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• Teaching Julia Perry's Homunculus C. F.  
  In category: Published Resources.
  Uploaded by Kendra Leonard on 6 September 2023.

  This is my book chapter on teaching, as the title says, Perry's Homunculus C. F. with an emphasis on presenting it in the music theory classroom. It is from Expanding the Canon: Black Composers in the Music Theory Classroom, ed. Melisa Hoag, Routledge. (2022)

  Abstract:
  Composer Julia Perry (1924-79) is often mentioned in discussions of Black American musicians active in the middle of the twentieth century, but because of the relative lack of access to her music, her works are rarely performed, much less taught in the classroom. Her 1960 chamber work Homunculus C. F. for percussion and harp, however, has been published and anthologized and is thus available for study and performance. Written in four sections, each using serial and minimalist techniques and approaches in different ways, Homunculus C. F. is an example of serial minimalism, a compositional approach Perry used frequently starting in the late 1950s. While we often associate minimalism with white, male composers based on the East Coast of the United States, it is worth noting that Perry was ten years older and thus composing in a minimalist style well before the composers who are currently associated with the origins of minimalism: Steve Reich, Terry Riley, and La Monte Young were all born in 1935; Philip Glass was born in 1937. Homunculus C. F. was composed four years before Terry Riley’s In C and 15 years before Glass’s Einstein on the Beach. Here I offer analyses of Homunculus C. F. in the context of Perry’s career and provide information for teaching the work in the theory classroom.

• Perry, Six Contrasts for Baritone and Piano  
  In category: Manuscript Scores (Copies).
  Uploaded by Ryan Dohoney on 16 May 2023.

  Manuscript from the Oberlin College Library

• Alleluja  
  In category: Engraved Scores.
  Uploaded by Patrick Baker on 10 November 2022.

  Engraved score. For medium voice and organ. Words from KJV. Includes manuscript at end.

• Perry, Julia from IDBC ed Floyd  
  In category: Published Resources.
  Uploaded by J. Michele Edwards on 19 January 2022.

  J. Michele Edwards, "Perry, Julia Amanda." [Essay] in International Dictionary of Black Composers, ed. Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., pp. 914-22. Chicago and London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1999.

• Perry--Ye Who Seek the Truth  
  In category: Engraved Scores, Published Scores.
  Uploaded by Kendra Leonard on 14 January 2022.

  Cleaner copy

• Serenity for Oboe or Clarinet in Bb  
  In category: Engraved Scores.
  Uploaded by Kendra Leonard on 28 December 2021.

  Engraved editions, apparatus, and ms score for Serenity, a work for oboe or clarinet in Bb.

• Two Easy Piano Pieces  
  In category: Engraved Scores.
  Uploaded by Kendra Leonard on 28 December 2021.

  Engraved editions of "Popping Popcorn" and "Spreading Peanut Butter;" original mss also included following each piece.

• Teaching the Works of American Composers by Mark Laughlin  
  In category: Published Resources.
  Uploaded by Kendra Leonard on 29 March 2021.

  Article including brief analysis of Perry's Prelude for Piano

• Liner notes for Perry: Homunculus C. F., Manhattan Percussion Ensemble LP  
  In category: Published Resources.
  Uploaded by Kendra Leonard on 29 March 2021.

  Liner notes on Homunculus C. F.

• Liner notes for Perry: A Short Piece for Orchestra, LP  
  In category: Published Resources.
  Uploaded by Kendra Leonard on 29 March 2021.

  Liner notes on A Short Piece for Orchestra by Don Jennings

• Liner notes for Perry, Sabat Mater, Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra LP  
  In category: Published Resources.
  Uploaded by Kendra Leonard on 29 March 2021.

  Liner notes on the Sabat Mater by Willian Flanagan

• Prelude for Piano  
  In category: Engraved Scores.
  Uploaded by Kendra Leonard on 23 February 2021.

  Printed score. Composed 1946, revised 1962. Edited by Helen Walker-Hill.

• Ye, Who Seek the Truth for tenor and organ  
  In category: Published Scores.
  Uploaded by Kendra Leonard on 23 February 2021.

  Published score. Copyright 1952 by Galaxy Music Corporation.

• Our Thanks to Thee for contralto and organ  
  In category: Published Scores.
  Uploaded by Kendra Leonard on 23 February 2021.

  Published score. Copyright 1951 by Galaxy Music Corporation.

• Symphony in One Movement for Violas and String Basses  
  In category: Manuscript Scores (Copies).
  Uploaded by Kendra Leonard on 23 February 2021.

  Manuscript score.

• Symplegades: an opera (incomplete)  
  In category: Manuscript Scores (Copies).
  Uploaded by Kendra Leonard on 23 February 2021.

  Manuscript score. Incomplete: Act 2 and Act 3 only.

• Symphony No. 13 for Wind Quintet  
  In category: Engraved Scores.
  Uploaded by Kendra Leonard on 23 February 2021.

  Engraved score. For flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, Eb alto saxophone, and bassoon.

  Edited by Helen Walker-Hill and Christopher Hahn.

• Soul Symphony Full Score  
  In category: Engraved Scores.
  Uploaded by Kendra Leonard on 23 February 2021.

  Engraved score. Full conductor score.

  Edited by Helen Walker-Hill and Christopher Hahn

• Soul Symphony, mvts 3 and 4  
  In category: Manuscript Scores (Copies).
  Uploaded by Kendra Leonard on 23 February 2021.

  Manuscript score.

• Song of Our Saviour for mixed chorus  
  In category: Published Scores.
  Uploaded by Kendra Leonard on 23 February 2021.

  Published score. Copyright 1953 by Galaxy Music COrporation.