Comedy-drama directed by Frank Capra.
| Role | Person |
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| Arranger | Dimitri Tiomkin
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| Composer | Bach
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| Composer | Robert Russell Bennett
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| Composer | Irving Berlin
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| Composer | Carrie Jacobs Bond
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| Composer | Frederic Chopin
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| Composer | E Di Capua
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| Composer | Gounod
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| Composer | Leigh Harline
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| Composer | Lorenz Hart
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| Composer | Moe Jaffe
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| Composer | Arthur Johnson
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| Composer | Al Jolson
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| Composer | Charles E. King
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| Composer | Louis Lambert
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| Composer | Meade Lux Lewis
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| Composer | Cecil Mack
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| Composer | Felix Mendelssohn
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| Composer | Alfred Newman
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| Composer | Chauncey Olcott
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| Composer | J Reading
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| Composer | Richard Rodgers
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| Composer | Gene Rose
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| Composer | Nat Sonx
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| Composer | John Philip Sousa
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| Composer | Staff
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| Composer | Leith Stevens
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| Composer | Dimitri Tiomkin
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| Composer | Dave Torbett
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| Composer | Edward Ward
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| Composer | Roy Webb
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| Unknown | G Koger
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| Unknown | Unidentified Person
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| Unknown | V Scotto
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| Unknown | H Varna
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| Title | Status |
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| It’s a Wonderful Life | Published |
| Scene Music for It’s a Wonderful Life | Published |
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| British Quad – 50th Description:30×40 50th anniversary re-release (GB quad) |
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| Insert – Australian Description: Coming Soon! |
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| Lobby Card A Description:First in Sequence of Lobby Card Set. |
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| Lobby Card B Description:Second in Sequence of Lobby Card Set. |
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| Lobby Card C Description:Third in Sequence of Lobby Card Set. |
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| Lobby Card D Description:Fourth in Sequence of Lobby Card Set. |
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| Lobby Card E Description:Fifth in Sequence of Lobby Card Set. |
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| Lobby Card F Description:Sixth in Sequence of Lobby Card Set. |
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| Lobby Card G Description:Seventh in Sequence of Lobby Card Set. |
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| Lobby Card H Description:Eighth in Sequence of Lobby Card Set. |
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| Magazine Ad Description: Coming Soon! |
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| One Sheet – US Description: Coming Soon! |
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| Will Come Soon! Description: large poster |
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| Will Come Soon! Description: complete set |
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| Will Come Soon! Description: title card |
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| Will Come Soon! Description: #2 |
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| Will Come Soon! Description: #4 |
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| Will Come Soon! Description: #5 |
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| Will Come Soon! Description: #6 |
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| Will Come Soon! Description: #8 |
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| Will Come Soon! Description: Cinemagic photo of poster |
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Cue Sheet
Total Time:
51 minutes, 1 seconds
| Cue | Title | Reel | Part | Usage | Timing | Collaborators |
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| 1 | Buffalo Gals Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | 3:50 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 2 | It’s a Wonderful Life Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 3 | Adeste Fidelis Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Arranger)
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| 4 | Ave Maria Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Vocal Entire | :00 | Gounod (Composer)
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| 5 | Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Contrapuntal) Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 6 | Buffalo Gals Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Partial | :05 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 7 | Buffalo Gals Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Partial | :03 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 8 | Buffalo Gals Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Partial | :04 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 9 | Buffalo Gals Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Partial | :04 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 10 | Buffalo Gals Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Entire | :27 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 11 | Collegiate Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Instrumental Entire | :46 | Nat Sonx (Composer)
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| 12 | Buffalo Gals Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Instrumental Partial | :24 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 13 | Charleston Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Instrumental Entire | 2:17 | Arthur Johnson (Composer)
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| 14 | Buffalo Gals Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Entire | :20 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 15 | Buffalo Gals Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Partial | :04 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 16 | Buffalo Gals Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Partial | :17 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 17 | Father’s Death Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :22 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 18 | Funeral March (Paraphrase) Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Arranger)
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| 19 | Father’s Death Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 20 | Novachord Improvisation Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :20 | Staff (Composer) |
| 21 | My Wild Irish Rose Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Partial | :12 | Chauncey Olcott (Composer) |
| 22 | Avalon Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | 2:17 | Al Jolson (Composer)
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| 23 | Buffalo Gals Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Entire | 3:05 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 24 | Wedding March Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :46 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Arranger)
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| 25 | Stars and Stripes Forever Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Partial | :08 | John Philip Sousa (Composer) |
| 26 | Song of the Islands Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Vocal Entire | 1:50 | Charles E. King (Composer) |
| 27 | I Love You Truly Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Entire | :46 | Carrie Jacobs Bond (Composer) |
| 28 | O Solo Mio** Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Vocal Partial | :10 | E Di Capua (Composer) |
| 29 | Retrospect #5 Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :10 | Leigh Harline (Composer) |
| 30 | Buffalo Gals Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Partial | :09 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 31 | This is the Army Mr. Jones Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | 2:55 | Irving Berlin (Composer) |
| 32 | Dankgebet Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 33 | When Johnny Comes Marching Home Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Louis Lambert (Composer)
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| 34 | Uncle Billy’s Blunder Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :37 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 35 | Hark the Herald Angels Sing Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Instrumental Entire | 1:28 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Arranger)
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| 36 | Hark the Herald Angels Sing Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Instrumental Entire | 4:05 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Arranger)
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| 37 | Vieni Vieni Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Entire | 1:03 | V Scotto (Unknown)
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| 38 | Santa Lucia Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Vocal Partial | :08 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 39 | Clarence’s Arrival Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | 2:03 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 40 | Mental Torment Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Roy Webb (Composer) |
| 41 | Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :07 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 42 | Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :06 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 43 | George is Unborn Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Vocal Partial | :42 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 44 | George is Unborn Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Vocal Partial | 3:35 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 45 | Boogie Piano Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Instrumental Entire | :00 | Meade Lux Lewis (Composer) |
| 46 | Boogie Piano Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Instrumental Entire | 5:15 | Meade Lux Lewis (Composer) |
| 47 | Novachord Improvisation (Contrapuntal) Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Staff (Composer) |
| 48 | Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 49 | Blues #8 Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Dave Torbett (Composer)
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| 50 | Blues #11 Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Leith Stevens (Composer) |
| 51 | North America Meets South America Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Lorenz Hart (Composer)
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| 52 | Gentleman Jitters Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Robert Russell Bennett (Composer) |
| 53 | Lucilleioka Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Edward Ward (Composer) |
| 54 | Lulu the Zulu Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Roy Webb (Composer) |
| 55 | Booth Jive Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Gene Rose (Composer)
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| 56 | Novachord Improvisation Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Staff (Composer) |
| 57 | Tom Merriam Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Roy Webb (Composer) |
| 58 | Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | 4:00 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 59 | The Haunted House Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 60 | The Needle Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Leigh Harline (Composer) |
| 61 | The Stranger (Paraphrase) Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Roy Webb (Composer) |
| 62 | Thinking Theme (Paraphrase) Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Roy Webb (Composer) |
| 63 | Pottersville Cemetery Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Vocal Entire | :00 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 64 | Wrong Mary Hatch Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental | :00 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 65 | A Wonderful Life Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Instrumental Entire | :00 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 66 | The Prayer Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :46 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 67 | A Wonderful Life (Paraphrase) Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | 2:37 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 68 | Hallelujah Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Vocal Entire | :00 | Alfred Newman (Composer) |
| 69 | Hark the Herald Angels Sing Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Entire | :42 | Felix Mendelssohn (Composer)
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| 70 | Auld Lang Syne Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Entire | 1:22 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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| 71 | Buffalo Gals Description: Coming Soon |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :34 | Unidentified Person (Unknown)
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- Tiomkin Collection at USC
| Storage Contents | Storage Number |
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| Music breakdown sheet, form, filled in the hand of Dimitri Tiomkin [?] 1 page
Conductor parts, photostats. Original musical sketch of song, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” lyric by Frederic Herbert, music by Dimitri Tiomkin; also original and carbon typescripts of lyrics to song, 1 p. ea. 4 leaves sketch. Ozalid copies of song “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Original score by Dimitri Tiomkin, in the hand of the arrangers: Nathan G. Scott, David Tamkin, P. A. Marquardt, and unidentified person. (224 leaves?) Original musical sketches by Dimitri Tiomkin, holograph. Photostat conductor parts; orchestral parts, holograph; choral parts, ozalid. Original score by Beethoven-Tiomkin, in the hand of the arrangers: Cailliet-Glasser, 15 leaves. [Latter may be from another film.] |
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Box| Storage Contents | Storage Number |
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| R1-1-3:T3,Reh.?,T4 Main Title / R14-3:T1 R1-2A:T6,T5,T2,T3,T4 Opening Ave Maria R1-3:T5 / R9-1:T6,T1,T2,T5 R1-5:T1 / R1-3:T3,T4 R2-1:T1,T2 / R2-2:T7 R2-1:T3 / R13-4:T4,T1,T3 Wind Cemetery R3-1:T1,T2 / R4-1:T1 R3-1:T5,T6 / R6-1:T1 R4-1:Reh. / R11-1:T4 / R14-1:T2,T3,T4 R6-1A:T1,T2,T4? Fox trot / R6-1A:T6,T7,T8,T9
Notes: Tape log in box. Photocopy in CD case. |
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| R7-1:T1,T2,T3 / R?-1:T2 Wedding March R7-2:T1,T2,T3,T4 / R7-3:T1,T2,T3,T4 R9-2:T1,T2 / R14-3:T5,T6 R9-2AA:T1 / R14-2:T7,T8 R9-3:T2 / R13-2:T1,Reh.,Reh. R10-1:T1 / R13-1:T1 / R14-3:T2 R10-1:T2 / R14-1:T1 / R10-1:Reh. / R14-1:T5 R11-1:T1,T2,T3 / R13-2:T5 / R11-2:T1,Reh. R12-1:T1 / R14-4:T4 Wind and Miracle / R12-1:T2 R13-5:T1,T2,T3,T4 Dream Theme
Notes: Tape log in box. Photocopy in CD case. |
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CD| Storage Contents | Storage Number |
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| Coming Soon! |
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| Sketches; Conductor |
Music Sketch| Storage Contents | Storage Number |
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| R1-1-3:T3,Reh.?,T4 Main Title / R14-3:T1 R1-2A:T6,T5,T2,T3,T4 Opening Ave Maria R1-3:T5 / R9-1:T6,T1,T2,T5 R1-5:T1 / R1-3:T3,T4 R2-1:T1,T2 / R2-2:T7 R2-1:T3 / R13-4:T4,T1,T3 Wind Cemetery R3-1:T1,T2 / R4-1:T1 R3-1:T5,T6 / R6-1:T1 R4-1:Reh. / R11-1:T4 / R14-1:T2,T3,T4 R6-1A:T1,T2,T4? Fox trot / R6-1A:T6,T7,T8,T9 Notes: Tape log in box. Photocopy in CD case. |
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| undetermined, may contain the following cues: M350:T5 Dub? / MY350 10/16/46 V12A:T3 / V143:T3 / V92AA:T1 A:T1,T3 / V133:T6,T7 V92AA:T4,T5,T6,T7 / V149:T1,T2,T3,T4 / V121:T1 / V132:T7 / V121:T2 V132:T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 / V143:T3,T1,T2 / V133:T1,T2,T3,T4,T5 / R1-1 / R2-2 |
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| R7-1:T1,T2,T3 / R?-1:T2 Wedding March R7-2:T1,T2,T3,T4 / R7-3:T1,T2,T3,T4 R9-2:T1,T2 / R14-3:T5,T6 R9-2AA:T1 / R14-2:T7,T8 R9-3:T2 / R13-2:T1,Reh.,Reh. R10-1:T1 / R13-1:T1 / R14-3:T2 R10-1:T2 / R14-1:T1 / R10-1:Reh. / R14-1:T5 R11-1:T1,T2,T3 / R13-2:T5 / R11-2:T1,Reh. R12-1:T1 / R14-4:T4 Wind and Miracle / R12-1:T2 R13-5:T1,T2,T3,T4 Dream Theme Notes: Tape log in box. Photocopy in CD case. |
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Open-Reel-Audio| Storage Contents | Storage Number |
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| Coming Soon! |
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