Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Civilians (Theater company)

Description

1. 3.87 linear feet (11 boxes); 72.3 gigabytes (15,981 computer files); 124 audio files; 14 video files

Summary

1. Michael Friedman (1975-2017) was an American theater composer and lyricist, best known for works such as Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Pretty Filthy, The Fortress of Solitude, and This Beautiful City. He was also a co-founder of The Civilians, a theatrical troupe. The Michael Friedman papers, dating from 1980 to 2018, document the composer's career and development, mainly from the late 1980s to his death in 2017. Friedman's life and work is revealed through project files, notes, scores, letters, cards, school papers, business records, clippings, programs, photographs, and sound and video recordings.

Subject

1. Video recordings (physical artifacts)
2. Sound recordings
3. Scores
4. Programs (Publications)
5. Swados, Elizabeth
6. Cosson, Steven
7. Musical theater > United States
8. Correspondence
9. Lyricists
10. Composers
11. Notes (documents)
12. Photographs
13. Clippings (information artifacts)
14. Off-Broadway theater
15. Business records
16. Contracts

Genre/Form

1. Business records.
2. Clippings (information artifacts)
3. Contracts.
4. Correspondence.
5. Notes (documents)
6. Photographs.
7. Programs (Publications)
8. Scores
9. Sound recordings.
10. Video recordings (physical artifacts)

Call number

1. *T-Mss 2018-009

Access (note)

1. Audio and moving image materials can be used onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts. To request materials, please contact the Theatre Division.

Source (note)

1. Donated by Marion Young, Friedman's sister and Executor, 2018.

Author

1. Friedman, Michael (Composer), creator.

Title

1. Michael Friedman papers.

Production

1. 1980-2018.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Restricted access

1. Audio and moving image materials can be used onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts. To request materials, please contact the Theatre Division.

Source

1. Donated by Marion Young, Friedman's sister and Executor, 2018.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material
2. Finding aid

Occupation

1. Composers.
2. Lyricists.

Added author

1. Civilians (Theater company)

Research call number

1. *T-Mss 2018-009