Paul Earls archives
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Scope and Contents
The Paul Earls archives contains a large number of music manuscripts and recordings of his compositions, as well as slides of multi-media laser and sound works he created in venues in the United States and Europe.
Dates
- Creation: 1914 - 1998
Creator
- Earls, Paul, 1934-1998 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open.
Conditions Governing Use
Access to collections in the Department of Distinctive Collections is not authorization to publish. Please see the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy for permission information. Copyright of some items in this collection may be held by respective creators, not by the donor of the collection or MIT.
Biographical Note
Adapted from: "What's the Score: Spring 2000," MIT Music Library newsletter
Paul Earls, 1934-1998, was a fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) from 1970 to 1998. He was a composer known mostly for theatrical and multi-media works that included his laser art such as The Death of King Phillip, Icarus: a Sky Opera (with Otto Piene, Ian Strasfogel and Guenther Schneider-Siemssen), and Mozart and Cosmology (with Beth Soll). He also wrote symphonic, choral, chamber and electronic music. Examples include Brevis Mass, And On the Seventh Day for full orchestra, Nun Danket Fantasy for organ, and Five Notables for solo violin. Recordings of his music currently available in the MIT Music Library include Electronic Music of Paul Earls, 1968-1993 (call no. PhonCD Ea73 elemu) and Instrumental and Vocal Music (call no. PhonCD Ea73 sel).
Extent
16.3 Cubic Feet (16 record cartons, 1 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Paul Earls archives contains a large number of music manuscripts and recordings of his compositions, as well as slides of multi-media laser and sound works he created in venues in the United States and Europe.
from: "What's the Score: Spring 2000," MIT Music Library newsletter
Paul Earls was a fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) from 1970 until his death in 1998. He was a composer known mostly for theatrical and multi-media works that included his laser art such as The Death of King Phillip, Icarus: a Sky Opera (with Otto Piene, Ian Strasfogel and Guenther Schneider-Siemssen), and Mozart and Cosmology (with Beth Soll). He also wrote symphonic, choral, chamber and electronic music. Examples include Brevis Mass, And On the Seventh Day for full orchestra, Nun Danket Fantasy for organ, and Five Notables for solo violin.
Physical Location
Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.
Processing Information note
Some collection descriptions are based on legacy data and may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies. Description may change pending verification. Please contact the MIT Department of Distinctive Collections if you notice any errors or discrepancies.
Subject
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Visual Studies (Organization)
- Earls, Paul, 1934-1998 (Person)
- Title
- Preliminary inventory to the Paul Earls Archives
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021 November 22: Edited by Lana Mason for compliance with DACS single-level optimum requirements.
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Repository Details
Part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections Repository
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries
Building 14N-118
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Cambridge MA 02139-4307 US
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