Collection of musical manuscripts, books, and scores, 1929-1962.

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Collection of musical manuscripts, books, and scores, 1929-1962.

Manuscripts and ozalid reproductions and/or published scores of orchestral, chamber, choral, and film music by McPhee, including some sets of parts; two 10 1/2 inch tapes of music for the film Blue Vanguard; published scores of music by various composers; assorted books, pamphlets, and librettos.

4 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6936372

University of California, Los Angeles

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McPhee, Colin, 1900-1964

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McPhee was born on Mar. 15, 1900 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; graduated from Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD (1921) and studied in Paris with Paul Le Flem (1924-6) and in New York with Edgard Varè€se (ca. 1927); he was based in the US from 1926, except for the years he spent in Indonesia; went to Bali in the early 1930s after having heard recordings of Indonesian music, where he composed the toccata Tabuh-Tabuhan; his books A house in Bali (1946), Dance in Bali (1948), and Music in Bali (1...