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John B. Rogers Producing Company Collection, 1929-1934
- Notes
- The John B. Rogers Producing Company was established in 1903 as a supplier of costumes, sets, lights, and scripts for amateur theater. Its main office remained in Fostoria, Ohio until 1977, when the company moved to Pittsburgh, Pa
- Summary
- Musical score, libretto, publicity notices, instructions for packing scenery, and props for a musical production entitled "Minstrel's Mimics" (1934); also a few other materials for other musical productions, dated 1/15/1929 to 7/1/1934
- Cite as
- John B. Rogers Producing Company Collection, 1929-1934, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1929
- 1929-1934
- 1920-1940
- collector
- Rogers, John B., Producing Company
- Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
- Subject
- Rogers, John B
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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William Russo Transcription and Arrangement of Duke Ellington's First Concert of Sacred Music, ca. 1967-68
- Notes
- Russo stated that Duke Ellington loaned him the music in 1967-1968
- William Russo was the Director of the Contemporary American Music Program at Columbia College, Chicago. Active in music from 1947 until his death in 2003, he toured Europe as the leader of a quintet; lived in London, where he conducted the London Jazz Orchestra and worked with the BBC; and lived and taught in New York and Chicago. Russo was noted in the fifties as a composer of experimental music for Stan Kenton's orchestra and Third Stream Music for the Russo orchestra. He has been a trombonist, composer, arranger, and conductor
- Summary
- Full conductor score, orchestral parts, and choral parts to "In the Beginning God," "Tell Me It's the Truth," "The Lord's Prayer," "Ain't But the One"
- Cite as
- William Russo Transcription and Arrangement of Duke Ellington's First Concert of Sacred Music, 1967-1968, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1967
- 1967-1968
- ca 1967-68
- 20th century
- creator
- Russo, William 1928-2003
- composer
- Ellington, Duke 1899-1974
- Subject
- Columbia College (Chicago) Contemporary American Music Program
- Local number
- 1991.3019 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Frank Driggs Collection of Jimmie Lunceford Orchestrations, ca. 1929-1954
- Notes
- The Jimmie Lunceford Band was active between 1929 and 1949. Lunceford died in 1947
- Summary
- Approximately 320 titles of Jimmie Lunceford Band Orchestrations
- Cite as
- Frank Driggs Collection of Jimmie Lunceford Orchestrations, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1929
- ca 1929-1954
- collector
- Driggs, Frank 1930-
- composer
- Lunceford, Jimmie (bandleader)
- arranger
- Oliver, Sy
- Local number
- 1992.3220 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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The Spirit of the U S O : sheet music, 1942
- Notes
- In Box A
- Summary
- 2 folded sheets. Words by Wolcott D. Street and Prescott S. Bush, music by Albert Godlis, publ. by Bob Miller, Inc., 1619 Broadway, New York City. Cover drawing, printed in red and blue, "by Barbelle from Howard Scott," shows a helmeted soldier holding a cup of coffee, a cigarette, and a bayonet. At top of cover: "Official march of the U S O"
- Date
- 1942
- 1940-1950
- composer
- Godlis, Albert
- lyricist
- Street, Wolcott D
- Bush, Prescott S
- publisher
- Miller, Bob, Inc.
- Subject
- United Service Organizations (U.S.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Benny Carter Collection, 1928-2000
- Notes
- Musician (saxophone and trumpet), bandleader, arranger, and composer
- Summary
- The business and professional records of jazz musician and composer Benny Carter. Includes: music manuscripts (scores and parts), scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, awards, audio-visual materials, posters, and other memorabilia
- Cite as
- Benny Carter Collection, 1928-2000, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1928
- 1928-2000
- 20th century
- donor
- Carter, Benny 1907-2003
- Local number
- 2000.3077 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Bill Holman Collection, 1951-2000
- Notes
- Jazz musician, composer and arranger
- Summary
- Over 400 scores composed and/or arranged by Bill Holman, and business records, posters, and one photograph. Includes scores for Holman's 1998 Grammy Award-winning CD featuring his arrangements of Thelonious Monk compositions. Also includes scores by Holman for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, Count Basie Orchestra, and Woody Herman Orchestra
- Cite as
- Bill Holman Collection, 1951-2000, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1951
- 1951-2000
- 20th century
- 1950-2000
- author
- Holman, Bill 1927-
- composer
- Herman, Woody
- Basie, Count 1904-
- Kenton, Stan
- Monk, Thelonious
- Local number
- 2000.3020 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Ralph Burns Papers, ca. 1946-1977
- Notes
- Composer and arranger
- Summary
- Archival materials documenting the career of the composer and arranger Ralph Burns. The papers include six holograph scores, three bound presentation scores, photographs, and a bound scrapbook containing photographs, programs and clippings
- Cite as
- Ralph Burns Collection, ca. 1946-1977, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1946
- 1977
- ca 1946-1977
- 20th century
- donor
- Burns, Ralph
- Local number
- 2000.3031 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002
- Notes
- Russo (1928-2003) was a renowned American jazz composer, arranger and founder of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble
- Summary
- Papers and audiovisual materials documenting Russo's career in music. The collection includes Russo's original and published music scores, parts and arrangements; audiovisual materials including recordings of broadcasts of Russo's radio show, performances of Russo's compositions, including performances by Duke Ellington, and film and video recordings of Russo's productions in theater and opera; and personal papers such as correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, publicity files, contracts, etc. Among the most significant items in the collection are experimental jazz arrangements for Stan Kenton in the late 1940s-early 1950s, undated arrangements for Gerry Mulligan, Russo's original arrangement of Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert, scores to his first and second symphonies, and scores and libretti to several early rock operas. The photographs include images of persons such as Ellington, Kenton, and Billy Strayhorn, and photographs by jazz photographers Herman Leonard and William Claxton. 2007 addendum includes correspondence, mostly between Russo and his family; eighteen diaries for 1946-1967 (not all years are present) with sparse entries, some in Italian; and additional music manuscripts, parts, scores and libretti
- Cite as
- William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1920
- 1920-2002
- 1920s-2002
- 20th century
- creator
- Russo, William 1928-2003
- Creator
- Strayhorn, Billy (William T.) 1915-1967
- photographer
- Leonard, Herman 1923-2010
- Claxton, William
- composer
- Kenton, Stan
- saxophonist
- Mulligan, Gerry
- Subject
- Ellington, Duke 1899-1974
- Chicago Jazz Ensemble
- Local number
- 2003.3111 (NMAH Acc.)
- 2007.3197 (NMAH Acc.)
- 2010.3010 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
A Message From the Man in the Moon [sheet music]
- Summary
- The song is featured in the Marx Brothers film, "A Day at the Races" (a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture). The cover includes bust pictures (from photographs) of the Marx Brothers, along with Allan Jones and Maureen O'Sullivan
- Cite as
- Sam DeVincent Colleciton of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1937
- lyricist
- Kahn, Gus
- composer
- Kaper, Bronislaw
- Jurmann, Walter
- publisher
- Robbins Music Corporation
- motion picture producer
- Metro-Goldwin-mayer
- Subject
- Jones, Allan
- O'Sullivan, Maureen
- Marx, Groucho (Julius Henry) (comedian) 1890-1977
- Marx, Harpo
- Marx, Chico
- Marx Brothers
- Local number
- AC0300-0000020.tif (AC Scan)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
The Owl and the Pussycat [sheet music]
- Summary
- The song is from Lear's Nonsense Songs. The cover illustration depicts an owl and a pussycat getting married. A bird is performing the ceremony
- Cite as
- Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, ca. 1790-1980, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1886
- composer
- Ingraham, Geo
- transcriber
- Rees, William
- publisher
- Schirmer, G
- Local number
- AC0300-0000265.tif (AC Scan: cover)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
