Philip T. Bezanson Papers 1946-1980

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Philip T. Bezanson Papers 1946-1980

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Composer and head of the Music Department of the University of Massachusetts Amherst who received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1971. Includes materials relating to the development, performance, and publication of a number of Bezanson's compositions, including scores and parts for 46 of his 47 instrumental and vocal compositions, correspondence, programs and posters for performances of his works, papers relating to the development of the opera Golden Child, on which he collaborated with Paul Engle and which was performed on national television, score of the opera Stranger in Eden, with libretto by William A. Reardon, other papers, and one sound recording.

14 boxes; (9 linear ft.)

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Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries

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Bezanson, Philip, 1916-1975

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A native of Athol, Massachusetts, Philip T. Bezanson (1916-1975) graduated from Yale University School of Music in 1940. Following war work and military service during World War II, he enrolled in the graduate program in musical composition at the State University of Iowa, Iowa City. He joined its faculty in 1948 and received his Ph.D. there in 1951. In 1954 he was appointed head of the program in musical composition, and in 1961 he was made full professor. In 1964, Dr. Bezanson was...

University of Massachusetts Amherst. Department of Music.

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University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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