Victor Young papers ca. 1918-ca. 1951

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Victor Young papers ca. 1918-ca. 1951

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The Victor Young Papers document the career of a composer and publicist whose career was centered in New York City.

The New York Public Library. Music Division.

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American Music Collection

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Davis, Helen (Professor of orthoptics)

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Young, Victor, 1889-1968

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Victor Young, pianist, composer, and conductor, was born in Bristol, Tennessee on April 9, 1889. He attended the Cincinnati School of Music and New York University. He debuted as a pianist with the Russian Symphony Orchestra, and toured Europe and the United States as a pianist, arranger and conductor. From 1919 to 1927 Young was associated with the Thomas Edison Laboratory in Orange, New Jersey, where he worked as Edison's personal pianist and musical director. In the late 1920s Young worked in...