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Des Marais (Paul) music manuscripts
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Paul Des Marais music manuscripts
Creator:
Des Marais, Paul
Identifier/Call Number: PASC-M.0177
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1947-1993
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Paul Des Marais; gift; 1998, 1999.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9942357953606533
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.
Collection consists of manuscripts and ozalid masters of scores of compositions by Paul Des Marais.
Arranged in the following series:
- Collection is arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Composers -- United States -- Archives.
Music -- Manuscripts.
Des Marais, Paul--Archives.