Vernon Duke collection, 1918-1968

Collection Summary

Title	Vernon Duke collection, 1918-1968
Span Dates	1918-1968
Call No.	ML31.D98
Creator	Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969
Extent	around 17,500 items
Extent	146 boxes
Extent	52 linear feet
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu005004
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2005560806
Summary	Vernon Duke (born Vladimir Dukelsky) was an American composer and songwriter. He rose to success in the 1930s with hit songs such as "April in Paris" and "Autumn in New York" and later collaborated with many leading composers and lyricists of the period, including George and Ira Gershwin, Serge Prokofiev, and Serge Koussevitzky. The collection contains manuscript and printed music, correspondence, subject files, photographs, and other materials related to his career.