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Jeff Alexander Television, Radio, and Motion Picture Music Collection
The collection consists of holographs and/or ozalid copies of musical sketches for TV commercials, radio programs; television shows, and various television specials, and holographs or copies of motion picture scores. Also included are additional manuscript scores, framed tributes, awards, letters of recognition, photographs with personalities, drawings, and sound recordings.
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George Antheil Motion Picture and Television Music Collection
The collection consists of holographs, ozalid and other copies of scores, short scores and parts of George Antheil's music for motion picture and television productions. Included is the music for The Plainsman, The Buccaneer, Knock on Any Door, Not as a Stranger, In a Lonely Place, and The Pride and the Passion.
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Polly Bergen Musical Arrangements Collection
Television and stage show arrangements for Bergen.
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Ronald Bohn Collection of Film and Television Music Sound Recordings
The collection consists of commercially issued and other sound recordings, of music for television shows and motion pictures. The collection is in the midst of being processed. The finding aid will be updated periodically.
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Roger Bourland Collection of Music Manuscripts
Manuscript scores, including the film Gauguin: the Wolf at the Door.
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Richard Bowden Collection of Musical Compositions and Arrangements
Collection consists of manuscripts and/or ozalid masters and copies and printed scores for compositions and arrangements of music for orchestra, chamber groups, and jazz bands, and for television and motion picture productions.
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Carol Burnett Collection of Television Music and Printed Sheet Music
The collection consists of orchestral scores and parts for musical numbers from Carol Burnett's television show, stage performances, and recordings (ca. 1790 titles). The majority of arrangements are for the Carol Burnett Show. Also included in the collection is mamusic from Once Upon a Mattress, Carol Burnett and Martha Raye LP recording, Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett at Lincoln Center, and Greek Theatre (Los Angeles) performances. Most titles include a manuscript full score and ca. 22 parts. Included are many arrangements by Peter Matz and Harry Zimmerman, as well as ca. 7,000 titles of published sheet music.
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R. Dale Butts Film Music Collection
Manuscripts and sound recordings of film music by R. Dale Butts.
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Joseph Byrd Musical Works and Papers Collection
Collection consists predominantly of holographs of Joseph Byrd's concert pieces, "happening" pieces, film and television music, and arrangements, with some works by other composers, papers and memorabilia. Also contains some audiotapes and videotapes.
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Capitol Theatre (New York, NY) Collection of Silent Film Music
The collection consists of published scores, mostly for piano, of music to accompany the showing of silent films. Includes some manuscript parts of music arranged for chamber ensembles.
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CBS Inc. Film and Television Collection
The collection consists of music manuscripts, books, printed music, sound recordings and business papers relating to CBS productions: feature films, television series, television specials, and television movies. The collection is currently being processed. The finding aid will be updated periodically.
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Paul Chihara Collection of Musical Works and Papers
Music manuscripts, published scores, sound recordings, published reviews, and photographs.
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Collection of Music Journals
The collection consists of various music journal titles.
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Aaron Copland Collection of Motion Picture Music
Ozalid copies of conductor's scores of original music for the motion pictures "The North Star" (1943) and "The Red pony" (1949). Includes piano score for the song "No village like mine," with music by Copland, words by Ira Gershwin, based on a Russian folk tune, composer unknown.
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John Davidson Musical Arrangements Collection
Manuscripts or copies of musical arrangements for Davidson's television show, by various arrangers: scores and parts.
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Dennis Day Collection of Music for Radio
Scores and manuscripts of music for radio.
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Jimmy Durante Collection of Sound Recordings and Manuscripts
Sound and video recordings, orchestrations, stills, clippings, scrapbooks, sheet music and other papers.
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Nat Farber Collection of Television Show Music Arrangements
Manuscript scores of arrangements by various arrangers for the Carol Burnett Show, Danny Kaye Show, Glen Campbell Show, Rex Allen Show, Dinah Shore Show, and other productions; script and rehearsal schedules for Carol Burnett Shows.
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Film Music Collection
The collection consists of manuscript scores and sketches of motion picture music scores by Mickey Bloom, Gerard Carbonara, Eddie Dunstedter, Max Dunstedter, Frederick Hollander, Miklós Rózsa, Marc Wilkinson and Victor Young. Also included are manuscript scores and parts for the uncredited television show, Let George Do It (ca. 1960).
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Ernest J. (Tennessee Ernie) Ford Musical Arrangements Collection
Collection of arrangements and parts, in manuscripts or ozalid copies, of popular songs for performers on the Tennessee Ernie Ford show during the 1956-61 seasons.
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Frances A. Forster Collection of Silent Film Music
Printed loose-leaf collections of film music comosed by J.S. Zamecnik and M.L. Lake.
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General Music Corporation Collection of Television Music
Collection consists of manuscripts and/or ozalid copies of manuscripts (predominantly) of conductor scores and parts for television cues written by Basil Adlam, Frank DeVol, Darrell Calker, George Bruns, Malcolm Arnold, Harry Sukman, Walter Greene, Henry Mancini, William Lava, Cyril Mockridge, et al. Productions (live action and animated) include Cowboy in Africa, The Inspector, Journey to the center of the earth, Pink panther, Road runner, Daktari, and Woody Woodpecker, among others. Production companies other than General Music include Ivan Tors Music, De Pati-Freleng Enterprises, Warner Bros., Sunset Music, and Walter Lantz Productions.
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Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection of Motion Picture and Television Music
The collection consists of manuscript scores (holographs or copies) and open reel tapes of music composed by Herschel Gilbert for television series and motion pictures, and includes some related materials such as parts, cues, lyrics sheets, and sketches.
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Earle Hagen Collection of Television Music
The collection consits of ozalid and manuscript scores for music composed by Earle Hagen for television productions, including I Spy, and Mod Squad.
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Bernard Herrmann Collection of Music for Film, Television, and Radio Productions
Manuscripts, ozalid masters and copies, scores and parts of radio, television, and film music. Includes arrangements used in CBS Crime Classics radio show and music from the following films: Battle of Neretva, Jason and the argonauts, The Kentuckian, Marnie, North by northwest, Psycho, The snows of Kilimanjaro, and The trouble with Harry. Also includes selections from Herrmann's opera, Wuthering Heights, and his Nocturne and scherzo for orchestra.
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Walter Jurmann Collection
Collection consists of material related to career of the composer Walter Jurmann. The bulk of the collection was collected by Yvonne Jurmann after the composer's death in 1971 and includes songs from European and American films, other popular songs, newspaper and journal articles, holographs of songs and lyrics, correspondence, business papers, and photographs. Also includes the complete piano-vocal score for Windy city.
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William Kraft Collection of Musical Compositions
Collection consists of holograph manuscripts, ozalid masters and copies, and photocopies of scores and parts of music for film and television by William Kraft. Includes scores for Avalanche, Bill, The Chisholms, The elephants : last day in Eden, Fire and ice, The Homeric hymn to Demeter, and Kirlian force. Also includes scores for musical compositions, including L'Arlesienne sweet, Da dit, Passacaglia, Theme and metric variations, Etude for two drums, English suite, Courante no. 2, Me and Mr. Stenner, Nonet for brass and percussion, Permutations, Theme and variations for percussion quartet, and Weavings.
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Carol Lawrence Collection
Collection consists of scores and orchestral parts for the musical Funny Girl.
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Jack Leonard Collection of Popular Music Arrangements
Scores or parts of arrangements by Jack Leonard and Deane Kincaide for the Kate Smith show.
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Spencer Lester Collection of Musical Arrangements for Television and Theater Shows, and Memorabilia
Manuscript and ozalid copy sketches, scores, and/or parts of popular titles and television show music composed by Spencer; typescript lyrics; miscellaneous documents and correspondence. Twenty works by other composers, untitled works by Lester Spencer, Thirty-eight Titles (non-TV) by Lester Spencer, Fifteen Titles (for TV) by Lester Spencer.
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Harry Lubin Collection of Television and Motion Picture Music
Manuscript scores, or scores and parts, of music composed by Lubin for the Loretta Young show, One step beyond, The Outer Limits, and various other television shows; music for the motion pictures Disaster, Wyoming Mail, Waterfront at Midnight, Mr. Reckless, Caged Fury, and Tibet; miscellaneous themes, cues, and songs with lyrics.
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Henry Mancini Collection of Motion Picture Music
The 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 included are text and music manuscripts for Mancini's book, Sounds and Scores (1962).
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Richard Markowitz Collection of Music Manuscripts and Recordings
Collection consists of scores and related materials from television films (movies of the week), series pilots and series episodes. Films include: Weekend of terror (1979), Runaway (a/k/a Operation runaway, 1978) and Doctors' private lives (1978); pilots include Spanner's key (1978), Joe Forrester (1975) and Standing tall (a/k/a Legend at sundown, 1977). Series include F.B.I., Hawaii five-O, Mannix, Quincy, Barnaby Jones, Buck Rogers in the 25th century, and Dynasty. Markowitz's scores for over 65 episodes of Murder she wrote are included. Manuscripts for scores are accompanied by cue sheets, spotting/timing notes, musician lists from recording sessions and sketches. Related sound recordings and video recordings for many of the more recent works are available as well.
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P. A. Marquardt Collection of Music for Silent Films
Collection consists of holographs, ozalid masters and copies, and mimeograph copies of scores and parts of music, either composed or arranged by P.A. Marquardt, mostly for silent films. Includes Concertino for violin and orchestra, Melodies of Joseph Strauss, A merry overture, Ramasan-Oriental suite, Regimenstag-Marsch, Rondeau brillant, Serenade, Sonata in C minor, and The unknown soldier. Also includes several marches, an opera and 67 pieces of silent film music (piano part only) published by the Music Buyers Corporation.
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Music for the 1964 Emmy Awards
Collection consists of manuscripts and ozalid copies of scores and/or parts for the Emmy Awards, Feb. 14, 1964. Includes cues for a "Lassie" scene composed and arranged by Oliver Nelson, Elmer Bernstein, David Raksin, and John Williams, as well as other cues.
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Alfred Newman Collection
Collection consists of 78 rpm and 33 rpm recordings of soundtracks composed by Newman, and other music conducted by Newman.
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Alex North Collection of Motion Picture Music
Collection consists of Alex North's holograph scores, with occasional holograph music notes, for the following motion pictures: The agony and the ecstasy (1965), All fall down (1962), The bachelor party (1957), The bad seed (1956), Cheyenne autumn (1964), The children's hour (1962), Cinerama South Seas adventure (1958), Cleopatra (1963), Death of a salesman (1951), Desiree (1954), Devil's brigade (1968), A dream of kings (1969), Go man go (1954), Hard contract (1969), Hot spell (1958), I'll cry tomorrow (1955), The king & four queens (1956), The long hot summer (1958), Man with the gun (1955), A member of the wedding (1953), Les miserables (1952), The misfits (1961), The outrage (1964), Pony soldier (1952), The racers (1955), The rainmaker (1956), The rose tattoo (1955), Sanctuary (1961), Shoes of the fisherman (1968), Spartacus (1960), Stagestruck (1958), A streetcar named Desire (1955), The thirteenth letter (1951), Unchained (1955), Viva Zapata (1952), Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966), The wonderful country (1959), 2001, a space odyssey (1968), Symphony to a new continent, and Somebody killed her husband (1978).
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Paul Sawtell Collection
Music scores for film and television by Paul Sawtell, and other documents and photographs relating to his life and career.
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Edward B. Powell Collection of Motion Picture Music
Collection consists of manuscript or ozalid copy sketches, full scores, or conductor's scores of motion picture music orchestrated by Powell and others. Includes music for the following films: The garden of evil (Bernard Herrmann), Viva Zapata (Alex North), A night with Pan (Joseph Achron), The song of Bernadette and Twelve o'clock high (Alfred Newman), The king and I (Richard Rodgers), It's a mad mad mad mad world (Ernest Gold), The torn curtain (John Addison), and Sylvia (David Raksin). Also music by John Green. Orchestrators, beside Powell, include Frank Comstock and Ray Heindorf.
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André Previn Collection of Musical Compositions and Arrangements
Manuscripts (mostly autographs) of sketches and full arrangements (scores and/or parts) of a variety of popular and jazz music titles and a few film productions scored by Previn; acetate recordings, including some 15 inch transcription discs, of takes by various jazz groups, including the Andre Previn Trio, and also some Previn interviews and concert performances.
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Helen Reddy Musical Arrangements Collection
Ozalid original scores and parts plus copies of arrangements used in Helen Reddy's television series and specials; mostly by Nelson Riddle.
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Alois Reiser Collection
Collection predominantly consists of holographic sketches of his orchestral, operatic, chamber and film music, with miscellaneous programs, clippings, texts, and published scores.
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Hans J. Salter Collection
The collection consists of music manuscripts and sketches, 48 conductors scores, performing parts, sheet music, published books, awards and citations, sound recordings, and photographs.
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Louis B. Schnauber (Film Music Society) Collection
The collection consists of 2,111 complete sets of orchestral parts for silent films, assembled by Louis B. Schnauber between 1910 and 1927 while he worked as Music Director in more than 25 Omaha theaters. The collection is in the midst of being processed. The finding aid will be updated periodically.
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Bert Shefter Motion Picture and Television Collection
Collection consists of music manuscrips and tapes of Shefter's compositions for film and television, including Maverick, Sugarfoot's theme, Cheyenne, Colt 45, Five guns to Tombstone, Harbor lights, She-devil, Miracle of the hills, Thunder Island, Six days to Hell, Police dog story, Curse of the fly, Ambush at Cimarron Pass, The tall Texan, Misty, and others.
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Silent Film Music Collection
Collection consists of silent film music. Peter Mercurio donation.
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Smothers Brothers Collection of Musical Arrangements
Collection consists of manuscript conductors' scores, and parts in manuscript or ozalid copy, of arrangements for the Smothers Brothers TV show, Summer Brothers Smothers show, and Return of the Smothers Brothers show; scores, parts and scripts of special material for the Smothers Brothers; arrangements for a Smothers Brothers record album.
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Jimmy Van Heusen Collection of Musical Works and Papers
Collection consists of published sheet music and manuscripts, popular LPs of Van Heusen's and other's songs, and reel-to-reel tapes of LPs as well as home recordings. Includes personal papers, correspondence with Johnny Burke, Sammy Cahn, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra, and business documents related to publishing companies Burke and Van Heusen, Van Heusen Music Corp., Burvan, and St. James. Also includes works lists, programs, clippings, biographies, and professionally assembled scrapbooks. Also contains items related to his hobbies of horses and flying.
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Romo Vincent Collection
The collection consists of scores and musical arrangements used in Vincent's performances, as well as several photographs of Vincent and his professional colleagues.
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Walter Lantz Productions Collection of Music for the Woody Woodpecker Cartoons and Other Productions
The bulk of the collection consists of materials related to the music production process at the Lantz Studios from 1951-70. Includes the holographs of scores, parts, and detail sheets for Woody Woodpecker cartoons and various commercials. Also includes music sketches, recording routines, reports, and sorted printed classical and popular sheet music used as source material for various productions. Production scores include the work of Lantz music directors Darrell Calker, Frank Churchill, Walter Greene, James Dietrich, Frank Marsales, Eugene Poddany, and Clarence Wheeler.
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Edward Ward Collection
Collection consists of conductor's scores and/or sketches, in manuscripts or copies, for The singing bandit, Cobra woman, Where were you?, Broadway serenade, Kit Carson, Climax, Men of Texas, South of Pago Pago, My son, my son, It never rains in Hollywood, and Phantom of the opera, as well as unidentified musical sketches, printed sheet music, production notes, legal documents (including contracts), cue sheets, correspondence, and photographs.
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Mortimer Wilson Collection of Silent Film Music Compositions and Arrangements
Collection consists predominantly of manuscripts, with some photocopies, sketches, and scores (short and full). Includes original compositions, transcriptions and arrangements created to accompany silent films, such as Don Q., son of Zorro, The thief of Bagdad, and The black pirate. Also includes some published music, miscellaneous material, and music for piano, organ, chamber groups, and orchestra.
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Victor Young Collection of television music
Manuscript sketches, scores and parts (ozalid) for the Medic television show (1954-56) and other compositions.
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Lee Zahler Collection of Motion Picture Music
Collection consists of manuscript scores and parts of music by Lee Zahler and others that formed part of a rental library of film music.
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