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Wylie (Ruth Shaw) Music Scores Collection
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Ruth Shaw Wylie Music Scores Collection
Creator:
Wylie, Ruth Shaw, 1916-1989
Identifier/Call Number: SC.RSW
Extent:
65.08 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1940-1988
Abstract: Ruth Shaw Wylie was a flautist,
pianist, professor, and composer. During her career she composed over 50 pieces of music
including ballet, chamber, piano, choral, and orchestral works. The collection consists of
working drafts, master sheets, and performance scores of nearly all her
compositions.
Language of Material: English
Ruth Shaw Wylie was a flautist, pianist, professor, and composer. She composed her first
piece, Suite for Orchestra, in 1940. During her career she composed over 50 pieces including
ballet, chamber, piano, choral, and orchestral music. From 1960-1969 she taught music at
Wayne State University where she served as Chair of the Music Department and Head of
Composition. In 1965, she founded and directed the University Improvisation Chamber
Ensemble, which performed concerts throughout the Midwest. In 1975, she won a commission
from the Michigan Council of Arts to compose a piece for the Detroit Women's Chamber
Orchestra in celebration of the nation's bicentennial.
The
Ruth Shaw Wylie Music Scores Collection consists of
working drafts, master sheets, and performance scores of nearly all of Wylie's compositions,
many of which she diagrammed. These are grouped into the charts series. The collection is
arranged in ten series: Ballets, Chamber Works, Charts, Chamber Works, Charts, Orchestral
Works, Charts, Piano Works, Choral Works, Orchestral Works, Other Scores, Piano Works, and
Songs.
Series I: Ballets, 1956-1961
Series II: Chamber Works, 1941-1988
Series III: Charts, Chamber Works, 1970-1988
Series IV: Charts, Orchestral Works, 1975-1986
Series V: Charts, Piano Works, 1968-1983
Series VI: Choral Works, 1942-1965
Series VII: Orchestral Works, 1940-1986
Series VIII: Other Scores, 1953-1968
Series IX: Piano Works, 1943-1987
Series X: Songs, 1950-1953
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Jean Torosian, 1992
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