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Financial Papers, 1920-1993 (continued)
Rose Gershwin Testamentary Trust, 1943-1983 (continued)
BOX 171 1965-1975
BOX 172 1976-1980
BOX 173 1981-1983
BOX-FOLDER 174/10 Notice of entry of decree on executors' intermediate account, 1952
BOX-FOLDER 174/11 Notification of continuation of modified distribution of trust income, 1953
BOX-FOLDER 174/12 Objection no. 4 of the interim report, 1952
BOX-FOLDER 174/13 Petition of Emanuel Alexandre for additional payment, 1949
BOX-FOLDER 571/19 Royalties earned, 1943-1952
BOX-FOLDER 174/14 Statements of cash receipts and disbursements, 1950-1964
BOX-FOLDER 174/15 Summary of copyright royalty payments, 1981
BOX-FOLDER 174/16 Tax return, 1948
BOX-FOLDER 174/17 Tax return, 1971
Royalties, 1920-1983
This subseries includes statements dating between 1920 and 1983 for payments that Ira Gershwin received for songs performed on the radio, album sales, and sheet music sales. He received these payments from ASCAP, Chappell & Company, Gershwin Publishing Corporation, Harms Incorporated, Music Publishers Holding Corporation, New World Music Corporation, and other associations.
Arranged alphabetically by organization.
BOX-FOLDER 175/1-6 ASCAP, 1938-1970
BOX-FOLDER 175/7 to 176/5 Chappell & Co., Inc., 1937-1970, 1979-1983
BOX-FOLDER 177/1 Crawford Music Corporation, 1944
BOX-FOLDER 177/2 De Sylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc., 1956-1968
BOX-FOLDER 177/3-6 Gershwin Publishing Corporation, 1956-1970
BOX-FOLDER 177/7 to 178/3 Harms Inc., 1920-1934, 1946, 1956-1970
BOX-FOLDER 571/20 Harms Inc., 1934-1936, 1944
BOX-FOLDER 178/4 Leo Feist Inc., 1954-1969
BOX-FOLDER 571/21 Music Publishers Holding Corporation, 1956-1960
BOX-FOLDER 178/5 Music Publishers Holding Corporation, 1944, 1961-1966
BOX-FOLDER 178/6 New Dawn Music Corporation, 1965-1970
BOX-FOLDER 178/7-9 New World Music Corporation, 1930, 1961-1970
BOX-FOLDER 571/22-23 New World Music Corporation, 1955-1960
BOX-FOLDER 178/10 Remick Music Corporation, 1930-1931, 1947
BOX 179-202, 257-258, 582, 586 Clippings and Serials, 1919-2007
This series consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, serials, and newsletters related primarily to George and Ira Gershwin.
Organized as three subseries.
Clippings by Subject, 1919-2005
This subseries chiefly documents domestic and international productions of Porgy and Bess, Crazy for You, Lady, Be Good!, Lady in the Dark, My One and Only, Oh, Kay!, and Strike Up the Band. Other items include album and concert reviews, announcements of events and exhibits, and obituaries. A small amount of the clippings concerns others, such as Michael Feinstein, Jerome Kern, Ned Rorem, and Peter Sellars.
Arranged alphabetically as originally prepared by the Gershwin Trust.
BOX-FOLDER 179/1 92nd St. Y - Songs of the Gershwins Series, 1988-1989
BOX-FOLDER 179/2 American Film Institute Funny Face screening, 1990
An American in Paris
BOX-FOLDER 179/3 Library of Congress National Film Registry, 1993
BOX-FOLDER 179/4 Stage production, 1989
BOX-FOLDER 179/5 Arlen, Harold, 1985-1996
BOX-FOLDER 179/6 ASCAP award presentation, 1987 May
BOX-FOLDER 257/1 ASCAP Diamond Jubilee, 1989
BOX-FOLDER 179/7 At Wit's End, 1988
BOX-FOLDER 179/8-9 Back to Broadway, 1993-1994
Studio album by Barbra Streisand
BOX-FOLDER 179/10 Boorstin, Daniel J., 1987, 2004
Brooklyn Academy of Music
BOX-FOLDER 179/11 The Gershwin Celebration, 1987
BOX-FOLDER 179/12 Gershwin Gala, 1987
BOX-FOLDER 179/13 Of Thee I Sing / Let 'Em Eat Cake, 1987
BOX-FOLDER 179/14 Call Me Ethel!, 1988
BOX-FOLDER 179/15 Carlisle, Kitty, 1983
BOX-FOLDER 179/16 Carnegie Hall 100th Anniversary, 1991 February
BOX-FOLDER 179/17 Cartoons, 1977, 1982, 1987-1988, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 179/18 Catalogs of George and Ira Gershwin's published works, 1973, 1996, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 179/19 Celebrating Gershwin (PBS Great Performances), 1987
BOX-FOLDER 179/20 Classical crossover charts, 1987-1989
BOX-FOLDER 179/21 The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin, 1993-1994
BOX-FOLDER 179/22 The Complete Lyrics of Lorenz Hart, 1986
BOX-FOLDER 179/23 Contemporaries of Ira Gershwin, 1983-1993, 1995, 1998
BOX-FOLDER 179/24 Corday, Dr. Eliot, 1987-1989
Crazy for You
BOX-FOLDER 180/1-5 Canada, 1994-1996
BOX-FOLDER 180/6 China, 1994
BOX-FOLDER 180/7 London, 1993-1996
BOX-FOLDER 180/8 Los Angeles, 1993-1994
BOX-FOLDER 180/9 to 181/3 National tour, 1993-1995
BOX-FOLDER 181/4 to 182/4 Shubert Theater, New York, 1991-1999
BOX-FOLDER 182/5 Tony Awards, 1992
BOX-FOLDER 182/6 Washington, D.C., 1991-1992
BOX-FOLDER 182/7 A Damsel in Distress, 1937-1938
BOX-FOLDER 182/8 Delicious, 1931-1932
BOX-FOLDER 182/9-11 Duets, 1993-1995
Note: Studio album by Frank Sinatra
BOX-FOLDER 182/12 Emmy Awards: Celebrating Gershwin, 1988
BOX-FOLDER 182/13 Evening of Care Gala, 1989
Note: Casa del Sol AIDS Hospice
BOX-FOLDER 182/14 Feinstein, Michael, 1986-1989
BOX-FOLDER 182/15 A Foggy Day, 1987-1988
Note: Unproduced musical with book by Neil Simon
BOX-FOLDER 182/16 "Friends and Neighbors," 1990
Note: Interview on George Gershwin with Alexander Woollcott
BOX-FOLDER 182/17 Friends of Leonore Gershwin, 1987-1994
BOX-FOLDER 182/18 From the Top!, 1992-1993
Note: A set of three one-act musicals featuring Carol Burnett and produced by the Long Beach Civic Light Opera. It included excerpts from 103 American songs by prominent lyricists and composers, including George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Vernon Duke, Jerome Kern, Harry Warren, and Kurt Weill.
BOX-FOLDER 182/19 Funny Face, 1927
BOX-FOLDER 182/20 George Gershwin's 50th birthday anniversary, 1987
BOX-FOLDER 182/21 George Gershwin centennial, 1998
BOX-FOLDER 183/1 George Gershwin national honors, 1989
BOX-FOLDER 183/2 George Gershwin piano rolls, 1990
BOX-FOLDER 183/3 George Gershwin Remembered (PBS Special), 1987
BOX-FOLDER 183/4 George Gershwin Revisited, Merkin Concert Hall, 1991
BOX-FOLDER 183/5 George and Ira Gershwin: A Musical Celebration, 1992-1994
Note: Recording of benefit concert for AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA)
BOX-FOLDER 183/6 Gershwin auction, 1987
BOX-FOLDER 183/7 Gershwin, 1987
Book by Edward Jablonski
BOX-FOLDER 183/8 The Gershwin Collection, 1988
BOX-FOLDER 183/9 Gershwin commemorative concert, 1987
Lincoln Center
BOX-FOLDER 183/10 The Gershwin Connection, 1991
Studio album by Dave Grusin
BOX-FOLDER 183/11 Gershwin film project, 1986-1991
Note: Never produced; proposed by Irwin Winkler and Martin Scorsese, with a screenplay by John Guare
BOX-FOLDER 183/12 Gershwin, Leonore S., 1938, 1987-1994, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 183/13 Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls, 1994
Nonesuch Records
BOX-FOLDER 183/14 The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm, 1999
BOX-FOLDER 183/15 The Gershwin Years, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 183/16-17 Girl Crazy, 1990
Elektra Nonesuch Records / Roxbury Recordings
BOX-FOLDER 183/18 Girl Crazy, 1986
Grosses
BOX-FOLDER 183/19 The Glory of Gershwin, 1994
BOX-FOLDER 183/20 Grammy Award nominations, 1988-1989
BOX-FOLDER 183/21 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards show, 1987
BOX-FOLDER 183/22 The Great Gershwin Concert, 1987
Note: Concert tour featuring Peter Nero, Mel Tormé, and Leslie Uggams
BOX-FOLDER 183/23 Halle, Kay, 1971
BOX-FOLDER 183/24 Hang On to Me, 1984
Note: Peter Sellars' production of Maxim Gorki's Summertime (1904), which included 16 songs drawn from George and Ira Gershwin's musicals
BOX-FOLDER 183/25 Hollywood Bowl, 1987-1996
BOX-FOLDER 183/26 In Performance at the White House: A Tribute to the Gershwins, 1986
BOX-FOLDER 183/27 Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Theatre, 1996-1997
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