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Composers Bureau Archives
Paul Earls
1934 - 1999
Biography
EARLS, Paul, b. 9 June 1934, Springfield, MO. USA. Composer. m. Zeren
Barutcuoglu, 13 August 1960, 1 s. Education: BMus. cum laude, Eastman
School of Music, 1955; MM, 1956; PhD, University of Rochester, 1960.
Career: Instructor, SW Missouri State 1955-56; Duk University, 1962-65;
Associate Professor, Duke University, 1964-72; Lecturer, Massachusetts
College of Art, 1972-78; Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 1970-73; 1992-94; Visiting Professor, University of
California (Chico) 1972, University of Lowell, 1976-77, University
of Industrial Arts - Helsinki, 1992-93.
Compositions
Compositions include:
- And On the Seventh Day for Orchestra, 1955
- Flight, opera 1964
- Incidental music for The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks,
1971
- The Death of King Phillip, opera, 1975
- A Grimm Duo (opera), 1975
- Icarus/Ikarus, Sky opera, 1982-84 - audio
clip, Fanfare (249 K, .wav)
- The Building of the Universe 1983
- Augenmusik, 1986
- Eliotime, 1989
- Mozart and Cosmology, 1991
- Multi-media works (with lasers) throughout US, Europe and Asia.
Recordings
- And on the Seventh Day; 2 Wedding Songs; Electronic Music
of Paul Earls 1968-93 (CD)
- Instrumental and Vocal Music of Paul Earls, 1994 (CD)
Awards
- Benjamin Award 1955
- Advanced Research Fulbright
(to Turkey) 1965
- Guggenheim 1970
- two NEA awards
- Contributions to: Groves Dictionary, Perspectives of New Music
Further Information
Paul Earls is also listed in the Pan Pipes Annual
American Composer Update.
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