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Finding Aid for the Colin McPhee Collection of musical manuscripts, books, and scores, 1929-1962
PASC.0025.-M
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Title: Colin McPhee Collection of musical manuscripts, books, and scores
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0025.-M
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.5 linear ft.
(7 boxes.)
Date: 1929-1962
Abstract: This collection consists of manuscripts, ozalid reproductions, and published scores of orchestral, chamber, choral, and film
music
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
creator:
McPhee, Colin
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
[Identification of item], Colin McPhee Collection of musical manuscripts, books, and scores (Collection number PASC 25-M).
UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
McPhee was born on Mar. 15, 1900 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; graduated from Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD (1921)
and studied in Paris with Paul Le Flem (1924-6) and in New York with Edgard Varèse (ca. 1927); he was based in the US from
1926, except for the years he spent in Indonesia; went to Bali in the early 1930s after having heard recordings of Indonesian
music, where he composed the toccata Tabuh-Tabuhan; his books A house in Bali (1946), Dance in Bali (1948), and Music in Bali
(1966) gained him an international recognition as an authority on Balinese culture; he also wrote 2 symphonies, concerti,
scores for 2 experimental films, piano pieces, and Balinese ceremonial music for orchestra; during the last 6 years of his
life, McPhee was a UCLA faculty member; died on Jan. 7, 1946 in Los Angeles.
Collection consists of manuscripts, ozalid reproductions, and published scores of orchestral, chamber, choral, and film music
by McPhee, including some sets of parts. Also contains two 10 1/2 inch tapes of music for the film Blue vanguard, published
scores of music by various composers, and assorted books, pamphlets, and librettos.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
McPhee, Colin, 1900-1964--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Faculty--Archival resources.
Composers--Archival resources.
Motion picture music--Scores.
Music--Manuscripts.