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The Richard Rodgers collection / Music Division, Library of Congress [finding aid]

Title: The Richard Rodgers collection [finding aid]
Creator: Music Division, Library of Congress
Place of Publication/Creation: Washington, D.C.
Type of Material: notated music collection
Genre: finding aid
Published/Created: 2006
Publisher: Music Division, Library of Congress
Issuance: monographic
Language: English
Form: print
Physical Description: 144 p. ; 21 cm.
Abstract: The finding aid provides a description of the the Richard Rodgers Collection which consists predominantly of Rodgers's music holographs--sketches, vocal scores (many with lyric sheets included) and short scores. In addition, the collection includes full scores for 8 of the Rodgers and Hammerstein shows. Also included is a small number of programs, photographs, miscellaneous papers, and a few miscellaneous items. The collection contains 2,700 items (20 linear ft., 45 boxes).
Subjects: Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979; Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943; Hammerstein, Oscar, 1895-1960; Musicals--Catalogs; Musical sketches--Catalogs
Notes: Finding aid to The Richard Rodgers collection (1917-1980, bulk 1925-1979), in the Music Division, Library of Congress.; Composer Richard Rodgers, born on June 28, 1902, in New York City, is best known for the musicals he wrote with Lorenz Hart (e.g. A Connecticut Yankee, On your toes, The boys from Syracuse, and Pal Joey) and Oscar Hammerstein II (Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The king and I, The sound of music, etc.). Rodgers also composed film and television music (notably Victory at sea). Rodgers died on Dec. 30, 1979, in New York.; The collection contains materials that are gifts from Richard Rodgers; 1956-1979, Dorothy Rodgers; 1979?-1995, and the Rogers & Hammerstein Organization; to 1995.; Collection contains correspondence: Richard Rodgers Papers, 1914-1989, Billy Rose Theatre Collection at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10023-7498 USA
Statement of responsibilty: Processed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress.; Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Music Division, 2006.
Identifier: hdl:loc.music/eadmus.mu002002
Finding aid: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002002

Last Updated: 06-27-2006