Ernst A. Evans Manuscript Sheet Music
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of manuscript music scores and parts composed by Ernst A. Evans, chiefly for keyboard and voice. Most of the works are sacred music. Several of the compositions include scores for multiple voice parts. Also present is a broadside advertising the performance of his piece "Seven Last Words" at the Saint Davids Episcopal Church in Portland.
This collection came into the hands of Edward and Lucile Evans Hargreaves, who were Pacific University graduates and staff. They donated the material to Pacific University in 1993.
Dates
- circa 1930s
Creator
- Evans, Ernst Arthur (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Pacific University owns the copyright to some, but not all, of the materials housed in its archives. Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of Pacific University is retained by Pacific University and requires its permission for publication. Copyright status for other collection materials varies. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Biographical Note
Ernst A. Evans, Master and Doctor of Music, was a Professor of Pipe Organ and Music Theory at Washington State College at Pullman in the 1910s. He had previously been an Examiner at the Victoria College of Music, presumably in British Columbia. He was a Fellow of the Incorporated Guild of Church Musicians in London. He composed many works which do not appear to have been published. His extant manuscripts are mostly sacred works.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Summary
Ernst A. Evans, Master and Doctor of Music, was a Professor of Pipe Organ and Music Theory at Washington State College at Pullman in the 1910s. The collection is comprised of manuscript music scores and parts chiefly for keyboard and voice.
Accruals
No accruals are expected.
Creator
- Evans, Ernst Arthur (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Ernst A. Evans Manuscript Sheet Music
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Santha R. Zaik
- Date
- 3/20/2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Sponsored by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Repository Details
Part of the Pacific University Archives Repository