Research Catalog

Title

Sorrel Hays and Marilyn Ries papers.

Author

Hays, Sorrel, 1941-2020

Publication

1950-2019.

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Ries, Marilyn

Description

15.12 linear feet (42 boxes); 51.6 gigabytes (2,533 computer files)

Summary

Sorrel Hays (1941-2020) was a composer, pianist, and artist best known for her compositions Southern Voices (1981), The Glass Woman (1989-1993), and Our Giraffe (2006-2008) as well as her interpretations of Henry Cowell's and John Cage's music. Marilyn Ries (1937-2017) was a prolific sound engineer and producer who created audiobooks, sound effects, radio and educational programs, music recordings, and video and film recordings. Hays and Ries met in 1985, became domestic partners in 1989, and married in 2015. Their papers date from 1950 to 2019 and chronicle their professional careers through sound and video recordings, correspondence, score drafts, notes, notebooks, contracts, grant proposals, and press clippings. The collection also holds personal documents and photographs.

Subjects

• Sound recordings
• Scores
• Programs (Publications)
• Field recordings
• United States
• Women's music festivals
• Women sound engineers
• Opera
• Multimedia (Art)
• Feminist music
• Avant-garde (Music)
• Scholastic Inc
• Mimaroğlu, İlhan K (İlhan Kemaleddin), 1926-2012
• Johnson, Tom, 1939-
• De Incontrera, Carlo
• Cowell, Sidney Robertson, 1903-1995
• Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
• Cage, John
• LGBTQ+ events
• Pianists
• Musicians
• Engineers
• Composers
• Manuscripts (documents)
• Correspondence
• Women composers > United States
• Troll Communications

Genre/Form

• Correspondence.
• Field recordings.
• Manuscripts (documents)
• Programs (Publications)
• Scores.
• Sound 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.

Terms of Use (note)

• Hays retained all copyrights and intellectual property rights to the materials in the collection. This protection will end in 2070. Permission to reproduce, distribute, display, perform or alter collection materials must be secured from the Estate of Sorrel Hays.

Source (note)

• Donated by Sorrel Hays in 2020.

Language (note)

• Materials are primarily in English. Some correspondence, press clippings, programs, and sound recordings are in German or Spanish.

Call Number

JPB 23-1

OCLC

1412384995

Author

Hays, Sorrel, 1941-2020, creator.

Title

Sorrel Hays and Marilyn Ries papers.

Production

1950-2019.

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.

Terms Of Use

Hays retained all copyrights and intellectual property rights to the materials in the collection. This protection will end in 2070. Permission to reproduce, distribute, display, perform or alter collection materials must be secured from the Estate of Sorrel Hays.

Language

Materials are primarily in English. Some correspondence, press clippings, programs, and sound recordings are in German or Spanish.

Source

Donated by Sorrel Hays in 2020.

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Occupation

Composers.

Engineers.

Musicians.

Pianists.

Added Author

Ries, Marilyn, contributor.

Research Call Number

JPB 23-1