Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Vaughan, Clifford
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of manuscript and reproduction scores of composer Clifford Vaughan, including works written for dance, organ, piano and violin, and other instruments.
- Extent:
- 7 linear feet (6 boxes, 4 unprocessed record cartons)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Clifford Vaughan Musical Compositions (Collection 2265). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of manuscript and reproduction scores of composer Clifford Vaughan. It contains works for written for dance, especially Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn's Denishawn Dancers, organ, piano and violin, and other instruments. Most are original compositions, with a small number of arrangements. The collection does not contain any material written for film or television productions.
Compositions are undated unless otherwise noted. Instrumentation and historical information for individual works was provided by the donor.
- Biographical / historical:
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Composer Clifford Vaughan was born September 23, 1893 in Bridgeton, New Jersey, and studied at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music. Vaughan served as musical director for Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn's Denishawn Dancers during their 1925-1926 Asian tour, composing a number of dance works for the troupe. He moved to Los Angeles in the 1930s and worked as an orchestrator and composer for several major studios, including Paramount, Warner Bros., RKO, MGM, Disney, and Universal. Among his orchestration credits are the films Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Old Yeller (1957), and Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959). In addition, Vaughan composed symphonies, concertos, chamber music, choral works, and violin and piano pieces. He served as organist for the Mt. Hollywood Congregational Church and wrote numerous works for the organ. Clifford Vaughan died November 23, 1987 in El Monte, California.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Margaret Vaughan Meyer, 2003.
- Processing information:
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- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged in the following series:
- Series 1. Denishawn and Oriental dance works
- Series 2. Organ works
- Series 3. Other works.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Portions of collection unprocessed. Material in the LSC-2003-01 Backlog Material series is unavailable for access. Please see LSC's Access to Unprocessed Collections Policy for more information about levels of discovery and access of special collections materials and registering interest in unprocessed collections.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Clifford Vaughan Musical Compositions (Collection 2265). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988