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Category Archives: Composers
Tuppence a Tune: A Sherman Brothers Retrospective
Today, the American Heritage Center highlights Richard and Robert Sherman, in honor of Richard M. Sherman, who passed away earlier this year at age 95. The Center is honored to hold the papers of the brothers documenting a portion of … Continue reading
Posted in Biography and profiles, Composers, Film History, Film Music, Hollywood history, Songwriters, Uncategorized
Tagged 10., 14., 9., Academy Awards, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Disney Music, Film Composers, Mary Poppins, Musical Films, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Sherman Brothers, Songwriters
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What Could Be Better Than to Be Remembered?: The Achievements and Character of Nancy Van de Vate
It is understandable for people to want to be remembered during their lives and beyond their deaths. For musical composers, their art can transcend their mortality, that is if their music continues to be performed and heard, or in other … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, activism, Art and Legacy, Composers, Discrimination, Empowerment, Feminism, Gender Equality, Lawsuits, Legal Battles, music, Uncategorized, Women in Music
Tagged Activism in Music, Canonization of Music, Chernobyl Composition, Discriminatory Hiring Practices, Gender Bias, Hamlet Opera, Legacy in Art, Musical Composers, Musical Legacy, Nancy Van de Vate, Persistence and Ambition, University Discrimination, Vienna Modern Masters, Women Empowerment, Women's Rights
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The Man Behind the Music: Carl Stalling and His Contributions to Disney Studio
In commemorating the 100th anniversary of Disney Brothers Studio, now known as the Walt Disney Company, it’s a good time to reflect on the remarkable individuals who have left an indelible mark on its history. Disney is a studio that … Continue reading
“The aroma of hypocrisy”: The Development of “Molasses to Rum” in 1776.
As a musical theatre scholar, it isn’t often that my search for archival materials takes me outside of New York City. As a result, it was a pleasure to be able to visit the American Heritage Center in Laramie, Wyoming. … Continue reading
Traveling with Cole Porter
Actress and photographer Jean Howard was a great favorite of Cole Porter, the urbane composer and songwriter known for scoring such successful productions as Kiss Me Kate (1948) and High Society (1956). His numerous hit songs include Begin the Beguine, … Continue reading
Posted in Composers, Hollywood history, Motion picture actors and actresses, Photographic collections, popular culture, Uncategorized, women's history
Tagged Cole Porter, Historical photographs, Howard Sturges, Jean Howard, Linda Porter, Photographic collections, Photography, Travel Photographs, Travels with Cole Porter
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A Friendship Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick and Gerald Fried
Gerald Fried, a Julliard trained composer for television and film, began performing music in his Bronx neighborhood during the 1940s. There he met Stanley Kubrick, who would go on to become a celebrated film director, screenwriter, and producer. Kubrick and … Continue reading
Carl Stalling, Music Animator
A chance meeting in the early 1920s at a Missouri movie theater led to some of the most beloved cartoons ever created. Carl Stalling was improvising on the organ while accompanying a silent film. A young Walt Disney was in … Continue reading
Posted in cartoons, Composers, Film Music, motion picture history, music, Pop Culture, popular culture, television history, Uncategorized
Tagged Animated Films, Carl Stalling, Cartoon Scoring, Entertainment industry, Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, movie history, Music Scores, popular culture, Silly Symphonies
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Post and Carpenter – The Television Sound
The history of television in the 1980s cannot be told without discussing the music of Mike Post and Pete Carpenter. The team of Post and Carpenter first rose to fame in the 1970s with the music for The Rockford Files, … Continue reading
Posted in Composers, music, television history, Television Music
Tagged 1980s Television, Mike Post, Pete Carpenter, Television Soundtracks
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