Merrill Ellis Music Collection, 1960-1981

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Merrill Ellis Music Collection, 1960-1981

1960-1981

https://findingaids.library.unt.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=223

The collection consists of 53 boxes of performance materials for all of Ellis' works: tapes, cassettes, slides, films, instructions, masters, etc. Also included are tapes of historical importance such as the John Cage Lecture, the Roy Harris Informal Evening, and a tape of Ellis discussing plans for the construction of the current Music Building.

53 boxes

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University of North Texas. Music Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11638753

University of North Texas. Music Library

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Ellis, Merrill, 1916-1981

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Merrill Ellis (1916-1981), founder of the electronic music program at North Texas, was born on December 9, 1916 in Cleburne, Texas, just south of Fort Worth. He began his studies at The University of Oklahoma in 1935, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1939, and a Master of Music in 1941, and studied composition privately with Roy Harris, Spencer Norton and Charles Garland. His master’s thesis at OU was entitled An Evaluation of the Oklahoma Federal Music Project. He pursued further grad...