Access Restrictions
Use Restrictions
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography
Scope and Content
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