Cyma Rubin papers 1969-1992 1970-1975

Oliver, Sy, 1910-1988

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Melvin James ("Sy") Oliver was born December 17, 1910 in Battle Creek, Michigan. His family moved to Zanesville, Ohio while Oliver was still a child. Oliver absorbed music early in life (both parents were music teachers) and learned trumpet while still a child. By the age of 17 he became a member of the territory band led by Zack Whyte. During this time he taught himself arranging as a way of proving the viability of his harmonic theories. Around 1932 he was associated with Alphonso...

Burns, Ralph, 1922-2001

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Ralph Burns (born June 29, 1922 Newton, Mass. - died Nov. 29, 2001, Los Angeles, Calif.) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He studied at the New England Conservatory in 1938-1939 where, in his own words, he learned about jazz by transcribing arrangements from records. Burns also worked in the big band led by Charlie Barnet, who recorded his piece "The Moose" in 1943. Later in 1943 he joined Woody Herman, and played an important role in the band's rhythm section from December ...

Youmans, Vincent, 1898-1946

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Caesar, Irving

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Writer of "Swanee" and other songs. From the description of Autograph card signed : [New York], to Irene [Gallagher], 1921 May 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270935634 Lyricist. From the description of Reminiscences of Irving Caesar : oral history, [195-?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122564878 Lyricist and songwriter who served as stenographer and secretary on Henry Ford's Peace Expedition, 1915-1916. ...

Rigby, Harry

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Gallagher, Helen, 1926-

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Rubin, Cyma

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Cyma Rubin is a Tony and Emmy Award-winning producer, director, writer and president of Business of Entertainment, Inc., New York. She grew up in New York and received a degree in textile engineering from North Carolina State University. She later studied at the New York School of Interior Design. After a stint as an industrial designer, she began to work in theater, and in 1969 founded a production company, Pyxidium, Inc. In 1971, she produced the Tony Award-winning Broadway reviva...

Harbach, Otto, 1873-1963

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Songwriter, playwright. From the description of Reminiscences of Otto Harbach : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86158341 Otto Harbach, librettist and lyricist, was born Otto Hauerbach in Salt Lake City. He was educated at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois and went on to teach English at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Moving to New York in 1901, Harbach (who changed the spelling of ...

Hyman, Dick, 1927-....

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American keyboard player and composer. From the description of Typewritten letter signed and Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p.], 24 November 1983, and Venice, Fl., 8 November 1994, to Jim [Fuld], 1983 Nov. 24 and 1994 Nov. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270914783 ...

Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976

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Film choreographer; interviewee's full name is William Berkeley Enos. From the description of Reminiscences of Busby Berkeley : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122343053 ...

Keeler, Ruby

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Shevelove, Burt

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Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003

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Luther Henderson (b. March 14, 1919, in Kansas City, Mo.; d. July 29, 2003, in New York City) was an arranger, orchestrator, conductor, music director, and composer. From the description of Luther Henderson papers, circa 1930-2003 (bulk 1960-1995). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 767826594 Biographical Note 1919, Mar. 14 Born, Kansas City, Mo. ...

Van, Bobby

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Mandel, Frank, 1884-1958

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Mandel was born on May 31, 1884 in San Francisco, CA; attended UC Berkeley; his plays include Our wives (with Helen Craft, 1912), Sweet little devil (with Laurence Schwab, 1924), No, no, Nanette (with Otto Harbach, 1924), and The new moon (with Schwab and Oscar Hammerstein, 1927); dissolved partnership with Schwab in 1932; became producer for Warner Brothers, 1937-38; presented and produced Vickie (1942). From the description of Papers, 1892-1950. (University of California, Los Angel...

Davis, Buster

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Buster Davis was an active musical director and vocal arranger for Broadway theatrical productions from the 1940s through the 1980s. He was educated at Princeton and later arranged and directed numerous productions composed by Jule Styne, including Funny Girl and Bells are Ringing. His musical Doctor Jazz, for which he wrote the music and lyrics and served as musical director and vocal arranger, had a short run on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre in 1975. Mr. Davis ...

Forty-sixth Street Theatre (Organization: New York, N.Y.)

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Baker, Benny, 1907-1994

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