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BOX 1-18 BOX 22-45 Show Music
Series I -- Show Music -- has been divided into Rodgers' manuscripts and the full scores; each of these sections has been organized alphabetically by show title and by song title within each show. In the instances when a Broadway musical either was revised, subsequently filmed, or a film musical was re-made, the materials for subsequent productions have been interfiled with the materials for the earlier production. When there are collections of sketches for a show, they are at the end of the materials for that show. Where a collection of sketches contains material from more than one show, the sketches are listed with the show which appears most often; cross-references have been provided for other shows appearing within these sketches. The full scores contain many examples of show material that was deleted or replaced with new orchestrations.
Note: The show I Picked a Daisy (ca. 1960), lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, was unproduced. The collaboration between Rodgers and Lerner was terminated, Lerner subsequently completed the show with Burton Lane and it became On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.
The Show Music has been divided into Rodgers' manuscripts and the full scores; each of these sections has been organized alphabetically by show title and then by song title within each show.
BOX 1-18 Manuscripts
Allegro (1947) lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 Allegro
Holograph sketch in pencil ; 3 p.
Includes: [3] p. of unidentified holograph sketches, one dated "July 1, '43"
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 Allegro
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [8] p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [2] p.
But the days on a planet
see: [Sketches for Allegro : no. 3]
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 Come home
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 Come home
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 5 p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/3 A fellow needs a girl
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [3] p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/4 Finale act one
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 13 p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [6] p.
Includes:
  • "What a lovely day for the wedding!"
  • "I have let the time run on"
  • "It may be a good idea for Joe"
  • "To have & to hold"
  • "Wish them well"
BOX-FOLDER 1/5 The gentleman is a dope
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [7] p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [1] p.
Good idea for Joe
see: [Sketches for Allegro : no. 3]
Grandma
see: [Sketches for Allegro : no. 3]
I have let the time run on
see: [Sketches for Allegro : no. 3]
BOX-FOLDER 1/6 I know it can happen again
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [2] p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/7 It's a darn nice campus
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [2] p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/8 Money isn't everything
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 8 p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/9 One foot, other foot
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 6 p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [3] p.
Opening act I
see: [Sketches for Allegro : no. 3]
BOX-FOLDER 1/10 Opening sequence
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 6 p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/11 Poor Joe!
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [1] p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [1] p.
Possibly I'm cynical
see: [Sketches for Allegro : no. 3]
BOX-FOLDER 1/12 Sitting on the porch in the moonlight
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [2] p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/13 So far
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [4] p.
To have and to hold
see: [Sketches for Allegro : no. 3]
Two more [loves]
see: [Sketches for Allegro : no. 1]
BOX-FOLDER 1/14 Two short years
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/14 Two short years
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [2] p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [1] p.
What a lovely day for a wedding
see: [Sketches for Allegro : no. 3]
BOX-FOLDER 1/15 The Wildcats are on a rampage
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [3] p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet [1] p.
Uniform title: Wildcats
BOX-FOLDER 1/16 Will you marry me?
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [3] p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/17 Wish them well : finale act I
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/18 Yatata!
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 9 p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [3] p.
Uniform title: Yatata, yatata, yatata
BOX-FOLDER 1/19 You are never away
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 6 p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/20 You never had it so good
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [3] p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/21 [Sketches for Allegro : no. 1]
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [4] p.
Includes:
  • Yatata, yatata, [yatata]
  • Two more loves
  • [The gentleman is a dope] : She doesn't belong to me
BOX-FOLDER 1/21 [Sketches for Allegro : no. 2]
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [2] p.
Includes:
  • Money isn't everything
  • Poor Joe
BOX-FOLDER 1/21 [Sketches for Allegro : no 3]
Holograph sketches in pencil ; 9 p. + [6] p. (variously paginated)
Includes:
  • p. 1-2: "Opening act I"
  • p. 2: "Grandma," "One foot, other foot"
  • p. 3: "One foot, other foot"
  • p. 4: "A fellow needs a girl," "It's a darn nice campus"
  • p. 5: "The Wildcats are on a rampage"
  • p. 6: "So far," "You are never away"
  • p. 7: "Sitting on the porch [in the moonlight]," "What a lovely day for the wedding"
  • p. 8-9: "What a lovely day for the wedding"(cont.), "I have let the time run on," "Possibly I'm cynical"
  • p. [10]: "[Unidentified]," "But the days on a planet," "Two short years"
  • p. [11]: "Wish them well," "To have and to hold,"
  • p. [12]: "I have let the time run on," "Two more loves," "[Allegro] : The lady in bed"
  • p. [13]: "What a lovely day for the wedding," "Good idea for Joe"
  • p. [14]: "Verse [A] fellow needs [a girl] : Marjorie," "Sitting on the porch [in the moonlight]," "You are never away"
  • p. [15]: "Grandma," "[Unidentified]," "Fellow needs [a girl]"
The American Idea (1973) television score
BOX-FOLDER 1/22 The American idea : main title theme
Holograph condensed score in pencil ; 2 p.
Note: dated Oct. 1972
BOX-FOLDER 1/22 [The American idea]
Holograph condensed score in pencil ; 14 p.
Note: first program of projected ABC-TV series, televised 3/18/73.
Includes:
  • "Sequence I : New England"
  • "Sequence II : the Tuttles"
  • "Sequence III : Harvard University"
  • "Sequence IV : Mr. Tuttle"
  • "Sequence V : Valley Forge"
  • "Sequence VI : Independance Hall"
  • "Sequence VII : Salem/William Penn/the Amish/the Mormons"
  • "Sequence VIII"
  • "Sequence IX"
  • "Sequence X"
  • "Sequence XI"
America's Sweetheart (1931) lyrics by Lorenz Hart
BOX-FOLDER 1/23 I want a man
See also: [M.S. 1] in MISCELLANEOUS SKETCHES
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil, no lyric ; [3] p.
Note: originally written for Winkle Town but used in America's Sweetheart
There's so much more
see: [Sketches for One Dam Thing After Another]
BOX-FOLDER 1/24 [Sketches for America's Sweetheart]
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [5] p.
Includes:
  • p. [1]: "Ope[ning] act I"
  • p. [2]: "My sweet!"
  • p. [3]: "Innocent ch[orus] girls [of yesterday]," "Movies," "In Californ - I.A."
  • p. [4]: "[I've got five dollars] : $5," "[Unidentified]"
  • p. [5]: "[Unidentified]," "[A lady must live] : Ladies must live"
Androcles and the Lion (1967) television musical, lyrics by Richard Rodgers
BOX-FOLDER 1/25 Don't be afraid of an animal
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [4] p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheets (2) ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/26 The emperor's thumb
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [2] p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/26 Emperor's thumb (extension)
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [2] p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheets (2) ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/27 Ferrovius
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [2] p.
Note: 3 measures at bottom of p. [2] notated "New ending."
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/28 Follow in our footsteps
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [2] p.
Laid in: typed lyric sheet ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1/29 No more waiting : verse.
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