This collection contains principally live performance sound recordings made by Robert Michael Scarlett of early classical music at various venues in the San Francisco Bay Area and greater Northern California. Included are a samples of off-air recordings and some performances from KQED public radio broadcasts. Artists represented in the collection include Stanford faculty Elaine Thornburgh, violinist Jaap Schröder, harpsichordists Martha Cook, Charlotte Mattax Moersch, and other performers.

Robert Michael Scarlett (1928-2015) was an engineer primarily in the telecommunications industry following the completion of his PhD. degree and subsequent time as an associate professor at Stanford University. During his lifetime, Scarlett also maintained an active association with the San Francisco Early Music Society as a musician (including performing on the carillon at Stanford's Hoover tower), builder of harpsichords, and as an amateur recording engineer capturing live performances of early classical music works.

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