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Title: Richard Markowitz Collection of Music Manuscripts and Recordings,
Date (inclusive): 1958-1991
Collection number: 133
Creator: Richard Markowitz
Extent: 91 boxes (45.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: This collection contains scores and recordings of film and television music of the composer Richard Markowitz.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF.
Advance notice is required for access to the collection.
Please contact the UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections for paging information.
Language:
English.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Performing Arts Special Collections. All requests
for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in
writing to Performing Arts Special Collections Librarian. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of Performing Arts Special Collections as the owner of the
physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the
copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Brenda Markowitz; gift; 1996.
[Identification of item],
Richard Markowitz Collection of Music Manuscripts and Recordings, 133, Performing Arts Special Collections, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Richard Markowitz was born in Los Angeles,
California on Sept. 3, 1926; after graduating from
Santa Monica High School he attended the Los
Angeles Conservatory of Music (1946-48), the Ecole
Normale de Musique in Paris (1948-50); he studied
composition with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Ernst
Krenek, Arnold Schoenberg, Arthur Honneger, and
later, George Tremblay. Markowitz began his
career in professional music as a dance band
leader, pianist, and singer in the 1940's and
early 1950's, working both live and on records; as
a composer and arranger he worked for the BBC and
the Katharine Dunham Ballet Company between 1950
and 1955. Markowitz began his film and television
career in the late 1950's and his work includes
music for the following: The Wild, Wild West
(theme), The Hot Angel, Cry of Battle (feature
film scores), television series Barnaby Jones, The
Streets of San Francisco, Hawaii Five-O, Quincy,
Police Story, and over 50 episodes for the
long-running series Murder She Wrote. Richard
Markowitz died on December 6, 1994 in Santa
Monica.
Collection consists of scores and related
materials from television films (movies of the
week), series pilots and series episodes. Films
include: Weekend of terror (1979), Runaway (a/k/a
Operation runaway, 1978) and Doctors' private
lives (1978); pilots include Spanner's key (1978),
Joe Forrester (1975) and Standing tall (a/k/a
Legend at sundown, 1977). Series include F.B.I.,
Hawaii five-O, Mannix, Quincy, Barnaby Jones, Buck
Rogers in the 25th century, and Dynasty.
Markowitz's scores for over 65 episodes of Murder
she wrote are included. Manuscripts for scores are
accompanied by cue sheets, spotting/timing notes,
musician lists from recording sessions and
sketches. Related sound recordings and video
recordings for many of the more recent works are
available as well.
Arranged in the following series:
- Manuscript Scores and Other Documents (cue sheets and spotting/timing notes, musician lists from recording sessions, sketches)
- Sound Recordings (on open reel tape)
- Video Recordings (of shows before and after the addition of underscore, in VHS and Beta formats)
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Markowitz,
Richard--Archives.
Composers--California--Los
Angeles--Archival resources.
Music--Manuscripts.
Musical sketches.
Sound
recordings.
Video
recordings.