Papers, 1927-1962.

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Papers, 1927-1962.

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The collection consists of printed materials, including correspondence, brochures, articles, news clippings, sheet music, and manuscripts of songs and other musical works by Victor Young, (1889-1968). Printed materials primarily relate to Young's career as a musician, composer, and arranger, including his employment at the Edison Research Laboratory. Music materials document Young's prolific output of popular songs as well as several orchestral works.

5 boxes (2 linear ft.)

Manhattanville College Library

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Manhattanville College Library

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Young, Victor, 1889-1968

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Victor Young, pianist, composer, and conductor, was born in Bristol, Tennessee on April 9, 1889. He attended the Cincinnati School of Music and New York University. He debuted as a pianist with the Russian Symphony Orchestra, and toured Europe and the United States as a pianist, arranger and conductor. From 1919 to 1927 Young was associated with the Thomas Edison Laboratory in Orange, New Jersey, where he worked as Edison's personal pianist and musical director. In the late 1920s Young worked in...

Young, Helen Davis.

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Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931

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Thomas Alva Edison (born February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio – died October 18, 1931, West Orange, New Jersey), American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrial...