Les Brown manuscript music, 1930s-1990s.

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Les Brown manuscript music, 1930s-1990s.

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The Les Brown collection consists of handwritten manuscript conductor's scores of instrumental music arranged by Les Brown or Frank Comstock for Les Brown's band to play. The music is popular songs from 1930s to1990s.

4 cubic ft. (4 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8118590

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Brown, Les, 1912-2001

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Les (Lester Raymond) Brown (b. March 14, 1912, Reinerton, PA - d. January 4, 2001, Los Angeles, CA) was a 1936 graduate of Duke University. There he led his first dance band, the Duke Blue Devils, for which he also played clarinet and saxophone. The band would go on to professional fame in the 1940s under the name Les Brown and His Band of Renown. During that decade Brown had several hit songs, most notably Sentimental Journey (1944) and I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (1946). He performed exte...

Les Brown Orchestra

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