Print / View Finding Aid as Single Page
Guide to the Larry Polansky Papers MSS.405
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
|
Polansky, Larry, 1954- |
| Source
- dnr:
|
Polansky, Larry, 1954- |
| Title: |
Larry Polansky Papers |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1937- ongoing |
| Dates [bulk]: |
1970-2010 |
| Abstract: |
Larry Polansky (b. 1954) is an American music composer, performer, teacher, writer,
and computer programmer. The Larry Polansky Papers document an individual's ongoing
career in the creation, performance, and education of music, beginning in the 1970s
to the mid-2010s. The bulk of these papers consist of Polansky's extensive output
as a composer through work files, performance notes, and sound recordings. Event ephemera
and audiovisual recordings document musical performances and festival/conference appearances
from the 1980s through the mid-2010s. This collection contains office files for Frog
Peak Music, an artists' collective co-founded by Polansky and Jody Diamond, as well
as administrative files for Lingua Press, a company absorbed by Frog Peak Music in
1995. Polansky's departmental files from Mills College and Dartmouth College dating
from the 1980s through 2013 can also be found in this collection. Writing and project
files in both paper and electronic format document Polansky's extensive and varied
interests within the modern music field, covering subjects such as music composition,
psychoacoustics and formal perception, new tuning systems, instrumentation, and computer
programs for algorithmic composition. Of note are his work files on his profiles and
analysis of various composers and their works including Johanna Magdalena Beyer, Ruth
Crawford Seeger, and James Tenney. Polansky's personal files contain correspondence
and subject files related to his work, illustrating his extensive network of colleagues
and friends within his field. Large groupings of regularly backed up computer files
containing a combination of personal and professional documents from the 1980s to
the 2010s are in this collection.
|
| Quantity: |
77.50 Linear Feet in 4 record cartons, 72 manuscript boxes, 1 half manuscript box, 8 tall manuscript
boxes, 23 flat boxes, 9 oversize flat boxes, 2 media boxes, and 1 flat-file folder
|
| Quantity: |
268 Gigabytes in 127,537 computer files. |
| Quantity: |
917 audiocassettes |
| Quantity: |
131 sound cassettes (dat) |
| Quantity: |
19 videocassettes (betamax) |
| Quantity: |
9 videocassettes (vhs) |
| Quantity: |
2 videocassettes (video 8) |
| Quantity: |
2 videoreels (1/2 inch) |
| Quantity: |
131 Reels audio reels |
| Quantity: |
1 websites in 1 archived website. |
| Location: |
Some materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please request
materials at least two business days prior to your research visit to coordinate access.
|
| Language: |
Materials are in English. |
| Call Phrase: |
MSS.405 |
