Johnny Green papers, 1960.

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Johnny Green papers, 1960.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65178438

The Johnny Green collection contains mainly hand-written musical scores, probably from 1960-1961, composed for the movie version of "West Side Story".

0.92 cubic ft. (1box)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7942540

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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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...