Elektronmusikstudion
Archival studiesArchiveInventoryPrinciple of ProvenanceElectronic MusicEMS.ArkivvetenskapArkivArkivförteckningElektronmusikEMS
The electronic music studio ?Elektronmusikstudion? (EMS) inStockholm was initiated in 1963. It has had several different managers throughout the years. EMS soon became a rather costly project. Furthermore there have been several conflicts among staff and users wich has contributed to EMS fairly turbulent history. One main conflict concerns the issue wether EMS should be a research facility or a studio for composers. The many different managers of EMS have contributed to a rather unstructured filing of records. To facilitate the understanding of the documents in this archive, and because there is very little written about EMS history, I?ve included a rather comprehensive description of EMS organizational history.The subject of this one year master?s thesis is to describe and examine difficulties I?ve encountered in the archival process. My main issues comprise the organization and separation of some of the documents, especially those concerning the conception and organization of EMS and also the abundant technical documentation. Also the question of office of origin has been a concern.