David Borden papers, 1945-2021
Collection Number: 14-20-4107

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
David Borden papers, 1945-2021
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-20-4107
Abstract:
Score sheets, CDs, DVDs, music notebooks with handwritten musical notations, posters of musical compositions with handwritten notes and scores, publicity material, including original and copies of newspaper and magazine reviews and articles, posters, programs, and flyers from concerts and festivals, photographs, and a few personal files of the American minimalistic composer of electronic music, keyboard player, and Cornell University Professor of Music, David Borden (b. 1938), serve to document his composing, performing, and teaching activities dating from 1945-2020.
Creator:
Borden, David, 1938-
Borden, David, 1938- (Title of work: Continuing story of counterpoint..)
Borden, David, 1938- (Name of a part/section of a work: Enfield in winter.. Title of work: Places, times..)
Borden, David, 1938- (Title of work: Dialogues..)
Quanitities:
9.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical Note

David Russel Borden (b. 1938, 25 December), an American minimalistic composer of electronic music, keyboard player, and Cornell University Emeritus of Music Department, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Eastman School of Music and Harvard University and was a Fulbright student at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. His first composition teachers were Jimmy Giuffre and Jaki Byard. In 1969, he founded the Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co. (disbanded in 1978), the first all-synthesizer ensemble, with the support of Robert Moog and his Modular Synthesizer systems and MiniMoog instruments. He continued creating and performing solo compositions. In 1981, he created music for Amplified Keyboard Instruments. The twelve-part cycle of pieces for synthesizers, acoustic instruments, and voice, called "The Continuing Story of Counterpoint" was labored for over 11 years and has been called the Goldberg Variations of minimalism. His work is related to the minimalistic style of Philip Glass and Steve Reich. He composed part of the soundtrack for The Exorcist, 1973, and other films. His music is available on the Cuneiform, New World Records, Lameduck and Arbiter labels. He is the founder and retired director of the Digital Music Program (later the Cornell Electroacoustic Music Center). He is married to Rebecca Goldin and lives in Ithaca, NY. He also collaborates and performs with his son, Gabriel Borden and stepson, Sam Godin.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

David Borden papers, #14-20-4107. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

The David Borden Papers document the composing, performing, and teaching activities of the American minimalistic composer of electronic music, keyboard player, and Cornell University Professor of Music, David Borden (b. 1938), dating from 1945-2020. The collection primarily includes David Borden's composing work, with various-size score sheets, music notebooks with handwritten musical notations and scores, and posters of musical compositions with handwritten notes and scores. The collection also contains CDs and DVDs with David Borden's musical compositions and concerts; publicity material with original and copies of newspaper and magazine reviews and articles, posters, programs, and flyers from concerts and festivals, photographs of David Borden and collaborators, as well as +a few personal files with letters and postcards from friends, a letter to his mother and a student list from when Borden was a graduate student.

SUBJECTS

Subjects:
Composers -- United States -- 20th century.
Synthesizer music.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scores -- United States -- 20th century.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Score Sheets
1962-1994
Box 7 Folder 1
"Angels." Composer copies
1989-1990
Box 7 Folder 2
"Angels." Composer notes
1989
Box 7 Folder 3
"Angels." Extra scores
1989-1990
Scope and Contents
No. 1 Prelude to Angels; No. 6 Afterwards.
Box 7 Folder 4
"Angels No. 2 Light; and No. 4 UFO"
1989-1990
Box 7 Folder 5
"Angels No. 2 Light; and No. 4 UFO". Copies
1989-1990
Box 7 Folder 6
"Angels No. 2 Light (Guitar, Ellen); and Pt.1 Angelic Order"
1989
Box 7 Folder 7
"Angels No. 3a Angelic Order". Guitar
1989
Box 8 Folder 1
"Angels No. 9 Guardian Angel"
1990
Box 8 Folder 2
"Angels No. 9 Guardian Angel"; "Angels/ Satan Aria" (Female choir)
1989-1990
Box 8 Folder 3
"Angels. Satan Aria" (Female choir and Composer copies)
1989
Box 8 Folder 4
"Angels. Satan Aria" (Parts and score)
1989
Box 7 Folder 8
"Angels Visions and Apparitions"
1989
Box 8 Folder 5
"Beautiful River"; Unknown piece
1968, undated
Box 3 Folder 3
"CAIRN for JFK"
1964-1965
Box 13 Folder 1
"C-A-G-E ", Part I
1972
Box 1 Folder 14
"C-A-G-E" - Part I, II, III
1973-1975
Box 1 Folder 3
"Counterpoint For Flute, Cello and Harp"
1978
Box 1 Folder 4
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint" - Part I
1976
Box 1 Folder 5
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint" - Part II
1982
Box 1 Folder 6
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint" - Part III
1976
Box 1 Folder 7
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint" - Part IV [unfinished]
undated
Box 1 Folder 8
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint" - Part V
undated
Box 1 Folder 9
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint" - Part VI, orchestral version
undated
Box 1 Folder 10
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint" - Part VI, piano version
undated
Box 1 Folder 11
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint" - Part VII
undated
Box 1 Folder 12
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint" - Part VIII
undated
Box 1 Folder 13
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint" - Part IX
undated
Box 8
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint (TCSOC)", Part 2
1977-1982
Scope and Contents
Piano one; Keyboard one; Player one; Score with text from the Revelation of St. John the Divine;
Box 8 Folder 7
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint"(TCSOC)", Part 2, 3 and 4
1976, 1982, 1983
Scope and Contents
Volumes for piano one and piano two and two keyboard instruments, synthesizer Ensemble and soprano voice, and part four.
Box 9 Folder 1
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint (TCSOC)", Part 10
1987
Box 9 Folder 2
"Designs for Orchestra" - Parts 1-4; "Le Tombeau De Josquin"
1962
Box 1 Folder 1
"Dialogues"
1959-1962
Box 9 Folder 3
Draft scores for "Infinity Variations," Part 2
1994
Box 9 Folder 4
Draft scores for "Variations II"
1994
Box 7 Folder 9
Draft scores for "Variations II" for clarinets
1994
Box 7 Folder 10
Draft scores for "Infinity Variations II, 2nd Movement
1994
Scope and Contents
Contrabasses, violin I, and more.
Box 7 Folder 11
Draft scores for "Infinity Variations II, 3rd Movement
1994
Scope and Contents
Contrabasses, violin I, and more.
Box 4 Folder 5
"Double Portrait" (for 2 piano) - Score
1987
Box 4 Folder 6
"Double Portrait" (for 2 pianos) - Piano 1
1987
Box 4 Folder 7
"Double Portrait" (for 2 pianos) - Piano 2
1987
Box 1 Folder 2
"Enfield in Winter"
1978
Box 9 Folder 5
"Epitaph"; "Flatland movie" score
1964
Box 4
"The Force (That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower)" - bound score sheets
n.d.
Box 4 Folder 1
"Heaven - Kept Soul" - Score
2004
Box 4 Folder 2
"Heaven - Kept Soul" - Piano
2004
Box 6 Folder 1
"Heaven - Kept Sou"l - Piano solo and 2 88-key MIDI controller keyboards attached via USB to laptops running Reason 7 or higher
2004
Box 4 Folder 3
"Heaven - Kept Soul" - USB 88-Key, MIDI Controller, Keyboard 1
2004
Box 4 Folder 4
"Heaven - Kept Soul" - USB 88-Key, MIDI Controller, Keyboard 2
2004
Box 9 Folder 6
"The Infinity Variations II"
1994
Scope and Contents
Loose sheets for piano one and piano two. Three copies of loose sheets for two amplified pianos with DAT tape (piano two).
Box 9 Folder 7
"The Infinity Variations II," First and Second Movement
1994
Scope and Contents
Loose sheets for Forepianos and Chamber Orchestra (drafts and final prints).
Box 10 Folder 1
"The Infinity Variations II," Thrid Movement
1994
Scope and Contents
Loose sheets for Forepianos and Chamber Orchestra (final prints).
Box 10 Folder 2
"The Infinity Variations II," Thrid Movement. Drafts.
1994
Scope and Contents
Loose sheets for Forepianos and Chamber Orchestra (drafts).
Box 1 Folder 15
"I Trill Tunes" - for 1 or 2 keyboard instruments
1984
Scope and Contents
3 copies
Box 10 Folder 3
Music 120 course, factoids, workstation 303
undated
Scope and Contents
Relevant material in Box 15, Folder 15. Notes on the course Music 120, an Introduction.
Box 3 Folder 2
"Le Tombeau de Josquin"
1962-1963
Box 7 Folder 12
Original scores for "Infinity Variations II
1994
Box 4 Folder 12
"Quartet in Four Movements for Oboe and String Trio"
2014
Box 4 Folder 13
"Quartet in Four Movements for Oboe and String Trio" - Oboe
2014
Box 4 Folder 14
"Quartet in Four Movements for Oboe and String Trio" - Violin
2014
Box 4 Folder 15
"Quartet in Four Movements for Oboe and String Trio" - Viola
2014
Box 4 Folder 16
"Quartet in Four Movements for Oboe and String Trio" - Violoncello
2014
Box 10 Folder 4
Scores on parts from poem readings, a piece by Josqui, and "Bittersweet"
undated, 1960s, 1959
Box 10 Folder 5
"Silent Stars"
1994
Scope and Contents
Loose sheets for two Fortepianos and Chamber Orchestra (drafts 1 and 2, and two copies of the final version).
Box 10 Folder 6
"Silent Stars: Buster Keaton"
1994
Scope and Contents
Loose sheets. Third Movement and two copies of prints with file name P/Buster Keaton /ss.9/97.
Box 10 Folder 7
"Sort Trio"
1963-1966
Scope and Contents
Violin, violoncello, piano.
Box 6 Folder 2
Twelve Preludes and Fugues - for two pianos, piano 1
2017
Box 6 Folder 3
Twelve Preludes and Fugues - for two pianos, piano 2
2017
Box 6 Folder 4
Twelve Preludes and Fugues - for two pianos, volume one
2016
Box 6 Folder 5
Twelve Preludes and Fugues - for two pianos, volume two
2016
Box 3 Folder 4
"Trudymusic"
1967-1968
Box 11 Folder 1-2
"Variations I" for Chamber Orchestra
1992
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten notes about printing this copy.
Box 11 Folder 3
"Variations II" for two Fortepianos and Chamber Orchestra
1994
Box 4 Folder 8
"Variations on a Theme of Philip Glass" - Score
2011-2014
Box 4 Folder 9
"Variations on a Theme of Philip Glass" - Keyboard 1
2011-2014
Box 4 Folder 10
"Variations on a Theme of Philip Glass" - Keyboard 2
2011-2014
Box 4 Folder 11
"Variations on a Theme of Philip Glass" - Keyboard 3
2011-2014
Box 11 Folder 4
"Variations on the Fool on the Hill"
2002
Scope and Contents
Volumes for piano one, piano two, and for two keyboard instruments.
Box 11 Folder 5-6
"Vermeer Variations" (Parts and score)
1985
Scope and Contents
Part 2 includes Vermeer percussion and directions.
Series II. CD's, DVD's, and other media
Box 2 CD-2370
"Earth Journeys, variations on Happy Birthday", Volume 1
undated
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Box 2 CD-2371
"Earth Journeys, variations on Happy Birthday", Volume 2
undated
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Box 2 CD-2372
"Earth Journeys, variations on Happy Birthday", Volume 3
undated
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Box 2 CD-2373
"Earth Journeys, variations on Happy Birthday", Volume 4
undated
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Box 2 CD-2374
"Earth Journeys, variations on Happy Birthday", Volume 5
undated
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Box 2 CD-2375
"Earth Journeys, variations on Happy Birthday", Volume 6
undated
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Box 2 CD-2376
"Earth Journeys, variations on Happy Birthday", Volume 7
undated
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Box 2 CD-2377
"Earth Journeys, variations on Happy Birthday", Volume 8
undated
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Box 2 CD-2378
"Earth Journeys, variations on Happy Birthday", Volume 9
undated
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Box 2 CD-2379
"Earth Journeys, variations on Happy Birthday", Volume 10
undated
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Box 2 CD-2380
"Earth Journeys, variations on Happy Birthday", Volume 11
undated
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Box 2 CD-2846
"Earth Journeys, variations on Happy Birthday", Volume 12
undated
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Box 2 CD-2381
"Heaven-Kept Soul"
undated
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Box 2 HD-3
Flash drive, "Heaven-Kept Soul"
undated
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Box 5 DVD-1692
Variations on a Theme of Philip Glass
2011-2014
Box 5 CD-2801
"David Borden and Edward Murry play Gershwin"
undated
Box 5 CD-2802
"A Tribute to Duke Ellington"
1999
Box 5 CD-2803
"Night and Day"
undated
Box 5 CD-2804
"As Time Goes By"
1997
Box 5 CD-2805
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint", parts 1-4, 8
undated
Box 5 CD-2806
"Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece, co. 1970-1973"
1999
Box 5 CD-2807
"Mother Mallard, Like a Duck to Water"
2001
Box 5 CD-2808
"Variations on a Theme of Philip Glass"
2011-2014
Box 5 CD-2809
"Music for Amplified Keyboard Instruments"
2014
Box 5 CD-2810
"Cayuga Night Music"
1993, 2002
Box 5 CD-2811
"Borden on Borden"
undated
Video 10949 V-10949
David Borden and the Mother Mallard Band, unmixed master
1988-09-16
genreform: VTR cassette
Series III. Notebooks
1955-1984
Box 14 Folder 1-2
"C-A-G-E" III
1972
Scope and Contents
Player one; Chrorale Setting (Vom H.H.); Non- Pulitzer prize winning; string quartet No.1; CPT. Parts 4 (3rd player) and 5 (syn. Parts).
Box 14 Folder 3
Childhood music notes
1955
Scope and Contents
Including band arranging notes from Herb Pomeroy.
Box 14 Folder 4
Composition I- Tests and Assignments
1957-1958
Box 14 Folder 5
Counterpoint - Part 1, all parts
1984
Scope and Contents
CPT II Player 1, IV Player 2.
Box 14 Folder 6
Counterpoint - Part 2
1981
Scope and Contents
CPT II Player 1, IV Player 2.
Box 14 Folder 7
Counterpoint - Part 3
1976-11
Scope and Contents
Previous title: The continuing story of Counterpoint, Part II. Original work manuscript of TCSOC part 3. Included some film music.
Box 14 Folder 8
Counterpoint - Parts 2 and 4, piece for two Pianos for nurit filles
undated
Box 14 Folder 9
Counterpoint - Parts 2-8, Music from photographs and Prelude to C-A-G-E
undated
Scope and Contents
CPT II Player 1, IV Player 2.
Box 14 Folder 10
Counterpoint - Parts 4-8
1978
Scope and Contents
Previous title: The continuing story of Counterpoint, Part II. Original work manuscript of TCSOC part 3. Included some film music.
Box 14 Folder 11
Counterpoint - Parts 6, 7 and 8
1984
Scope and Contents
CPT II Player 1, IV Player 2.
Box 14 Folder 12
Counterpoint - Part 9, Player 2; Counterpoint 4, Player 3
1980 July-August; 1983 January
Scope and Contents
Second notebook Anatidae I.
Box 14 Folder 13
Counterpoint - Part 11; Aside with me (1st version)
undated
Box 14 Folder 14
Dialogs and other compositions
Early 1960s
Box 14 Folder 15
Dialogs "Bittersweet" original jazz composition
Early 1960s
Box 14 Folder 16
Dialogs studies
Late 1960s, early 1970s
Scope and Contents
Counterpoint for Harp cello and flute. Harmony II (1976).
Box 14 Folder 17-18
Dialogs studies, designs for orchestra
Late 1960s, early 1970s
Box 14 Folder 19
Eastman composition notes
undated
Scope and Contents
Musical Theory and composition notes on David Borden's early work.
Box 14 Folder 20
Harvard and later
1972
Box 14 Folder 21
"Like a naked man to water tunes" (with John Hostetter)
1970-1971
Box 14 Folder 22
Notes mostly for high school band and orchestra
1960s
Box 15 Folder 1
Notes on the course Music 120, an introduction
undated
Scope and Contents
Relevant material in Box 10, Folder 3. Music 120 course, factoids, workstation 303.
Box 15 Folder 2
Tafelmusik Piece, "Vermeer Variations", "Flesh and Blood" update
undated
Box 15 Folder 3-4
Trombone concertino - Part 1 and 2
1960
Box 15 Folder 5
Vocal and Gamba - Parts CPT I, III, IV
1984
Scope and Contents
Anatidae.
Series IV. Posters of musical compositions
1977-1989
Scope and Contents
Written for synthesizer.
Box 13 Folder 2
"Angels"
1989
Scope and Contents
Queen of Angels (St. Mary Prelude); Angelic Order (Beautiful River).
Box 13 Folder 2
"The Birthday Variations"
1978
Scope and Contents
Guitar for Phill Niblock (1993); For Margo Lockwood; For Doug Wyatt (Synthesizer 3).
Mapcase Folder 2
"C-A-G-E III"
1975
Scope and Contents
Synthesizer; Guitar.
Mapcase Folder 2
"Cayuga Night" Music, "Snow Gorge with Full Moon"; "June Bro"; "Trains"
1989, undated
Box 13 Folder 3
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint (TCSOC)", Part 1
1976
Scope and Contents
Electric Piano, Synthesizer 1 (Player one); Synthesizer 2, 3 (Player two).
Box 13 Folder 4
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint (TCSOC)", Part 2
1977-1982
Scope and Contents
Piano one; Keyboard one; Player one; Score with text from the Revelation of St. John the Divine;
Mapcase Folder 4
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint (TCSOC)", Part 2 and 10
1977-1985
Scope and Contents
Relevant material in Box 13, Folders 4, 5, and Box 16, Folder 4.
Box 13 Folder 5
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint (TCSOC)", Part 3
1978-1979
Scope and Contents
Synthesizer 3 (long notes); RMI Piano; Player 2; SWAM; Nurit's; Player, Synthesizer 1 and 2; Synthesizer 3 and 4 (long notes).
Box 13 Folder 6
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint (TCSOC)", Part 4
1983
Scope and Contents
Voice; Player 2; Beginning and Ending (SWAM); MIDI 1.
Box 16 Folder 1
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint (TCSOC)", Part 5
1977
Box 16 Folder 2
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint (TCSOC)", Part 7 and 8
1978-1979, 1990
Box 12 Folder 1
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint (TCSOC)", Part 9 with score notebooks
1980
Scope and Contents
Keyboards 1, 2, 3; Synthesizer 2, 3, 4; Player 2 and 3.
Box 16
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint (TCSOC)", Part 9
1980
Scope and Contents
Synthesizer 3, 4; Player 1, 2, and 3; SWAIM.
Box 16
"The Continuing Story of Counterpoint (TCSOC)", Part 10 and 11
1985-1987
Scope and Contents
Electric Piano, Synthesizer 1 (Player one); Synthesizer 2, 3 (Player two).
Box 13 Folder 2
"Enfield in Winter"
1978
Scope and Contents
Two Synthesizers; RMI electric piano.
Mapcase Folder 4
"Phantom Waltz", for two pianos
1989
Mapcase Folder 2
"Unjust Malaise", Piano 2
1991
Mapcase Folder 3
"Variations on Themes of Philip Glass"; "Screens of Memory Theme"
1989-1991
Scope and Contents
Guitar, Theme "Screens of Memory"; Variation Three/Synthesizers; Variation Two (Ellen); Rondo (finale).
Series V. Publicity Material
1945-2021
Scope and Contents
Included newspaper reviews, posters, programs and flyers from concerts.
Box 15 Folder 6
Academic harmony class cartoon by Borden
1960
Box 7 Folder 13
Agreements and Invoices
1961-1963, 1984-1990
Scope and Contents
with Cuneiform Records Company (1989) and Ensemble Publications (1961, 1963, 1990).
Box 7 Folder 14
"Angels." Correspondence, performance preparation, and publicity material
1989
Scope and Contents
Included notes on the program of the performance and the actual program, a list of people involved in Angles, lists of songs with notes, and more.
Box 7 Folder 15
"Angels." Montréal Musiques Actuelles
1990
Box 7 Folder 16
"Angels." Travel to Montreal
1990
Box 15 Folder 7
"Angels." Visions and Apparitions
1989
Box 7 Folder 17
"Cayuga Night" publicity material
1993
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, programs, and more.
Box 15 Folder 8
Cloudscape for Peggy performance
1970
Scope and Contents
In Cornell Summer Dance Group.
Box 15 Folder 9
Concert programs and posters
1971-1977
Scope and Contents
Mother Mallard's portable masterpiece company; In performance at the Diplomat; Cornell Summer (1975); Lehigh University Concert (1971); Alternative museum Flyer (1972).
Box 15 Folder 10
David Borden interviews
1975, 1986, 1990
Box 15 Folder 11
Magazine and newspaper articles
1981-1984
Scope and Contents
The Village VOICE (1984); Keyboard Magazine (1982); Terminal newspaper and copies (1981); Reviews of David Borden Music for Amplified Keyboard Instruments (copies of reviews), 1981-1984).
Box 7 Folder 19
Magazine article on David Borden
1983
Scope and Contents
Down Beat, Profile, p.52.
Box 17 Folder 1
Moogfest 2011, Publicity material
2011
Scope and Contents
Poster, flyer, and program.
Box 17 Folder 2
Mother Mallard concert posters and programs
1971-1978
Box 17 Folder 3
Mother Mallard performance at Johnson Museum in 1975, poster
undated
Scope and Contents
Photograph by Jon Reis.
Box 17 Folder 4
Mother Mallard Record Jacket, black and white photographs
1975
Box 17 Folder 5
Newspaper articles about Robert Moog
2005
Scope and Contents
Relevant material in Box 7, Folder 31. Robert Moog.
Box 17 Folder 6
Newspaper articles and newsletters
2016-2019
Scope and Contents
50 Years of Local Synths, The Ithaca Times (2019), Cayuga Lake Watershed network News (2016).
Box 7 Folder 20
Newspaper clippings and photocopies of reviews and articles
1977-2002
Scope and Contents
Includes an article in Russian, articles about Mother Mallard.
Box 15 Folder 12
Newspaper clippings of reviews and articles
1970-1971
Box 17 Folder 7
Newspaper reviews
1999-2011
Scope and Contents
Includes The New York Times review of the Brooklyn gig (2011); Washignton Post (2000).
Box 7 Folder 21
Omnidirectional Halo performance
1973
Scope and Contents
Premiere.
Box 15 Folder 13
Original copies and newspaper clippings of reviews, articles and programs of Mother Mallard
1973-1977, 2000
Scope and Contents
Magazines included are Stereo Review, The Drummer, Walrus, Contemporary Keyboard, The New York Times, and Cornell Summer. Relevant material in Box 7, Folder 23. Photocopies of reviews and articles.
Box 7 Folder 22
Photocopies of international reviews and articles
1999-2002
Scope and Contents
Includes reviews in Italian, Polish, German, and other languages. Sent by Cuneiform Records.
Box 7 Folder 23
Photocopies of reviews and articles
1969-1977
Scope and Contents
Original copies are in Box 15, Folder 13. Original copies and newspaper clippings of reviews and articles.
Box 7 Folder 24
Photographs of Davin Borden and others
undated, 1991-1995
Scope and Contents
By Charles Harrington (Cornell University), By Jon Reis (1995); By Steve J. Sherman (1995), and Peter Schaaf (1991); Photographs of David Borden primarily; Ed Murray, and Ellen Hargis (1994).
Box 7 Folder 25
Programs and posters from festivals and other events
1965-1970
Scope and Contents
New Music at Harvard University; 3rd annual mt. Greylock arts Festival and Sage Chapel- Easter Sunday.
Poster depicting a performance of a composition written for a Moog synthesizer
1975
Box 7 Folder 26
Programs and concert flyers
1945, 1988-1989, 2001
Scope and Contents
New Music at Harvard University; 3rd annual mt. Greylock arts Festival and Sage Chapel- Easter Sunday.
Box 7 Folder 27
Programs from festivals and other events
1991-2021
Scope and Contents
New Music at Harvard University; 3rd annual mt. Greylock arts Festival and Sage Chapel- Easter Sunday.
Box 15 Folder 14
Publicity material for the Anatidae Album
1981, 1987
Scope and Contents
Soundchoice (Jan.Feb. 1987); Promotional flyer by Howarth Matt (Comic book artist).
Box 7 Folder 28
Publicity material from concerts at Barnes Hall, Cornell University
1993-1999
Scope and Contents
Night and Day, two pianos with Edward Murray and David Borden and other.
Box 17 Folder 8
Publicity material from Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company (MMPMC)
1969-2009
Scope and Contents
Included a poster from the 40th Anniversary Concert with signs from all the participants, newspaper articles, posters, programs, tickets, flyers, and more.
Box 7 Folder 29
Publicity photographs of David Borden
1980s
Scope and Contents
Photograph by Emil Ghinger.
Conditions Governing Use
Included copyrighted photographs. See the physical object.
Box 7 Folder 30
Reviews for the Continuing Story of Counterpoint Parts 9-12
1989
Box 7 Folder 31
Robert Moog
1996-1999
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of biographical notes, reviews, and articles. Include relevant correspondence. Relevant material in Box 17, Folder 5. Newspaper articles about Robert Moog.
Box 7 Folder 32
Ruth st. Denis concert program and photograph
2009
Box 3 Folder 1
Silk screens of a self portrait and 2 Mother Mallard concert posters
1969-1971
Box 7 Folder 33
Variations on America performances
1969-1972
Series VI. Personal Files
1957-2016
Scope and Contents
Included newspaper reviews, posters programs and flyers from concerts.
Box 7 Folder 34
Berkshire Music Center, Students list
1961
Scope and Contents
David Borden's name is on the list, as a student of Berkshire Music Center, along with his local and home address and his department (Composition).
Box 7 Folder 35
David Borden's professional envelope and letter to his mother
1985
Box 7 Volume 1
Personal letters and cards from Diane (DeGeorge) Moore
1958-2016
Scope and Contents
Nurse. Christmas postcards, handwritten letters.
Box 7 Volume 2
Personal letters and cards from Joan (Moffitt) Larkin
1957-1999
Scope and Contents
Published poet. Postcards, handwritten letters.