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The University of Montana--Missoula
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Mss 214
Inch,
Herbert, 1904-1988
Herbert Inch Papers
1860-1982
3.5 linear feet
Herbert Inch was a composer who was born
in Montana. This collection includes pieces Inch wrote for orchestra, strings,
winds, voice, and keyboard as well as biographical material such as contracts
and copyright statements, a master's thesis written on Inch, programs and
reviews, and personal correspondence.
Materials are in
English
Biographical Note
Composer Herbert Reynolds Inch was born in Missoula, Montana, on
November 25, 1904. He studied at University of Montana from 1920 to 1922 and
continued his education at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York,
receiving his bachelor's degree in 1925 and his master's in 1928. Inch received
a honorary Doctorate in music from the University of Montana, (then Montana
State University) in 1943. He taught at the Eastman School of Music from 1925
through 1928 and 1930 to 1931. Inch headed the music department at Hunter
College in New York City starting in 1937 until his retirement in 1966.
Inch was a composer of works for orchestra, chorus, solo voice, piano,
organ and chamber music. He has won many honors, including the Walter Damrosch
Fellowship in 1931 through 1934 and the Ernest Bloch Award in 1946. Some of his
published works includes
Variations on a Model Theme,
Answers to a Questionnaire, and
Northwest Overture, which was written for the 1943
commencement exercises at the University of Montana. He died in 1988.
This collection includes pieces written for orchestra, strings, winds,
voice, keyboard, and other miscellaneous scores, many of which were completed
in London, Rome and New York. Also included in the collection is biographical
material, a list of Inch's finished compositions, contracts, correspondence,
programs and reviews. There is a copy of a master's thesis written about Inch
written in 1944, and newsletters and commencement programs of the various
colleges that Inch worked for.
The collection is divided into eight series:
Series I: Compositions, 3 linear feet, 1926-1966
Series II: Other Composers, 4 folders, 1941-1965
Series III: Biographical, 10 folders, 1931-1982
Series IV: School Publications, 6 folders, 1941-1979
Series V: Programs and Reviews, 3 folders, 1931-1976
Series VI: Correspondence, 4 folders, 1933-1981
Series VII: Photographs, 16 items, 1860-1980
Series VIII: Audio, 3 tapes, undated
Audiocassette duplicates of the three reel-to-reel audiotapes in
Series VIII are available through the Mansfield Library's media collection.
Researchers are encouraged to access the materials in Series VIII through the
duplicate audiocassettes.
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of
Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The
University of Montana--Missoula.
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and
any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to The University of
Montana.
[Name of document or photograph number], Herbert Inch Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of
Montana--Missoula.
The music section of the collection was donated to the K. Ross Toole
Archives from the Music Department in November 1994, then transferred to the
archives. Another portion of the collection was donated directly to the
archives by Herbert Inch's family in August 1993.
Gift of Miriam Inch, 1993, and The University of Montana School of
Music, 1994. In 2007, additional material was transferred from the Mansfield
Library's music collection to the Archives to become part of this
collection
The actions of the original processors are unknown. In 1998 and 2007
subsequent additions were integrated into the collection and all materials were
re-described.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Composers--United States--Montana
University of
Montana--Alumni and alumnae
Eastman School of
Music--Alumni and alumnae
Music
Photographs
Sound
recordings
Photographs
Sound
Recordings
Performing Arts
Series I
Compositions
1926-1966
3.0 linear feet
This series is made up of Herbert Inch's compositions. They
include keyboard, orchestral, strings, voice, winds and other miscellaneous
compositions. Many were completed in London, Rome and New York. Materials that
were part of the original donation were arranged alphabetically by sub-series
of Keyboard, Orchestral, Other, Strings, Voice, and Winds. Materials from the
2007 donation have been placed together in a subseries and listed
chronologically by creation date as indicated by the list of compositions in
Series III.
Subseries 1: Keyboard
1/1
Five Organ Preludes
1944
1/2
Agitato (Piano)
1926
1/3
December Moods (Piano)
1933
1/4
Little Bourree (Piano)
undated
1/5
Piano Pieces
1944
1/6
Piano Sonata No. 2
1946
1/7
Piano Sonata No. 3
1966
1/8
Piano Sonata No. 6
undated
2/1
Sonata for Five Ancestors
(Piano)
1935
Subseries 2: Orchestral
2/2
Answers to a Questionnaire
1942
2/3
Anthem - Sing O Heaven
1963
2/4
Concerto (Piano and Orchestra)
1940
OS 11
To Silvanus
1933
3/2
Sinfonietta in C
1948
4/1
Sinfonietta in D
1950
4/2
Sinfonietta in F
1955
4/3
Sinfonietta in F cont.
1955
OS 10
Symphony #1
1932
Subseries 3: Other
4/4
Birthday Song for Miriam
(piano, flute and voice)
1974
4/5
Harmony Examples (voice)
undated
4/6
Inch Student Compositions from
High School circa
1915
4/7
Suite for Margaret (Piano and
Violin) undated
Subseries 4: Strings
5/1
Ballade (Strings and Piano)
1943
5/2
Ballade (Violin and Piano)
1937
5/3
Concertino (String Orchestra)
1953
5/4
Concerto (Violin and Orchestra)
1947
5/5
Three Conversation (String
Quartet)
1944
6/1
Sonata (Violin, Cello and
Piano)
1934
6/2
Sonata (Violin Solo #1)
1930
Subseries 5: Voice
6/3
Anthem (Chorus and Orchestra)
1963
6/4
Cannons
undated
6/5
Cradle Song (words by William
Blake) (for women's chorus)
1958
Subseries 6: Winds
6/6
Chromatic Rondo (Two Flutes and
Oboe)
1944
Subseries 7: 2007
Acquisition
Dates of materials listed in Subseries 7 come from the list of
compositions finished located in Series III of this collection.
8/1
Fox-Trot Fantasy
1926
OS 10/1
Variations on a Modal Theme
(for Orchestra)
1927
8/2
Four Songs: The Alchemist, When
Amaryllis Bowls, I Walked Abroad, Pastoral
1928
8/3
Prelude and Scherzo - Fugue for
String Quartet
1928
8/4
Four Seasons (Song)
1929
8/5
Frolic (Song)
1929
8/6
Quintet
1930
8/7
Songs: Alms, The
Rider
1931
8/8
Mediterranean Sketches (for
String Quartet)
1933
8/9
Homily (for Piano, Violin, and
'Cello)
1934
8/10
Sonata (for Piano and
'Cello)
1934
8/11
Divertimento (for Brass
Septet)
1934
8/12
Songs: Highland
Spring
1934
8/13
String Quartet
1936
8/14
Idyll (Song)
1936
OS 10/2
Serenade (for Small
Orchestra)
1936
8/15
Northwest Overture
1943
9/1
Nocturne (for
Piano)
1943
9/2
Song of Liberation (for Women's
Chorus and Piano)
1943
9/3
Sonatina for Flute, Oboe and
Bassoon
1944
9/4
Sonatina for Oboe, Clarinet,
and Bassoon
1944
9/5
The Return to Zion (for Women's
Chorus and Piano)
1945
9/6
Legend (for Oboe and String
Orchestra)
1946
9/7
Holiday Overture (for
Orchestra)
1949
9/8
Three Songs: Spring Song, The
White Owl, Frontier Love Song
1952
9/9
Lullaby (for Chamber
Orchestra)
1953
9/10
Funeral March for a Tyrant (for
Orchestra)
1953
OS 10/3
Psalm (for Voice and
Orchestra)
1953
9/11
Festival: Twelve Pieces for
Piano
1957
9/12
Psalm 64 (for Solo Voice and
Piano)
1957
9/13
Recessional (for
Organ)
1959
9/14
Trio (for Piano, Violin, and
Violocello)
1963
9/15
Study for Left Hand and
Pedal
undated
9/16
Trio Study for Two Manuals and
Piano
undated
9/17
Examples of Modes and
Augmentation
undated
9/18
Four Seasons (Song)
undated
9/19
unidentified
fragments
undated
Series II
Other Composers
1941-1965
4 folders
This series includes the works of other composers, including
Inch's daughter Margaret. Others are Walter Kimmel, Julia Brand Niseon and
musical examples by Thomas Morley, which Inch transcribed.
This series is arranged alphabetically.
6/7
Margaret Inch (Voice and Music)
undated
6/8
Walter Kimmel - "Kireji"(Voice
and Chamber)
1965
6/9
Thomas Morley - "Plaine and Basic
Introduction"
1941
6/10
Julia Brand Niseon - "Corroboree"
(Piano)
undated
Series III
Biographical
1931-1982
10 folders
This series includes an autobiographical sketch that Inch wrote
and his Walter Damrosch Fellowship Acceptance Letter. While in Rome for the
fellowship, Inch took an astronomy course and his books and maps are included
in the series. The series also contains a list of compositions that Inch
finished in during his career and numerous copyright documents and contracts.
Inch's records of his contributions are also included. There is a copy of a
master's thesis written on Inch and two of Inch's report cards.
This series is arranged alphabetically.
7/1
Astronomy Course in Rome
ca.
1931-1934
7/2
Autobiographical Sketch
undated
7/3
Compositions Finished
1926-1966
7/4
Contributions
1940-1982
7/5
Copyright Written Pieces
1945-1949
7/6
Copyright Statements and
Contracts
1941-1974
7/7
Master's Thesis on H. Inch by
Nancy Laughbaum
1944
7/8
Programs Submitted for Promotion
1961
7/9
Report Cards
1926, 1934
7/10
Walter Damrosch Fellowship
Acceptance Letter
1931
Series IV
School Publications
1941-1979
6 folders
This series contains newsletters, commencement programs and a
program from the 1953 dedication of the Music Building at the University of
Montana (Montana State University) from Hunter College, University of Rochester
and University of Montana. The collection also includes a list of the U of M
School of Music holdings of Inch's compositions.
This series is arranged alphabetically.
7/11
Hunter College Commencement
Programs
1942, 1944
7/12
Hunter College Newsletter
1961
7/13
University of Montana H. Inch
Music Collection
undated
7/14
University of Montana Music
Department Newsletter
1979
7/15
University of Montana (MSU)
School of Music Dedication
1953
7/16
University of Rochester
Commencement Program
1941
Series V
Programs and Reviews
1931-1976
3 folders
This series contains programs from performances of Inch's music,
in New York as well as Montana. The collection also includes reviews from
newspapers of various performances. Various programs from the government
sponsored Federal Music Project of New York City between 1935 and 1939 are
included, for Inch's music was featured in the performances.
This series is arranged alphabetically.
7/17
Federal Music Project of N.Y.C.-
WPA
1935-1939
7/18
General Programs
1940-1976
7/19
Reviews
1931-1949
Series VI
Correspondence
1933-1981
4 folders
This series consists of Inch correspondences from his homes in
California and New York. They also include foreign correspondences as well as
from the University of Montana. The series contains many personal letters,
birthday cards (including on from his grandchildren), and Christmas cards. The
professional letters sent to Inch are mainly requests for his music or referral
information.
This series is arranged alphabetically by Inch's geographic
location.
7/20
California
1965-1981
7/21
Foreign
1933, 1934, 1950
7/22
New York
1939-1976
7/23
University of Montana (Montana
State University)
1943-1973
Series VII
Photographs
1860-1980
16 items
This series consists of sixteen photographs of Inch's family and
friends. In 1998, the processor inserted notes (in brackets) providing
relational identifications wherever possible.
214(VII)1
[Miriam Inch with unknown woman
and children]
October, 1979
214(VII)2
Margaret [Inch, Inch's mother]
ca.
late 19th Century
214(VII)3
[Inch family picture, J.H. Inch
(father), Margaret Inch (mother), Beatrice Inch (sister), and Herbert Inch]
ca.
1914
214(VII)4
[Tom Bowden, friend of Inch
family]
ca.
1950
214(VII)5
[Beatrice Inch, Inch's sister]
February, 1963
214(VII)6
[Margaret Inch, Inch's daughter]
December, 1960
214(VII)7
[A.N. Shirreffs, Inch's friend]
undated
214(VII)8
[Margaret] Elizabeth [Inch,
Inch's daughter]
May,
1937
214(VII)9
[Margaret Inch, Inch's mother]
undated
214(VII)10
Montana Power Transmission
Company Dam and Powerhouse on Wise River
1901
214(VII)11
[Herbert Inch with two other men]
1947
214(VII)12
Marion [Inch's aunt], Mother
[Inch's grandmother], and Margaret [Inch's mother]
undated
214(VII)13
Sydney Richard Inch [Inch's
uncle]
June, 1958
214(VII)14
Hammond Fisher
undated
214(VII)15
Pansy Alice Evans
1923
214(VII)16
Angus C.
undated
Series VIII
Audio
undated
3 tapes
This series contains three audiotapes of performances of Inch's
works. Performers and dates are not identified.
Materials are arranged alphabetically.
214(VIII)1
Anthem for Chorus and Orchestra
undated
214(VIII)2
Recessional for Organ
undated
214(VIII)3
Trio for Pianoforte, Violin, and
Violincello
undated