Collection 18-M

Henry Mancini Collection of Motion Picture Music

Mancini was born on Apr. 16, 1924, in Cleveland, OH; attended Carnegie Tech Music School and Juillard Graduate School; began career after military service in WWII as a pianist with dance bands; studied privately in Los Angeles with Krenek, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Sendrey; staff composer for Universal Pictures, 1952-58; demonstrated his skills as a music arranger and songwriter with The Glenn Miller story (1954), which earned him the first of many Academy Award nominations; subsequently composed memorable scores and songs for numerous films and the TV series Peter Gunn (1959) and Mr. Lucky (1960); he won Academy Awards for the score of Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and the song Moon River, the title song of Days of wine and roses (1962), and the score of Victor/Victoria (1982); won more than 20 Grammy Awards; enjoyed a successful career as guest pianist and conductor of pops orchestras; wrote a practical guide to orchestration titled, Sounds and scores (1962); died in June 1994.

Collection consists of music manuscripts, music notes, cue sheets and timing sheets for music composed by Mancini for motion pictures: Arabesque (Universal, 1966), Charade (Universal, 1963), Days of wine and roses (Warner Brothers, 1962), Dear heart (Warner Brothers, 1964), Experiment in terror (Columbia, 1962), Gaily, gaily (United Artists, 1969), The great race (Warner Brothers, 1965), Me, Natalie (National General, 1969), Mr. Hobbs takes a vacation (20th Century-Fox, 1962), Moment to moment (Universal, 1966), Peter Gunn (Paramount, 1967), The pink panther (United Artists, 1964), The private war of Major Benson (Universal, 1955), Shot in the dark (United Artists, 1964), Soldier in the rain (Allied Artists, 1963), Two for the road (20th Century-Fox, 1967), Wait until dark (Warner Brothers, 1967), and What did you do in the war, Daddy? (United Artists, 1966). Also includes text and music manuscripts for Mancini's book, Sounds and scores (1962).

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