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Decca (recording company).
Duchin, Eddie (musician)
Cugat, Xavier (bandleader)
Columbia (recording company).
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1916-1930s.
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2.5 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0297
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Popular music recorded approximately 1916-1930s: 78 and 45 RPM phonograph discs produced by Edison recordings, Victor, Decca, Columbia, and Silvertone. Boxes 1-4: 53 10" Edison recordings of popular songs by such artists as Freda Hemple, George Hamilton Green, the Metropolitan Quartet, and Frederick Kinsley; also hymns, World War I songs, and some...
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Edelson, Rachel Goodman
Division of Musical History, NMAH
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
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circa 1964
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1 Item (1 oversize file folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0381
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A poster documenting Goodman's 1964 tour to Japan and the published sheet music for Brahms's QUINTET FOR CLARINET IN A and SONATA FOR CLARINET IN B.
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Leslie Schinella Collection of Gene Krupa Materials
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Schillinger, Leslie
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1945-1970.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1220
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of printed materials relating to Gene Krupa and other big band musicians and band leaders, including Guy Lombardo and Benny Goodman.
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Vip (Virgil Franklin Partch), 1916-
Partch, Virgil Franklin, 1916-
National Museum of American History. Division of Musical History
Goodman, Benjie
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1872-1984
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1 Boxe
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0485
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Miscellaneous documents and pictorial items related to music, and a set of documents associated with Gibson banjoes.
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Morrow, Buddy
Mooney, Art
Timbrell, Tiny, 1917-1992
Stacy, Jess, 1904-1995
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1927 - 1966
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1.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1388
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of 235 pieces of music ephemera assembled by an anonymous California musicologist over several decades. The contents include such things as concert ticket stubs; show programs; handbills; publicity stills; record store posters; nightclub souvenirs; autographs; contracts, lobby cards; movie stills; postcards; fan and record i...
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Armstrong, Lucille
Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959
Armstrong, Louis, 1900-1971
Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973
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1895-2001
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25 Cubic feet (75 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0849
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Gabler's involvement in the recording industry and the evolution of Commodore Records. The documentation begins with the Commodore Radio Shop through its evolution to Commodore Music Shop. The collection also includes the beginnings of the Commodore record label and information detailing Gabler's 30 years as staff producer and later Vice-President in Charge of Artists and Repertoire at Decca Records (1941-1974). There is a small collection of black and white photographs chronicling the early years at the Commodore Music Shop, as well as jam sessions, often held at Jimmy Ryan's on 52nd Street. The collection also includes a vast array of audio recordings (mainly audiodiscs).
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Basie, Count, 1904-
Smith, Ernie
Webster, Ben
Armstrong, Louis, 1900-1971
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1894-1979
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30 Cubic feet (352 film reels , 16 mm)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0491
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
More than 300 reels of 16mm black and white and color film, silent and sound, fiction and documentary motion picture film documenting jazz and related musical performances, social and popular dance styles and performances, jazz musicians, performance locales, and documentation of African-American popular culture. A list of featured performers in the collection is shown below. The films are frequently compilations produced by Smith for lectures.
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Fitzgerald, Ella
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circa 1935-1996
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50 Cubic feet (92 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0584
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Ella Fitzgerald, often called the "First Lady of Song," was one of the 20th century's most important musical performers. The collection reflects her career and personal life through photographs, audio recordings, and manuscript materials.
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Music, Sports and Entertainment, Division of, NMAH, SI
Sidney, Corinne Entratter
Sidney, George, 1916-2002
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1885-2002
bulk 1940-1967
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54 film reels
96 Cubic feet (288 boxes, 6 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0867
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
George Sidney (1916-2002) was a film director during the Golden Age of Hollywood filmmaking (1927-1954). He spent the longest period of his career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) until the 1950s. He later produced and directed films for Columbia Pictures and Paramount Pictures. He was a president of the Directors Guild of America and an avid photographer. He was the recipient of three awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscar). The collection consists of photographs, photographic negatives, personal and business materials, and film. The collection also contains material created by George Sidney's uncle, George Sidney, vaudevillian and motion picture actor.
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Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
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1879-1990
bulk 1933-1970
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25 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.shahben
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Archives of American Art
The papers of social realist painter, photographer, illustrator, printmaker, and teacher Ben Shahn (1898-1969) measure 25.0 linear feet and date from 1879-1990, with the bulk of the material dating from 1933-1970. The bulk of the collection consists of over 14 linear feet of incoming letters from artists, writers, colleagues, publishers, art organizations, galleries, and universities and colleges. Also found are biographical materials, project and source files, printed material, artwork by Shahn and others, photographs taken of and by Shahn, interview transcripts, sound recordings of interviews and a motion picture film.