	flute, violin, piano
		Genre	chamber ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
	155	Title	Trio in a Minor
		Date Composed	1941
		Instrumentation	viola, cello, piano
		Genre	chamber ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
19	156	Title	Trio No. 1
		Date Composed	1942
		Instrumentation	cello
		Genre	solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	157	Title	Trio No. 2, Opus 17
		Date Composed	1946
		Instrumentation	violin, viola, cello
		Genre	chamber ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	158	Title	Trio No. 2 for Viola, Violin, Piano, Op. 14
		Date Composed	1945-1946
		Instrumentation	viola, violin, piano
		Genre	chamber ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
	159	Title	Trio No. 4, Op. 22
		Date Composed	1946
		Instrumentation	cello, piano
		Genre	chamber ensemble
		Textual Format	Holograph
	160	Title	Two Grimaces for Modern Dance
		Date Composed	1941
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
	161	Title	Two Sketches
		Date Composed	1952
		Instrumentation	piano, orchestra
		Genre	orchestral
		Textual Format	Holograph
	162	Title	Two Songs: "Melody," "Alone," "Untitled"
		Date Composed	1952
		Instrumentation	soprano, piano
		Genre	voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	163	Title	Two Songs and a Chorus: "Mystery," "Baby Moon"
		Date Composed	1955
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	chorus with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	164	Title	The Wall Soldier’s Lament, Op. 38
		Date Composed	1951
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	165	Title	Wedding Song, Op. 72
		Date Composed	1986
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph and photocopies (complete and parts)
	166	Title	Where or When
		Date Composed	1954
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	voice with accompaniment
		Textual Format	Holograph
	167	Title	untitled
		Date Composed	undated
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
Subseries 1.2: Oversize Manuscripts
20	168-174	Title	Beaumarchais: Chamber Opera, Op. 40
		Date Composed	1958
		Instrumentation	orchestra
		Genre	opera
		Textual Format	Holograph, typescript script, vocal scores
21	175-180	Title	Canzona Prismatica, Op. 67
		Date Composed	1982
		Instrumentation	wind ensemble
		Genre	wind symphony
		Textual Format	Holograph
22	181-183	Title	King Lear Suite, Op. 29
		Date Composed	1949
		Instrumentation	orchestra
		Genre	orchestral
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
	184-185	Title	Night: Symphonic Poem, Op. 16
		Date Composed	1946
		Instrumentation	orchestra
		Genre	voice and orchestra
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
23-24	186-196	Title	No Neutral Ground, Op. 52
		Date Composed	1959
		Instrumentation	orchestra
		Genre	chamber opera
		Textual Format	Holograph, multiple complete photocopies, Ozlid reproductions, vocal and performance scores
24	197	Title	Piano Concerto (unfinished score)
		Date Composed	undated
		Instrumentation	piano
		Genre	solo instrument
		Textual Format	Holograph
25	198-200	Title	Sinfonietta No. 1, Op. 5
		Date Composed	1939
		Instrumentation	orchestra
		Genre	orchestral
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions
26-27	201-207	Title	Symphony No. 1, Op. 30
		Date Composed	1950
		Instrumentation	orchestra
		Genre	orchestral
		Textual Format	Holograph and Ozlid reproductions

Series 2: Correspondence and Reference Material, 1946-1995 Subseries 2.1: Correspondence
28	208	1946-1981, undated	Letters received from "Notable" people. In connection with The Way of Music; readers’ reviews
	209	1947, 1951, undated	Letters received from Edward Gorey, "Les Scaphandreuers" par Stephen Cimier and Edward Gorey, sketches (color photocopies).
	210	1949, 1956, undated	Letters received from Cal (Englbart) Rogers; "A Comparison of Two Novels," Month’s Best, The Creative Writing magazine of the University of Washington, March 1950; poem.
	211-212	1950-1995, undated	Letters received, miscellaneous
	213-214	1951-1992	Letters received concerning publications, performances, positions, commissions, etc.; advertisement for The Way of Music, report of sales for The Way of Music (1966), Report on sabbatical leave, first semester, 1976-1977, Comments on Proposed Revision of The Way of Music, program notes & text for St. James performance of Cantata Mistica, flyer, newspaper clipping (1982).
	215	1956-1992, undated	Letters received, fan mail
	216-217	1962-1965	Letters received in connection with The Way of Music; readers’ reviews.
	218	1963-1983	Moldenhauer correspondence, includes photo of sculpture, program (1983), announcement, "Hans Moldenhauer, Pionier der Musikwissenschaft" (1960), newspaper clippings (1979, 1985).
Subseries 2.2: Reference Material
29	219-221	1981-ca. 1990s	Previous compilations of notes on this collection: biographical periods of works in this catalogue, an alphabetical index, chronological catalog, large box catalog, chronological works list including both numbered and unnumbered compositions, container lists, index of compositions by opus number, index of compositions by performance, and index of compositions by performance medium. Also, photocopies from Arthur Cohn, Recorded Classical Music: A Critical Guide to Compositions and Performances (1981), xi-xii.
Series 3: Writings and Ephemera, 1872-1993
	222-230	1930-1995, undated	Programs and publicity; handwritten notes, printed programs, newspaper clippings, bulletins, announcements
30	231-233		Same as folders 222-230.
	234-235	1872-1990	Miscellaneous materials; Music to be Performed at the World’s Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival, in Boston, 1872, Metropolitan Opera House, Grand Opera Season 1910-1911 (program), Veterans Administration notice of expiration of entitlement (1950), schedule of events (1968), entry form for The International Who’s Who, announcement, class evaluation (1983), In Memoriam: Peter DeLone (1984), The Nutcrackers (program) 1989-1990, Washington State Composers (brochure), instructions for assembling my first telescope, song, Auditorium Theatre (program), Patriotic Lectures; diplomas, certificates, State College of Washington, Phi Kappa Phi, Washington State University Certificate of Service, letter of recognition from Samuel H. Smith, President, WSU, to Dr. William E. Brandt, upon his retirement.
	236-241	1949-1985, undated	Lectures, talks, skits, published articles, introductions; Music Literature Outline: The Development of Concerto Form from J.S. Bach to Mozart; Beethoven: The Spiritual Bridge; Music Now: A Dying Fall; Three American Composers; Musorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Music for Czar and Commissar - Elderhostel Course; A Prologue Illustrated Address; Twin Trends in 20th Century Painting and Music; The Arts in Turmoil Conference; Music in Germany under the Weimar Republic, 1920-1933; Introduction to Nadas recital as "The Invited Address"; April Fool’s Day - Introduction; Otto Stumpf-Fassbender is the Name & Musicology is my Game!; Introduction for Nicolas Slonimsky; A Collage of Modern Music; Ussachevksy; Music to be Performed at the World’s Peace Jubilee and Music Festival in Boston, June, 1872; Beethoven’s Russian Enigma; Some Speculation about Beethoven’s Use of Integrative Devices in Large Compositions; Criticisms of the Beethoven Symphonies from Thayer-Forbers; Third Relationships; Metternick; Researchers of Note; Honors Address Examples (cassette tape), Common Courtesy III (cassette tape)
31	242-245		A Short History of Russia & Its Music for Elderhostel; Music in Soviet Russia; Music for Csar and Commissar - Notes; Stop and Go: Soviet Art Music Since Stalin; The Soviet Gig: Pop Music in the USSR; Russky Jazzsky
	246	1964-1987	Programs, notes, reviews; printed materials, program notes for Istvan Nadas' Recital, periodical and newspaper clippings, Review of Washington-Idaho Symphony Concert, book reviews
	247	1983	WSU Anton von Webern Centennial -- Proposal, introduction, news release, memoranda, biographical sketch, chronology, miscellaneous materials
	248	undated	Notes, essays, clarifications, "Progress in the High Arts," six-page handwritten ms.
	249	undated	Miscellaneous notes, sketches, C.M. von Weber Concerto, Moldenhauer notes, Notes: Incantation
	250	undated	For SANE: The Art of Peace, handwritten and typed outlines
Series 4: Photographs and Drawings, 1942-1993
	251	1942-1993	Black & white and color stills of WSU classes, campus performances, the "Quarter Century Club," on set of Neutral Ground, military photos, including Dugway Proving Ground and Camp Sibert, Alabama, and publication photos. Also sketch.
Series 5: Phonograph Records, ca. 1940s
	252	ca. 1940s.	Six 78 RPM production disks. Trio String Quartet #2; Two Pieces for Bassoon and Piano

Note: William Brandt did not always assign unique opus numbers to specific compositions, nor did he assign all compositions an opus number. Thus, to the group of compositions titled "Miscellaneous Piano Pieces" from the period 1934-1938, Brandt assigned opus numbers 1-7, though these are not listed here. Brandt also assigned individual opus numbers 1 through 7 to a later group of (seven) different compositions, which are listed in this index. "Miscellaneous Piano Pieces" may be found in Folder 89.

		Opus	Folder
		1	125
		2	15
		3	26
		4	46
		5	198-200
		6	15
		7	41-42
		9	154
		11	29-31, 107
		12	66
		13	29-31
		14	158
		15	29-31, 132
		16	184-185
		17	157
		18	167
		19	80
		20	55-56
		21	99
		22	159
		23	133
		24	131
		26	57
		27	119-120
		28	134
		29	181-183
		30	201-207
		31	49
		33	43
		34	148
		35	120
		36	88
		37	123
		38	164
		39	83
		40	168-174
		41	64
		42	135
		44	124
		45	121
		46	17-20
		47	63
		48B	40
		48D	5
		48E	53
		49A	127
		49B	128
		51	38
		51A	39
		53	74
		54	60
		55	44-45
		56	94
		57	153
		58	85
		59	87
		60A	68
		60D	6
		60E	7
		60F	11
		61	72
		62	62
		63	73
		64A	25
		64B	24
		65	58
		66A	106
		66B	86
		66C	34
		66D	35
		67	175-180
		68	97
		69	16
		70	32
		71	59
		72	165
		73	95
		74	48
		75	21
		76	28
		79	130.1-130.5