OT: John Watts
2002-10-11 by Aaron Day
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, ad - Receive-Transmit Aaron Day aaron@... - phone | +49.30.28877760 fax | +49.30.28877780 - Germany Münzstr 21 Berlin 10178.