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Harold Arlen scripts
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Title
Harold Arlen scripts, 1957-1959.
Physical Description
0.21 linear feet (1 box)
Language
English
Notes
In English.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Stanley Ross. Purchased from Royal Books on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013.
Organization
Arranged alphabetically.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Harold Arlen (1905-1986), composer and songwriter.
Summary
Two scripts, typescript, representing revisions of Harold Arlen's 1946 stage musical, St. Louis Woman. Scripts are entitled Harold Arlen's Blues Opera, dated "Nov. 1957," and Harold Arlen's Free and Easy, circa 1959. The Blues Opera, annotated in an unidentified hand, is "based on a play by Arne [sic] Bontemps & Countee Cullen" and both scripts acknowledge "lyrics by Johnny Mercer." Free and Easy is inscribed "Property of: Stanley Ross..."
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
October 11, 2013
References
Harold Arlen Scripts. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Harold Arlen Scripts. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Scripts (documents)
Occupation
Authors United States 20th century.
Dramatists United States 20th century.
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