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LARRY TAYLOR-BILLY MATTHEWS MUSICAL THEATRE ARCHIVE. NANCY ZAVAC MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 2/12/04. HISTORY . Valuable lifetime collection of Musical Theatre materials Larry Taylor, office coordinator, Chelsea Music Service (1946-1991) Billy Matthews, director & stage manager (1920-1997)
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LARRY TAYLOR-BILLY MATTHEWS MUSICAL THEATRE ARCHIVE NANCY ZAVAC MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 2/12/04
HISTORY • Valuable lifetime collection of Musical Theatre materials • Larry Taylor, office coordinator, Chelsea Music Service (1946-1991) • Billy Matthews, director & stage manager (1920-1997) • Acquired by the University of Miami in 1991 part gift/purchase
CONTENTS • LP recordings, cassettes, 78 rpm recordings • CD recordings • Videos • Vocal scores • Piano conductor scores • Sheet music, vocal anthologies • Scripts • Books • Playbills
ACCESS • IBISweb catalog http://ibisweb.miami.edu/ Useful to limit by material type • Music Library webpage http://www.library.miami.edu/music/mustheat.html
IBISWEB SEARCH FOR IRVING BERLIN (LIMIT BY SCORES) 1.After You Get What You Want You Don't Want It / by Irving Berlin c1920 Musical Theater Archive; M1630.2 .B513Mus.Thea.Arch. 2 Alexander's Ragtime Band / by Irving Berlin c1938 Musical Theater Archive; M1630.2 .B513 Mus.Thea.Arch. 3 Alexander's Ragtime Band. / My Walking Stick. Vocal Score c1938 Musical Theater Archive; MUSICAL THEATER ARCHIVE 4 Alexander's Ragtime Band. / Now It Can Be Told. Vocal Score c1938 Musical Theater Archive; MUSICAL THEATER ARCHIVE 5 All Alone. / Vocal Score c1924 Musical Theater Archive; MUSICAL THEATER ARCHIVE 6 All Alone. / Vocal Score c1924 Musical Theater Archive; MUSICAL THEATER ARCHIVE 7 All By Myself. / Vocal Score c1946 Musical Theater Archive; MUSICAL THEATER ARCHIVE 8 All By Myself. / Vocal Score c1921 Musical Theater Archive; M1630.2 .B513 Mus.Thea.Arch. 9 All Of My Life / by Irving Berlin c1944 Musical Theater Archive; M1630.2 .B513 Mus.Thea.Arch. 10 Along Came Ruth / words And Music By Irving Berlin c1914 Musical Theater Archive; M1630.2 .B513 Mus.Thea.Arch. 11 Always. / Vocal Score c1925 Musical Theater Archive; M1630.2 .B513 Mus.Thea.Arch. 12 Always. / Vocal Score c1925 Musical Theater Archive; M1630.2 .B513 Mus.Thea.Arch. Result page:1234567891011 ... 32Next
ACCESS Music Library webpage http://www.library.miami.edu/music/mustheat.html • Search Results for: hate get up TITLE [ OH! HOW I HATE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING ]ADDENDA[ lge sh;Irv.Berlin;AlexRag.Band ]
IBISWEB SEARCH FOR LPs • Limited to:MATERIAL type "SOUND RECORD" Num Mark TITLES (73-78 of 78) 73 My Fair Lady Sound Recording MTH-2696 74 My Fair Lady Sound Recording MTH-2716 75 My fair lady Dansk originalindspilning MTH-2714 76 My Fair Lady Spanish MTH-2710 77 My Fair Lady Swedish MTH-2716 78 My Fair Lady Yiddish MTH-6595
ACCESS • ENTRY FOR LP RECORDING • TITLE[ KING AND I ]CAST[ OC ]CAST[ OC ]VENUE[ Bway:51 ]COUNTRY[ USA ]COMPANY[ DEC ]NUMBER[ DL 9008 ]SPEED[ 33 ]SIZE[ 12 ]PLAYBILL[ Y:OC:51 ]COMPOSER[ Rodgers,Richard ]LYRICIST[ Hammerstein Jr.,Oscar ]BOOK[ Hammerstein Jr.,Oscar ]MUSIC_DIR[ Dvonch,Frederick ]ORCH_ARR[ ]SOURCE[ book ]STAR1[ Lawrence,G. ]STAR2[ Brynner,Yul ]
STUDENT USE • Prepare assignments, especially for the class “Singing for the Stage.” Students are assigned to choose, research, learn & perform songs of various composers. • Prepare material for auditions, juries, research papers & program notes. • On the first day of class the Music Librarian gives a presentation on the archive to the Musical Theatre freshman class on how to search for materials
STUDENT USE • Guest composers give performances & workshops. Past guests: Jerry Herman, Jason Robert Brown, Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz, Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt, Ricky Ian Gordon, Craig Carnelia, William Bolcom, Lynn Ahrens, John Bucchino, Stephen Flaherty, Andrew Lippa, Marcy Heisler, Zina Goldrich, Dan Goggin, Maury Yeston, Frank Wildhorn, Barry Kleinbort.
STUDENT USE • Guest performers give masterclasses for students. • In Oct. 2004 Jason Graae, Karen Mason & Alex Rybeck give a cabaret performance & masterclasses. Past guest performers: Karen Morrow, Paige O’Hara, K.T. Sullivan, Mark Nadler, Keith Buterbaugh, Dawnn Lewis, Lewis Cleale, Chris Denny, Karen Mason, Donald Pippin, Barry Kleinbort, Dave Clemmons, Doug Sills, Adam Epstein, Desmond Child, Liz Callaway.
FACULTY USE • Faculty choose study material for class assignments and for theatre productions • Review new musical scores and CDs • Give workshops on “Vocal Pedagogy for the 21st Century”
FACULTY USE • Used materials from the archive to stage a musical review of songs from 1926 celebrating the 75th anniversary of the University of Miami • Use material for the Summer Musical Theatre Institute for high school students
OUTSIDE USERS • Find webpage and email requests for copies of songs • Local performers phone in requests • Requests for photos of playbill covers; e.g. from Today Show • Recordings are being used on a local weekly radio show
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT • Annual allocation to purchase materials for the collection: CDs, vocal scores, vocal selections & videos • Gifts to the collection: CHUCK LINKNER, Orlando, FL, donated 112 unpublished scripts, Feb. 1992, at time of the dedication of the collection Family of TERRY MILLER donated 98 cartons of material, including unpublished scripts, playbills, scores, videos and LPs after his death in August 1995 Memorial cash donations were made in memory of Billy Matthews after his death in 1997
DONORS Billy Matthews 30 articles in New York Times from 1950-1980 Citing Billy as a director or stage manager Lawrence Jay Taylor, Music Librarian, 44 New York Times (1857-Current file); Apr 3, 1991; obituary, ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times pg. B5 Terry Miller, 47, Photographer And Chronicler of the Village By ROBERT McG. THOMAS Jr. New York Times (1857-Current file); Aug 18, 1995 ; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times pg. D17
PUBLICITIY • Gala dedication performance and reception in Feb. 1992 sponsored jointly by Friends of the Library and the Friends of the School of Music • Article in Miami Herald • Announcement in NOTES for NOTES, September 1992 • Presentation about Archive at the SEMLA chapter meeting, Miami, Oct. 1992 • Webpage updates on library webpage by Ray Uzwyshyn, Fall 2003; links to archive from School of Music webpage http://www.music.miami.edu/programs/mvp/MTR.html • Presentation at MLA Feb. 2004
VENDORS • Footlight Records, New York http://www.footlight.com/index.cfm • Dress Circle, London http://www.dresscircle.co.uk/default.asp
VENDORS • DRG records http://www.drgrecords.com/ • Fynsworth Alley http://www.fynsworthalley.com/catalog/index.cgi • LML Music http://www.lmlmusic.com/ • Original Cast Records http://www.originalcastrecords.com/ • J.W. Pepper http://www.jwpepper.com/catalog/welcome.jsp
LANGUAGE OF EXCERPTS • English • Spanish • Italian • German • Hungarian • Yiddish