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Farber (Nat) television show music arrangements
PASC-M.0033
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Nat Farber television show music arrangements
Creator:
Farber, Nat
Identifier/Call Number: PASC-M.0033
Physical Description:
6.6 Linear Feet
(4 flat boxes and 5 oversize flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1955-1975
Abstract: The collection consists of manuscript scores for arrangements by Nat Farber and others for The Carol Burnett Show, The Danny
Kaye Show, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, and other productions. Also included are scripts and rehearsal schedules for The Carol
Burnett Show.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], Nat Farber Television Show Music Arrangements (Collection PASC-M 33). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift, 27 September 1975.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9912986543606533
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Nat Farber (born 20 January 1918) was an American composer, pianist and arranger, who worked for several television programs
and for the film studios of RKO, Columbia, and Disney. Born in Chicago, IL, Farber attended the Chicago Musical College and
later the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. He studied with Ernst Toch and Mario Castelnuovo- Tedesco. Notable work includes
the Dina Shore Show (1959-1963), the Danny Kaye Show (1963- 1967), and the Carol Burnett Show (1967- 1975). He also worked
in the music department for the Roy Rogers Show (1951), The Andy Williams Show (1959), and the Judy Garland Show (1962), and
as a dance accompanyist for the film Mary Poppins (1964). Farber died on September 14, 1975, in Los Angeles, CA.
Collection consists of manuscripts and reproductions of arrangements for The Carol Burnett Show, The Danny Kaye Show, The
Dinah Shore Chevy Show, and other productions. Included are manuscript sketches and final copies of vocal, piano, and orchestral
scores for transitions, background music, and song and dance numbers. The works of various arrangers are represented. Also
included are scripts and air sequence sheets for The Carol Burnett Show.
This collection has been organized into the following series:
- Series 1: Carol Burnett Show
- Subseries 1.1: Arrangements
- Subseries 1.2: Air sequences and scripts
- Series 2: Danny Kaye Show
- Series 3: Dinah Shore Show
- Series 4: Other shows
- Series 5: Unidentified arrangements
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Television scripts.
Television music -- Scores.
Television music.
Danny Kaye Show (Television program)
Carol Burnett Show
Dinah Shore Chevy Show