Descriptive Summary
Ginn, William O.
William O. Ginn Papers
1950s-1990sMaterials are in English.
MS 256
21 linear feet (20 Boxes)
University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
William O. "Bill" Ginn was a composer and arranger of film music, advertising music and commercial music for such performers as Leonard Cohen, Jennifer Warnes, Alejandro Escovedo, and Joe Scruggs.
The bulk of the William O. Ginn Papers is comprised of sheet music, project files and correspondence.
Biographical NoteWilliam O. "Bill" Ginn was a composer and arranger of film music, advertising music and commercial music for such performers as Leonard Cohen, Jennifer Warnes, Alejandro Escovedo, and Joe Scruggs.
Ginn was raised in Mississippi and graduated from the University of Texas in 1974 with a degree in jazz theory and composition. He was a member of the Austin jazz band Passenger, who provided backing for various touring musicians, including Leonard Cohen. Ginn recorded and toured with Cohen and Jennifer Warnes throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He was the musical director of Cohen's 1993 tour of the US and Canada. Ginn was nominated for a Grammy Award for Jennifer Warnes' song "The Singer Must Die." He also worked in film, scoring or performing in films such as "Winter People" and "The Man with Two Brains."
After returning to Mississippi in 2001, Gnn died of liver failure at the age of 52 in Lexington, MS in October 2004.
Scope and Content NoteThe bulk of the William O. Ginn Papers is comprised of sheet music, project files and correspondence.
Organization of Collection
- Original Deposit of September 2007 (Acc. 2007-110)
Access Restrictions
This collection is housed at UTSA's Main Campus and must be accessed via the John Peace Library Special Collections reading room. To request access, please use the Collections Request Form.
Usage Restrictions
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright,
property, and libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
There are no known other archival collections created by William O. Ginn at the date of
accessioning.
Acquisition Information
Received from Hilda Ginn in September 2007 (Acc. 2001-110).
Processing Information
The collection is in 1 accession, Acc. 2007-110, and has been encoded by Nikki Lynn Thomas, Manuscripts Curator. More detailed processing is not anticipated at this time.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William O. Ginn Papers, MS 256, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.
Index Terms
Personal Names
Ginn, William "Bill" O.
Subjects
Music trade--United States.
Sound--Production and direction.
Motion picture music.
Music in advertising.
Genres/Formats
Sheet music.Project files.Correspondence.
Local Subjects
Music/Musicians
Inventory of the William O. Ginn Papers
Original Deposit of September 2007 (Acc. 2007-110)
1 Blank staff paper
1 VHS tapes
1 Sheet music
1 Correspondence
1 Photos
1 CDs/ DVDs
1 Programs
1 Restricted: Medical records
2 Correspondence
2 Sheet music
3 Sheet music
4 Sheet music
4 The Great Celebration by Zen Master Joshu Sasaki
5 Sheet music
6 Sheet music
7 Sheet music
8 Sheet music
9 Sheet music, blank staff paper
OM1 Sheet music, blank staff paper
OM2 Sheet music, blank staff paper, photos
OM3 Sheet music
OM4 Sheet music, map
OM5 Sheet music
OM6 Sheet music
OM7 1 Butterfield’s
OM7 2 Morton Southwest 1982
OM7 3 Groos Bank
OM7 4 GECU
OM7 5 American Bank of Commerce
OM7 6 Home Pro Warehouse
OM7 7 Night Hawk Frozen Foods
OM7 8 McDonald’s Breakfast/ Hispanic
OM7 9 WOAI ID Package #2
OM7 10 Floor World
OM7 11 U.S. Floors
OM7 12 2 unknown envelopes
OM7 13 Charter Real: 2 Scores
OM7 14 Freedom Banks: 2 Scores
OM7 15 Waterpark USA? (Tom Dean)
OM7 16 American Horseman Theme
OM7 17 Bexar Savings (2 spots)
OM7 18 Riceland Rice
OM8 1 Southern Style Spas and Waterbeds
OM8 2 Certina (?) Watches
OM8 3 Whataburger Christmas
OM8 4 Whataburger 50’s/ 80’s
OM8 5 SASA
OM8 6 Coors Light (3 spots)
OM8 7 Ray Ellison Scores
OM8 8 Unknown envelope
OM8 9 Sugar Care, Scott Joplin
OM9 Sheet music, reel, blank staff paper
9 1 6th and 7th Symphonies in Full Orchestral Score Ludwig van Beethonven
9 2 Carmen Bizet
9 3 Manuals Only compiled and edited by David N. Johnson
9 4 Bravo! Magazine of the Lively Arts
9 5 Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen Mahler
9 6 1st, 2nd and 3rd Symphonies Ludwig van Beethoven
9 7 4th and 5th Symphonies Ludwig van Beethoven
9 8 Viennese Waltzes for violin and piano
9 9 The International Library of Music
9 10 The Southern Writers Quizbook by Patti Carr Black
9 11 Sounds and Scores Henry Mancini
9 12 KMOL News theme transcription/Arr. For Mike Byrne
9 13 Liza Farrow Demo Materials
9 14 Valley Transit
9 15 Hayes/KCSW Synth. Sketches
9 16 Super D (3 spots)
9 17 P. Lauren Demo Stuff
9 18 Lassus Trombone Henry Fillmore
9 19 After the Ball, Clauder/Harris Arrangement Ginn
9 20 Sheet music
9 21 Piano/ Solo Violin (stuff from Marissa Regni Recital)
9 22 Morning Album cut arrangements, United Audio Recordings
9 23 The Woods are Full of Hunters, Thomas Wells
9 24 The Whistler and His Dog, Arthur Pryor
9 25 Blank staff paper, sheet music
9 26 Lullaby Project
9 27 Heart of the Americas scores/parts
9 28 Maid at Home, 9/99
10 1 Sheet music
10 2 Lux Aeterna Morten Lauridsen
10 3 Wozzeck Universal Edition No. 12100 Alban Berg
10 4 8th and 9th Symphonies in Full Orchestral Score Ludwig Van Beethoven
10 5 The Complete Gershwin Keyboard Works, 7 Major Compositions in 1 Volume
10 6 Improvisations Opus 20 Bela Bartok
10 7 Selected Czerny Studies (Liebling) Book 1
10 8 Brahms Walzer Opus 39
OM10 1 The Technique of Electronic Music by Thomas Wells & Eric S. Vogel
OM10 2 Sight Singing and Related Skills
OM10 3 Practical Instrumentation for the Wind Band
OM10 4 Modern Study of the Harp
OM10 5 Range Finder for the Percussion Seeker
OM10 6 Carmen, an Opera in 4 Acts Bizet