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Richard Rodgers Collection, 1917-1980 [collection]

Title

Richard Rodgers Collection, 1917-1980 [collection]

Dates Created

Span: 1918-1979

Bulk: 20th century

Language

English

Form

collection

Physical Description

20 ft.

45 boxes

Abstract

Composer Richard Rodgers, born on June 28, 1902, in New York City, is best known for the musicals he wrote with Lorenz Hart (e.g. A Connecticut Yankee, On your toes, The boys from Syracuse, and Pal Joey) and Oscar Hammerstein II (Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The king and I, The sound of music, etc.). Rodgers also composed film and television music (notably Victory at sea). Rodgers died on Dec. 30, 1979, in New York.

The collection consists predominantly of Rodgers' music holographs--sketches, vocal scores (many with lyric sheets included) and short scores. In addition, the collection includes full scores for eight of the Rodgers and Hammerstein shows. A small number of programs, photographs, miscellaneous papers, and a few miscellaneous items are also included.

Contents Note

Holograph sketches, piano-vocal scores, lyric sheets, copyists' materials, and full scores (many by Robert Russell Bennett); photographs and papers.

Preferred Citation

Richard Rodgers Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress

Access Permissions

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Copyright

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Subjects

American Musical Theater

Radio/Television

Dance

Rodgers, Richard

Bennett, Robert Russell

Hart, Lorenz

Spialek, Hans

Hammerstein, Oscar

Call Number

ML31.R636

Repository

Music Division, Library of Congress

Finding Aid

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002002

Last Updated: 08-23-2012