Collection of music for the Woody Woodpecker cartoons and other productions, 1940-1960.

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Collection of music for the Woody Woodpecker cartoons and other productions, 1940-1960.

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The bulk of the collection consists of materials related to the music production process at the Lantz Studios from 1951-70. Includes the holographs of scores, parts, and detail sheets for Woody Woodpecker cartoons and various commercials. Also includes music sketches, recording routines, reports, and sorted printed classical and popular sheet music used as source material for various productions. Production scores include the work of Lantz music directors Darrell Calker, Frank Churchill, Walter Greene, James Dietrich, Frank Marsales, Eugene Poddany, and Clarence Wheeler.

87 boxes.

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7419631

University of California, Los Angeles

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