Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- George Duning papers
- Dates:
- 1938-1980
- Creators:
- Duning, George
- Abstract:
- This collection contains the motion picture and television of American composer George Duning (1908-2000).
- Extent:
- 30.958 Linear Feet 21 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], George Duning papers, Collection no. 2446, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains 103 folders of motion pictures scores of composer George Duning (1908-2000). These include scores for Salome (1953), Miss Sadie Thompson (1953), From Here to Eternity (1953), Picnic (1955), 3:10 to Yuma (1957), Pal Joey (1957), The World of Suzie Wong (1960), and Toys in the Attic (1963). There are also 34 folders of scores from television programs including The Big Valley, Star Trek, Mannix, Then Came Bronson, and a scrapbook reflecting Duning's career.
- Biographical / historical:
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George Duning (1908-2000) was an American musician, composer, and conductor. Duning came from a musician family and studied Music Theory at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and studied composition under Mario CastleNuevo-Tedesco. He served in the U.S. Navy Armed Forces Radio Service where he scored, arranged, and conducted "Command Performance" for Meredith Willson. Duning signed with Columbia Pictures in 1946, where he scored over three hundred film and television projects including "3:10 to Yuma" (1957), "Cowboy" (1958), "Picnic" (1955), "The World of Suzie Wong" (1960), "Star Trek" (1966), "The Devil at Four O'Clock" (1961), "Bell, Book, and Candle" (1958), and "Toys in the Attic" (1963).
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of George Duning, January 31, 1974.
- Processing information:
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This collection is unprocessed.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-07-31 17:24:55 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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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 ctlibarc@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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], George Duning papers, Collection no. 2446, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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Cinematic Arts LibraryDoheny Memorial Library, Room G4Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
- Contact:
- (213) 740-8383