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Richard Rodgers collection, 1917-1980
around 2,700 items. 45 boxes. 20 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection primarily consists of Rodgers' music holographs--sketches, vocal scores (many with lyric sheets) and short scores. In addition, the collection includes full scores for eight of the Rodgers and Hammerstein shows. The collection also includes a small number of programs, photographs, miscellaneous papers, and other items.
Oscar Hammerstein II collection, 1847-2000
35,051 items. 160 containers. 72.65 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Oscar Hammerstein II was an American librettist, lyricist, theatrical producer and director, and grandson of the impresario Oscar Hammerstein I. The collection, which contains materials relating to Hammerstein's life and career, includes correspondence, lyric sheets and sketches, music, scripts and screenplays, production materials, speeches and writings, photographs, programs, promotional materials, printed matter, scrapbooks, clippings, memorabilia, business and financial papers, awards, and realia.
Harold Rome papers, 1936-1967
approximately 850 items. 16 containers. 7.25 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Harold Rome (1908-1993) was an American composer and lyricist best known for his work in musical theater. Rome first made his mark by writing and composing musical revues, most notably his 1937 hit debut Pins and Needles. He later established himself as a writer of shows that were considered to be socially conscious for the time, including I Can Get It For You Wholesale (1962) and The Zulu and the Zayda (1965). The collection contains piano-vocal scores, music and lyric sketches, scripts, correspondence, and miscellaneous items related to his most well-known shows and projects, especially Fanny, Pins and Needles, I Can Get It For You Wholesale, and Sing Out the News.
John Raitt papers, 1930-2009
approximately 10,000 items. 86 containers. 2 mapcase folders. 37 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
John Emmet Raitt (1917-2005) was a singer and actor, performing as a leading man during Broadway's Golden Age. Though he is best remembered for originating the role of Billy Bigelow in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (1945), he sustained a six-decade career in various stage roles along with a prolific concert calendar. The collection documents Raitt's theatrical and concert career and includes scripts, programs, photographs, correspondence, clippings, and scrapbooks. It also includes full scores and parts for the arrangements made for Raitt's album recordings and concert appearances.
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Rose Marie Grentzer and Harold Spivacke Fund collection, 1615-1994
approximately 305 items. 9 containers. 4 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The Rose Marie and Harold Spivacke Fund Collection consists of materials purchased through an endowment that Rose Marie Spivacke established in 1982 at the behest of her husband, Harold Spivacke, who was chief of the Music Division at the Library of Congress from 1937 to 1972. The collection includes music manuscripts, printed scores, correspondence, clippings, and iconography.
George H. Moss collection of sheet music, 1885-1935
approximately 1,400 items. 16 containers. 6 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
George H. Moss (1923-2009) was a local historian in Monmouth County, New Jersey, who also had an interest in early American theater. The collection consists of printed sheet music dating between 1885 and 1935, the majority of which is for American popular songs dating from 1900 to 1925. The composers and music publishers represented in the collection include Irving Berlin, Fred Fisher, George Gershwin, Charles K. Harris, Victor Herbert, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Sigmund Romberg, Arthur Sullivan, and many others.
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Warner/Chappell collection, 1880-1987
approximately 56,200 items. 415 containers. 173.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Warner/Chappell Music is an American music publishing company that traces its establishment to Chappell & Co. in London in 1810. Warner/Chappell grew in part due to its acquisition of other music publishers, many of which played prominent roles in New York City's Tin Pan Alley and in the production of shows on Broadway and elsewhere. The Warner/Chappell Collection primarily consists of scores for musicals, most intended for Broadway, but some for film, television, and other venues. The majority of the scores are manuscripts in the hands of arrangers, songwriters, and copyists, and includes combinations of full scores, piano-vocal scores, parts, and lyric sheets. The collection also contains manuscripts for popular songs and works for orchestra, band, and chamber ensembles, as well as a small number of business papers, programs, and cancelled checks.
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Howard E. Reinheimer papers, 1924-1973
approximately 2,800 items. 8 containers. 4 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Howard Reinheimer (1899–1970) was a lawyer specializing in copyright law who represented prominent playwrights, composers, directors, and producers. These papers consist of Reinheimer’s business files, which focus on legal issues related to theatrical works that his clients wrote or produced. A substantial amount of correspondence documents his associations with Moss Hart, George Kaufman, Alan J. Lerner, Frederick Loewe, and others whom he represented. Additional materials include contracts and rights agreements, as well as a small number of scripts, financial statements, and clippings. This collection is the small percentage known to exist of what we know was once an extensive archive.
Hans Spialek papers, 1895-1984
approximately 4,800 items. 34 containers. 14 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Hans Spialek (1894-1983) was an orchestrator, composer, and conductor active from the 1920s to the 1940s. He primarily orchestrated musical theater works, including those by Cole Porter and Richard Rodgers. The collection includes his compositions and arrangements as well as music owned by him and his wife Dora Boshoer, personal and professional correspondence, photographs, programs, and clippings.
Trude Rittmann papers, 1880s-2005
approximately 1,000 items. 6 containers. 3.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Trude Rittmann was a composer and arranger, known particularly for her Broadway and dance arrangements for the American Ballet Caravan and musicals composed by Frederick Loewe and Richard Rodgers. The collection includes correspondence to and from Rittmann, scores of Rittmann's compositions and arrangements, business papers, subject files including Rittmann's writings and reminiscences of productions she worked on, personal papers, photographs, and artwork.