Compiled information on the Alfred Newman concert at Brigham Young University, [1987].

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Compiled information on the Alfred Newman concert at Brigham Young University, [1987].

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Concert sponsored by the BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications in memory of Alfred Newman and Ken Darby, film composer and film music arranger, respectively. Includes program; advertisement; article from "The Cue Sheet"; and twenty-eight photographs of Ken Darby, performers, guests, and recording equipment. Compiled in 1997 by James V. D'Arc, curator of Arts and Communication Archives at BYU.

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D'Arc, James V.

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Archivist at Brigham Young University. From the guide to the James V. D'Arc speech, 1977, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Film producer/director and son of the film director, John Ford. From the guide to the Patrick Ford interview, 1979, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970

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Newman was born on Mar. 17, 1901 in New Haven, CT; became pianist, composer, and conductor; studied with Sigismond Stojowski, Reuben Goldmark, George Wedge, and Arnold Schoenberg; at age 13 he played piano at the Strand Theatre in NY, and was a pianist, accompanist, and conductor in vaudeville, and later in Broadway musicals; moved to Hollywood in 1930; appeared as a guest conductor with the Cincinnati Symphony, National Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Hollywood Bowl Symphony; became...

Brigham Young University. College of Fine Arts and Communications

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The College of Fine Arts and Communications was founded in 1963 the following a reorganization of the College of Fine Arts. James A. Mason served as dean of the college until 1994, when he was succeeded by Bruce L. Christensen. Christensen was succeeded by Newell Dayley who was appointed dean in 2000 and served until 2003. Stephen Jones became the dean of the College in 2003. Currently, the college consists of the departments of Communications, Theatre and Media Arts, and Visual Arts. The colleg...

Darby, Ken

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Kenneth Lorin Darby (1909-1992) was a vocal performer, coach, supervisor, arranger, conductor and musical scorer for many motion pictures. In 1929, he became a member of the vocal group The King's Men. He worked with Disney and at 20th Century Fox as a studio associate to Alfred Newman. He was the author of Hollywood Holyland and worked on many of the most popular films of the 1940s and 1950s. These included: The Robe, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Camelot, The King and I and South Pacific. ...

Brigham Young University. Dept. of Special Collections and Manuscripts.

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