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Earl L. Baker papers

Title
Earl L. Baker papers, 1947-1992.
Author
Baker, Earl L., 1929-

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Baker, Earl L., 1929-
Description
1.8 linear ft. (4 a.b.)
Summary
The Earl L. Baker Papers consists of 2 screenplays "Artabanus" and "Totivo," original manuscript musical scores composed by Baker and sheet music by Antonio Carlos Gomes and others, and research material on the West focusing on Buffalo Soldiers and black Indians.
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Genre/Form
  • Motion picture plays.
  • Sheet music.
Source (note)
  • Columbia Presbyterian Hospital Volunteers Program
Biography (note)
  • Earl L. Baker was born on the Arapahoe Indian Reservation in Denver, Colorado on December 3, 1929. From 1958-1960 Baker worked as an orchestral librarian at the Music Library of New York Public Library, and from 1964-1979 he made guest appearances, as a singer, with the New York City and Metropolitan Operas. Baker was also a member of the Harry Belafonte vocal group and the vocal contractor/coordinator for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. He held the same position for the 1975 production of Scott Joplin's "Treemonisha," and the 1975 Tony award winning production of Ira Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" on Broadway as well as the 1991 Japan tour of the musical.
Call Number
Sc MG 700
OCLC
NYPG06-A143
Author
Baker, Earl L., 1929-
Title
Earl L. Baker papers, 1947-1992.
Biography
Earl L. Baker was born on the Arapahoe Indian Reservation in Denver, Colorado on December 3, 1929. From 1958-1960 Baker worked as an orchestral librarian at the Music Library of New York Public Library, and from 1964-1979 he made guest appearances, as a singer, with the New York City and Metropolitan Operas. Baker was also a member of the Harry Belafonte vocal group and the vocal contractor/coordinator for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. He held the same position for the 1975 production of Scott Joplin's "Treemonisha," and the 1975 Tony award winning production of Ira Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" on Broadway as well as the 1991 Japan tour of the musical.
Baker actively collected research materials on black Indians (Native Americans) and their role in the U.S. military service dating to the Independence and Civil Wars. This passion culminated in his writing two screenplays. Baker also composed music and wrote musicals, among them "The Other Wise Man.y
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Baker, Earl L., 1929- Artabanus.
Baker, Earl L., 1929- Totivo.
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Sc MG 700
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