Paul Des Marais music manuscripts, 1947-1993

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Summary

Creators:
Des Marais, Paul
Abstract:
This collection consists of manuscripts and ozalid masters of scores
Extent:
1.0 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Paul Des Marais Music Manuscripts (Collection Number PASC 177-M). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of manuscripts and ozalid masters of scores of compositions by Paul Des Marais.

Biographical / historical:

Des Marais by born on June 23, 1920, in Menominee, MI.; studied with Leo Sowerby in Chicago; BA (1949), MA (1953), Harvard Univ., where he studied with Nadia Boulanger and Walter Piston; taught composition at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1960; works include the operas Epiphanies (1964-8) and Le cimetière marin (1971), two piano sonatas (1947, 1952), music for various vocal and instrumental ensembles, and incidental music for theatrical and dance productions.

Acquisition information:
Paul Des Marais; gift; 1998, 1999.
Processing information:

Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff.

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Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Collection is arranged chronologically.

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.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Paul Des Marais Music Manuscripts (Collection Number PASC 177-M). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
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