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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

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

Louie Bellson sheet music collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0365
Abstract

This collection includes folders of annotated sheet music scores performed by drummer and band leader Louie Bellson (1924-2009) and associated acts, as well as Bellson’s compositions.

Dates: 1940 - 1989

Rayner Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1002
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of American composer, organist, teacher, and USC alumnus Rayner Brown (1912-1999) include music scores, manuscripts and books.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940s-1990s

Joe Diorio papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1020
Scope and Contents The Joe Diorio papers comprise material created and collected by Joseph Louis Diorio (August 6, 1936 - February 2, 2022), American jazz guitarist and former USC Thornton Studio Guitar program faculty member. The largest part of the collection consists of music composition notebooks with Diorio's handwritten compositions. Some of the compositions in the collection were created by or for Diorio's students as part of Diorio's teaching activities. The Joe Diorio papers also include photographs;...
Dates: 1965 - 2021

EMI Angel Records collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1017
Abstract

Collection consists of production materials for the EMI Angel Records label, primarily research for the album liner notes and artwork for album covers.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1953-1980s

Margaret Fallenius papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6109
Abstract

Margaret Fallenius (approx. 1892-1962) was a voice, piano and violin teacher in Palo Alto, California, originally from the Portland, Oregon area. From approximately 1911-1924, Margaret performed classical violin on the Orpheum, Keith and Pantages vaudeville circuits. The collectioon contains travel diaries, scrapbooks, programs, photographs, musical scores/sheets documenting Fallenius' career in vaudeville.

Dates: 1892-1959

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Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra 2
Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960 1
Adams, Maude 1
Ade, George, 1866-1944 1
Albertine, Charles 1
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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 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
Angel Records (Firm) 1
Armstrong, Lil Hardin 1
Autry, Gene 1
Bach, Johann Sebastian 1
Beethoven, Ludwig van 1
Bellson Francine 1
Bellson, Louis 1
Blossom, Henry, 1866-1919 1
Brady, James Buchanan 1
Brahms, Johannes 1
Brown, Rayner, 1912-1999 1
Bruckner, Anton 1
Carousel Dance Theatre for Children 1
Christy Minstrels 1
Clayton, Buck 1
Clooney, Rosemary 1
Columbia Phonograph Company, inc. 1
Conniff, Ray 1
Corbett, James J. 1
Currie, John (1934-08-02-2020-05-17) 1
Debussy, Claude 1
Devenport, Frank 1
Diorio, Joe (Joseph Louis), 1936-2022 1
Engel, Carl, 1883-1944 1
Fallenius, Margaret 1
Fields, Armond 1
Fields, Lew 1
Fondren Library. Music Library 1
Foy, Eddie 1
Gerrard, Saida 1
Gershon, Grant 1
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 1
Gole, Joseph 1
Gro, Josephine 1
Handel, George Frideric 1
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center 1
Haydn, Joseph 1
Hefti, Neal 1
Heidt, Horace 1
Helfman, Max 1
Henry, O., 1862-1910 1
Heritage Dance Company 1
Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Holm, Hanya 1
Holman, Bill 1
Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, 1862-1946 1
James, Harry 1
Jones, Thad 1
Kern, Jerome 1
Kibbee, Martin 1
Lardner, Ring, 1885-1933 1
Leipzig, Adam 1
Lert, Richard 1
Loraine, William, 1869- 1
Los Angeles Master Chorale 1
Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 1
Luders, Gustav, 1865-1913 1
M. Welte & Sons (Freiburg and New York) 1
Mahler, Gustav 1
Mandel, Johnny 1
Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Matlock, Matty 1
Matthias, Jack 1
McCormick, Katharine Dexter 1
McDonald, Bruce 1
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix 1
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950 1
Montgomery, David Craig 1
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1
Museum of the City of New York 1
Music Center of Los Angeles County 1
Myrow, Fredric 1
Myrow, Josef, 1910-1987 1
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) 1
New York Public Library 1
Nye, Bill, 1850-1896 1
Pastor, Tony 1
Play-Rite Music Rolls Company 1
Redman, Don 1
Richards, Johnny 1
Roger Wagner Chorale 1
Rogers, Shorty 1
Rosenbloom, Aviva 1
Russell, Lillian 1
Ryland, Gladys, 1900-1980 1
Sainton-Dolby, Charlotte Helen, 1821-1885 1
Salamunovich, Paul 1
Schildkraut, Joseph 1
Schubert, Franz 1
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