Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music. (CStRLIN)NYPW96-A28.
Description
362 sound recordings : analog.
Summary
The collection contains commercial discs and noncommercial recordings; the latter containing interviews with Rodgers and his family and friends, performances of his music by contemporary performers, as well as radio and television programs that have used Rodgers' music.
The noncommercial items in the collection include excerpts from radio and television series and a number of interviews made with Rodgers including the complete interviews made for the BBC's The Life and Music of Richard Rodgers radio program.
The funeral service of Richard Rodgers is also included in the collection.
Uniform title
Andre Kostelanetz show (Radio program)
Best of all (Radio program)
Coca-Cola program (Radio program)
Eddie Fisher show (Television program)
Fred Allen show (Radio program)
Fred Waring and his orchestra (Radio program)
March of time (Radio program)
Million dollar band (Radio program)
Prudential hour (Radio program)
RCA Victor show (Radio program)
Railroad hour (Radio program)
Singing lady (Radio program)
Tex and Jinx show (Radio program)
Theatre Guild on the air (Radio program)
Today (Radio program)
Tonight (Television program)
Tune up time (Radio program)
Rudy Valley program (Radio program)
Batte un cuore Genovese per Richard Rodgers (Radio program)
Access to acetate discs restricted ; advance notification required.
Biography (note)
Richard Rodgers, born on 28 June 1902 and died 30 December 1979, composed music for forty Broadway musicals, one Broadway play, three London musicals, ten film musicals, two television musicals, 2 documentaries, one night club review, and one ballet. He is known as a humanitarian and philanthropist as well as an influential composer.
Rodgers received many personal and professional awards including membership in the National Institute of Arts and Letters, Department of Music (now American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters) and made numerous philanthropic contributions in the area of music theater production and preservation, most prominently (through the Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation) by founding, in 1965, the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound at the Performing Arts Research Center of the New York Public Library.
Indexes/finding aids (note)
Finding aid (superceded) available in repository: *L(Special) 89-19; search in catalog for individual names and titles.
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of the Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music.
Processing action (note)
Accessioned
Author
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
Title
Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews [sound recording], 1926-1980.
Access
Access to acetate discs restricted ; advance notification required.
Linking entry
Forms part of the Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music.
Biography
Richard Rodgers, born on 28 June 1902 and died 30 December 1979, composed music for forty Broadway musicals, one Broadway play, three London musicals, ten film musicals, two television musicals, 2 documentaries, one night club review, and one ballet. He is known as a humanitarian and philanthropist as well as an influential composer.
Rodgers received many personal and professional awards including membership in the National Institute of Arts and Letters, Department of Music (now American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters) and made numerous philanthropic contributions in the area of music theater production and preservation, most prominently (through the Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation) by founding, in 1965, the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound at the Performing Arts Research Center of the New York Public Library.
Indexes
Finding aid (superceded) available in repository: *L(Special) 89-19; search in catalog for individual names and titles.
Added author
Allen, Steve, 1921-2000. Performer
Ameche, Don. Performer
Arden, Victor, 1893-1962. Performer
Bailey, Pearl. Performer
Bauer, Franklyn. Performer
Benny, Jack, 1894-1974. Performer
Berle, Milton. Performer
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Performer
Burns, George, 1896-1996. Performer
Cagney, James, 1899-1986. Performer
Chevalier, Maurice, 1888-1972. Performer
Clark, Buddy. Performer
Como, Perry, 1912-2001. Performer
Coward, Noël, 1899-1973. Performer
Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977. Performer
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990. Performer
Day, Doris, 1922-2019, singer.
De Mille, Agnes. Performer
Dickey, Annamary. Performer
Drake, Alfred, 1914-1992. Performer
Eddy, Nelson, 1901-1967. Performer
Faith, Percy, 1908-1976, conductor.
Fisher, Eddie. Performer
Fitzgerald, Ella. Performer
Forrest, Helen. Performer
Garland, Judy. Performer
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960, lyricist.
Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943, lyricist.
Heatherton, Ray. Performer
Henderson, Skitch, 1918-2005. Conductor
Jolson, Al, 1886-1950. Performer
Jones, Allan, 1907-1992. Performer
Kaye, Danny. Performer
Keller, Greta. Performer
Kostelanetz, Andre, 1901-1980. Conductor
Langford, Frances. Performer
La Rosa, Julius. Performer
Lawrence, Steve, 1935-2024, singer.
Lillie, Beatrice, 1894-1989. Performer
Littler, Emile. Performer
Lombardo, Guy, 1902-1977. Performer
Martin, Mary, 1913-1990. Performer
Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977. Performer
Murray, Wyn.
Melton, James, 1904-1961. Performer
Paul, Les. Performer
Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984. Performer
Powell, Jane, 1929-2021. Performer
Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963. Conductor
Rooney, Mickey. Performer
Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994. Performer
Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998. Performer
Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013, singer.
Steber, Eleanor. Performer
Streater, Ted. Performer
Tormé, Mel, 1925-1999. Performer
Traubel, Helen. Performer
Vallée, Rudy, 1901-1986. Performer
Verrett, Shirley. Performer
Walter, Cy.
Waring, Fred, 1900-1984. Conductor
Whiting, Margaret. Performer
Wright, Martha. Performer
Added title
Andre Kostelanetz show (Radio program)
Best of all (Radio program)
Coca-Cola program (Radio program)
Eddie Fisher show (Television program)
Fred Allen show (Radio program)
Fred Waring and his orchestra (Radio program)
March of time (Radio program)
Million dollar band (Radio program)
Prudential hour (Radio program)
RCA Victor show (Radio program)
Railroad hour (Radio program)
Singing lady (Radio program)
Tex and Jinx show (Radio program)
Theatre Guild on the air (Radio program)
Today (Radio program)
Tonight (Television program)
Tune up time (Radio program)
Rudy Valley program (Radio program)
Batte un cuore Genovese per Richard Rodgers (Radio program)
War savings program (Radio program)
Invasion day (Radio program)
Life and music of Richard Rodgers (Radio program)
Millions for defense (Radio program)
TV Navy project (Television program)
Tribute to Lorenz Hart (Radio program)
Victory at sea (Television program)
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Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music. (CStRLIN)NYPW96-A28.