Ira Gershwin files from the law office of Leonard Saxe, 1935-1967 (bulk 1948-1967).

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Ira Gershwin files from the law office of Leonard Saxe, 1935-1967 (bulk 1948-1967).

This collection primarily consists of correspondence and contracts related to the personal legal affairs of Ira Gershwin and the activities of the Rose Gershwin Testamentary Trust from 1948-1968. It includes royalty and copyright materials for well-known Gershwin shows and films, most notably Porgy and Bess. The collection also contains materials specifically related to courtroom settlements, the most notable being Breen vs. Goldwyn, Lazar. In addition, there are financial documents related to the Rose Gershwin Estate, litigation materials, programs, press clippings, handwritten notes, memos, and pamphlets.

8,250 items (33 boxes, 14.25 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7678299

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Gershwin, Leonore, -1991

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Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983

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Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his brother George Gershwin to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 20th century. Born in Brooklyn, the oldest of four children. It was not until 1924 that Ira and George teamed up to write the music for what became their first Broadway hit Lady, Be Good. Some of their more famous works include "The Man I Love", "Fascinating Rhythm", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "I Got Rhythm" and "They Can't Take That A...

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

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George Gershwin was a composer and pianist; his best-known works are Rhapsody in Blue (1924), An American in Paris (1928), "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime". Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores. He died in 1937 of a malignant brain tumor....

Gershwin, Arthur, 1900-1981

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Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

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Weinstock was an executive editor at Knopf. From the description of Correspondence with Adolf Klarmann, 1945. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862789 American publishing house. From the description of Records. Series VIII., London Office Files, 1910-1957 (bulk 1928-1940). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122617133 From the description of Records, 1873-1996 (bul...

Lazar, Irving, 1907-1993

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American talent agent. From the description of An oral history interview with Irving Paul ("Swifty") Lazar / conducted by David Farneth and Peggy Meyer Sherry for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1991 November 12 : recording and transcript. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122364658 ...

Walden Records

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Goldwyn, Samuel, 1882-1974

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Epithet: film producer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x0003a8 ...

Gershwin Publishing Corporation

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Saxe, Leonard Spier, 1899-1968

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Ira Gershwin obtained the legal services of attorney Leonard Spier Saxe following the death of his mother, Rose Gershwin, on December 16, 1948. Saxe, a distant relative by marriage who owned an established general practice firm in New York City, provided personal legal counsel to Ira, Leonore, and Arthur Gershwin and managed their affairs with the Rose Gershwin Testamentary Trust from 1948-1968. Ira and Leonard also shared a close friendship and corresponded frequently about non-legal matters, i...

T.B. Harms & Co.

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Alexandre, Emmanuel

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New Dawn Music Corporation

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Columbia Artists Management, Inc.

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Palestine Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art

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On-Stage Productions

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Breen, Robert S.

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In the early 1930s, a small group of arts patrons from Philadelphia and New York began to act upon their conviction that Americans should have a national theater organization that would serve the American public better than Broadway, with its high ticket prices and limited touring policy. Under the leadership of Leopold Stokowski, and with the help of several influential supporters, they persuaded Congress to enact a federal charter for a national theater - a rare and significant authorization b...

American society of composers, authors and publishers

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Taylor and Adams were each president of the ASCAP at the time of their writing; Nissim was in the Serious Music Department; Cunningham signed the television rights agreement on behalf of the ASCAP. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1944-1961. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862820 ...

New world music limited

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Gershwin, Rose, 1875-1948

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Rose Gershwin, born St. Petersburg, Russia, arrived in New York in 1892; changed her name to Rose Bruskin. She married Moische (Morris) Gershowitz; Morris changed the family name to "Gershwine" (or alternatively "Gershvin") well before their children rose to fame; it was not spelled "Gershwin" until later. She was the mother of the famous composers George and Ira Gershwin....

Chappell and Co.

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