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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Elaine Barkin musical compositions and papers
Creator:
Barkin, Elaine
Identifier/Call Number: PASC-M.0059
Physical Description:
15.2 Linear Feet
(31 boxes)
Physical Description:
9 Audiovisual Carriers
(4 records, 5 open reel audiotapes)
Physical Description:
12 Born-digital Carriers
(12 optical discs)
Date (inclusive): 1955-2010
Abstract: This collection primarily contains musical compositions and professional writings by composer Elaine Barkin.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Elaine Barkin, 1987-2010.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Elaine Barkin Musical Compositions and Papers (Collection PASC-M 59). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Biography
Composer, writer, and performer Elaine Barkin was born December 15, 1932 in New York City. She graduated from Queens College,
CUNY and Brandeis University (MFA, 1954 and Ph.D, 1971) and studied composition at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik in the
1950s. Barkin taught at Queens College (1964-1970), the University of Michigan (1970-1974), and Princeton (1974), before joining
the faculty at UCLA in 1974, teaching music composition and theory; she retired from UCLA in 1997. Barkin also served as an
editor for the journal
Perspectives of New Music from the mid-1960s to 1980s, and wrote numerous essays for the publication and other music journals, including
Open Space Magazine, which she co-founded. In the 1980s, Barkin undertook several excursions to Bali to study gamelan music and interview Indonesian
musicians.
Elaine Barkin has composed numerous musical works, including those for strings, piano, percussion, harp, woodwind, horns,
gamelan, and voice.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of draft and reproduction scores, sketches, and some completed versions of Elaine Barkin's musical
compositions; writings and material relating to editorial work for the journal Perspectives of New Music; and writings for
other publications. Also present is a small amount of material concerning Barkin's other professional endeavors, including
her involvement with the Society for Music Theory and her interest in Balinese music; personal correspondence; ephemera; and
audio recordings of some of her works.
Organization and Arrangement
This collection is arranged into the following series:
- Series 1. Musical compositions
- Series 2. Perspectives of New Music
- Series 3. Other writings and professional endeavors
- Series 4. Personal correspondence and files
- Series 5. Audio recordings
- Series 6. Film: Lapis
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Universities and colleges -- California -- Los Angeles -- Faculty -- Archives.
Women composers -- United States -- Archives.
Barkin, Elaine, 1932- --Archives.