Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
American literature sheet music collection
Collection
Identifier: 6154
Abstract
This small collection of sheet music consists of music published between 1872 and 1940 (with the bulk published 1900s-1930s). The bulk of the music consists of lyrics written by significant American writers, including Booth Tarkington, Ring Lardner, Amy Lowell, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Bill Nye, O. Henry, and Owen Wister, to name a few. The musical compositions were written by equally well known composers, including Jerome Kern, Efrem Zimbalist, Carrie Jacobs-Bond,and Doc White, among...
Dates:
1872 - 1940; Majority of material found in 1900s-1930s
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library
Booth Tarkington playbills collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275056890081]
Identifier: 6161
Abstract
This 10 item collection consists of playbills for productions of plays by, or adapted from stories by, Booth Tarkington. Tarkington is best remembered for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "Alice Adams", and is only one of three American authors to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.
Dates:
1910-1926
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library