Abstract Henry Mancini (1924-1994) was an award-winning American composer of music for film, television, and commercial recordings. Throughout his career, he amassed four Academy Awards, twenty Grammy awards, one Golden Globe Award, and two Emmy Award nominations in addition to many other accolades. Mancini was a prolific conductor who collaborated often with prominent directors, performers, arrangers, and lyricists. The Henry Mancini Papers contain original scores and printed music for his films,...

Abstract Charles Mingus was a jazz double bassist, band leader, and composer. A prolific recording artist and pioneer in double bass technique, Mingus composed works that often incorporated elements of hard bop and gospel music and featured collective improvisation. The collection includes manuscript and printed music by Mingus; writings; correspondence; business papers; clippings; programs; publicity materials; photographs of Mingus, his family, and colleagues, such as Eric Dolphy, Dannie Richmond,...

Abstract Morton Subotnick (born 1933) is an American composer and teacher known for his innovation in the field of electronic music. He helped develop synthesizers and controllers that revolutionized the creation and consumption of electronic and electro-acoustic music in the home and concert hall. His papers include workbooks of sketches, patch diagrams, and electronics schematics for his compositions, along with a small number of published scores. They also contain subject files of correspondence,...