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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Alfred Newman film scores
Creator:
Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970
Identifier/Call Number: 2146
Physical Description:
47.625 Linear Feet
32 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1933-1969
Abstract: This collection chiefly contains musical scores by American composer and conductor Alfred Newman (1901-1970). Materials include
scores of original motion picture music, and published operatic and instrumental scores, bound vocal scores and bound conductor
books of film scores. Also present are screenplays, music notes, books on music, song books and sheet music, and tapes of
film scores by Newman and his contemporaries.
Language of Material:
English.
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This collection chiefly contains musical scores by American composer and conductor Alfred Newman (1901-1970). Materials include
scores of original motion picture music, and published operatic and instrumental scores, bound vocal scores and bound conductor
books of film scores. Also present are screenplays, music notes, books on music, song books and sheet music, and tapes of
film scores by Newman and his contemporaries. Among the scores are the music for
Keys of the Kingdom (1994),
All About Eve (1950),
Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1955), and
How the West Was Won (1962).
The screenplays include
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938),
How Green Was My Valley (1941),
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945),
Gentleman's Agreement (1947),
Pinky (1949), and
Camelot (1967).
Alfred Newman (1901-1970) was an American composer and conductor active during the 1930s-1960s known for his film scores.
He received 45 Oscar nominations and won 9 Academy Awards for Best Music Scoring of a Motion Picture. Newman may be best known
for composing the fanfare which accompanies the studio logo at the beginning of 20th Century Fox's production.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at cin@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Alfred Newman, March 31, 1971.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Alfred Newman film scores, Collection no. 2146, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Arrangers (Musicians) -- Archival resources
Composers -- United States -- Archival resources
Composition (Music) -- Archival resources
Film composers -- Archival resources
Motion picture music -- Archival resources
scores (documents for music)
Screenplays
Sheet music
Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970 -- Archives