Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Ries, Marilyn

Description

1. 15.12 linear feet (42 boxes); 51.6 gigabytes (2,533 computer files)

Summary

1. 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.

Subject

1. Sound recordings
2. Scores
3. Programs (Publications)
4. Field recordings
5. United States
6. Women's music festivals
7. Women sound engineers
8. Opera
9. Multimedia (Art)
10. Feminist music
11. Avant-garde (Music)
12. Scholastic Inc
13. Mimaroğlu, İlhan K (İlhan Kemaleddin), 1926-2012
14. Johnson, Tom, 1939-
15. De Incontrera, Carlo
16. Cowell, Sidney Robertson, 1903-1995
17. Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
18. Cage, John
19. LGBTQ+ events
20. Pianists
21. Musicians
22. Engineers
23. Composers
24. Manuscripts (documents)
25. Correspondence
26. Women composers > United States
27. Troll Communications

Genre/Form

1. Correspondence.
2. Field recordings.
3. Manuscripts (documents)
4. Programs (Publications)
5. Scores.
6. Sound recordings.

Call number

1. JPB 23-1

Access (note)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. Donated by Sorrel Hays in 2020.

Language (note)

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

Author

1. Hays, Sorrel, 1941-2020, creator.

Title

1. Sorrel Hays and Marilyn Ries papers.

Production

1. 1950-2019.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated
2. computer

Type of carrier

1. sheet
2. other

Restricted access

1. 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

1. 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

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

Source

1. Donated by Sorrel Hays in 2020.

Connect to:

1. Finding aid

Occupation

1. Composers.
2. Engineers.
3. Musicians.
4. Pianists.

Added author

1. Ries, Marilyn, contributor.

Research call number

1. JPB 23-1