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Academy Award-Winning Composers

Academy Award-Winning Composers

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Academy Award-Winning Composers

An impressive collection of 134 signatures, AMQSs, and letters. In fine overall condition. Signers include: John Addison (adding a var of music), Peter Allen (2), Malcolm Arnold, Howard Ashman (adding “’The seaweek is always greener ...’”), Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager, Robert Russell Bennett, Alan and Marilyln Bergman, Marilyn and Alan Bergman, Irving Berlin (FDC), Elmer Bernstein (2), Don Black, Jay Blackton (ALS signed “Jay B.”), Leslie Bricusse, Sammy Cahn, Irene Cara (2), Hoagy Carmichael, Keith Carradine (3), Saul Chaplin, Bill Conti (adding a bar of music), Aaron Copeland, Carmine Coppola (2), Christopher Cross, Ken Darby (2), Georges Delerue (adding a bar of music), Georges Delerue (adding the opening bars from ‘A Little Romance’), John DeNicola, Carmen Dragon, Roger Edens, Ray Evans (2), Sammy Fain, Dorothy Fields, Norman Gimbel, Ernest Gold (adding a line from’Exodus’), Michael Gore, John Green, Marvin Hamlisch (adding a bar of music), Herbie Hancock, Leigh Harline, Isaac Hayes, Ray Heindorf, Joel Hirschhorn (adding lyrics to ‘The Morning After’), Paul Jabara, Maurice Jarre (adding a bar of music), Elton John, Bronislau Kaper, Fred Karlin (2), Irwin Kostal (adding a bar of music), Irwin Kostal, Francis Lai (adding a bar from ‘Love Story’), Michael Legrand, John Leipold (cut from a larger document), Alan Jay Lerner, Jay Livingston (adding a line from ‘Mona Lisa’ and ‘Silver Bells’) (2), Jay Livingston (adding individual music quotes from ‘Mona Lisa,’ Bottons and Bows,’ and Que Sera, Sera’), Frank Loesser, Henry Mancini (adding a bar of music) (2), Henry Mancini (FDC), Johnny Mandel, Donald Markowitz (ALS), Donald Markowitz, Manos Matzidakis, Johnny Mercer, Georgio Moroder, Giorgio Moroder (3), Alfred Newman, Lionel Newman, Jack Nitzsche (2), Harry Owens, Dean Pitchford, Rachel Portman, Andre Previn, Joe Renzetti, Lionel Richie, Nelson Riddle (adding line of music from ‘Route 66’), Leo Robin, Heinz Roemheld, Leonard Rosenman (adding a bar of music from the ‘East of Eden’ theme), Robb Royer, Miklos Rozsa, Carole Bayer Sager, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Richard and Robert Sherman (adding a bar of music from ‘Chim Chim Cher-ee’), Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman, David Shire (adding a bar of music from ‘It Goes Like It Goes’ (3), Leo Shuken, Neil Simon (Playbill), Paul Smith, Stephen Sondheim, Max Steiner, Morris Stoloff, Jule Styne (2), Harry Sukman, Dimitri Tiomkin, Jonathan Tunick, Jimmy Van Heusen, Oliver Wallace, Harry Warren, Ned Washington, Paul Francis Webster, Tom Whitlock, John Williams (adding a bar of music, John Williams, Paul Williams, Stevie Wonder (two fingerprints with a secretarial notation), and Allie Wrubel. RRAuction COA.

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  • Dates: #361 - Ended September 15, 2010