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Elaine Radoff Barkin, 2005 Elaine \u201cRay\u201d Radoff Barkin <\/strong>(1932\u20132023) was a composer, music educator, and writer born and raised in The Bronx. After receiving her B.A. from Queens College, Barkin continued her music studies at Brandeis University and the Berlin Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik. Barkin returned to Queens College to teach (1964\u20131970), before moving on to Sarah Lawrence College, the University of Michigan, and finally UCLA, where she was a faculty member until her retirement. In addition to composing in contemporary Western modes, Barkin also maintained interest in Indonesian gamelan traditions. Several of Barkin\u2019s compositions are based on texts by Emily Dickinson, among others, and she was known for her collaborative musical engagements later in her career. An editor of the journal Perspectives of New Music<\/em>\u00a0(1963\u20131985), Barkin also co-founded the Open Space series of music publications with Benjamin Boretz and J.K. Randall.<\/p>\n A note of thanks to Elaine\u2019s son Gabriel Barkin, who generously donated numerous scores and manuscripts to the QC Music Library and QC Special Collections & Archives (SCA).<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”off|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” width=”82%” max_width=”82%” custom_padding=”|20px||20px|true|true” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|true|true” custom_padding_phone=”|10px||10px|true|true” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”ITEMS ON DISPLAY IN THE MUSIC LIBRARY” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”||||true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ border_color_all=”#A9A9A9″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” width=”82%” max_width=”82%” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px|50px||50px|false|true” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|true” custom_padding_phone=”|10px||10px|false|true” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text ul_item_indent=”30px” ol_item_indent=”30px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_4_font=”Open Sans|600|||||||” header_4_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font_size=”20px” header_5_font=”Open Sans||||||||” header_5_font_size=”25px” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”||||true|true” border_color_all=”#A9A9A9″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n De Amore<\/strong><\/a><\/em> \u201c\u2026the supple suitor\u2026\u201d: A Song Cycle<\/strong><\/a><\/em> Harp Song<\/strong><\/a><\/em>\u00a0 [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text ul_item_indent=”30px” ol_item_indent=”30px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_4_font=”Open Sans|600|||||||” header_4_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font_size=”20px” header_5_font=”Open Sans||||||||” header_5_font_size=”25px” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”||||true|true” border_color_all=”#A9A9A9″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026the supple suitor\u2026\u201d: A Song Cycle<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong> String Trio<\/strong><\/a><\/em> Two Emily Dickinson Choruses<\/em>\u00a0<\/a> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” width=”82%” max_width=”82%” custom_padding=”|20px||20px|true|true” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”ADDITIONAL LIBRARY RESOURCES” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”||||true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ border_color_all=”#A9A9A9″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” width=”82%” max_width=”82%” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px|50px||50px|false|true” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|true” custom_padding_phone=”|10px||10px|false|true” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text ul_item_indent=”30px” ol_item_indent=”30px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_4_font=”Open Sans|600|||||||” header_4_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font_size=”20px” header_5_font=”Open Sans||||||||” header_5_font_size=”25px” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”||||true|true” border_color_all=”#A9A9A9″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Audible Traces: Gender, Identity, and Music<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a> Five compositions for violin solo<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> For my friends\u2019 pleasure: for soprano and harp<\/a><\/strong><\/em> For suite\u2019s sake: for Fred Hammond and two-manual harpsichord (1975)<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a> Mixed modes: for 5 players (1975)<\/a>\u00a0 N.B. 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QC Class of \u201854, B.A. <\/strong>
Photo by Jon Forshee \u2013 Own work,\u00a0CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/p>\nITEMS ON DISPLAY IN THE MUSIC LIBRARY:<\/h2>\n
Barkin, Elaine
Oversize X M1528 .B28 D4 1981<\/p>\n
Barkin, Elaine\u00a0<\/em>
X M1621.4 .B375 S87 1979<\/p>\n
Barkin, Elaine\u00a0
X M117 .B375 1984\u00a0<\/p>\n
Barkin, Elaine
M1621.4 .B375 2000<\/p>\n
Barkin, Elaine
M351 .B25 1976<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Barkin, Elaine\u00a0
M1582 .B375 2010\u00a0<\/p>\nADDITIONAL LIBRARY RESOURCES:<\/h2>\n
Barkin, Elaine; Hamessley, Lydia.; Boretz, Benjamin
ML82 .A93 1999<\/p>\n
Barkin, Elaine
M41 .F58 1979<\/p>\n
Barkin, Elaine
M1623.4 .B27 F6 1998<\/p>\n
Barkin, Elaine
X M24 .B37 1975<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Barkin, Elaine
M522 .B3 M6<\/p>\n
Barkin, Elaine
X M297 .B375 1982<\/p>\n
Barkin, Elaine
X M1138 .B37 P7 1973<\/p>\n
Barkin, Elaine
M61 .S63 K51 1982<\/p>\n
Barkin, Elaine
M25 .B245 C66 2019
See also:\u00a0Rare Collection<\/a><\/p>\n
Barkin, Elaine
M42 .B256 S6 2009<\/p>\n
Barkin, Elaine
M25 .B375 2007<\/p>\nNON-LIBRARY RESOURCES:<\/h2>\n
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