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Joe Harnell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2230

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Scope and Contents

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This collection consists of the sheet music and arrangements of American composer, musician, and music arranger Joe Harnell (1924-2005). This includes music written for singers that he accompanied, television compositions, and film scores. The collection includes music for the television series "The Bionic Woman" and "The Incredible Hulk."

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1950s-1980s

Creator

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Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

Joe Harnell (1924-2005) was an American composer, musician, and music arranger. He worked as an accompanist for singers such as Judy Garland, Maurice Chevalier, Marlene Dietrich, and Peggy Lee. Harnell wrote music for Kapp Records, United Artists, "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show," Grey Advertising, and "The Mike Douglas Show." His television compositions include "The Bionic Woman," "The Incredible Hulk," "Alien Nation," and "V." Harnell was a faculty member at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music as an instructor in film score composition.

Extent

53.75 Linear Feet (33 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of the sheet music and arrangements of American composer, musician, and music arranger Joe Harnell (1924-2005).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Joe Harnell, January 18, 1989.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Related Names

Subject

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding aid for the Joe Harnell papers
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
Date
2022 April
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

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Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.