Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection of Motion Picture and Television Music, 1946-1969

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Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection of Motion Picture and Television Music, 1946-1969

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The collection consists of manuscript scores (holographs or copies) and open reel tapes of music composed by Herschel Gilbert for television series and motion pictures, and includes some related materials such as parts, cues, lyrics sheets, and sketches.

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6651641

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Gilbert, Herschel Burke

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Herschel Burke Gilbert was born in 1918 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Following early studies on the violin, he attended Milwaukee State Teachers College, then the Juilliard School of Music, where he studied conducting with Albert Stoessel and composition with Bernard Wagenaar and Vittorio Giannini. In 1942 he came to Hollywood from New York to work as a violist and arranger for the Harry James Orchestra, during which time he also studied with composer Ernst Toch. In the mid-'40s he began orchestrati...