Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Henry Mancini collection of motion picture music
- Dates:
- 1955-1969
- Creators:
- Mancini, Henry
- Abstract:
- Collection consists of music manuscripts, music notes, cue sheets and timing sheets for music composed by Mancini for motion pictures: Arabesque (Universal, 1966), Charade (Universal, 1963), Days of Wine and Roses (Warner Brothers, 1962), Dear Heart (Warner Brothers, 1964), Experiment in Terror (Columbia, 1962), Gaily, Gaily (United Artists, 1969), The Great Race (Warner Brothers, 1965), Me, Natalie (National General, 1969), Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation (20th Century-Fox, 1962), Moment to Moment (Universal, 1966), Peter Gunn {Gunn} Paramount, 1967), The Pink Panther (United Artists, 1964), The Private War of Major Benson (Universal, 1955), Shot in the Dark (United Artists, 1964), Soldier in the Rain (Allied Artists, 1963), Two for the Road (20th Century-Fox, 1967), Wait Until Dark (Warner Brothers, 1967), and What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (United Artists, 1966); also the holograph and typescript of Mancini's monograph Sounds and Scores (1962).
- Extent:
- 10 linear feet (20 boxes) and 3 linear feet (1 unprocessed flat box, 1 unprocessed record carton)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Henry Mancini Collection of Motion Picture Music (Collection PASC-M 18). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of music manuscripts, music notes, cue sheets and timing sheets for music composed by Mancini for motion pictures: Arabesque (Universal, 1966), Charade (Universal, 1963), Days of Wine and Roses (Warner Brothers, 1962), Dear Heart (Warner Brothers, 1964), Experiment in Terror (Columbia, 1962), Gaily, Gaily (United Artists, 1969), The Great Race (Warner Brothers, 1965), Me, Natalie (National General, 1969), Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation (20th Century-Fox, 1962), Moment to Moment (Universal, 1966), Peter Gunn {Gunn} Paramount, 1967), The Pink Panther (United Artists, 1964), The Private War of Major Benson (Universal, 1955), Shot in the Dark (United Artists, 1964), Soldier in the Rain (Allied Artists, 1963), Two for the Road (20th Century-Fox, 1967), Wait Until Dark (Warner Brothers, 1967), and What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (United Artists, 1966); also the holograph and typescript of Mancini's monograph Sounds and Scores (1962).
- Biographical / historical:
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Mancini was born on Apr. 16, 1924, in Cleveland, OH; attended Carnegie Tech Music School and Juillard Graduate School; began career after military service in WWII as a pianist with dance bands; studied privately in Los Angeles with Krenek, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Sendrey; staff composer for Universal Pictures, 1952-58; demonstrated his skills as a music arranger and songwriter with The Glenn Miller Story (1954), which earned him the first of many Academy Award nominations; subsequently composed memorable scores and songs for numerous films and the TV series Peter Gunn (1959) and Mr. Lucky (1960); he won Academy Awards for the score of Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and the song Moon River, the title song of Days of Wine and Roses (1962), and the score of Victor/Victoria (1982); won more than 20 Grammy Awards; enjoyed a successful career as guest pianist and conductor of pops orchestras; wrote a practical guide to orchestration titled, Sounds and Scores (1962); died in June 1994.
- Processing information:
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- 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
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-03 12:18:45 -0800 .
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.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical 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], Henry Mancini Collection of Motion Picture Music (Collection PASC-M 18). 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