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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: George Duning papers
Creator:
Duning, George
Identifier/Call Number: 2446
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/5/resources/1305
Physical Description:
30.958 Linear Feet
21 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1938-1980
Abstract: This collection contains the motion picture and television of American composer George Duning (1908-2000).
Language of Material:
English.
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).
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.
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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 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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of George Duning, January 31, 1974.
[Box/folder no. or item name], George Duning papers, Collection no. 2446, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Composers
Film composers -- Archival resources
Motion picture music -- Archival resources
Scrapbooks
scores (documents for music)
Soundtracks
Television music -- Archival resources
Duning, George -- Archives