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Finding Aid for the Alfred Newman Collection ca. 1940-1959
PASC-M 19
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Title: Alfred Newman Collection,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1940-1959
Collection number: PASC-M 19
Creator: Newman,
Alfred
Extent:
6 boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: Collection consists of 78 rpm and 33 rpm recordings
of soundtracks composed by Newman, and other music conducted by
Newman.
[Identification of item], Alfred Newman Collection, PASC-M 19, UCLA Library
Special Collections , University of California, Los Angeles.
Newman was born on Mar. 17, 1901 in New Haven, CT; became pianist, composer,
and conductor; studied with Sigismond Stojowski, Reuben Goldmark, George Wedge,
and Arnold Schoenberg; at age 13 he played piano at the Strand Theatre in NY,
and was a pianist, accompanist, and conductor in vaudeville, and later in
Broadway musicals; moved to Hollywood in 1930; appeared as a guest conductor
with the Cincinnati Symphony, National Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and
the Hollywood Bowl Symphony; became writer of film scores; won Academy Awards
for The song of Bernadette (1943), Mother wore tights (1947), With a song in my
heart (1952), Call me madam (1953), Love is a many-splendored thing (1955), The
King and I (1956), and Camelot (1967); he died on Feb. 17, 1970 in Los
Angeles.
Collection consists of 78 rpm and 33 rpm recordings of soundtracks composed
by Newman, and other music conducted by Newman.