Johnny Green papers, 1920-1991.

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Johnny Green papers, 1920-1991.

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Includes musical scores composed, conducted, and arranged by Green; correspondence to and from Green; photographs of Green and others; biographical materials and realia relating to Green; motion pictures and commercial sound recordings from Green's personal library, as well as studio rehearsal and other demonstration recordings.

307 boxes (150 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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Green, Johnny, 1908-1989

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Conductor, arranger, and composer Johnny Green, Harvard AB 1928, achieved early fame as a songwriter and orchestra leader in the 1920s and 1930s. Among his most well known original compositions are such songs as Body and soul; Out of nowhere; and I cover the waterfront. Beginning in 1942, he served for the next three decades as music director for several Hollywood motion picture studios, chiefly Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In the course of his career, he won Academy Awards for his work orchestrating, a...