George and Ira Gershwin collection, 1895-2008
Composer George Gershwin (1898-1937) and his lyricist brother Ira (1896-1983) wrote some of the most significant American popular songs of the first half of the twentieth century. Working with novelist and poet DuBose Heyward, they created the great American opera Porgy and Bess. Additionally, George Gershwin composed several singularly American concert works, including An American in Paris and Rhapsody In Blue, and both brothers…
Contributor:
Daly, William Merrigan - Bennett, Robert Russell - Spialek, Hans - Sirmay, Albert - Ryskind, Morrie - Heyward, Dubose - Gershwin, George - Swift, Kay - Kaufman, George S. (George Simon) - Saddler, Frank - Depackh, Maurice
Date:1895
Manuscript/Mixed Material
Billy Strayhorn music manuscripts and estate papers, 1918-2015
Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and lyricist. He is prominently known as the leading arranger for the Duke Ellington Orchestra, a position that he held for nearly three decades. The collection chiefly contains scores, sketches, lead sheets, and parts for original compositions and arrangements by Strayhorn and Ellington, as well as business papers, photographs, scripts, and other materials pertaining…
Contributor:
Strayhorn, Billy - Morris, Gregory A. - Leur, Walter Van De
Date:1918
Manuscript/Mixed Material
Henry Mancini papers, 1930s-2000s
Henry Mancini (1924-1994) was an award-winning American composer of music for film, television, and commercial recordings. Throughout his career, he amassed four Academy Awards, twenty Grammy awards, one Golden Globe Award, and two Emmy Award nominations in addition to many other accolades. Mancini was a prolific conductor who collaborated often with prominent directors, performers, arrangers, and lyricists. The Henry Mancini Papers contain original scores…
Contributor:
Mancini, Henry
Date:1930
Manuscript/Mixed Material
Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Trust archive, 1895-2012
Composer George Gershwin (1898-1937) and his lyricist brother Ira (1896-1983) wrote some of the most significant American popular songs of the first half of the twentieth century. After George's untimely death in 1937, Ira worked with many other notable composers and diligently kept his brother's legacy alive. After Ira's death, his wife, Leonore, created the Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Trusts in 1987 to…
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Bennett, Robert Russell - Gershwin, Leonore - Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Trusts - Stewart, Lawrence D. (Lawrence Delbert) - Moore, Larry - Botkin, Henry Albert - Saxe, Leonard Spier
Date:1895
Manuscript/Mixed Material
Marvin Hamlisch papers, 1933-2022
Marvin Hamlisch (1944-2012) was an American composer, pianist, and conductor. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his work on A Chorus Line. The material primarily consists of music manuscripts, but also includes photographs, awards, correspondence, clippings, scripts, programs, and personal papers.
Contributor:
Hayes, Jack - Hamlisch, Marvin - Hazard, Dick - Byers, Billy - Zito, Torrie
Manuscript/Mixed MaterialGeorge and Ira Gershwin collection, 1895-2008 Composer George Gershwin (1898-1937) and his lyricist brother Ira (1896-1983) wrote some of the most significant American popular songs of the first half of the twentieth century. Working with novelist and poet DuBose Heyward, they created the great American opera Porgy and Bess. Additionally, George Gershwin composed several singularly American concert works, including An American in Paris and Rhapsody In Blue, and both brothers…