The Papers of Sylvia Fine Kaye, 1930, 198?

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The Papers of Sylvia Fine Kaye, 1930, 198?

This small collection contains just a few items, most of which relate to the music that Ms. Fine wrote for her alma mater, Brooklyn College. There is Ms. Fine's composition for the college's "Alma Mater, " "Towers of Marble" as well as the music for the "Brooklyn Alphabet Song". There is also a folder that has Ms. Fine's obituary and several articles that she wrote in Brooklyn College's Spotlight Magazine between 1930 and 1933.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7531580

Brooklyn College

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Kaye, Danny

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Danny Kaye was a singer, dancer, actor and comedian active primarily from the 1930s through 1970s. Sylvia Fine, his wife, was a writer and composer who produced material for Kaye and others. She also produced television shows, and taught courses and lectured on musical comedy. From the description of Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine collection, 1895-1943 (bulk 1898-1939). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71128324 ...

Fine, Sylvia

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Sylvia Fine Kaye (1913-1987), the Brooklyn-born composer and lyricist, the daughter of a dentist, attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn. Her love of music developed at an early age: by the age of eleven, she was writing parodies of both pop songs and Gilbert and Sullivan for family parties. At Brooklyn College (class of '33), she majored in music. Ms. Fine sold her first song for $25.00 to a nightclub singer. She also wrote poems for the Brooklyn newspaper Spotlight bettween 1930 and 19...

Brooklyn College. Theatre Research Data Center

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Curator's Office was renamed Bursar's Office. From the description of Curator's reports, 1934-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451274 The Ditmas House was a Dutch style wooden frame house built in 1827 and occupied by the Ditmas family. A century later, Charles Ditmas, the founder of Kings County Historical Society, helped to make way for Brooklyn's Ditmas farmhouse to become the site for part of the Brooklyn College campus. In 1935, the Ditmas House passed into the c...