- US US.INSON MSS 091
- Folder
- 1940s
The collection contains copies of materials used for a special production of the Blueprint Specials. The originals are held at the University of Michigan.
Astaire, Fred
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The collection contains copies of materials used for a special production of the Blueprint Specials. The originals are held at the University of Michigan.
Astaire, Fred
Bob Kennedy Printed Music Collection
Approximately 1,600 pieces of sheet music, orchestral arrangements, and other documents related to the performances and career of Bob Kennedy.
Kennedy, Bob
This artificial collection comprises all donations of books. Subjects include: analysis and criticism of the Great American Songbook; biographies and autobiographies of the Songbook's composers, lyricists, and performers; the history of American musical theater and musical comedy; and commentary on the technology and culture of the 20th century. The collection also contains reference materials such as publishers' lists of sound recordings.
Grimes, Robert
Boswell Sisters Research Collection
Collection consists of newspaper/magazine articles about the Boswell Sisters, sheet music featuring them, and video and audio recordings. Most clippings are photocopies.
McLean, Kenneth
Handwritten lyrics to Al Piantadosi's song "Curse of an Aching Heart." Includes his autograph.
Autographed photograph of Meredith Willson during rehearsal for "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
Charles Conrad
Collection consists of song recordings on CD. Dan Levinson transferred the recordings from their original format, generally 78rpm, to compact disc.
Levinson, Dan
3 boxes of musical arrangements created for Diahann Carroll and a small amount of ephemera.
Carroll, Diahann
The collection contains 4 scrapbook pages with photos of the Wolverine Orchestra, including member Bix Beiderbecke; 1 bound scrapbook containing news clippings and other items concerning the travels of Dick Voynow's Wolverine Orchestra; miscellaneous unlabeled photos; miscellaneous news clippings
Voynow, Dick
Foreign language and cast recordings from the personal collection of record producer Didier Deutsch.
Deutsch, Didier C.,
43 arrangements for voice and various instruments, written for and used by Dinah Washington
Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963
The collection consists of sheet music, manuscripts, correspondence, and other material documenting the career of Donald Kahn.
Kahn, Donald, 1918-2008
DVD, A desert bachelor's retreat
Part of Jimmy Van Heusen Collection
DVD, Jimmy Van Heusen: Swingin' with Frank & Bing
Part of Jimmy Van Heusen Collection
The memorial service program for Ella Fitzgerald dated June 20, 1996.
Estate of Ella Fitzgerald
The collection includes two costumes created for Ella Fitzgerald for concert performances. The first, a grey silk evening gown with a black silk and velvet floral overlay, was worn by the singer on stage in the 1960s. The second, mint green silk jumpsuit heavily adorned with rhinestones, faux pearls and fringe on the sleeves and waistline, was worn by the singer on stage in the early 1970s. An inside label reads "Elizabeth Courtney/Costumes Hollywood."
Courtney, Elizabeth, 1905-1974
Evening gown, grey silk with black silk and velvet overlay.
Part of Ella Fitzgerald Costumes
Frankie Randall Arrangements, Preliminary Inventory
Approximately 600 arrangements originally belonging to singer Frankie Randall.
Randall, Frankie
George and Louise McCabe Collection of Sound Recordings
The collection contains approximately 1,200 78-rpm recordings focusing on the work of Bing Crosby and a sampling of other artists from the same period.
McCabe, George
"When Lindy Comes Home" sheet music excerpt from "The New York American" newspaper dated 6/6/1927
Melinda Lissauer
The collection consists of 9 boxes of printed music and documents and 231 sound recordings (132 7” reels, 6 5” reels, 17 10” reels, and 76 cassettes.) The notated music consists of original music and arrangements by Gordon Jenkins and a small amount of music by Gordon Jenkins, Jr., including a handful of published choral octavos of arrangements of popular songs. Highlights of the collection include the complete music to the 1959 concept album by Judy Garland The Letter, the complete music to the Future section of the 1980 concept album Trilogy by Frank Sinatra and an arrangement of “Everything Happens to Me” made for Frank Sinatra.
From notations on the reels, they appear to contain recordings of Jenkins’s compositions, including potentially bootlegged copies of commercial recordings he worked on. The cassettes contain recordings of the compositions and arrangements of the composer Mort Stevens.
Jenkins, Gordon