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Ruth Shaw Wylie

Finding Guide by Tony Gardner

Data Input by Nila Dasgupta

(37 oversize boxes)

Call No.: ML96.W95 1940

Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916-1989) was a flautist, pianist, professor, and composer. She composed her first piece Suite for Orchestra in 1940. During her career she composed over 50 pieces including ballet, chamber, piano, choral, and orchestral music. From 1960-1969 she taught music at Wayne State University where she served as Chair of the Music Department and Head of Composition. She founded and directed the University Improvisation Chamber Ensemble in 1965 which performed concerts throughout the Midwest. In 1975 she won a commission from the Michigan Council of Arts to compose a piece for the Detroit Women's Chamber Orchestra in celebration of the nation's bicentennial.

The Ruth Shaw Wylie music scores were donated to the University in 1992 by Jean Torosian, her sister. The collection consists of working drafts , master sheets, and performance scores of nearly all her compositions. The Wylie estate also gave the University Library generous gift to help process and catalog the collection.

The collection is arranged into ten series corresponding to the type of compositions: ballets, chamber works, orchestral works, choral works, piano works, songs, and other scores. Ms. Wylie diagrammed many of her compositions. These are grouped into the charts series.

Biographical Sources: Aaron I. Cohen. International Encyclopedia of Women Composer. 2nd ed. rev. and enlarged. 1987. Julie Ann Sadie, Rhian Samuel, eds. New Grove dictionary of Women Composers. 1994.

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Ballets. Box 1-2

Box 1. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0681)

Box 2. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0699)

Chamber Works. Box 3-10.

Box 3. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0707)

Box 4. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0715)

Box 5. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0723)

Box 6. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0731)

Box 7. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0749)

Box 8. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0756)

Box 9. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0764)

Box 10. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0772)

Charts, Chamber Works. Box 11.

Box 11. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0780)

Charts, Orchestral Works. Box 12

Box 12. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0798)

Charts, Piano Works. Box 13.

Box 13. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0806)

Choral Works. Box 14-15.

Box 14. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0814)

Box 15. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0822)

Orchestral Works. Box 16-33.

Box 16. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0830)

Box 17. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0848)

Box 18. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0855)

Box 19. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0863)

Box 20. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0871)

Box 21. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0889)

Box 22. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0897)

Box 23. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0905)

Box 24. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0913)

Box 24. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0913)

Box 25. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0921)

Box 26. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0939)

Box 26. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0939)

Box 27. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0947)

Box 28. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0954)

Box 28. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0954)

Box 29. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0962)

Box 30. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0970)

Box 31. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0988)

Box 32. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 0996)

Box 33. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 1002)

Other Scores. Box 34.

Box 34. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 1010)

Piano Works. Box 35-36.

Box 35. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 1028)

Box 36. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 1036))

Songs. Box 37.

Box 37. (AS/RS 3 0700 10780 1044)

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