Herbert Brün Society

Pre-PWE Folder 56: Über Musik… …und zum Computer
Writings in German and a cartoon (by one of the Brün children) for a song about nature. Approx. 25 pages.

Pre-PWE Folder 57: Elektronische Reihe
German language writing by Herbert Brün. Approx. 10 pages.

Pre-PWE Folder 58: Musik und Information
Large German manuscript by Herbert Brün, organized into 8 chapters. Handwritten and typewritten versions. Approx. 250 pages.

Pre-PWE Folder 59: Entry in The Computer & Music
Manuscript for Herbert Brün’s essay that begins with the sound of events versus events of sound distinction. 1969.  Approx. 30 pages. English.

Pre-PWE Folder 60: Designing Amicus, SIAT, SBIP; Interactive Interface
1977 grant proposal by Herbert Brün for what is apparently a proto-SBIP proposal (SBIP = Socially Beneficial Information Processor). This places the concept of SBIP almost a decade before the publication of Designing Society (Princelet, 1985).

Pre-PWE Folder 61: Fragments of “Gustav Mahler & the Virtue of Ambiguity”; Fragments on “Music and Existentialism”. Against Plausibility
Contains 1963 version and 1989 version of “Against Plausibility” right next to each other. Also, some fragments of these other pieces, by Brün. Approx. 40 pages.

Pre-PWE Folder 62: Vortrag: Darmstadt 1965-66
German language writing and calculations. Top page reads “About: CSX-1, Soniferous Loops, Non Sequitur VI, MUSICOMP, etc. Rest is German. Approx. 150 pages.

Pre-PWE Folder 63: Über Musik und Zum Computer Sendry
Correspondence and revisions and whatnot for Herbert Brün’s German language essay “Über Musik und Zum Computer”. All German. It looks like the copyright was signed over in 1971. Approx. 100 pages.

Pre-PWE Folder 64: Part of large Musik und Information folder but not sure how related: I. Das Bildnis, etc.; Musik der neuen Grenzen; Betrachtungen eines Beteiligten; Existieren als Komponist; Erläuterung zur beiliegenden Schallplatte
Typewritten German by Herbert Brün. Title of folder explains it well. Approx. 40 pages.

Pre-PWE Folder 65: Musik und Information – revised for BR Sendung
A manuscript of Musik und Information (German) by Herbert Brün. Title page says 1962.

Pre-PWE Folder 66: Mahler Vortrage
A book-length handwritten work on Gustav Mahler, by Herbert Brün. Broken into 6 chapters. Approx. 125 pages.

Pre-PWE Folder 67: Auf Dentsch
Various notes in German on Über Musik und zum Computer, Musik und Information, and other programs to accompany their presentation (?) All German. Approx. 75 pages.

Pre-PWE Folder 68: Sätze am Hildesheimer
Not sure what this stuff is… German formulations by Herbert Brün (?) Folder seems to be dated to 1981 and contains a 1981-era list of Herbert Brün’s publications in English.

Pre-PWE Folder 69: Deutsch
Folder cover lists a collection of compositions by Herbert Brün and others. The remaining pages are German langauge writing – by Brün, on the compositions listed on the cover (?) Approx. 75 pages.

Pre-PWE Folder 70: Unfortunately True (read more)
Pre-PWE Folder 70 contains responses to a 5 page long assignment describing how to write “Unfortunately True” statements. The course was apparently offered through the BCL, as Psych 493 (and likely cross-listed) under the title “Seminar on Cognitive Studies”. Responses from 45 students were received, several dated Feb. 24, 1971. (read more)

Pre-PWE Folder 71: Deutsch 2
A drawing of the seating arrangement (?) at a seminar and notes on the seminar, in English on page 1. Then approx. 50 pages of German language writing, maybe formulations? No dates, but mention of Mark Enslin and Mark Sullivan on page 1 suggests that Brün wrote this stuff in the 1970s or 80s.

Pre-PWE Folder 72: Function of Time in Art
Herbert Brün’s handwritten manuscripts for the 1952 Teaching the Function of Time in Art and the 1962 The Function of Time in Art. The final pages in this folder give a list of proposed lectures, perhaps dated to when Marianne helped set up Herbert’s lecture tour in the USA that eventually resulted in Brün coming to the University of Illinois after an invitation from Lejaren Hiller.

Pre-PWE Folder 73: A Listener’s Interpretation of Music: An Experience Between Cause and Effect
First and second English versions of A Listener’s Interpretation of Music dated to 1970 and presentations at Ohio State.