John Scott Trotter papers 1908-1975 1930-1970

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John Scott Trotter papers 1908-1975 1930-1970

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John Scott Trotter was a leading popular music arranger and orchestrator of the twentieth century. He arranged scores for the Hal Kemp Orchestra, the Kraft Music Hall radio program with Bing Crosby, the George Gobel and Bing Crosby television programs and the Charlie Brown-Peanuts television specials. This collection consists of his annotated scores; phonograph and audiotape recordings; photographs; and scrapbooks from the Hal Kemp and Kraft Music Hall years.

186 cubic ft. (465 boxes) 416 F17s, 21 DOCs, 7 F20s, 4 F22s, 4 RECs, 12 PRBs, 1 PRL. Box Count: 1-406, 406A, 406B, 406C, 407-462.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Kemp, Hal

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Trotter, John Scott

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John Scott Trotter was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1908. At the age of seven, using his sister’s piano lesson books and the family piano, he taught himself to play the instrument. His parents then sent him for formal music lessons. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to study architecture. However, he and Hal Kemp, a childhood friend and fellow student at UNC, started a college band in 1925. Together they had musically entertained folks at home and ...

John Scott Trotter Orchestra.

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