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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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Hands in Harmony: Archiving the Language of Love and Communication
For more than three decades, Hands in Harmony captivated audiences with their unique blend of music, sign language, and dance. This non-profit organization, based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, utilized the art of “sign-singing” to communicate with the hearing impaired and spread … Continue reading
From Talking Movies to Looney Tunes – Celebrating 100 Years of Warner Brothers
April 4, 2023, marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Warner Brothers Pictures. Here at the American Heritage Center, we have the papers of some of the creative personalities behind the films for which Warner Brothers is revered. The … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, cartoons, Film History, Hollywood history, motion picture history, music, popular culture, television history, Uncategorized
Tagged Animated Cartoons, Bugs Bunny, Carl Stalling, Creative Collaboration, Jack Scholl, Looney Tunes, M. K. Jerome, Merrie Melodies, Michael Maltese, Music Composition, Porky Pig, Scriptwriting Process, Tweety, Warner Brothers Pictures
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“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
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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Irwin Kostal: Mastermind of Many 20th Century Musicals
The AHC has recently processed the papers of Irwin Kostal, an American composer, orchestrator and arranger in the 20th century. Kostal’s most well-known projects include work on The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Sail Away and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. … Continue reading
Skeletons, Silly Symphonies, and Stalling: A Musical Journey
A stormy night in fall with a full moon… and the skeletons in the cemetery come to life! Do you remember the black and white Disney Cartoon Classic, “The Skeleton Dance”? This 1929 short, part of Disney’s Silly Symphony series … Continue reading