sound recordings
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Discs, tapes, filaments, or other media on which sound has been recorded.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Atoms for Peace Awards records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0010
Abstract
Atoms for Peace, Inc. was formed by the Ford Motor Company as a memorial to Henry and Edsel Ford to present awards to those who made contributions to the peaceful uses of atomic energy. In August 1955, James R. Killian, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, accepted the invitation of Henry Ford II to serve as chairman of the Organization and Planning Committee for the Atoms for Peace awards. The directors of the Ford Motor Company authorized an appropiation of one million...
Dates:
1944 - 1972
Experimental Music Studio recordings
Collection
Identifier: AC-0662
Abstract
The Experimental Music Studio recordings is a collection of reel to reel audio tapes produced by students and staff involved with MIT's Experimental Music Studio and with the New England Conservatory. The physical materials in the collection are reel to reel audio tapes in 7” and 10.5” reels, using ¼”, ½”, and 1” tape. Some recordings have been digitized thank to a CLIR Recordings at Risk grant in 2020.
Dates:
1973 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1986
Paul Earls archives
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0552
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...
Dates:
1914 - 1998