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19th century sheet music collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6238
Abstract

54 pieces of sheet music, primarily of popular songs published in the United States, with some examples published in England and Belgium, 1850s-1870s.

Dates: 1850s-1870s

78 rpm record collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1013
Abstract

This collection contains more than 600 Shellac 78 rpm discs for a variety of American music representing the confluence of popular and jazz-adjacent genres typical of the developing music industry from the first half of the 20th century.

Dates: approximately 1900s-1950s

Age of Consent collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2014-024
Abstract

Notes, press material, flyers, correspondence, and clippings, circa 1980-1989, from gay rap group Age of Consent (AOC), led by John Callahan with members David Hughes and Thea Other. The collection includes lyrics and original notes for AOC's songs, many of which explicity discuss homosexuality.

Dates: circa 1980-1989

American Guild of Organists records

 Collection
Identifier: 0019
Abstract

Established in 1908, the Southern California Chapter of the American Guild of Organists is a local chapter of the national professional association serving the organ and choral music fields. This collection contains the records of the Los Angeles and Pasadena chapters of the American Guild of Organists, including administrative files, publications, and annual scrapbooks.

Dates: 1908 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1950 - 2000

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

Ampico collection of piano rolls

 Collection
Identifier: 0028
Abstract

Player piano rolls recorded for Ampico (the American Piano Company, manufacturer of reproducing pianos) by prominent European and American pianists, 1895-25.

Dates: 1895 - 1925

Michael Andersen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5139
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers and music scores of film and classical composer, Michael Andersen. Includes scores, photographs, news articles, letters, and music programs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1950s-1980s

James Arkatov photographs and interviews

 Collection
Identifier: 0191
Abstract

James Arkatov was a cellist who photographed famous concert soloists performing. This collection consists of black and white prints of the photographs he took between 1946 and 1999 of musicians and artists, as well as interviews of artists.

Dates: 1946 - 1999; Majority of material found within

Arnold Schoenberg Institute "Pierrot Lunaire" poster reproduction

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5373
Abstract

Collection consists of a 1987 reproduction of a German poster for the first performance of "Pierrot Lunaire" by Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg on October 16, 1912, in Berlin, Germany, and additional textual materials.

Dates: 1957; 1978 - 1996

Sungnam Bae commercials and music videos

 Collection
Identifier: 3405
Scope and Contents A collection of recordings of music videos, radio advertisements, and television commercials produced and/or directed by Sungnam Bae (배승남), who also worked under the stage name Chunam (추남). Sungnam Bae, born in Pyongyang in 1941, is a leader in the Korean television advertising industry. Bae has won four Clio Awards and five ACC Tokyo Creative Awards. The music videos in the collection are recorded on VHS tapes and DVDs; the radio advertisements are recorded on 1/4-inch audio tape; and the...
Dates: 1970 - 2024; Majority of material found within 1974-1995

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USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library 51
USC Libraries Special Collections 43
USC Libraries Music Library 35
ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California 20
USC Libraries East Asian Library 2
 
Subject
Sheet music 52
Scores (documents for music) 48
Photographs 35
Correspondence 30
Clippings (information artifacts) 25
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Programs (documents) 19
Composition (Music) -- Archival resources 16
Ephemera 16
Scrapbooks 16
Composers 15
Composers -- United States -- Archival resources 14
Motion picture music -- Archival resources 14
Music -- 20th century -- Archival resources 14
Audiotapes 13
Film composers -- Archival resources 13
Sound recordings 12
Music 9
Books 8
Composers -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 8
Arrangement (Music) 7
Conductors (Music) -- United States -- Archival resources 7
Manuscripts 7
Music -- Performance -- Archival resources 7
Musicians -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 7
Posters 7
Printed ephemera 7
Audiocassettes 6
Film stills 6
Fliers (printed matter) 6
Magazines (periodicals) 6
Motion pictures -- Archival resources 6
Scripts 6
Television music -- Archival resources 6
Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Archival resources 6
Arrangers (Musicians) -- Archival resources 5
Long-playing records 5
Music -- Instruction and study -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 5
Musicians -- 20th century -- Archival resources 5
Orchestral music -- Archival resources 5
Phonograph records 5
Videotapes 5
Actors -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 4
Awards 4
Bands (Music) -- Gays 4
DVDs 4
Exiles -- Germany -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 4
Financial records 4
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 4
Music -- History -- Archival resources 4
Postcards 4
Theater programs 4
Women musicians -- United States 4
Academy Awards (Motion pictures) -- Archival resources 3
Alternative rock music -- California -- Archival resources 3
Conductors (Music) -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources 3
Conductors (Music) -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 3
Gay actors -- United States 3
Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Archival resources 3
Legal documents 3
Lesbian musicians 3
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources 3
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- Archival resources 3
Memorabilia 3
Memorandums 3
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources 3
Motion picture producers and directors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 3
Moving images 3
Music -- Study and teaching -- Archival resources 3
Music -- Study and teaching -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 3
Music -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 3
Musical films -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 3
Musicians -- History -- Archival resources 3
Musicians -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 3
Newspaper clippings 3
Notebooks 3
Notes 3
Periodicals 3
Popular music -- Archival resources 3
Popular music -- United States -- Archival resources 3
Publications (documents) 3
Publicity photographs 3
Radio -- Archival resources 3
Rap (Music) -- Homosexuality 3
Realia 3
Screenplays 3
Theater 3
Theater -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources 3
Video recordings (physical artifacts) 3
Actors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 2
Actors -- Photographs 2
Animated television music -- Archival resources 2
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Artists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 2
Authors, German -- 20th century -- Biography -- Archival resources 2
Authors, German -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Authors, German -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Autographs (manuscripts) 2
Bands (Music) -- Lesbians 2
Brochures 2
Business records 2
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Language
English 145
German 7
Spanish; Castilian 4
Korean 2
Latin 2
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University of Southern California 7
USC Thornton School of Music 5
University of Southern California. School of Music 4
Chaplin, Charles 3
Eisler, Hanns 3
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Feuchtwanger, Lion 3
Feuchtwanger, Marta 3
Mann, Heinrich 3
Age of Consent 2
Arnold Schoenberg Institute 2
Callahan, John F. 2
Dieterle, William, 1893-1972 2
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 2
Great American Yankee Freedom Band 2
Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, 1862-1946 2
Jani, Robert F., 1934-1989 2
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra 2
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 2
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 2
Pierce, Charles 2
Salamunovich, Paul 2
Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951 2
Ussher, Bruno David 2
Vazzana, Anthony 2
Wagner, Richard 2
Wesson, Al 2
Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960 1
Adams, Maude 1
Ade, George, 1866-1944 1
Albertine, Charles 1
Alderman, Pauline 1
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 1
Amaro, Armando 1
Amaro, Hortensia 1
American Federation of Musicians 1
American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada. Musicians' Union, Local 47 (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
American Guild of Organists 1
American Guild of Organists. Los Angeles Chapter 1
American Guild of Organists. Pasadena Chapter 1
American Guild of Organists. Southern California Chapter 1
Ampico Corporation 1
Andersen, Michael, 1938-1982 1
Anderson, Pokey 1
Andrews, Julie 1
Angel Records (Firm) 1
Apuzzo, Virginia 1
Arkatov, James 1
Armstrong, Lil Hardin 1
Astaire, Fred 1
Autry, Gene 1
Bach, Johann Sebastian 1
Bae, Sungnam 1
Bagley, Charles Leland 1
Bakaleinikoff, Mischa 1
Barrymore , Lionel, 1878-1954 1
Barrymore, Ethel, 1879-1959 1
Batten, Jean 1
Baum, Vicki, 1888-1960 1
Beech, Olive Ann 1
Beethoven, Ludwig van 1
Bellson Francine 1
Bellson, Louis 1
Ben, Lisa 1
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989 1
Binder, Steve 1
Bing, Richard J., 1909-2010 1
Bliss, Arthur 1
Blossom, Henry, 1866-1919 1
Bottini, Ivy 1
Bowen, Pansy 1
Brady, James Buchanan 1
Brahms, Johannes 1
Brecht, Bertolt 1
Brown, Rayner, 1912-1999 1
Brown, Rita Mae 1
Bruckner, Anton 1
Bunch, Charlotte 1
Burnham, Michael 1
Capa, Robert, 1913-1954 1
Caron, Leslie 1
Carousel Dance Theatre for Children 1
Catnach, James 1
Celebration Theatre (Los Angeles, CA.) 1
Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich 1
Chaplin, Saul, 1912-1997 1
Chin, Lisa 1
Christy Minstrels 1
Clayton, Buck 1
Cleve, Fanny 1
Cleve, Felix M. 1
Cleve, George, 1936-2015 1
Cleve, Melitta 1
Clooney, Rosemary 1
Colt, Samuel, 1909-1986 1
Columbia Phonograph Company, inc. 1
Comden, Betty 1
Conniff, Ray 1
Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961 1
Cooper, Gladys, 1888-1971 1
Corbett, James J. 1
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