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Title: Lionel Barrymore Music Manuscripts,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1920-1954
Collection number: 461
Creator: Barrymore, Lionel, 1878-1954
Extent:
13 boxes (6.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Abstract: Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954) became a leading Broadway actor by 1900 and went on to appear in 250 screen roles. He also wrote
several scripts, a novel and composed orchestral music, including a symphony. The collection consists primarily of music compositions
by Barrymore which range from solo to orchestral works. Although some of the music is printed, most is in manuscript form.
Language:
English
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Eugene Zador, 1969.
[Identification of item], Lionel Barrymore Music Manuscripts (Collection 461). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Barrymore was born as Lionel Blythe on April 28, 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; he became a leading Broadway actor by
1900; began film career in 1909; appeared in 250 screen roles and also wrote several scripts; won an Academy Award for his
part in
A Free Soul (1931); wrote a novel,
Mr. Cantonwine, and also wrote his memoirs,
We Barrymores (1951); composed orchestral music, including a symphony, and various orchestras performed several of his works; dedicated
his tone poem,
In Memoriam, to his brother John, and it was performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1942; married to Doris Rankin (1904-23) and Irene
Fenwick (1923-36); died in 1954.
Collection consists primarily of music compositions by Barrymore which range from solo to orchestral works. Although some
of the music is printed, most is in manuscript form. Also includes correspondence, pictures, pamphlets, program notes, periodicals,
and Barrymore's novel,
Mr. Cantonwine: a Moral Tale. Seventeen compositions by other composers are also in the collection.
Arranged in the following series:
- Fugues.
- Works for orchestra and soloist.
- Orchestral works.
- Solo pieces.
- Miscellaneous music.
- Unidentified works and extraneous pages.
- Compositions by others, Mr. Cantonwine, and miscellaneous manuscripts, pictures, and printed material.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Barrymore, Lionel, 1878-1954--Archives.
Composers--United States--Archival resources.
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Archival resources.