I’m not familiar with Watts. Could you briefly explain his musical background and influence?
John Loffink
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From: Aaron Day
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Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002
6:39 AM
To: MOTM
Subject: [motm] OT: John Watts
Hello all-
Last week I was in NYC and visited a friend who is
one of the librarians at
the Fales Library/Special Collection located
inside the Bobst main library
at NYU.
After wowing me with uncountable first editions my
friend informed me that
they had just finished archiving the collected
notes and scores of the late
John Watts.
For anyone who may be doing research on Watts or
related composers I would
suggest taking a visit to the library. The
archived documents include:
€ His scores.
€ A short letter from Muhammed Ali.
€ His college papers.
€ Correspondence in alphabetical order,
professional and personal.
€ Correspondence between Watts and
eqpt. Manufacturers.
€ Equipment manuals including orginal
ARP 2500 & 2600 documentation.
€ Newspaper clipping from his events,
his magazine interviews, pamphlets,
etc.
€ Various E-Music and music magazines.
€ Many, many, many audio and video
recordings (unprocessed).
**Please note** that this is a research
library--i.e. They will photocopy
selected pages for you but this is not the place
to go for a "free ARP
manual".
The library staff are friendly, professional, and
quite familiar with their
collection. The Fales collection is far-ranging
but has a special focus on
the works of many "Downtown" NYC
media-artists from the 70's and 80's.
If you are interested in contacting the library
check out:
http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/fales/
Best,
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