J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Norma Reynolds Dalby Freestone papers
Dalby, Norma Reynolds
ACCN 2651
37.75 linear feet
23 boxes
1910-2006
The Norma Reynolds Dalby Freestone papers (1910-2006) contain biographical information, correspondence, musical education material, notes, budget information, books, and music scores, including original scores by Freestone. She was a professor of music and dance at the University of Utah and Sarah Lawrence College, specializing in simultaneous improvisation of dance and music.
English
, French
, Spanish; Castilian
, German
, Czech
, Norwegian
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Norma Reynolds Dalby Freestone was born in 1923. She studied music and dance at Brigham Young University (BYU) and then she taught music at Roland Hall School for Girls and Stevens College in Missouri. She then moved to New York where she taught at Cornell Univeristy and Sarah Lawrence College where she retired in May 1989. Norma was an accomplished musician in areas of technique and composition as well as music director and performer. She also developed music courses for several dance workshops for students of all ages and for films, television, and theatre. Her specialty was piano and percussion. She worked with the Virginia Tanner School of Dance, Ririe Woodbury Dance Co., Repertory Dance Theatre, Children's Dance Theatre, University of Utah School of Dance, and the Royal Academy of Dance, London, England, plus many others. Freestone died in Utah on the 4th of May, 2006.
(Biographical information was taken in excerpts from her obituary printed in the Deseret News, May 9, 2006.)
The Norma Reynolds Dalby Freestone papers contain biographical information, correspondence, musical education material, notes, budget information, books, and music scores, including original scores by Freestone.
This collection is organized in four series: I. Personal and professional documents; II. Music scores by Freestone; III. Music scores by other composers; IV. General oversize material.
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Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.
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Instructional and educational works
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Personal and professional materials
Contains biographical information about Freestone, as well as papers on her dance workshops musical improvization classes and other things relating to her professional career.
Biographical Information
1975
1
1
Correspondence
1964-2000
1
2-3
Financial Records
1979-1981
1
4
Religious Material
1988-2006
1
5
Notes
1
6
Musical Education Material
1982-1986
2
1
Contains some explanations for alternative notations that Freestone uses in her pieces.
Improvization Class Materials
1986
2
2
Improvization Class Notebooks
2
3
Music and Choreography Notes
2
4-6
Contains notes used to coordinate dancers and musicians for performances.
Music Theory Book
2
7-8
Dance Workshops
2
9
Stage Lighting Diagrams
2
10
Stage Diagrams
2
11
Audio Equiptment Information and Budgeting
2
12
Research Material
1970-1994
3
1-2
Elizabeth Sewell
3
3
Collected Prose
3
4
Collected Poetry
1972-2000
3
5
Published Images
3
6
Sarah Lawerence College Faculty Essays
1973-1976
3
7
Sarah Lawerence College Letterhead
3
8
Playbills and Programs
19855-1988
3
9
Advertisements
3
10
Directory of Publishers
1985
3
11
Magazine Articles
1968-1989
3
12
Newspaper Clippings
1965-2006
3
13
Professional Materials
1948-1994
4
Music scores by Freestone
The scores in this series are organized by size and then alphabetically.
"Ann's Dance"
5
1
"Back by Noon"
5
2
"Ballad"
5
3
"Bird Images"
5
4
"Birds"
5
5
"Black Sheep, Where you Left You' Lamb"
5
6
"Calico Romp"
5
7
"Canon"
5
8
Caroling Dusk
5
9
"Chaconne"
5
10
"Chariot Out of Time"
5
11
"Conductor"
5
12
"Crossing"
5
13
"Dance in 7's"
5
14
"Desert"
5
15
"The Double-Voiced Fluffmung"
5
16
"Dragon"
5
17
"Elbow Room"
5
18
"En Route"
5
19
"Fanfare"
5
20
"Fiddlin" for Piano
5
21
"Folk Tunes"
5
22
"For Abby"
5
23
"For Alice"
5
24
"For Joan and Roland"
5
25
"For Ricki and Leslie"
5
26
"For Stacey"
5
27
"For Susan"
5
28
"Boulder Mountain Blow-Out"
6
1
"Brazil"
6
2
"Doña Amada"
6
3
"Dream-scape"
6
4
"Hark! The Bells are Ringing"
6
5
"Mulii-Percussion"
6
6
"Namuru"
6
7
"Passage"
6
8
"Shoreline"
6
9
"Canticle"
7
"Chantotem"
8
"Fannie's Feet"
9
1
"Folding Time"
9
2
"For Cher Jennison"
9
3
"For Rosa"
9
4
"For Susan"
9
5
"Gethsemane"
9
6
"Jessica's Dance"
9
7
"Jesus Came as a Whisper"
9
8
"Linda"
9
9
"A Marvelous Work"
9
10
"My Horse Fell Down the Well"
9
11
"Nita's Lullaby"
9
12
"Nurses"
9
13
"Once There Was ..."
9
14
Overture
9
15
Overture and Part I
9
16
IV
9
17
Part VI
9
18
Play
9
19
Unidentified Score
9
20
Unidentified Score
9
21
Unidentified Score
9
22
Unidentified Score
9
23
Unidentified Score
9
24
Unidentified Scores
9
25
Score Notebooks
9
26
"Glyph II"
10
"Games People Play"
11
1
"Giraffe"
11
2
"Guilty by Rumor"
11
3
Haiku Suite
11
4
"Haila"
11
5
"Max and the Huttunes"
11
6
"If You Could Hie to Kolob"
11
7
"Isles of the Heart"
11
8
"Israeli Suite"
11
9
"Jazz Moods (Unsquare Dance)"
12
1
"Kinetic Chants"
12
2
"Lady MacBeth"
12
3
"Magnificent"
12
4
"Martha's Structure"
12
5
"Metric Mix"
12
6
"New Age"
12
7
"No Letters"
12
8
"Moon"
12
9
"Ondine's Dance"
12
10
Overture
12
11
Overture and Dance
12
12
"The Parable of the Ten Virgins"
12
13
Part III
12
14
Part IV
12
15
"Pavanne"
12
16
"Percussion Symphony"
12
17
"Pond"
13
1
"Prayer for Light"
13
2
"Primitive"
13
3
"Red Ant Hill"
13
4
"Red Cliff"
13
5
"Repetoire for Piano Students"
13
6
"Romp"
13
7
Royal Suite
13
8
"San Diego"
13
9
"Shapes of Dance"
13
10
"Sisters Etude"
13
11
"Sky"
13
12
"Sleigh Bells in 5"
13
13
"Switch"
13
14
"Testaments"
13
15
"A Thousand Times"
13
16
"Tone Totem"
13
17
"Waiting"
13
18
"Water Cycle"
13
19
"What is this Thing Called Charm?"
13
20
"The World Aint Flat or Round"
13
21
"7-7-10"
13
22
"View from the Mountain"
14
1
Box 14, folders 1-6, contains a single piece entiteld "View from the Mountain" which comes in multiple movements. The movements are seperated into their own folders.
"Aquarium"
14
2
"Rain"
14
3
"Moon"
14
4
"Fire"
14
5
"Stream and Finale"
14
6
Songs for Elementary School Students
15
1
ox 15, folders 1-11, contains pieces by Freestone that are unnamed, and are distinguished by extra writing which was on the pieces.
Allan Seznec
15
2
Calvin
15
3
Lesley Retzer
15
4
Puki and Leslie
15
5
Essay for Soprano, Treble and Piano
15
6
For Guitar
15
7
Quintet in Four Movements for Eight Instruments
15
8
Unidentified Score
15
9
Unidentified Score
15
10
Score Notebooks
15
11
Collected Music Scores
This series contains music scores not composed by Freestone.
"Americana"
16
1
"Canción y Danza"
16
2
Cants Mágics
16
3
"Elégie
16
4
"Galaxy"
16
5
"Nightpiece"
16
6
"Préludes"
16
7
The Catalogue Cantate
16
8
Cinq Préludes pour Piano
16
9
Operatic Anthology
16
10
Organ Music for Funeral
16
11
Pièces Miniscules pour les Enfants
16
12
Songs by Brahms
16
13
"Selected Catholic Music
16
14
Trois Petites Pièces
16
15
I
16
16
"Be Still and Know that I am God"
17
1
"Des Grieux"
17
2
"Fear Not, Little Flock"
17
3
"God So Loved The World"
17
4
"How Beautiful upon the Mountains"
17
5
"Hradčanské Písníčky"
17
6
"Joy Dawns Again on Easter Day"
17
7
"Lord of the Dance"
17
8
"A Mother's Christmas Lullaby"
17
9
"Mysterious Mountain"
17
10
"Santana"
17
11
"Scarlatti"
17
12
"Sérénade"
17
13
"Sweet Is The Work, My God, My King"
17
14
The Gang That Sang "Heart of My Heart"
17
15
"Trust in the Lord"
17
16
Canon by Mozart
17
17
Chanonne in D Minor
17
18
Concert for Violin by Bach
17
19
Fritz Kreisler Compositions
17
20
Gavotte by Bach
17
21
Sonata by Mozart
17
22
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
17
23
Symphony in G Minor
17
24
Choral Songs of the Bantu
17
25
English Songs
17
26
O, Verdi
17
27
Operatic Anthology
17
28
Russian Songs
17
29
Sacred Songs with Latin Text
17
30
Selections from LDS Hymnal
17
31
Piano Scores Book
17
32
"Crushed Quarts"
18
1
"Insected Surfaces"
18
2
"Loyalty"
18
3
"Orbs" with Flute
18
4
"Quashed Clutch"
18
5
Percussion Scores
19
1-2
Piano Scores
19
3-5
Vocal Scores
19
6-7
Bass Clarinet Scores
20
1
Cello Scores
20
2
Clarinet Scores
20
3
Double Base Scores
20
4
Flute Scores
20
5
French Horn Scores
20
6
Guitar Scores
20
7
Harp Scores
20
8
Harpsichord Scores
20
9
Trombone Scores
20
10
Trumpet Scores
20
11
Tuba Scores
20
12
Violin Scores
20
13
Musical Educational Material
20
14
Unnamed Group Scores
21
1-3
Unnamed Piano Peice
21
4
Unidentified Score
21
5
Unidentified Score
21
6
Unidentified Instrumental Scores
21
7
Unnamed Oversized Scores
22
General Oversized Material
In addition to the two folders below, the box contains some posters for dance performances and other general music teaching aides.
Calenders
1976-1990
23
1
Musican and Choreography Notes
23
2
Contains notes used to coordinate dancers and musicians for performances. As well as some explanations for alternative notations that Freestone uses in her peices.