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Creator
Oliveros, Pauline, 1932-2016
Call number
JPB 94-5
Physical description
20.5 linear feet (51 boxes)
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Pauline Oliveros papers, JPB 94-5. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Repository
Music Division
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Pauline Oliveros was an avant-garde composer and performer. Born in 1932, she initially studied with her mother and grandmother, eventually studying composition at the University of Houston (1949-1952), San Francisco State College (1954-1956), and privately with Robert Erickson. She was codirector of the San Francisco Tape Music Center (1961-1965) and director when it became the Mills Tape Music Center (1966-1967). From 1967-1981 she taught at the University of California, San Diego. In 1981 she became consulting director of the Creative Music Foundation at West Hurley, New York. The Pauline Oliveros papers contains Oliveros' correspondence files through the year 2001.

Biographical/historical information

Pauline Oliveros was an American avant-garde composer and performer. Born in 1932, she initially studied with her mother and grandmother, eventually studying composition at the University of Houston (1949-52), San Francisco State College (1954-1956), and privately with Robert Erickson. She was codirector of the San Francisco Tape Music Center (1961-65) and director when it became the Mills Tape Music Center (1966-1967). From 1967-1981 she taught at the University of California, San Diego. In 1981 she became consulting director of the Creative Music Foundation at West Hurley, New York. She passed away in 2016.

Scope and arrangement

The Pauline Oliveros papers contains the composer's correspondence files between the years 1968 and 2001. Files include letters, postcards, greeting cards, as well as announcements of events, posters, and snapshots. Many of the files come from participants in Oliveros' Deep Listening workshops. A small number of files contain clippings about particular artists or public figures.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by correspondence author, or by subject. Original folder titles were maintained.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

The collection was purchased from Pauline Oliveros in 1994. Additional materials were donated by Oliveros and incorporated in 2001.

Processing information

Processed by Music Division staff in 1994 and 2001.

Using the collection

Location

Music Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor