Tamar C. Read Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: OGLMC-1332

Scope and Contents

The Tamar C. Read Papers have been divided into three series as follows: Series 1: Biographical Information and Music Programs Series 2: Ethnic Music Festival Series 3: Dissertation Materials Forty six photographs were separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets, while numerous audio tapes were separated and placed in the Audio Tape Collection.

Dates

created: 1958-1989
Other: Date acquired: 06/24/1996

Creator

Read, Tamar C. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Biographical or Historical Information

Tamar Clothylde Read was born and raised in Olla, Louisiana. She received a bachelor's degree in music from Louisiana State University in 1942, and a master's degree in music education from the University of Michigan in 1945. She then spent eight years in New York City studying and participating in choruses and orchestras. Read taught at South Dakota State University for two years then began teaching at the University of North Dakota (UND) in 1959 as Associate Professor of Music. While at UND, she founded the Collegium Musicum in 1963 and served as its director. Read obtained her Doctor of Musical Arts in 1969 from the University of Southern California by presenting her doctoral dissertation: "A Critical Study and Performance Edition of Emilio de' Cavalieri's Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo." Tamar Read retired from UND in June 1988.

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