Backus, John - Correspondence B1270-101
Abstract/Contents
- Description
- Correspondence: (42 from 1963-1990) involving mainly Backus and CMH. One piece involving Mrs. Saunders (Margaret T). Latest with Trisha and Robin Lamkie, daughter and son-in-law.
Description
| Type of resource | mixed material |
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| Date created | 1963 - 1990 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | reformatted digital |
Creators/Contributors
| Creator | Backus, John, 1911-1988 |
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Bibliographic information
| Biographical/Historical note | A research physicist who trained under E.O. Lawrence at the Berkeley Laboratories and later was on the faculty of the University of Southern California where he did research on gaseous discharges in strong magnetic fields. In addition he organized elementary courses in musical acoustics, thus bringing his special interests in music into the laboratory. He was a fine musician, playing the bassoon, clarinet and other woodwinds, the piano as well as conducting local orchestras. John received the Silver Medal of the ASA in 1986 for "pioneering research on the acoustics of woodwind and brass instruments and for bridging the gap between acousticians and musicians". John was an enthusiastic climber and holds the Sierra Club record for scaling 270 peaks six times. His textbook "Acoustical Foundations of Music" (W.W. Norton, 1969) was the first text in musical acoustics and was used widely. |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/ff209ky6097 |
| Location | M1711 |
| Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Special Collections Public Services Librarian at speccollref@stanford.edu.
Collection
Musical Acoustics Research Library collection, 1956-2007
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