IU School of Music, 1983
A Guide to the Collection of Oral History Interviews at Indiana University
Bloomington
Finding aid prepared by the staff of the Center for
the Study of History and Memory with a grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities Division of Preservation and Access, 2000-2002
Overview of the Collection
Repository
Indiana University Center for Documentary Research and Practice
Indiana University
Franklin Hall 0030B
601 E. Kirkwood Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: 812/855-2856
Fax: 812/855-0002
E-mail: ohrc@indiana.edu
https://cdrp.mediaschool.indiana.edu
Creator
Indiana University Center for the
Study of History and Memory
TitleIU School of Music, 1983
Project No.
ohrc071
Interviews
1 interview. Audiotapes, transcripts, and collateral
materials.
Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Franklin Hall, Room 0030B. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University
Archives.
Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews
from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
Wilfred C. Bain, dean of the School of Music from 1947 to 1973, discusses his career
as an administrator in various colleges. He focuses on his time at the Indiana
University School of Music, discussing the policies he feels made the school the
success it is today. He also discusses his theories and philosophies behind music
education and how he has tried to implement them at the School of Music.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains one interview conducted in 1983. The interview is 30 hours, 47 minutes, and consists of audio tapes
and a partial transcripts, as well as collateral materials.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Oral history interviews conducted by the Indiana University Center for the
Study of History and Memory from 1968 to the present, with particular focus on the
history of twentieth-century America and the Midwest.
Usage Restrictions
The archive of the Center for Documentary Research and Practice at Indiana University is open
to the use of researchers. Copies of transcript pages are available only when such copies
are permitted by the deed of gift. Scholars must honor any
restrictions the interviewee placed on the use of the interview. Since some of our earlier
(pre-computer) transcripts do not exist in final form, any editing marks in a transcript
(deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked. Audio files may not be copied for
patrons unless the deed of gift permits it, and a transcript is unavailable for that
interview. The same rules of use that apply to a transcript apply to the audio interview.
Interviews may not be reproduced in full for any public use, but excerpted quotes may be
used as long as researchers fully cite the data in their research, including accession
number, interview date, interviewee's and interviewer's name, and page(s).
Preferred Citation
[interviewee first name last name] interview, by [interviewer first name last
name], [interview date(s)], [call number], [project name], Center for Documentary Research and Practice, Indiana University,
Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape
number and side if no transcript; if digital audio and no transcript, cite time when quote occurs].
Interview List
Interviewee
Bain, Wilfred C. July 27, 1983;
August 1, 1983 - August 3,
1983;
August 5,
1983;
August 8, 1983
- August 20, 1983
Call Number
83-040
Physical Description
Partially transcribed, 309 pp., only tapes 1 - 11 side A are
transcribed; 30 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 30 hours, 47 minutes; no index; two
newspaper articles about interviewee's 80th birthday concert; newspaper
article about interviewee's death
Interviewer
Wolford, John
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Wilfred C. Bain, born January 20, 1908 and died March 7, 1997, discusses his
life experiences focusing on his tenure as the dean of the Indiana
University School of Music from 1947 - 1973. He discusses the development of
the School of Music from a small Midwestern school to the world-renowned
institution it is today. He feels his philosophy of hiring performance
musicians as faculty, and hiring only the best in the field, has contributed
to building the school's reputation. He discusses different members of the
faculty he has hired over the years and their contributions to the school.
He also discusses the strong opera program in the school and the requirement
for all students to participate in ensembles as a factor contributing to the
school's success, especially the twenty-one year running of Wagner's
Parsifal. He also discusses the development of the applied
music program and creating the structure of the school to fit applied music,
music theory, musicology and music education in one school. He touches upon
his philosophy of a well-rounded music education that does not focus only on
performance. He elaborates on the structure of the school and how it relates
to Indiana University and Bloomington, Indiana. He discusses the reluctance
of the university administration over the years to extend funding to the
school. He discusses the transitional periods from Dean Sanders to his
tenure as dean, and then from his tenure to Dean Webb. Finally, he discusses
the positives and negatives of being the dean, his evaluation of the his
time there, the status of the school at present, and avenues the school
might pursue in the future.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Berkshire Quartet
- Central College of South Carolina
- Eastman School of Music
- Houghton College
- Indiana University Marching Hundred
- Metropolitan Opera
- National Association of Schools of Music
- New York University
- University of North Texas
- Westminster Choir College of Rider University
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Occupation Names
- School of Music dean
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Personal Names
- Adam, William A.
- Allen, Ross Clearman
- Apel, Willi
- Bass, Samuel
- Bolet, Jorge
- Briscoe, Herman T. "Kay"
- Cassidy, Claudia
- Daniel, Ralph Thomas
- Eaton, John
- Farkas, Philip Francis
- Farrell, Eilleen
- Foster, Sidney
- Fulian, Anise
- Gingold, Josef
- Harshaw, Margaret
- Heiden, Bernard C.
- Herford, Julius
- Kaufmann, Walter
- Kozma, Tibor
- Krieger, George
- MacWaters, Virginia Elizabeth
- Michael, R. Keith
- Parker, Cynthia
- Phillips, Harvey Gene
- Pressler, Menahem
- Primrose, William
- Ricci, Ruggiero
- Robert, Walter
- Sharrow, Leonard
- Shay, Beverly
- Simon, Abbey H.
- St. Leger, Frank
- Starker, Janos
- Taylor, Myron
- Teraspulsky, Leopold
- Tischler, Hans
- Vacano, Wolfgang
- Webb, Charles Haizlip, Jr.
- Weil, Kurt
- Wells, Herman B
- Wronski, Tadeusz
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Place Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Canada
- Denton, Texas
- New York, New York
- South Carolina
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Subjects
- 1944 GI Bill
- a cappella choirs
- applied music
- choir management
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Cynthia Parker
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Down in the Valley
- Great Depression
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Harvard Dictionary of Music
- music theory
- musical performance
- musicology
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Nutcracker Suite
- opera administration
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Parsifal
- piano performance
- Verdi's
Requiem
- vocal performance
