Series 1: Completed Works, 1939-1996
Contains masters of Edward T. Cone's published compositions, most done in pen on vellum, and working copies used for performance, revision, or correction.
Arranged by estimated date of completion and alphabetically. Due to new information regarding chronology, some pieces were originally undated or filed under their dates of revision and are now known to be out of proper chronological order. All dates given in finding aid are correct.
undated: Cadenzas for Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, E-flat Major, K. 365, undated
1939: String Quartet #1, 1939
1940: Twenty-One Little Preludes, 1940
1940: Violin and Piano Sonata #1, 1940
1941: Clarinet Quintet, 1941
1941: "Dover Beach" (Orchestra), 1941
1942: "An Overture for the War", 1942
1946: Divertimento for Woodwinds, 1946
1946: Elegy for Violin & Piano, 1946
1946: "The Lotos-Eaters", 1946
1947: "A Memory", 1947
1947: Piano Sonata, 1947
1947: Rhapsody for Violin & Piano, 1947
1948: Fanfare, 1948
1948: "Fantasy on an Advent Hymn", 1948
1948: "Sir Thomas' House", 1948
1948: Violin and Piano Sonata #2, 1948
1949: Duo for Violin and Harp, 1949
1949: String Quartet #2, 1949
1950: "The Hollow Men", 1950
1950: "Veni Creator Spiritus", 1950
1951: "In Memoriam - R. D. W.", 1951
1951: Music for a Film, 1951
1953: Elegy, 1953
1953: Symphony, 1953
1954: Sonata for Violoncello Solo, 1954
1954: Songs, 1954
1954: "The Duchess of Malfi", 1954
1955: "Petit Chant de Noel", 1955
1957: "In the Last Days", 1957
1958: Three Miniatures, 1958
1959: "Silent Noon", 1959
1962: "La Figlia che Piange", 1962
1962: Twelve Tonal Studies, 1962
1963: Duo for Violin and 'Cello, 1963
1964: Music for Strings, 1964
1965: Fantasy for Two Pianos, 1965
1965: Variations on a Fan-Fair, 1965
1965: Funeral Stanzas, 1965
1966: String Sextet, 1966
1969: Duo for Violin and Clarinet, 1969
1973: Psalm CXXI, 1973
1973: String Trio, 1973
1975: Serenade, 1975
1977: Page from a Diary, 1977
1977: Wedding Music, 1977
1979: Cadenzas, 1979
1984: Another Page from a Diary, 1984
1986: Two Gardens, 1986
1987: Two Women, 1987
1989: "Ozymandias", 1989
1990: "Solace", 1990
1993: "New Weather", 1993
Duplicate Materials, undated
Contains pieces written prior to 1939 or not intended for publication.
Arranged by estimated date of composition and then alphabetically. Due to new information regarding chronology, some pieces were previously filed under their date of revision and are now known to be out of proper chronological order. All dates given in finding aid are correct.
undated: Assorted sketches, undated
before 1937: "Allegro", before 1937
before 1937: "Andante", before 1937
before 1937: "Andante", before 1937
before 1937: "Ballade", before 1937
before 1937: "Scherzo", before 1937
1937: "At the Keyhole", 1937
1937: "Capriccio", 1937
1937: "Chorale", 1937
1937: "Etude", 1937
1937: "Fantasia", 1937
1937: "Fantasie", 1937
1937: "Nocturne", 1937
1937: "Romance", 1937
1937: "Scherzo", 1937
1937: "Scherzo" (Presto), 1937
1937: "Theme (Moderato)", 1937
1937-1938: "Allegretto", 1937-1938
1937-1938: "Etude", 1937-1938
1937-1938: "Intermezzo", 1937-1938
1937-1938: "Legend", 1937-1938
1940-1941: "Fugue à 3", 1940-1941
1940-1941: "Fugue à 3", 1940-1941
1940-1941: "Fugue à 3", 1940-1941
1940-1941: "Fugue à 3", 1940-1941
1940-1941: "Fugue à 4", 1940-1941
1940-1941: "Fugue à 4", 1940-1941
Contains twelve binders of musical sketches, charts, and early manuscripts. Many items in the sketchbooks are bound upside-down, Cone's method for keeping different pieces separate.
Sketchbooks have been kept in their original order. To maintain this order, each leaf bears a number in brackets in the bottom right corner of the front of the page as it appeared when bound.
Sketchbook A, 1954-1963
Sketchbook B, 1959
Sketchbook C, 1956-1957
Sketchbook D, 1989-1996
Sketchbook E, after 1996
Sketchbook F, 1947-1981
Sketchbook G, 1949-1961
Sketchbook H, 1948-1951
Sketchbook I, 1957-1960
Sketchbook J, 1951-1970
Sketchbook K, 1964-1973
Sketchbook L, 1946-1977
Contains personal correspondence; material from the 1939 Princeton University commencement, at which Cone was salutatorian; poetry, including an unpublished poem written for Cone by John Berryman; two short plays by unknown writers; and clippings.
Arranged by form.
Correspondence: B General, 1949-1988
Poetry: John Berryman, 1953, 1970
Poetry: William Meredith, 1948-1966
Plays, 1950
Memorial Pieces, 1952-1988
Clippings, 1957
Miscellaneous, 1924-1993
- Scope and Contents
This collection consists of musical sketches, musical manuscripts, and personal papers of Edward T. Cone. It features early and working drafts of many of Cone's finished compositions as well as sketches of those that he considered incomplete. The collection also contains correspondence from friends of Cone, including John Berryman and Roger Sessions, and some of Cone's personal papers, including poetry by John Berryman and William Meredith.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Cone, Edward. T.
Edward T. Cone was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, on May 4, 1917. He earned a B.A. and a M.F.A. from Princeton University, studying under Roger Sessions, and afterward held a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship at Princeton. In 1947, he joined the faculty, teaching music history, theory, and composition until 1985. Additionally, he was an Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large for Cornell University from 1979 until 1983. His other awards and distinctions include a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Old Dominion Fellowship at Princeton, an ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Princeton.
Cone's musical compositions include a symphony and music for piano, voice, chorus, orchestra, and chamber ensembles. In addition to these works, he wrote several books: Musical Form and Musical Performance (1968), The Composer's Voice (1974), and Music: A View From Delft (1989).
Edward T. Cone died in Princeton on October 23, 2004.
- Acquisition:
Gift of the Edward T. Cone Estate in 2004 and 2010 .
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Danielle Ford in April 2006. Materials were identified and dated by Jeffrey Farrington, Musical Property Executor for the Estate of Edward T. Cone, who provided considerable aid in arranging this collection. Finding aid written by Danielle Ford in April 2006.
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
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- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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- Credit this material:
Edward T. Cone Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dz010q062
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-32
- Bibliography
"Obituary by Edward Cone" at Edcone.com consulted during preparation of biographical note.
- Subject Terms:
- Canons, fugues, etc.
Chamber music.
Choral music.
Composers--United States--20th century--Manuscripts.
Composition (Music)
Concertos.
Music.
Piano music.
Sonatas.
String quartets.
Vocal music. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence
Scores. - Names:
- Princeton University -- Faculty -- 20th century -- Manuscripts
Berryman, John, 1914-1972