LARRY TAYLOR-BILLY MATTHEWS MUSICAL THEATRE ARCHIVE

NANCY ZAVACMUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

2/12/04

HISTORY Valuable lifetime

collection of Musical Theatre materials

Larry Taylor, office coordinator, Chelsea Music Service (1946-1991)

Billy Matthews, director & stage manager (1920-1997)

Acquired by the University of Miami in 1991 part gift/purchase

CONTENTS LP recordings,

cassettes, 78 rpm recordings

CD recordings Videos Vocal scores Piano conductor scores Sheet music, vocal

anthologies Scripts Books Playbills

PIANO CONDUCTOR SCORES

AUTOGRAPHS

ACCESS IBISweb catalog

http://ibisweb.miami.edu/ Useful to limit by material type

Music Library webpage http://www.library.miami.edu/music/mustheat.html

IBISWEB SEARCH FOR IRVING BERLIN (LIMIT BY SCORES)

1.After You Get What You Want You Don't Want It / by Irving Berlin  c1920       Musical Theater Archive; M1630.2 .B513Mus.Thea.Arch.   2 Alexander's Ragtime Band / by Irving Berlin  c1938       Musical Theater Archive; M1630.2 .B513 Mus.Thea.Arch.   3 Alexander's Ragtime Band. / My Walking Stick. Vocal Score  c1938       Musical Theater Archive; MUSICAL THEATER ARCHIVE   4 Alexander's Ragtime Band. / Now It Can Be Told. Vocal Score  c1938       Musical Theater Archive; MUSICAL THEATER ARCHIVE   5 All Alone. / Vocal Score  c1924       Musical Theater Archive; MUSICAL THEATER ARCHIVE   6 All Alone. / Vocal Score  c1924       Musical Theater Archive; MUSICAL THEATER ARCHIVE   7 All By Myself. / Vocal Score  c1946       Musical Theater Archive; MUSICAL THEATER ARCHIVE   8 All By Myself. / Vocal Score  c1921       Musical Theater Archive; M1630.2 .B513 Mus.Thea.Arch.   9 All Of My Life / by Irving Berlin  c1944       Musical Theater Archive; M1630.2 .B513 Mus.Thea.Arch.   10 Along Came Ruth / words And Music By Irving Berlin  c1914       Musical Theater Archive; M1630.2 .B513 Mus.Thea.Arch.   11 Always. / Vocal Score  c1925       Musical Theater Archive; M1630.2 .B513 Mus.Thea.Arch.   12 Always. / Vocal Score  c1925       Musical Theater Archive; M1630.2 .B513 Mus.Thea.Arch.     Result page:1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ... 32 Next

ACCESSMusic Library webpage

http://www.library.miami.edu/music/mustheat.html

Search Results for: hate get up TITLE [ OH! HOW I HATE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING ]ADDENDA[ lge sh;Irv.Berlin;AlexRag.Band ]

IBISWEB SEARCH FOR LPs

Limited to:MATERIAL type "SOUND RECORD"   Num Mark TITLES (73-78 of 78) 73 My Fair Lady Sound Recording           MTH-2696     74 My Fair Lady Sound Recording           MTH-2716     75 My fair lady Dansk originalindspilning MTH-2714     76 My Fair Lady Spanish     MTH-2710   77 My Fair Lady Swedish         MTH-2716     78 My Fair Lady Yiddish         MTH-6595      

ACCESS ENTRY FOR LP RECORDING TITLE[ KING AND I ]

CAST[ OC ]CAST[ OC ]VENUE[ Bway:51 ]COUNTRY[ USA ]COMPANY[ DEC ]NUMBER[ DL 9008 ]SPEED[ 33 ]SIZE[ 12 ]PLAYBILL[ Y:OC:51 ]COMPOSER[ Rodgers,Richard ]LYRICIST[ Hammerstein Jr.,Oscar ]BOOK[ Hammerstein Jr.,Oscar ]MUSIC_DIR[ Dvonch,Frederick ]ORCH_ARR[ ]SOURCE[ book ]STAR1[ Lawrence,G. ]STAR2[ Brynner,Yul ]

STUDENT USE Prepare assignments, especially for the

class “Singing for the Stage.” Students are assigned to choose, research, learn & perform songs of various composers.

Prepare material for auditions, juries, research papers & program notes.

On the first day of class the Music Librarian gives a presentation on the archive to the Musical Theatre freshman class on how to search for materials

STUDENT USE Guest composers give

performances & workshops. Past guests: Jerry Herman, Jason Robert Brown, Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz, Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt, Ricky Ian Gordon, Craig Carnelia, William Bolcom, Lynn Ahrens, John Bucchino, Stephen Flaherty, Andrew Lippa, Marcy Heisler, Zina Goldrich, Dan Goggin, Maury Yeston, Frank Wildhorn, Barry Kleinbort.

STUDENT USE Guest performers give masterclasses for students. In Oct. 2004 Jason Graae, Karen Mason & Alex Rybeck give a cabaret performance & masterclasses. Past guest performers: Karen Morrow, Paige O’Hara, K.T. Sullivan, Mark Nadler, Keith Buterbaugh, Dawnn Lewis, Lewis Cleale, Chris Denny, Karen Mason, Donald Pippin, Barry Kleinbort, Dave Clemmons, Doug Sills, Adam Epstein, Desmond Child, Liz Callaway.

FACULTY USE Faculty choose

study material for class assignments and for theatre productions

Review new musical scores and CDs

Give workshops on “Vocal Pedagogy for the 21st Century”

FACULTY USE Used materials from

the archive to stage a musical review of songs from 1926 celebrating the 75th anniversary of the University of Miami

Use material for the Summer Musical Theatre Institute for high school students

OUTSIDE USERS Find webpage and

email requests for copies of songs

Local performers phone in requests

Requests for photos of playbill covers; e.g. from Today Show

Recordings are being used on a local weekly radio show

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT Annual allocation to purchase materials for the

collection: CDs, vocal scores, vocal selections & videos

Gifts to the collection: CHUCK LINKNER, Orlando, FL, donated 112

unpublished scripts, Feb. 1992, at time of the dedication of the collectionFamily of TERRY MILLER donated 98 cartons of material, including unpublished scripts, playbills, scores, videos and LPs after his death in August 1995

Memorial cash donations were made in memory of Billy Matthews after his death in 1997

DONORSBilly Matthews30 articles in New York Times from 1950-1980Citing Billy as a director or stage manager

Lawrence Jay Taylor, Music Librarian, 44New York Times (1857-Current file); Apr 3, 1991; obituary,ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Timespg. B5

Terry Miller, 47, Photographer And Chronicler of the VillageBy ROBERT McG. THOMAS Jr.New York Times (1857-Current file); Aug 18, 1995; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Timespg. D17

PUBLICITIY Gala dedication performance and reception in

Feb. 1992 sponsored jointly by Friends of the Library and the Friends of the School of Music

Article in Miami Herald Announcement in NOTES for NOTES,

September 1992 Presentation about Archive at the SEMLA

chapter meeting, Miami, Oct. 1992 Webpage updates on library webpage by Ray

Uzwyshyn, Fall 2003; links to archive from School of Music webpage http://www.music.miami.edu/programs/mvp/MTR.html

Presentation at MLA Feb. 2004

VENDORS Footlight Records,

New York http://www.footlight.com/index.cfm

Dress Circle, London

http://www.dresscircle.co.uk/default.asp

VENDORS DRG records http://www.drgrecords.com/ Fynsworth Alley

http://www.fynsworthalley.com/catalog/index.cgi

LML Music http://www.lmlmusic.com/ Original Cast Records http://www.originalcastrecords.com/ J.W. Pepper

http://www.jwpepper.com/catalog/welcome.jsp

LANGUAGE OF EXCERPTS English Spanish Italian German Hungarian Yiddish

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