Research Catalog

Title

Maryanne Amacher papers.

Author

Amacher, Maryanne

Publication

1890s-2009, bulk 1960 - 2009.

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Cage, John
• Minsky, Marvin, 1927-2016
• Merce Cunningham Dance Company, contributor.

Description

92.51 linear feet (204 boxes, 25 tubes, 21 oversize folders); 22.3 gigabytes (378 computer files)

Summary

Maryanne Amacher (1938-2009) was an experimental sound artist, musician, and composer best known for her site-specific sound installation work and audio research. Amacher's collection dates from the 1890s to 2009 (bulk dates 1960s-2009), and contains her working files, as well as sound and video recordings related to her installations, music compositions, and sound research. The collection details the entirety of Amacher's five-decade music career, illustrating her creative process, research methods, and expansive musical output.

Subjects

• Video recordings
• Sound recordings
• Programs (Publications)
• Posters
• Photographs
• Personal correspondence
• Notebooks
• Notated music
• United States
• Soundscapes (Music)
• Sound installations (Art)
• Site-specific installations (Art)
• Electronic music
• Computer music
• Avant-garde (Music)
• Musicians
• Composers
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Women composers > United States

Genre/Form

• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Notated music.
• Notebooks.
• Personal correspondence.
• Photographs.
• Posters.
• Programs (Publications)
• Sound recordings.
• Video recordings.

Access (note)

• Inquiries regarding audio and video materials in the collection may be directed to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (recordedsound@nypl.org). Audio and video materials will be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.

Source (note)

• Purchased from the Ulster County Commissioner of Finance in 2020.

Provenance (note)

• When Maryanne Amacher died in 2009, the Ulster County Commissioner of Finance took possession of her estate because she did not have a Will. Her collection was inventoried and rehoused by representatives from the Maryanne Amacher Foundation and Blank Forms, and was then relocated to a storage facility in Saugerties, New York. The collection remained in the storage facility until it was purchased by the New York Public Library in 2020.

Call Number

JPB 22-9

OCLC

1373633964

Author

Amacher, Maryanne, creator.

Title

Maryanne Amacher papers.

Production

1890s-2009, bulk 1960 - 2009.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

computer

Type of Carrier

sheet

other

Restricted Access

Inquiries regarding audio and video materials in the collection may be directed to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (recordedsound@nypl.org). Audio and video materials will be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.

Provenance

When Maryanne Amacher died in 2009, the Ulster County Commissioner of Finance took possession of her estate because she did not have a Will. Her collection was inventoried and rehoused by representatives from the Maryanne Amacher Foundation and Blank Forms, and was then relocated to a storage facility in Saugerties, New York. The collection remained in the storage facility until it was purchased by the New York Public Library in 2020.

Source

Purchased from the Ulster County Commissioner of Finance in 2020.

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Finding aid

Occupation

Composers.

Musicians.

Added Author

Cage, John, contributor.

Minsky, Marvin, 1927-2016, contributor.

Merce Cunningham Dance Company, contributor.

Research Call Number

JPB 22-9