Printed scores and parts for 3,845 orchestrations from the late nineteenth century and through the Silent Film Era, believed to have been collected originally in one or more libraries in Sid Grauman's theatre empire. The collection includes scores and parts, orchestrated primarily for large orchestra. Some scores contain property marks from individuals such as composer Rudolph Kopp or conductor Charles Gluck. Many bear the property stamp of "Grauman's Theatres."
Permanent address to digital collection: https://doi.org/10.25810/hsnv-mf74.
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Name of the collection: Graumans Theatres Scores, 1882-1937
Titles derived from original captions on the work by the creator. If the original title is not available titles are created by the cataloger.
These titles might include smaller parts to a larger piece.
First line of the chorus of the song.
First line of the lyrical composition.
Common names include: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759; Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827; Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932
Common names include: Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983|Rose, Billy, 1899-1966; Frey, Hugo, 1873-1952; Little, Jack, 1900-1956|Finch, Dick, 1898-1955|Malie, Tommie
Common names include: Paul, Walter; Tobani, Theo. M. (Theodore Moses), 1855-1933; Langey, Otto, 1851-1922
Editor of the composition.
Contributor to the resource: Woodhouse, Charles, 1879-1939; Hartman, Arthur
A term that specifies the characteristics and general type of content of the resource.
Type terms used in this collection include: Notated music
Location of work creation or publication city.
Places include: Paris (France); New York (N.Y.)
The name of the entity that published, printed, distributed, released, issued, or produced the resource.
Common publishers include: Carl Fischer; G. Schirmer, Inc.; Hawkes & Son
A particular form or version of a published text.
The date that the resource was published, released, or issued. Dates range between 1882-1937
The date of creation of the manuscript. This often includes unique, hand notated works.
Date ranges include: 1882-1937
The date on which the resource was digitized or a subsequent snapshot was taken.
Dates include: 2022
Contains the textual or coded form for the language of the content of the resource.
Language(s) seen in this collection include: English
The size or scale of the work. Works contain unnumbered pages.
Brief notes about the handwritten edits and markings seen throughout each score.
A particular physical presentation of a resource, including the physical form or medium of material for a resource.
Form terms include: sheet music
The method by which a resource achieved digital form: reformatted digital
Standard that indicates the nature and format of a document, file, or assortment of bytes. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is responsible for all official MIME.
Media type(s) in this collection: application/pdf
Transcriptions from the envelopes about the instrumentation that comprises each packet. Example:
1st flute (3 copies) ; 1st clarinet (3 copies) ; 2nd clarinet (1 copy) ; 1st oboe (1 copy) ; 1st bassoon (1 copy) ; 1st cornet (3 copies) ; 2nd cornet (3 copies) ; 1st horn (2 copies) ; 2nd horn (2 copies) ; 1st trombone (3 copies) ; drums & timpani (3 copies) ; 1st violin (9 copies) ; 2nd violin (6 copies) ; viola (3 copies) ; cello (4 copies) ; bass (5 copies) ; piano (2 copies)
Notes about the copies available.
A term or phrase representing the primary topic(s) on which a work is focused.
Common subject terms used in this collection include: Silent film music; Motion picture music
Number transcribed from front of envelope: 12750-47 TO 1423
Information that identifies other resources related to the one being described. This includes title, item ID, item ARK, and a term to describe how the item is related.
Contains a unique standard number or code that distinctively identifies a resource. Typically the file name.
Example: narv_grauman_2870_largoMelodieInFAngelsSerenade.pdf
Controlled, stable link to the resource.
Example: https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/g47r0j79t39c
The institution or repository that holds the resource or where it is available: American Music Research Center
Shelfmark or other shelving designation that indicates the location identifier for a resource.
Example: COU-AMRC-113
Information about restrictions imposed on access to a resource.
Statement in collection: The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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For more information about this collection visit the webpage at the CU Boulder ArchivesSpace; https://archives.colorado.edu/repositories/2/resources/2321.
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