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Thomas P. Brown papers

Title
  1. Thomas P. Brown papers, 1934-1982.
Supplementary content
  1. Finding Aid
Author
  1. Brown, Thomas P.

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Additional authors
  1. Music Associates, Inc.
  2. Samuel French, Inc.
Description
  1. 26.37 linear feet (38 boxes)
Summary
  1. The Thomas P. Brown papers contains piano conductor scores and parts of musicals, orchestral pieces, sheet music, financial materials, and some correspondence.
Subject
  1. Composers
  2. Arrangers (Musicians)
  3. Composers > United States > 20th century
  4. Brown, Thomas P
  5. Correspondence
  6. Sheet music
  7. Scrapbooks
  8. Samuel French, Inc
  9. Music Associates, Inc
  10. Contracts
  11. Arrangers (Musicians) > United States > 20th century
  12. Scores
  13. Musicals > Lead sheets
  14. Saxophonists
Genre/Form
  1. Contracts.
  2. Correspondence.
  3. Scores.
  4. Scrapbooks.
  5. Sheet music.
Call number
  1. JPB 04-41
Biography (note)
  1. Saxophonist, composer, and arranger, Thomas Philip Brown had his own dance orchestra during the late 1930s and 1940s, but later became a music copyist for Broadway musicals and touring productions.
Indexes/finding aids (note)
  1. Collection guide aid available in repository and on internet.
Author
  1. Brown, Thomas P.
Title
  1. Thomas P. Brown papers, 1934-1982.
Biography
  1. Saxophonist, composer, and arranger, Thomas Philip Brown had his own dance orchestra during the late 1930s and 1940s, but later became a music copyist for Broadway musicals and touring productions. Brown's dance band, the Tom Brown Orchestra, appeared at clubs in West Coast cities and played on radio shows. Brown, who composed and arranged his own music as well as that of others, eventually moved east where he became a copyist. His work as a copyist for musical theater productions spanned two decades, from Irving Berlin's Mr. President (1962) through 42nd Street (1980). Brown formed his own company, Music Associates, Inc., which also helped to orchestrate and copy music on order for the Samuel French Company. During the 1950s, Music Associates, Inc. also produced a series of recordings of operas in translation under the label, Opera of the Month, and a related series of opera appreciation texts entitled, Lets Understand Opera!
Indexes
  1. Collection guide aid available in repository and on internet.
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  2. Finding Aid
Occupation
  1. Arrangers (Musicians)
  2. Composers.
  3. Saxophonists.
Added author
  1. Music Associates, Inc.
  2. Samuel French, Inc.
Research call number
  1. JPB 04-41
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