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|| About the Collection ||
The Tommy Newsom Collection comprises full scores and orchestral parts for 267 titles, arranged for dance band, symphonic orchestra, and various smaller ensembles. It includes manuscripts, printed, and photocopied materials. The collection extends over fifty years of Newsom’s work as a performer and arranger. Most of the music dates from his thirty years with “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.”
|| Collection Details ||
General
- Span Dates
- 1947-1999
- Bulk Dates
- 1960s-1970s
- Major Language(s)
- English
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Number of Items
- 400
- Number of Containers
- 57
- Linear Feet
- 15
- Contents
- Music manuscripts including scores and parts. The collection contains both photocopies and arranger holographs.
- Processing History
- Processed, 2002; Finding Aid available
- Provenance
- Gift of Tommy Newsom
Access/Copyright
- Access Permissions
- Permitted, need permission to copy for use
- On Microfilm?
- No
- Copyright Info
- http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
- Preferred Citation
- Tommy Newsom Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
