Item 1998-038/038(02) - Audio recordings : 1) "Seeds" (I-IV) for six instruments, 1956, Henry Brant-Bennington Composers Conference 2) "From the 'Blue Books'"-Bennington, 1956 3) "Dance Trio"-Bennington, 1957 4) "Essay #3 for Chamber Orchestra"-Brant, Bennington Composers Conference, 1957 5) "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" (Wallace Stevens)-1958-Tenney-Bennington Composers Conference 6) "Sonata for Ten Wind Instruments," 1959 (revised version)-Tenney-Midwestern Composers Symposium 7) "Sonata ( for nine wind instruments)"-Paul Wolfe-Bennington Composers Conference, 1959

• Sound recording

1 audio reel (28 min., 43 sec.) : 7.5 ips, stereo. ; 1/4 inch

Consists of an audio recording of instrumental music between the years 1956 and 1959. The first track is "Seeds" (I-IV) for six instruments by Henry Brant and "From the 'Blue Books,'" performed in 1956 at the Bennington Composers' Conference. Next is "Dance Trio" and "Essay #3" for chamber orchestra by [Henry] Brant, performed at the Bennington Composers' Conference in 1957. This is followed by "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" by James Tenney and based on a poem by Wallace Stevens, performed in 1958 at the Bennington Composers' Conference; then "Sonata for Ten Wind Instruments" (revised version) by James Tenney, performed in 1959 at the Midwestern Composers' Symposium. Lastly, is "Sonata for Nine Wind Instruments" (first version) by Paul Wolfe, performed at the Bennington Composers' Conference in 1959.