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LARRY TAYLOR-BILLY MATTHEWS MUSICAL THEATRE ARCHIVE

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

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  1. LARRY TAYLOR-BILLY MATTHEWS MUSICAL THEATRE ARCHIVE NANCY ZAVAC MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 2/12/04

  2. 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

  3. CONTENTS • LP recordings, cassettes, 78 rpm recordings • CD recordings • Videos • Vocal scores • Piano conductor scores • Sheet music, vocal anthologies • Scripts • Books • Playbills

  4. PIANO CONDUCTOR SCORES

  5. AUTOGRAPHS

  6. ACCESS • IBISweb catalog http://ibisweb.miami.edu/ Useful to limit by material type • Music Library webpage http://www.library.miami.edu/music/mustheat.html

  7. 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

  8. 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 ]

  9. 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      

  10. 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 ]

  11. 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

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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”

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. VENDORS • Footlight Records, New York http://www.footlight.com/index.cfm • Dress Circle, London http://www.dresscircle.co.uk/default.asp

  21. 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

  22. LANGUAGE OF EXCERPTS • English • Spanish • Italian • German • Hungarian • Yiddish

  23. BOOKPLATE

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