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Herrmann (Bernard) radio and television music collection
PA Mss 46  
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  • Acquisition Information
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  • Arrangement
  • Related Collections

  • Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
    Title: Bernard Herrmann radio and television music collection
    Identifier/Call Number: PA Mss 46
    Physical Description: 5 Linear Feet 99 audiocassettes
    Date (inclusive): 1936-1959
    Abstract: Copies of radio programs and television programs with original music by Bernard Herrmann.
    Physical Location: Annex 2
    Language of Material: The collection is in English.

    Access Restrictions

    Tapes cannot be duplicated for use outside of the Library without the permission of the copyright holder.

    Use Restrictions

    Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Bernard Herrmann radio and television music, PA Mss 46. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

    Acquisition Information

    Donated by Daugherty, 19--

    Biography

    Though known primarily for his film scores, Bernard Herrmann (6/29/1911 - 12/24/1975) was born in New York City and began his career scoring radio dramas. After founding the New Chamber Orchestra in 1931 Herrmann was hired as a staff arranger and conductor at CBS Radio in 1933. He soon became involved in the scoring of radio dramas with the innovative and experimental series Columbia Workshop. He also worked with Orson Welles as music director of the Mercury Theater of the Air. His early work in radio gained him the notoriety to move onto scoring films but he continued to score for radio and later for television.

    Scope and Content

    Copies of radio programs and television programs with original music by Bernard Herrmann.

    Arrangement

    The collection is divided in eight series: Series I: Campbell Playhouse; Series II: Columbia Presents Corwin; Series III: Columbia Workshop; Series IV: Crime Classics; Series V: Have Gun - Will Travel; Series VI: Mercury Theatre on the air; Series VII Suspense; Series VIII: Miscellaneous.
    Each series contains copies of radio (and in the case of Have Gun - Will Travel; telvision) programs for which Herrmann wrote original music. Episodes are arranged chronologically in each series. Not all episodes of each program are in the collection.

    Related Collections

    The Bernard Herrmann Papers are also at UCSB. A collection manuscripts of Herrmann's television and radio programs is in the Special Collections Department of the UCLA Music Library.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Television programs
    Radio plays
    Radio programs
    Sound recordings
    Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975