Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine collection, 1895-1943 (bulk 1898-1939).

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Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine collection, 1895-1943 (bulk 1898-1939).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71128324

The collection consists of music, scripts, correspondence, business papers, a musical comedy library archive, awards, and realia.

435 linear ft. (1,079 boxes, ca. 96,377 items).

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SNAC Resource ID: 8075811

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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...