Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969

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Frank Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won a Tony Award for Guys and Dolls and shared the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for How to Succeed. He also wrote songs for over 60 Hollywood films and Tin Pan Alley, many of which have become standards, and was nominated for five Academy Awards for best song, winning once for "Baby, It's Cold Outside".
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creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. Musical comedies. Greenwillow [Programs] New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
referencedIn Department of Music of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1937-1983 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives and Records Service
creatorOf [Variety girl. Vocal score. Selections / music and lyrics by] Frank Loesser, 1946 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
referencedIn Jo Mielziner papers, 1903-1976 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
creatorOf Abe Burrows papers, 1904-1993 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Abe Burrows collection of sound recordings [sound recording] The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
creatorOf [Pleasures and palaces / music and lyrics by] Frank Loesser, 1961-1965 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
referencedIn Alix Jeffry photographs Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. [Greenwillow / music and lyrics by] Loesser. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf [Señor Descretiòn / music and lyrics by] Loesser, 1966-1968 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. Original Broadway script : guys and dolls a musical fable of Broadway / based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon ; music and lyrics by Frank Loesser ; book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. Whitman College, Penrose Library
creatorOf Grand Theatre Collection (University of Guelph). Guys and Dolls / based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon ; music and lyrics by Frank Loesser ; book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows ; devised and directed by Peter Dearing, 1961 - house program. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Cedric Belfrage Papers, Bulk, 1945-1985, 1922-1990, (Bulk 1945-1985) Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. [Guys and dolls. Selections / music and lyrics by] Frank Loesser. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Spewack, Samuel and Bella. Papers, ca.1920-1980. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Samuel and Bella Spewack Papers, ca.1920-1980 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. [Variety girl. Vocal score. Selections / music and lyrics by] Frank Loesser. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf [Where's Charley? Selections / music and lyrics by] Frank Loesser, 1948 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
creatorOf Schuman, William, 1910-1992. Papers and records, 1933-1986. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Johnny Green additional papers, 1923-1989. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Harold Fielding, Ltd. Contracts and correspondence for productions of Frank Loesser's Hans Anderson: Guide, 1974-1978 Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard College Library
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. Guys and dolls / music and lyrics by Frank Loesser ; book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows ; based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon, 1992. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. [Where's Charley? Selections / music and lyrics by] Frank Loesser. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf How to succeed in business without really trying / [music and lyrics by] Frank Loesser, 1960-1961 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
creatorOf Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946. Typed letter signed : New York, to Lou, 1944 June 13. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. Musical comedies. Where's Charley? [Programs] New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. Hans Christian Andersen / [music and lyrics by] Frank Loesser. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Abe Burrows papers, 1904-1993 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
creatorOf Young People's Theatre Archives. Hans Christian Anderson / by F. Loesser and J. Fearnley ; costumes designed by J. Peyton Ward, 1979 - costume design. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. Musical comedies. Guys and dolls [Programs] New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
creatorOf [Let's dance. Selections / music and lyrics by] Frank Loesser, 1949 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
creatorOf Young People's Theatre Archives. Hans Christian Anderson / by F. Loesser, J. Fearnley, B. Cross, T. Steele ; directed by C. Lester, 1979 - performance file. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. How to succeed in business without really trying / [music and lyrics by] Frank Loesser. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990) Library of Congress. Music Division
creatorOf CentreStage Theatre Archives. Guys and Dolls / by Frank Loesser ; technical drawings by Douglas McLean, 1984. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. [Pleasures and palaces / music and lyrics by] Frank Loesser. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Stratford Festival Collection. Guys and Dolls / a musical fable of Broadway, based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Sweerling and Abe Burrows ; directed by Kelly Robinson, 2004 - house program. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf The most happy fella / music, lyrics, and libretto by] Loesser, 1951-1956 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
creatorOf Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992. "Pernambuco ballet" (parts II and III) from "Where's Charlie?" / choreography: Hanya Holm ; labanotation: Harry Haythorne ; [music by Frank Loesser]. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Grand Theatre Collection (University of Guelph). Guys and Dolls / based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon ; music and lyrics by Frank Loesser ; book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows ; directed by Kelly Handerek, designers, Teresa Burns and Jennifer Suski, 2000 - technical drawings. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. How to succeed in business without really trying! / music and lyrics by Frank Loesser ; book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert ; based on the book by Shepherd Mead, 1996. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946. Barnashim ṿa-ḥatikhot. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
referencedIn Sillman, Leonard. Leonard Sillman collection, 1923-1968. Boston University. School of Medicine
referencedIn Belfrage, Cedric, 1904-. Papers, 1922-1990 (bulk 1945-1985). Churchill County Museum
creatorOf Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981. Molly O'Doone [sound recording] / H[oagy C[armichael] & F[rank] Loesser]. Indiana University, Archives of Traditional Music
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. [Señor Descretiòn / music and lyrics by] Loesser. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. [Where's Charley? Selections / Frank Loesser]. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf [Greenwillow / music and lyrics by] Loesser, 1957-1960 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
creatorOf [Guys and dolls. Selections / music and lyrics by] Frank Loesser, 1955? The New York Public Library. Music Division.
creatorOf Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People Theatre Archives (University of Guelph). Hans Christian Andersen / based on the motion picture "Hans Christian Andersen", new book by John Fearnley, Beverley Cross and Tommy Steele ; lyrics and music by Frank Loesser ; directed by Brian MacDonald, 1979 - house program. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Hans Christian Andersen / [music and lyrics by] Frank Loesser, 1950-1952 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
creatorOf CentreStage Theatre Archives. Guys and Dolls / based on story and characters of Damon Runyon ; music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows ; directed by Edward Gilbert, 1984 - performance file. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn William Schuman papers and records, 1933-1986 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
creatorOf Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981. College swing [sound recording] / [Hoagy Carmichael, music ; Frank Loesser, lyrics]. Indiana University, Archives of Traditional Music
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. [The most happy fella / music, lyrics, and libretto by] Loesser. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Jo Mielziner designs and technical drawings, 1924-1976 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. Frank Loesser letter to Leonard Lyons, 1943 January 31. Houghton Library
creatorOf Grand Theatre Collection (University of Guelph). Guys and Dolls / based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon ; music and lyrics by Frank Loesser ; book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows ; directed by Kelly Handerek, 2000 - performance file. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Grand Theatre Collection (University of Guelph). Guys and Dolls / based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon ; music and lyrics by Frank Loesser ; book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows ; directed by Kelly Handerek, 2000 - reviews and articles. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Guys and dolls caricature, 195? New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. Guys and dolls / [music and lyrics] by Frank Loesser. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn The E.Y. Harburg Collection, 1929-1968 (inclusive) Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. [Let's dance. Selections / music and lyrics by] Frank Loesser. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Sir Archive Michael Redgrave V & A Department of Theatre and Performance
referencedIn Town and Gown archives, 1953-2010.
referencedIn Abe Burrows scores, 1947-1949 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Robert A. Wilson slides, 1956-1969 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Johnson, Budd. Manuscript Scores: Guide, 1910-1984 Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard College Library
referencedIn Records of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, 1973 - . Video Tape Programs and Worldnet Broadcasts, 1999 - 2009 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Motion Picture Films From "The Big Picture" Television Program Series, ca. 1950–ca. 1975 National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Landesman, Eyal. Barnashim ṿa-ḥatikhot, me-aḥore ha-ḳelaʻim. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
referencedIn Sound Recordings of Radio Programs, Speeches, and Special Events, 1984–2000 National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Guys and dolls / [music and lyrics] by Frank Loesser, 1950-1951 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
creatorOf Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. The oldest established : from Guys and dolls / by Frank Loesser. New York Public Library System, NYPL
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Birth 1910-06-29

Death 1969-07-28

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