Music Related to the Kent State Shootings

May 4 Collection - Boxes 183, 183A, 183B

Finding Aid

Prepared by Nancy Birk, September 27, 2002; Last updated: April 2022

Inclusive Dates: 1970-2021
Extent: 2.5 cubic feet (1 record storage box, 1 LP box, 1 flat oversized box)
Physical Location: 12th floor

Scope and Content: This box contains LPs, 45s, audio cassettes, sheet music, CDs and accompanying materials related to the May 4 Kent State shootings.

Restrictions on Use: Copyright restrictions apply to these recordings. Duplication is subject to obtaining permission from copyright holder(s).

May 4 Collection - Box 183: Cassettes, CDs, and related documents
Folder -- Contents

1. Kent State: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, RCA Records, 1981. Composed and produced by Ken Lauber; Executive Producer: Jack Lewis. (CASSETTE  & 8-TRACK copies)
2. "They All Look The Same" from Kent State: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, RCA Records, 1981. Composed and produced by Ken Lauber; Executive Producer: Jack Lewis. (CASSETTE)
3. "They All Look The Same" from Kent State: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, RCA Records, 1981. Letter from Jim McKinney to then University Archivist Nancy Birk about the album and song, undated.
4. Live in Dublin, Christy Moore, Donal Lunny, & Jimmy Faulkner. Includes song, "Hey Sandy" about Sandra Scheuer: 1989. (CASSETTE)
5. Magpie. Give Light, 1999. Includes song "Kent" dedicated to the students who lost their lives at Kent State and at Jackson State. (CD)
6. Dink. Blame it on Tito. Includes adaptation of Neil Young's "Ohio." Manufactured by Capital Records, 1996. (CD)
7. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. So Far. Includes "Ohio." Digitally remastered by Atlantic Recording Corp., 1974. (CD)
8. The Beach Boys. "Student Demonstration Time." (CASSETTE)
   Related Material: See Box 183A for record album (Surf's Up) on which this song appears. 
9. Harvey Andrews. Writer of Songs. Includes the song "Hey! Sandy" written about Sandy Scheuer. Digitally remastered, 1972. (CD)
   Related Material: See Box 183A for LP record.
10. Autumn's Child, featuring Mark Holland. Progressive World. Includes the song "Inquire, Learn, Reflect," Cedar 'n' Sage Music, 2002. (CD)
11. The Kent State May 4 CD Project. Produced by the May 4 Task Force. (2-CD set) Copy 1 of 2
    Scope and Content: Disc One: "Witnesses and Tributes"; Disc Two: "Fellow Travelers." Includes musical selections interspersed with interviews. Includes tracks by Lester, Magpie, The Pretenders, Andy Cohen, Dink, Harvey Andrews, Joe Walsh, Chris Butler, The Numbers Band, Guy Pernetti, Matt Thompson, Holly Near, Tiny Alice, Blech and Hart, Rolly Brown, House of Sectionals, The Impossebulls w/ Chuck D, Kent 25, Pat Humphries, Jimi Imig, Full Wave Rectifier, The Patrick Sweany Band, Tin Huey, The Mickeys, The Manhatten Transfer, Sue Jeffers, Twistofs, Jakob Ward, The Waterband, Troy Gregorino, and Yoko Ono, 2005.
12. The Kent State May 4 CD Project. Produced by the May 4 Task Force. (2-CD set) Copy 2 of 2
    Scope and Content: Disc One: "Witnesses and Tributes"; Disc Two: "Fellow Travelers." Includes musical selections interspersed with interviews. Includes tracks by Lester, Magpie, The Pretenders, Andy Cohen, Dink, Harvey Andrews, Joe Walsh, Chris Butler, The Numbers Band, Guy Pernetti, Matt Thompson, Holly Near, Tiny Alice, Blech and Hart, Rolly Brown, House of Sectionals, The Impossebulls w/ Chuck D, Kent 25, Pat Humphries, Jimi Imig, Full Wave Rectifier, The Patrick Sweany Band, Tin Huey, The Mickeys, The Manhatten Transfer, Sue Jeffers, Twistofs, Jakob Ward, The Waterband, Troy Gregorino, and Yoko Ono, 2005.
13. American Symphony Orchestra. The Stokowski Concert Collection. Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York, May 8, 1970. (CD)
    Scope and Content: Includes selections from Barber, Bach, Handel, Scriabin, Chopin, and Casals with commentary from orchestra members and Stokowski in between musical pieces. From liner notes: "This spontaneous and unrehearsed concert took place in memory of the killed students and as an appeal to stop the war."
14. Halim El-Dabh. Opera Flies. Performance at Kent State University by Hawthorne School Performing Group of Washington DC, May 8th, 1971. (CASSETTE)
15. Halim El-Dabh. Opera Flies. Performance at Kent State University by Hawthorne School Performing Group of Washington DC, May 9th, 1971. (CD-2 discs)
16. Halim El-Dabh. Opera Flies. 1971 performances by Hawthorne School Performing Group of Washington DC.
    Scope and Content: Clippings, program, program notes, and libretto, 1971
17. Halim El-Dabh. Opera Flies and Excerpts from Opera Flies, Kent State University, 1995.
    Scope and Content: Flyers, clippings, ticket, and programs for the Excerpts, March 22, 1995; Flyers, clippings, and program, May 4, 1995
18. Halim El-Dabh. Opera Flies. Performance by the KSU Wind Ensemble, conducted by Wayne Gorder, May 4, 1995 (VHS)
    Alternative Form Available: This recording has been digitally captured. Please use reference DVD in Box 183 or digital copy (requires staff assistance and login) for access to this recording.
19. Dave Brubeck. Truth Is Fallen / Two Generations of Brubeck, 2000. (CD)
    Historical Note: Truth Is Fallen was commissioned by the Midland Symphony Orchestra for the dedication of the Midland Center for the Arts in Midland, Michigan. "The music is dedicated to the slain students of Kent University and Mississippi [ie. Jackson] State, and all other innocent victims caught in the cross-fire between repression and rebellion" (from the liner notes by Dave Brubeck). CD issue of 2 LP recordings originally released in 1972 and 1974, respectively.
20. Luigi Cherubini. Requiem Mass in C Minor. Robert Shaw, Conductor, United Church of Christ, Kent, Ohio, June 3, 1970
    Scope and Content: No recording on file. Program and other information about the performance is included in this file. Also included is a published score (four-part chorus of mixed voices with piano accompaniment, G. Schirmer), in the same edition as was used in the performance in Kent, Ohio.
    Acquisition Note: The score was donated in 2019 by Tom Cooperrider, who participated in the June 3, 1970 Kent, Ohio, performance.
21. Luigi Cherubini. Requiem Mass in C Minor. Robert Shaw, Conductor, United Church of Christ, Kent, Ohio, June 3, 1970 (CASSETTE)
    Scope and Content: Audio recording from a radio broadcast of this performance that aired on WCLV on October 27, 1970.
    Alternative Form Available: Please use CD copy for access to this recording.
    Acquisitions Note: Donated by Anne Andrews who participated in the June 3, 1970 performance while a graduate student at Kent State University.
22. Steve Miller Band. Number 5. Capitol Records, 1970. (CD)
23. The Isley Brothers. Givin' It Back. Sony Music, 1971. (CD)
24. Kathy Johnson. "A Little More Fair, A Little More Free," 1991. (CASSETTE)
    Historical Note: The Kent State shootings are mentioned in this song. Johnson performed this and other songs at the 1995 annual commemoration. See accompanying clipping and correspondence for more information.
25. RichMAN, (Dennys Dickmann). "Project 99 / Pull da TriggR," 2021. (Digital Track and CD Reference Copy)
    Scope and Content: German musician, RichMAN, describes this song as "all about the freedom of speech and about [how] to raise your voice against injustice!" See accompanying clipping.
    Alternative Form Available: This track was released as a digital music file available on commercial music platforms. Special Collections & Archives has created a user reference copy on CD for listening-only access within the May 4 Collection.
    Separated Material: See also the LP copy of this recording, located in Box 183A.
26. Rick Goldin. November Son. Produced by Rick Goldin and Bruce Bartone. 1991. (CD)
    Scope and Content: Singer and songwriter, Rick Goldin, wrote the song, "What Were Their Names," memoralizing the Kent State Shootings on May 4, 1970. Includes a copy of the lyrics.
    Alternative Form Available: This CD and included track was released as a digital music file available on commercial music platforms. Special Collections & Archives has a reference copy for listening-only access within the May 4 Collection. 

May 4 Collection -- Box 183A: LPs and 45 RPM Records
Contents

1. Mozart Requiem Mass in D Minor, conducted by Robert Fountain, presented at Washington Cathedral, May 10, 1970. (LP record)
2. The Beach Boys, Surf's Up, Warner Bros. Records, 1971. (LP record)
   Scope and Content:  Includes song "Student Demonstration Time."
3. Kent State: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, RCA Records. Composed and produced by Ken Lauber; Executive Producer: Jack Lewis. 1981. (LP record) Copy 1 of 2
4. Kent State: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, RCA Records. Composed and produced by Ken Lauber; Executive Producer: Jack Lewis. 1981. (LP record) Copy 2 of 2
5. Voices of Freedom; The Story of America's Citizen Soldier in the National Guard. Narrated by David Janssen. RCA Records, undated. (LP record)
6. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Side A: Ohio. Side B: Find the Cost of Freedom. Atlantic, undated (but 1970). (45 RPM record)
7. Marvin Gaye. What's Going On. Motown Records, 1971. 2008 Reissue. (LP record)
   Acquisitions Note: This album was donated by Sandor Lubisch, Kent State University, Class of 1971.
   Historical Note: In Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye (page 140), there is mention of how the Kent State shootings and other events related to the Vietnam War, social upheaval, and cultural changes affected Gaye's thinking and creative process during the time before he started working on What's Going On. Sandor Lubisch in his letter accompanying this donation asserts that this album was highly significant and influential within the culture and social movements of this era.
8. Third Condition. Monday in May (The Kent State Tragedy). B Side: Nickel. Written by C. Robinette. Sundi Records, 1970. D. J. Copy. (45 RPM record)
   Acquisitions Note: Donated by Sarah Lund-Goldstein.
9. The Rain (Clark Springs). Talking Kent State. B Side: Martha (The Watercress Girl). Written by Stubbings/Clark Springs. Summershine, 1992. (45 RPM record)
   Acquisitions Note: Donated by Sarah Lund-Goldstein.
10. Harvey Andrews. Writer of Songs. Includes the song "Hey! Sandy" written about Sandy Scheuer. Produced by John Worth for Straight Ahead Productions, 1972. (LP record)
    Scope and Content: LP record cover signed by singer and songwriter, Harvey Andrews. Three photographs and letter about meeting Harvey Andrews and Professor Jerry M. Lewis included in file.
    Acquisitions Note: Donated by Ian Maclean.
11. RichMAN, (Dennys Dickmann). "Project 99 / Pull da TriggR," 2021. (LP record)

May 4 Collection -- Box 183B: Sheet Music
Folder -- Contents

1. "Kinder-Totenlieder" ("Songs on the Death of Children). Music by Gustav Mahler; Poems by Friedrich Rueckert, undated
   Physical Description: Photocopy of sheet music.
2. "Ohio," Neil Young (w & m), Cotillion Music, Inc. & Broken Arrow Music, 1970. 2 pp.
3. "Opera Flies," In Three Acts and Epilogue (Act I- Vekeero, Act II- Duet and Civil, Act III- Mad Arena, Epilogue- Jello). Halim El-Dabh (w & m), 1970-71. 120 pp.
   Physical Description: Photocopy of score. Some pagination is uncertain.
4. "Flowers For The Departed," Daniel Jahn (m), Alan Paton (w), 1971. 8 pp.
5. "Songs For May 4th," Daniel Jahn (m), Alex Gildzen, Donald M. Hassler, Marilyn Heck Headley, George H. Kotok, Denise Leverton, Alan Paton (w), 1974. 13 pp.
6. "The Outskirts of Time," Brass Quintet No. 1 in 5 Movements. W.H. Mark Hill (m), I.N.J., 1990. 71 pp.