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Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891

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Phineas Taylor Barnum was an American showman, businessman and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus (1871–2017) with James Anthony Bailey. He was also an author, publisher and philanthropist. Barnum became a small-business owner in his early twenties and founded a weekly newspaper before moving to New York City in 1834. He embarked on an entertainment career, first with a variety troupe called "Barnum's Grand Scientific and Musical The...

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990

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Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was among the most important conductors of the second half of the 20th Century and also the first American conductor to receive international acclaim. His best-known work is the Broadway musical West Side Story; other works include three symphonies, Chichester Psalms, Serenade after Plato's "Symposium", the original score for the film On the Waterfront, and theater works including On the Town, Wonderful Town, Candide, and his MASS. Bernstei...

Cohan, George M.

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Entertainer. From the description of Scripts of George M. Cohan, 1933-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455917 From the description of George M. Cohan play scripts, 1928, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71208762 Dramatic author, composer, manager, and actor. From the description of Letter to Elizabeth Freeman, 1920. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122510230 American composer. ...

Stewart, Michael, 1929-1987

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Michael Stewart, librettist, lyricist, playwright, and novelist was born Myron Rubin on August 1, 1924 in New York City. He attended Queens College and received a Master of Fine Arts in drama from Yale in 1953. During the 1950's he contributed sketches and lyrics to revues, among them: Razzle Dazzle (at the Edison Theater), The Shoestring Revue (1955), The Littlest Revue (1956) and Shoestring '57 . He also wrote for television, most notably for Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, where he collabora...

Showalter, Max

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Charon, Jacques.

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Logan, Nedda Harrigan

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Mowell, Shelley.

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Hart, Tony, 1855-1891

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Addison, John, 1920-1998

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00024a ...

Strouse, Charles

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Composer of "Put on a happy face" and many other songs from scores of shows. From the description of Autograph note on music paper, signed : [n.p.], [196-?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270910499 Annie 2 opened for previews at the Kennedy Center's Opera House, Washington, D.C., Dec.22, 1989. It closed in early Jan., 1990, when the producers decided it would need further development before resuming performances. It was not produced again until 1993 with the title Annie War...

Shire, David

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Katsaros, Doug

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Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911

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Born in New York, N.Y., Edward Harrigan was an American actor, playwright, theatre manager, and composer. With Tony Hart he formed a stage partnership that was one of the first famous such collaborations in American musical history. From the description of Skidmore Guard song sheet, circa 1874. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 312705236 Edward Harrigan, actor, playwright, lyricist and producer was called both the Dickens and the Hogarth of 19th ...

Merrill, Bob

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Bob Merrill, composer and lyricist. Michael Stewart, librettist. Helen Deutsch, author of source material. Wendy Wasserstein, adaptor. From the description of Carnival: typescript, 2002. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122378611 ...

Normand, Mabel, 1894-1930

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Herman, Jerry, 1931-

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Jerry Herman (b. 1933) is a composer and lyricist of Broadway musicals. Herman writes in an easily accessible, infectiously tuneful and optimistic style with a winning combination of innocence and wit. Finding particular success in the 1960s with Hello, Dolly! and Mame, his style seemed more out-of-step during the turbulent 70s, though he and many others regard his score for Mack and Mabel (1974) as his best. He found renewed success with La cage aux folles (1983). From the descripti...

Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972

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Charles Rudolf Friml was born on Dec. 7, 1879 in Prague, Czechoslovakia; studied composition with Antonín Dvořák and piano with Josef Jiránek at the Prague Conservatory (1900-3); was accompanist for the violinist Jan Kubelík on tours of Europe and the US (1900-6); settled in the US in 1906, performing his First piano concerto with Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra; gained a reputation for his keyboard improvisations, character pieces, lyrical salon dances, etudes, violin a...

Sennett, Mack, 1880-1960

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Born Michael Sinnott in Canada, Sennett began directing slapstick comedies in the early 1910s and later worked as a producer and screenwriter for other comedy films. From the description of Papers, 1923-1940. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 34073565 ...

Styne, Jule, 1905-1994

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Previews began Oct. 20, 1980, at the Palace Theatre, New York, N.Y. After 8 performances it closed without ever opening officially. Charles Kimbrough and Jack Weston were in the cast album released by Original Cast Records. From the description of One night stand / music and scoring by Jule Styne ; book and lyrics by Herb Gardner, 1980. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 764469120 Composer of "Gypsy" and other music. From the description of Autograph ...

Coleman, Cynthia

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Cy Coleman, composer. David Zippel, lyricist. Larry Gelbart, librettist. From the description of City of angels: typescript, 1990. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652017 From the description of City of angels: typescript, 1989. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517274 Cy Coleman, composer. Book by Neil Simon, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, based on Little Me by Patrick Dennis. From the description of Little me: typescript, n.d...

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...

Bramble, Mark

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