Hollis Thoms Collection

MSA SC 6072

Dates

2003-2014

Medium

paper, photographs, CDs, DVDs

Restrictions

RESTRICTED: Circulation for research is permitted, however any copies are limited to research purposes only. Musicians and conductors must apply to the author for usage and performance rights.

Storage

00/11/06/63, 00/11/06/64, 00/11/06/65, 00/11/06/66, 00/11/06/69, 00/11/06/70; 00/27/06/20; 00/27/06/21

Description

This Special Collection comprises scores some major works by Hollis Thoms, composer from Annapolis, Maryland. The collection highlights musical works with a historical theme, such as the orchestration and libretto for The Moustache (2007), depicting a fantasy meeting between Cipriano Ferrandini and John Wilkes Booth on March 24, 1865 at the Barnum Hotel in Baltimore.

Recordings, photographs, and ephemera from performances are included in the collection.

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Socrates (2006)
Series 2: The Moustache (2007)
Series 3: Passion (2007)
Series 4: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (2009)
Series 5: Sonnets: O, know, sweet love, I always write of you (2010)
Series 6: Requiem for 9/11 (2003) & Isaac (2011)
Series 7: Symphonies 1-3 (2011-2013)
Series 8: Serpent in Eden (2012)
Series 9: Biographical Materials
Series 10: Conversations (2015)
Series 11: 2019 Donations
Series 12: 2022 Donations
Series 13: 2025 Donations

Microfilm Inventory