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Scope and Contents
The papers of Thomas Sample Turner relate to his career as a composer of music at the University of Iowa. His eight compositions span his career from the mid-1930s until his retirement in 1982. The collection fills nineteen boxes with musical scores, conductor's copies, audio reels, cassette tapes, microfilm, a songbook, handbooks, class lecture notes, playbills, B.A. and M.A. diplomas, and art work by Alice Turner.
Biographical Note
Thomas Sample Turner was born April 21, 1914 in Corning, Iowa. His parents were Alice (Sample) Turner, and Daniel W. Turner, Iowa's governor from 1930 until 1932. Mr. Turner attended high school in Corning, followed by the University of Chicago, where he was president of Chi Psi fraternity. He married Isabel Lambly in 1936, and they raised two children, Norman and Alice.
With his master's degree in hand, he became Professor of Music at Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa, in June 1938. On September 18, 1939, Mr. Turner began working as a graduate assistant at the University of Iowa, earning his Ph.D. in 1942. Symphonic Suite in F Major was submitted as his thesis, and was first performed by the University Symphony Orchestra at the Iowa Union on May 26, 1943. The piece was dedicated to the composer's mother and father.
Other compositions include: Ground Bass and Fugue in G Minor, Suite for Four Clarinets, Fantasy for Violin and Piano, Symphony in E Minor, Quartet in E Minor for Strings, Concerto for Wind Bands, and $4000, an opera in one act, set by Turner.
Mr. Turner became a music instructor at the University of Iowa in 1942. He enlisted in the army from May 1944 until January 1946, when he returned to Iowa as an Assistant Professor of Music. He was a Professor of Music from 1960-1982, and Professor emeritus 1982-1994. Turner died April 17, 1994. He was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, and the American Musicology Society. Thomas Turner was the founder and first chairman of the Theory-Composition Section of the Iowa Music Teachers Association.
Related Materials
Folder, "Turner, Thomas Sample," in Faculty and Staff Vertical Files Collection (RG 01.15.03)
Box Contents List
Bass, stand 1
Bassoon I
Bassoon II, Contrabassoon
Clarinet I, Bb and Eb
Clarinet II, Bb; Bass Clarinet, Bb; Contrabass clarinet, Eb
Flute I, Piccolo
Flute II, Alto flute in G
$4000 musical scores, cont.
Horn I
Horn II
Horn III
Horn IV
Oboe I
Oboe II, English Horn
Orchestral Piano
Percussion IPiano Coach and Conductor, Mr. Dixon
Saxophone I
Saxophone II
$4000 musical scores, cont.
Trombone I
Trombone II
Trombone III, bass
Trumpet I
Trumpet II
Tuba
Viola, stand 1
Violin I, stand 1Violin II, stand 1
Violoncello, stand 1
Vocal Score, First Poker Player, No.8, sect. 1
Pencil scores, unlabeled
Bass 1
Contrabass
1st Bassoon
2nd Bassoon
3rd Bassoon
4th Bassoon
Cello, 2 copies
1st Bb Clarinet
2nd Bb Clarinet
3rd Bb Clarinet
1st Flute
2nd Flute
3rd Flute
1st Horn in F
2nd Horn in F
3rd Horn in F
4th Horn in F
Kettle Drums
1st Oboe
2nd Oboe
3rd Oboe and English Horn
1st Trombone
2nd Trombone
Bass Trombone
1st Bb Trumpet
2nd Trumpet Bb
3rd Bb Trumpet
Tuba
Viola I, 2 copies
1st Violin I, 2 copies
2nd Violin II, 2 copies
Xylophone, Chimes, Triangle, Cymbals, Gong or Tam Tam, Glockenspiel, Piano
Symphony in E Minor, John Brown musical scores
Cellos
Double Basses
Violas
1st Violins
2nd Violins
Bass Drum
Bassoon 1
2nd Bassoon
Contrabassoon, interchangeable with Third Bassoon
1st Clarinet in Bb
2nd Clarinet in Bb
Eb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, and 3rd Bb Clarinet, interchangeable
Bass Clarinet in III, extra part
Cymbals
Flute 1
Flute 2
Flute 3 and Piccolo, interchangeable
1st Horn in F
Horn 2
3rd Horn in F
4th Horn in F
Kettle Drums
Oboe 1
Oboe 2
Oboe 3, and English Horn, interchangeable
Small Bells, may be played by Bass drummer
Snare Drum, may be played by Bass drummer
Tam Tam, may be played by triangle player
Triangle
Tenor Trombone 1
Tenor Trombone 2
Bass Trombone
1st Trumpet Bb
Trumpet II Bb
3rd Trumpet Bb
Tuba
Correspondence, Dmitri Mitropoulos; 1949-1959
Correspondence, 1959-1982
$4,000 Opera
Correspondence, July 20, 1969-August 8, 1969
Miscellaneous photos and slides
Playbill
Press releases and reviews, June 1969 -- November 1969
Sketches and play parts
Correspondence and interviews of libretto writer Vance Bourjaily, September 17, 1976 --December 30, 1976
1st Baritone
2nd Baritone
3rd Baritone
4th Baritone
1st Bassoon
2nd Bassoon
3rd Bassoon
Contra Bassoon
Castanets
Celesta
Chimes
1st Bb Clarinet
2nd Bb Clarinet
3rd Bb Clarinet
4th Bb Clarinet
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bass Clarinet in Bb
Contra Bass Clarinet in Bb
Eb Clarinet
1st Bb Cornet
2nd Bb Cornet
3rd Bb Cornet
English Horn
Field Drum
1st C Flute
2nd C Flute
3rd C Flute
Glockenspiel
Harp
Harpsichord
High Gong
Low Gong and Bass Drum
3 High Kettle Drums
1st Horn in F
2nd Horn in F
3rd Horn in F
4th Horn in F
3 Low Kettle Drums
1st Oboe
2nd Oboe
3rd Oboe
Pianoforte
C Piccolo
1st Alto Sax in Eb
2nd Alto Sax in Eb
Eb Baritone Sax
Bb Bass Saxophone, Bb Tenor Saxophone
Snare Drum
String Bass
Tambourine, Suspended Cymbals
Triangle, Plate Cymbals
1st Trombone
2nd Trombone
3rd Trombone
Bass Trombone
1st Trumpet in C
2nd Trumpet in C
3rd Trumpet in C
Tuba
Xylophone
Fantasy for Violin and Piano
Ground Bass and Fugue in G Minor
Passacaglia and Fugue, arrangement
Psalm XX II
Quartet in E Minor, two copies
Quintet in D Major
Suite for Four Clarinets
Suite for Small Orchestra
Fantasy for violin and piano, tape
Art work by Alice Turner
Non-opera -- Chronicles of Clovis, Acts I-III, sketches and play parts
Opera -- incomplete vocal score with lyrics
Correspondence -- Henry Reese, Chronicles of Clovis libretto writer, June 19, 1975 -- April 4, 1984
Handbook of Musical Forms, by Tom Turner and Eldon Obrecht
Original typed manuscript with revisions
Handbook of Tonal Forms, revised copy
He is despised, beginning of lyrics to a musical score
Mountain Meadows musical score
New Musical Theories and Phantasies, Part III: Free Composition, by Heinrich Schenker; translation to English by Oswald Onas and T. Howard Krueger (1956-1960)
2nd draft with revisions (i - chapter 6) folder 1
2nd draft with revisions (i - chapter 6) folder 2
Non-chord tones
American Society of University Composers
B.A. and M.A. diplomas
Background, education, etc.
Carlo Tresca, memorabilia
Center for New Music
Class lecture notes and reserved book lists
Miscellaneous
Poor Old Harmony Book, original manuscripts, 2 edited copies
Playbills for operas and concerts
Programs
Complete production copy, vol.1-3
$4000, cont.
Original conductor's copy
Final conductor's copy
Concerto For Band
Original conductor's copy
Final conductor's copy
Performance lay-out
Symphony No. 2
Pencil score
Revised conductor's copyFinal conductor's copy
Symphony in E Minor, John Brown
Conductor's copy
Miscellaneous pages of Chronicles of Clovis musical score
Musical score for Baker's Dozen, Act I
Miscellaneous unlabeled and incomplete compositions
Songbook, Songs of Gentility
$4000
7 ½ " audio reels
Piano
Scene I, original tape
Scene I, copy 1-3
Scenes II and III, original tape
Scenes II and III, copy 1
Scenes II and III, copy 2
Scenes II and III, copy 3
Scenes IV and V, original tape
Scenes IV and V, copy 1
Scenes IV and V, copy 2 or 3 No. 1
Scenes IV and V, copy 2 or 3 No. 2
Concerto for Band
7 ½ - inch audio reels
Reel tape, I through Air
Reel tape, II the rest of the piece
Deteriorating reel tape of Quartet, ca. 1955
$4000, parts I and II, cassette tape
Chronicles of Clovis, cassette tape
Band piece I, 7 ½" audio reel
Band piece II, 7 ½" audio reel
Band piece Code III, 7 ½" audio reel
Band piece Code IV, 7 ½" audio reel
Microfilm labeled Bravo!, number 1
Microfilm labeled Bravo!, number 2
The Craft of Musical Composition: Book I, Theoretical Part, by Paul Hindemith
Quartet in E Minor, 7 ½" audio reel
Symphony, 7 ½" audio reel 1958, 2 copies
Symphony in E Minor, microfilm
3 unmarked cassette tapes
Box 17
Sound Recordings
Box 18
Sound Recordings, cont.
