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Composition (Music)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 227 Collections and/or Records:

Max Steiner film music sketch for Confessions of a Nazi Spy, 1939

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1547 Series 5 Sub-Series 43
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch of Max Steiner's composition for the Warner Bros. film "Confessions of a Nazi Spy." Materials dated 1939.

Dates: 1939
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1547, Max Steiner papers / Max Steiner film music sketches, scores, and recordings

Max Steiner film music sketch for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1938

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1547 Series 5 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains a pencil sketch of Max Steiner's compositions from the Sleznick/United Artists 1938 film "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Material dated 1938.

Dates: 1938
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1547, Max Steiner papers / Max Steiner film music sketches, scores, and recordings

Max Steiner film music sketch for The Battle of Britain, 1943

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1547 Series 5 Sub-Series 16
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch of Max Steiner's composition of the U.S. War Department's film "The Battle of Britain." Materials dated 1943.

Dates: 1943
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1547, Max Steiner papers / Max Steiner film music sketches, scores, and recordings

Max Steiner film music sketch for The Boy from Oklahoma, 1954

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1547 Series 5 Sub-Series 22
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch of Max Steiner's composition for the Warner Bros. film "The Boy from Oklahoma." Materials dated 1954.

Dates: 1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1547, Max Steiner papers / Max Steiner film music sketches, scores, and recordings

Max Steiner film music sketch for The Breaking Point, 1950

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1547 Series 5 Sub-Series 24
Scope and Contents

Contains a pencil sketch of Max Steiner's composition for the Warner Bros. film "The Breaking Point" alongside a copy of the sketch. Materials dated 1950.

Dates: 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1547, Max Steiner papers / Max Steiner film music sketches, scores, and recordings

Max Steiner film music sketch of A Dispatch from Reuters, 1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1547 Series 5 Sub-Series 60
Scope and Contents

This includes a sketch of Max Steiner's compositions of the Warner Bros. film "A Dispatch from Reuters." Materials dated 1940.

Dates: 1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1547, Max Steiner papers / Max Steiner film music sketches, scores, and recordings

Max Steiner film music sketch of A Farewell to Arms, 1957

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1547 Series 5 Sub-Series 70
Scope and Contents

This includes pencil sketches of Max Steiner's compositions for the Selznick/20th Century Fox film "A Farewell to Arms." Materials dated 1957.

Dates: 1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1547, Max Steiner papers / Max Steiner film music sketches, scores, and recordings

Max Steiner film music sketch of Dallas, 1950

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1547 Series 5 Sub-Series 49
Scope and Contents

This includes sketches of Max Steiner's composition for the Warner Bros. film "Dallas" Materials dated 1950.

Dates: 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1547, Max Steiner papers / Max Steiner film music sketches, scores, and recordings

Max Steiner film music sketch of Darby's Rangers, 1958

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1547 Series 5 Sub-Series 50
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains pencil sketches and recordings of various compositions created by Max Steiner including films such as the 1944 film version of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," the film adaptation of Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead," and "Gone With the Wind." Materials dated 1930-1965.

Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1547, Max Steiner papers / Max Steiner film music sketches, scores, and recordings

Max Steiner film music sketch of Desperate Journey , 1942

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1547 Series 5 Sub-Series 59
Scope and Contents

This includes a pencil sketch of Max Steiner's composition for the Warner Bros. film "Desparate Journey." Materials dated 1942.

Dates: 1942
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1547, Max Steiner papers / Max Steiner film music sketches, scores, and recordings

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