John Tegnell Collection on John Watts
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Abstract
John Everett Watts, Jr. (1929–1982) was an American composer of electronic music throughout the 1970s and 1980s. The John Tegnell Collection on John Watts contains an undated Composers Festival Orchestra list of musicians; two letters from John Watts to John Tegnell in 1973 and 1976; a 1977 photograph of Watts; and an undated annotated score Z from a performance featuring Watts.
Historical Notes
John Carl Tegnell (1916-2008) was an American professor of voice and choral music at Illinois Wesleyan, the University of Tennessee, and for 30 years at San Francisco State University where he was also department chair.
John Everett Watts, Jr. (1929–1982) was an American composer of electronic music throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Watts was also a faculty member at the New School for Social Research in New York City from 1969 until 1982, where he directed the Electronic Music Program and coordinated music workshops, concerts, and festivals.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an undated Composers Festival Orchestra list of musicians; two letters sent from John Watts to John Tegnell in 1973 and 1976; a 1977 photograph of Watts; and an undated annotated score, Z, from a performance featuring Watts.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use materials in the collection in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; John Tegnell Collection on John Watts; MSS 584; box number; folder number or item identifier; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Ann Tegnell, daughter of John Tegnell, on November 14, 2018. The accession number associated with this gift is 2019.047.
Appraisal
The curator reviewed the materials and letter of agreement and elected to remove and discard two vinyl discs, which have no unique research value.
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Processing Information
Materials were placed in new acid-free folders and box.
