Charles Mingus Collection 1939-1979

Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983

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Jazz composer and pianist. From the description of Autograph card signed : [New York?], 1979 Jan. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904411 American ragtime pianist and composer. From the description of Autograph note signed with his initials on his visiting card, dated : [Brooklyn, N.Y., n.d., 1963-1983], to an unidentified recipient, [1963-1983]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899295 American composer. From the description of Eub...

Dolphy, Eric

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Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983

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Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his brother George Gershwin to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 20th century. Born in Brooklyn, the oldest of four children. It was not until 1924 that Ira and George teamed up to write the music for what became their first Broadway hit Lady, Be Good. Some of their more famous works include "The Man I Love", "Fascinating Rhythm", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "I Got Rhythm" and "They Can't Take That A...

Porter, Cole, 1891-1964

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Cole Porter was born in Peru, Indiana on June 9, 1891. As a boy he took lessons in piano and violin, and began writing songs while in prep school. He attended Yale College (Class of 1913), where he composed fight songs that are still used today. After graduating, he went on to Harvard Law School, but he had little interest in law and soon began studying music instead. Porter would later complete his musical education at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. Porter's first Broadway show, See America F...

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

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George Gershwin was a composer and pianist; his best-known works are Rhapsody in Blue (1924), An American in Paris (1928), "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime". Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores. He died in 1937 of a malignant brain tumor....

Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960

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Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer. He is best known for his collaborations with composer Richard Rodgers, whose musicals include Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music....

Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955

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Jazz musician. From the description of Autograph card signed : [Indiana?], to Paul G. Klawans, 1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904397 ...

Roach, Max, 1924-2007

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Max Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history. He worked with many famous jazz musicians, including Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln, Dinah Washington, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy, and Booker Little. He...

Strayhorn, Billy, 1915-1967

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William "Billy" Strayhorn was born in Dayton, Ohio on November 29, 1915. He spent part of his childhood in Hillsborough, North Carolina. His family eventually moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he studied classical music at the Pittsburgh Musical Institution. At the age of 23, he submitted a musical composition titled "Something to Live For" to Duke Ellington, who subsequently recorded it with Strayhorn as the pianist. Strayhorn worked as the pianist in Mercer Ellington's orchestra for ...

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

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Duke Ellington (b. Edward Kennedy Ellington, April 29, 1899, Washington, DC–d. May 24, 1974, New York, NY) was a composer, pianist, and jazz orchestra leader. He began piano lessons at 7 and wrote his first composition, "Soda Fountain Rag", in 1914. Ellington became a more serious piano student as a teenager after hearing poolroom pianists in Washington, DC. Ellington moved to Harlem, ultimately becoming part of the Harlem Renaissance in the early 1920s. He began a regular booking at the Cott...

Davis, Miles, 1926-1991

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Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz. Born in Alton, Illinois, and raised in East St. Louis, Davis left to study at the Juilliard School in New York City, before dropping...

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 ...

Moore, Phil

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Jazz Workshop, Inc.

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Byard, Jaki

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Heyman, Edward, 1907-1981

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True, John

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Razaf, Andy

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African American poet and lyricist. From the description of Papers, 1913-1962. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70941193 Author, poet, lecturer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Los Angeles, Calif., to Paul Strickland, 1952 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270923755 Songwriter, poet. From the description of Andy Razaf papers, 1918-1973, 1918-1963 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122465885 ...

Cola, Elliott

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Schwartz, Arthur

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Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969

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< Born Vladimir Alexandrovitch Dukelsky, Parafianove, Minsk 1916 1919 Studied composition with Reinhold Glière and Marian Dombrovsky at the Kiev Conservatory 1920 Fled the Revolution with his family, settling first in Constantinople ...

Carter, Richard

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Epithet: of South Weston manor Oxfordshi British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x0000cf Epithet: of Sloane MS 1707 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000986.0x000365 Epithet: of Add MS 36045 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000986.0x000363 Epith...

Anderson, Maxwell

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Adamson, Harold

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Composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Beverly Hills, Calif., to Mr. [James] Fuld, 1979 Jan. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270923761 ...

Mills, Irving, 1894-1985

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Koehler, Ted, 1894-1973

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Lampert, Frances

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Richmond, Dannie

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Weill, Kurt

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As a result of the success of his Broadway musical Lady in the dark in 1941, German-born composer Kurt Weill and his wife, the singing actress Lotte Lenya, were able to buy "Brook House," in Rockland County, New York, moving there during their sixth year in the United States. From Brook House, and a couple of addresses in Los Angeles during his trips there, Weill kept in touch, until a month before his death, with his parents, who had emigrated to Israel in 1935. From the description...

Lane, Burton

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Promotora Hispano Americana de Música

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Graham, Susan

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Rosemont, Walter L.

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Paradiso Publishers

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Duliamel, Antoine

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Kern, Jerome

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Dennis, John

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Coots, J. Fred

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Harms, Inc.

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Young, Joe

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Johnson, Sy

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Whitney, Joan

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Warner Bros. Publications

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Sour, Robert

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Composer and librettist, co-librettist of "Body and soul." From the description of Autograph note signed : [New York?], to James J. Fuld, [197-?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270924815 ...

Warren, Harry

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"Harry Warren, was born Salvatore Guaragna Warren, on December 24th, 1893 in Brooklyn, New York (died 22 September 1981, Los Angeles, California, USA.) One of the most important of all the popular film composers, Warren is probably best remembered for the innovative 30s film musicals he scored with lyricist Al Dubin. A son of Italian immigrants, from a family of 12, Warren taught himself to play accordion and piano, and joined a touring carnival show in his teens. Later, he worked in a variety o...

Snead, Edward

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Youmans, Vincent, 1898-1946

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Jeffrey, Paul M.

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Margun Music Inc.

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Gillespie, Haven

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Raph, Alan

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Davenport, Frank

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Joyner, George

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O'Hara, Frank

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Frank O'Hara lived in New York and was a noted American poet, playwright, and art critic. He was a leading member of the so-called New York School of poets. His works include "Lunch Poems" (1965) and "Collected Poems" (1971). From the description of Frank O'Hara collection. [ca1960-1964]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 651603420 Frank O'Hara (1926-1966) was a poet. From the description of Papers, 1946-1973. (Columbia University In the Cit...

Cory, George

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Kendor Music, Inc.

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Knepper, J.

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Dixon, Mort

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Mitchell, Joni

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Mitchell was born Roberta Joan Anderson on Nov. 7, 1943 in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada; attended Albert College; became a singer and songwriter; won Grammy awards for Best Folk Performance (1969) and for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists (with Tom Scott, 1974); recorded albums include: Songs to a seagull, Clouds, Ladies of the canyon, Blue, For the roses, Court and spark (1974), Miles of aisles, Hissing of summer lawns (1975), Hejira (1976), Don Juan's reckless daughter, Mingus (named Do...

New World Music Corporation; Harms, Inc.

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Middleton, Conn.

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David, Mack

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Lowe, Ruth, 1914-1981

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Hanon, Charles Louis, 1820-1900

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Most, Sam

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Parish, Mitchell

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American lyricist. From the description of Typewritten letter signed : New York, N.Y., to James J. Fuld, 1964 June 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270924793 ...

Pettiford, Oscar, 1922-1960

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Green, John

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Epithet: Knight 1874; Consul General at Bucharest British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x000148 Epithet: DD, Dean and (1761) Bishop of Lincoln British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x000146 Epithet: of Add MS 4432 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000...

Tennyson, Bill

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Kramer, Alex, 1903-1998

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Hupfeld, Herman, 1894-1951

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Pazos, Victor Ruiz

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Douglass, Cross

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Dietz, Howard

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Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz, writers and composers. From the description of Revenge with music: typescript, 1934. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122532975 Howard Dietz (1896-1983) was an important musical theater lyricist and motion picture publicist, who is well-known for his professional partnership with composer Arthur Schwartz, as well as for his long association with the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio. Born in New York City...

Arlen, Harold

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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. ...