Billy Byers Collection, 1964-1980
Span: 1964-1980
English
collection
7 ft.
35 boxes
Billy Byers (1927-1996) was a composer, arranger, orchestrator, and musician (trombonist). The collection primarily contains full scores in Byers' hand. It represents a sampling of Byers' work as a composer, arranger, and orchestrator. The material shows the diverse styles, musical forces, and variety of performing venues in which he worked. The scores include works for recordings, live performances, television, and film; for small combos, big bands, and orchestras; and for singers of various styles, including pop, jazz, rock, rhythm and blues, and disco.
Music manuscripts (full score orchestrations).
Billy Byers Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
Byers
Music manuscripts of a significant American arranger and orchestrator.
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Composers
Arrangers
Byers, Billy
ML31.B94
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
scdb
Music Division, Library of Congress
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu010009
IHAS
110201
loc.natlib.scdb.200033732