Title Page | Collection Summary | History of the Collection | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1885 January 27 | Jerome David Kern is born in New York City to Henry Kern and Fanny Kakeles |
| 1902 | Kern studies harmony, theory and the piano at the New York College of Music |
| 1903 | Kern studies music theory and composition in Heidelberg, Germany |
| 1904 | Kern works as a song-plugger (notably for T. B. Harms) and as a rehearsal pianist in Broadway theatres. Kern begins interpolating songs into musicals |
| 1905 | The Earl and the Girl opens in New York; "How'd You Like to Spoon with Me?" is interpolated into the score |
| 1906 | Kern works in London, interpolating songs into musical shows |
| 1910 October 25 | Kern marries Eva Leale in England |
| 1912 November 13 | The Red Petticoat opens in New York |
| 1913 October 30 | Oh, I Say! opens in New York |
| 1914 | The Girl from Utah opens in New York; "They Didn't Believe Me" is interpolated into the score |
| 1915 January 15 | Ninety in the Shade opens in New York |
| 1915 April 20 | Nobody Home opens in New York |
| 1915 December 23 | Very Good Eddie opens in New York |
| 1917 January 11 | Have a Heart opens in New York |
| 1917 January 15 | Love o' Mike opens in New York |
| 1917 February 20 | Oh, Boy! opens in New York |
| 1917 August 28 | Leave It to Jane opens in New York |
| 1918 February 1 | Oh, Lady! Lady!! opens in New York |
| 1918 March 11 | Toot-Toot! opens in New York |
| 1918 April 29 | Head Over Heels opens in New York |
| 1918 May 22 | Rock-a-Bye Baby opens in New York |
| 1918 December 16 | Kern's daughter Elizabeth (Betty) Jane Kern is born |
| 1919 May 5 | She's a Good Fellow opens in New York |
| 1920 February 2 | Night Boat opens in New York |
| 1920 December 21 | Sally opens in New York |
| 1921 November 1 | Good Morning Dearie opens in New York |
| 1922 September 19 | The Cabaret Girl opens in London |
| 1922 November 28 | The Bunch and Judy opens in New York |
| 1923 September 5 | The Beauty Prize opens in London |
| 1923 November 6 | Stepping Stones opens in New York |
| 1924 April 8 | Sitting Pretty opens in New York |
| 1924 September 23 | Dear Sir opens in New York |
| 1925 September 22 | Sunny opens in New York |
| 1925 October 26 | The City Chap opens in New York |
| 1926 October 12 | Criss Cross opens in New York |
| 1927 March 22 | Lucky opens in New York |
| 1927 April 27 | Blue Eyes opens in London |
| 1927 December 27 | Show Boat opens in New York |
| 1929 | Sally (film) opens |
| 1929 | Show Boat (film) opens |
| 1929 September 2 | Sweet Adeline opens in New York |
| 1930 | Sunny (film) opens |
| 1931 | Men of the Sky (film) opens |
| 1931 October 15 | The Cat and the Fiddle opens in New York |
| 1932 November 8 | Music in the Air opens in New York |
| 1933 | The Cat and the Fiddle (film) opens |
| 1933 November 18 | Roberta opens in New York |
| 1934 April 9 | Three Sisters opens in London |
| 1934 | Music in the Air (film) opens |
| 1935 | I Dream Too Much (film) opens |
| 1935 | Roberta (film) opens |
| 1935 | Sweet Adeline (film) opens |
| 1936 | Show Boat (2nd film) opens |
| 1936 | Swing Time (film) opens |
| 1937 | High, Wide and Handsome (film) opens |
| 1937 | When You're in Love (film) opens |
| 1938 | The Joy of Living (film) opens |
| 1938 | Gentlemen Unafraid opens in St. Louis |
| 1939 November 17 | Very Warm for May opens in New York |
| 1940 | One Night in the Tropics (film) opens |
| 1941 | Lady Be Good (film) opens, "The Last Time I Saw Paris" is interpolated into the score |
| 1941 | Sunny (2nd film) opens |
| 1942 | You Were Never Lovelier (film) opens |
| 1944 | Can't Help Singing (film) opens |
| 1944 | Cover Girl (film) opens |
| 1945 November 11 | Kern dies in New York |
| 1946 | Centennial Summer (film) opens |