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|| About the Collection ||
Composer and songwriter Jerome Kern (1885-1945) is best remembered for his Broadway and film work, including the lovely melodies from Showboat, "Old Man River," "Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man," and "Bill," as well as standards such as "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and "The Way You Look Tonight.” The Jerome Kern Collection in the Library of Congress Music Division consists primarily of Show Music, including a number of holograph sketches and scores, but the majority of the music is in the hands of Kern’s orchestrators and arrangers.
|| Collection Details ||
General
- Span Dates
- 1905-1945
- Bulk Dates
- 1920-1939
- Major Language(s)
- English
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Number of Items
- 7450
- Number of Containers
- 102
- Linear Feet
- 45
- Contents
- The collection consists primarily of Kern's show music, some holograph sketches; most are manuscript full and vocal scores of Kern's orchestrators and arrangers, especially Frank Saddler and Robert Russell Bennett. Film and other music also is represented, as well as a small amount of correspondence.
- Processing History
- Processed, 1995
- Transfers
- A/V to MBRS
- Provenance
- The bulk of the collection, discovered in a warehouse in Secaucus, N.J., in 1982, was acquired from Betty Kern-Miller between 1986 and 1990. Additional items were donated by Rodgers & Hammerstein, T.B. Harms and John McGlinn, or purchased.
Access/Copyright
- Copyright Info
- http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
- Preferred Citation
- Jerome Kern Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress