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[Letter from Don Gillis to NTSU President C.C. Nolen - 1976-02-03]
Letter
[Don Gillis standing]
Photograph of Don Gillis, standing, facing right. Gillis is wearing a short-sleeved plaid shirt in front of a wooded area.
[Toscanini and Gillis]
Photograph of three men identified as Don Gillis (far right), Arturo Toscanini (middle) and an unidentified man on the far left. Gillis is wearing a light-colored suit and the other two men are wearing dark clothing. There appear to be music stands organized behind them.
[Portrait of Don Gillis]
Black-and-white portrait of Don Gillis in a suit jacket and necktie, and thick-rimmed glasses. Gillis is facing somewhat angled to the right.
The encore concerto for piano and orchestra
This is a holograph score of Don Gillis "The Encore Concerto for Piano and Orchestra." Gillis's dedicated this his first piano concerto to his friend Joseph Kahn. The entire score is in loose white onionskin pages and black ink. It is part of the UNT Music Library's Don Gillis Special Collection, which can be accessed at <http://www.library.unt.edu/music/special-collections/gillis/the-don-gillis-collection-1>. Page 96A is an alternative re-orchestrated version that replaces the essentially chordal accompaniment presented in p.96.
[Photograph: Arturo Toscanini and Don Gillis]
Photograph of Arturo Toscanini and Don Gillis. Toscanini is on the left in a dark suit, with his hands behind his back. Gillis is on the right in a lighter-colored suit and necktire, leaning on his right elbow.
[Clipping: "Don Gillis Is Going to Be A Well-Whistled Composer"]
Newspaper clipping
[Clipping: Article by Alice Hughes about Don Gillis]
Newspaper clipping
[Clipping: Don Gillis in Vision magazine]
Magazine clipping consisting of title from cover, and an article from that issue describing Gillis' approach to music composition.
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