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Frederick Loewe CollectionProcessed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress2004
Biographical Note
Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe Frederick Loewe Collection spans 1923-1988, with the bulk of the materials dating between 1945-1975. The Music series contains manuscripts from Loewe's stage and screen musicals, including songs cut from shows. It also contains individual songs not associated with a particular show and songs from less well-known shows. Of particular interest are autograph manuscripts from Loewe's most famous musicals, Brigadoon, Camelot, Gigi, My Fair Lady and Paint Your Wagon. The Miscellaneous Personal Papers series includes correspondence, various writings, programs, and clippings. The Photographs series contains over 500 photographs of Frederick Loewe, his family, friends, and home. The Business Papers series includes manuscript appraisals, records of charitable giving, and correspondence. Return to the Table of Contents Selected Search TermsPeople
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Return to the Table of Contents Organization of the Frederick Loewe CollectionThe Frederick Loewe Collection is organized in four series: Return to the Table of Contents Container ListMusicShow MusicArranged alphabetically by show title and by song title therein. Brigadoon, 1947Almost like being in lovePiano-vocal score; 8 p.Piano-vocal score; 5 p.Ballad of Jamie MacLeanLead sheet; [1] p.BrigadoonPiano-vocal score; [2] p.Piano-choral score; 2 p.The chasePiano-vocal score; p. 1-4, 6-10, 10A, 11Come to me-bend to mePiano-vocal score; 2 p.Come to me-bend to me balletPiano score; 6 p.Dancin' dayLead sheet; [1] p.Down on MacConnachy squarePiano-vocal score; [7] p.Choral arrangement; [1] p.Duty of a womanseeSketchesEnd of Lundie scenePiano score; [1] p.Choral sketch; [1] p.Short score/sketch; 2 p.Choral score; [1] p.Copyist's manuscript piano-choral score; 2 p.Finale IPiano-vocal score; 2 p.From this day onPiano-vocal score; 5 p.Piano-vocal score; 1 p.GavottePiano score; 4 p.Have a morningseeSketchesThe heather on the hillPiano-vocal score; 4 p.2 piano-vocal scores; 5 p.I insistseeSketchesI'll go home with Bonnie JeanPiano-vocal score; 3 p.Vocal arrangement sketch; [1] p.I'll go home with Bonnie Jean balletPiano score; 7 p.Jeannie's packin' upPiano-vocal score; 4 p.Jeannie's wedding dayLead sheet; [1] p.The love of my lifePiano-vocal score; 5 p.The miraclePiano score; [1] p.My mother's weddin' dayPiano-vocal score; 3 p.Piano-vocal score; [1] p.Nothin' like a manPiano-vocal score; 3 p.ProloguePiano-choral score; 2 p.Piano-vocal score; [1] p.She doesn't hear mesee alsoSketchesLead sheet; [1] p.Sword dancePiano score/piano-vocal score; [9] p.Piano score; 4 p.Copyist's manuscript piano score/piano-vocal score; 6 p.There but for you go IPiano-vocal score; 4 p.True loveseeSketchesVendors' callsPiano-choral score; 5 p.Waitin' for my DeariePiano-vocal score; 4 p.Piano-choral score; 4 p.Piano-vocal score; 2 p.We're very luckyseeSketchesWooin' in the highlandsLead sheet; [1] p.Sketches; [4] p.Sketches; [7] p.Piano-vocal selections; [15] p.Original manuscript folderCamelot, 1960Before I gaze at you againPiano-vocal score; 4 p.CamelotPiano-vocal score; 9 p.Sheet musicC'est moiPiano-vocal score; 7 p.Finale ultimoPiano-vocal score; 6 p.Follow me (Nimue's call)Piano-vocal score; 3 p.GueneverePiano-vocal score; 16 p.How to handle a womanPiano-vocal score; 7 p.Sheet musicI loved you once in silencePiano-vocal score; 6 p.I wonder what the king is doing tonightPiano-vocal score; 8 p.If ever I would leave youPiano-vocal score; 4 p.Piano-vocal score; 3 p.Sheet musicThe joustsPiano-vocal score; 16 p.The lusty month of MayPiano-vocal score; 5 p.MarchPiano score; 3 p.OverturePiano score; 4 p.The persuasionPiano-vocal score; 4 p.The seven deadly virtuesPiano-vocal score; 6 p.The simple joys of maidenhoodPiano-vocal score; 10 p.Lead sheet; 2 p.What do the simple folk do?see alsoPlease don’t marry me from My Fair LadyPiano-vocal score; 15 p.Vocal selections; 27 p.The day before spring, 1945Anyone elseLead sheet; [1] p.Lead sheet; [1] p.Ballet I (Eternal youth)Lead sheet/condensed score; 3 p.Copyist's manuscript piano score/piano-choral score; 14 p.Book balletseePeter reads the bookBridgeCopyist's manuscript piano score; 8 p.The day before springPiano-vocal score; 4 p.Copyist's manuscript short score/piano-vocal score; 4 p.Copyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; 3 p.Copyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; 4 p.Piano-vocal score; 5 p.Piano-vocal score; 5 p.Finale ICopyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; 9 p.Friends to the endLead sheet; [1] p.For anyone elseseeAnyone else and My love is a married manGod's green worldPiano-vocal score; 9 p.Piano-vocal score; 9 p.I love you this morningPiano-vocal score; 2 p.Piano-vocal score; 5 p.The invitationPiano-vocal score; [9] p.A jug of wineCopyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; 4 p.Piano-vocal score; 5 p.Love bowerseeWhere's my wifeMy love is a married manLead sheet; [1] p.Piano-vocal score; 7 p.Piano-vocal score; 7 p.Peter reads the bookPiano-vocal score; 13 p.This is my holidayPiano-vocal score; p. 4-8Piano-vocal score; 5 p.Piano-vocal score; 5 p.Where's my wifeLead sheet; 4 p.Piano-vocal score; [15] p.The woman who fallsLead sheet; [1] p.You haven't changed at allPiano-vocal score;5 p.Choral arrangement; 7 p.Piano-vocal score; 5 p.Miscellaneous musicCopyist's manuscript piano score; [1] p.Song lists and title pages 4 itemsSouvenir programGigi, 1958 film, 1973 stage adaptationGigisee alsoWhere's my wife from The day before springPiano-vocal score; 7 p.I never want to go home againCopyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; 9 p.I remember it wellPiano-vocal score; 7 p.I'm glad I'm not young anymorePiano-vocal score; 4 p.The night they invented champagnePiano-vocal score; cover and p. 5 onlyWaltz at Maxim's (she is not thinking of me)Piano score; 7 p.Great lady, 1938And so will youCopyist's manuscript piano part; [2] p.Ballad of the streetsingerCopyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; 6 p.Change into pastCopyist's manuscript piano score; [1] p.CinderellaseeVocal selectionsGoodnight madamesee alsoVocal selections2 copyist's manuscript piano-vocal scores; [3], 3 p.I can see myself in the theatreseeMiscellaneousI have room in my heartPiano-vocal score; 5 p.I'll take my lovesee alsoVocal selections and FragmentsCopyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; [4] p.The little corporalseeVocal selectionsMadame is at homeseeVocal selections, Miscellaneous and FragmentsMay I suggestCopyist's manuscript piano part/short score; 5 p.The night can be blindseeVocal selectionsOne little pilgrim's progress (Silhouette ballet)Piano-vocal score; 7 p.Once in every lifetimeseeVocal selectionsPromenadesee alsoVocal selectionsCopyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; 6 p.Road to ParisseeVocal selectionsThere had to be a waltzseeVocal selectionsTo whom it may concernseeVocal selectionsTongues may wagsee alsoVocal selections2 copyist's manuscript piano-vocal scores; 7 p.Transition Act I and Transition Act IIseeVocal selectionsTransition scene 6Copyist's manuscript piano part; 15 p.Transition scene 6-7 Act IseeMiscellaneousTransition to "Just a stitch in time"Piano score; [1] p.Why can't this night last foreverseeVocal selectionsVocal selectionsLead sheets; [38] p.Lead sheets; [5] p.MiscellaneousCopyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; [15] p.UnidentifiedPiano score; p. 5-7Fragments"Madame at home" piano-vocal score; p. 18"I'll take my love" piano-vocal score; [2] p.The life of the party, 1942Here we go againCopyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; 6 p.Life of the partyPiano-vocal score; 4 p.One robin doesn't make a springLead sheet/piano-vocal score; [2] p.Wearin' the grinLead sheet; [1] p.The little prince, 1974 filmCopyist's manuscript piano-vocal score Bound ozalidsMy fair lady, 1956Ascot gavottePiano-vocal score; 3 p.Come to the ballPiano-vocal score; 4 p.Copyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; 11 p.Dear little foolLead sheet; [1] p.Embassy waltzPiano score; 8 p.Entr’actePiano score; 8 p.Flower marketPiano score/piano-vocal score; 5 p.Get me to the church on timePiano-vocal score; [5] p.A hymn to himPiano-vocal score; 13 p.I could have danced all nightPiano-vocal score; 7 p.I'm an ordinary manPiano-vocal score; 13 p.I've grown accustomed to her facePiano-vocal score; 13 p.Piano-vocal score; 5 p.Just you waitPiano-vocal score; 8 p.Lady LizaLead sheet; 1 p.Liza-counterLead sheet; 2 p.On the street where she livesPiano-vocal score; 7 p.OverturePiano score; [2] p.Please don't marry meLead sheet; 3 p.The Pygmalion waltzesPiano score; 7 p.Holograph piano score; 4 p.The rain in SpainPiano-vocal score; 5 p.The servants chorusPiano-vocal score; [2] p.Show mePiano-vocal score; 7 p.ShyPiano-vocal score; 3 p.Piano-vocal score; 4 p.There's a thing called loveLead sheet; 2 p.What is a woman?Lead sheet; [1] p.Why can't the English?see also covers for I could have danced all night, On the street where she lives and Show mePiano-vocal score; 10 p.With a little bit of luckPiano-vocal score; 6 p.Piano-vocal score; 5 p.Without youPiano-vocal score; 7 p.Wouldn't it be loverlysee alsoFlower marketPiano-vocal score; 5 p.You did it: opening act IIPiano-vocal score; 23 p.Synopsis of musical numbersPiano-vocal score; [4] p.Vocal selections; 30 p.Souvenir programPaint your wagon, 1951Finale ultimoPiano-vocal score; 4 p.Growing painsseeMuchee good worldHand me down that can o' beansPiano-vocal score; 12 p.How can I wait?Piano-vocal score; 7 p.I still see Elizasee alsoA pebble in a streamPiano-vocal score; 3 p.I talk to the treesPiano-vocal score; 4 p.I'm on my wayPiano-vocal score; 7 p.Piano score; [2] p.Lead sheet; 12 p.Choral arrangement; 2 p.Copyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; 16 p.In betweenPiano-vocal score; 10 p.Julio's songseeSh!Mormon's prayerseeTrioMovin'Piano-vocal score; 8 p.Muchee good worldPiano-vocal score; 4 p.Piano score; 3 p.Piano-vocal score; p. 1, 2A, 2B, 3-9Lyric sheet; [1] p.Copyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; p. 4-8A pebble in a streamseeI still see Eliza and A pebble in a streamSay hello for mePiano-vocal score; 2 p.Sh!Piano-vocal score; 4 p.The strikePiano score/lead sheet; 10 p.Copyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; 7 p.Take the wheels off the wagonPiano-vocal score; 1 p.There's a coach comin' in!Piano-vocal score; 10 p.Choral score; 14 p.They call the wind MariaChoral score; 3 p.TrioPiano-vocal score; 2 p.Choral score; 3 p.Copyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; 4 p.Wait for meseeI'm on my wayWhoop-ti-ay!Piano-vocal score; 10 p.Folders which contained above scores, titled in Loewe’s handPiano-vocal score; 260 p.Petticoat fever, 1934Love tiptoed through my heartPiano-vocal score; 5 p.Salute to spring, 1937April day2 piano-vocal scores; 5 p. eachIt's extraordinaryLead sheet; [2] p.One robinPiano-vocal score; 5 p.Salute to springPiano-vocal score; 5 p.Set to musicLead sheet; [1] p.Lead sheets and sketches; [28] p.Songlist; [1] p.What's up, 1943A girl is like a bookPiano-vocal score; 3 p.How fly timesPiano-vocal score; 2 p.The ill-tempered clavichordCopyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; 11 p.Holograph piano-vocal score 2 photocopies; 9 p. eachThree girls in a boatPiano-vocal score; 1 p.You wash and I'll drySketch; [1] p.You're easy to get along withLead sheet; [1] p.You've got a hold on me2 piano-vocal scores; 5 p. eachCopyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; [2] p.Unidentified ShowProloguePiano-vocal score; p. 1-9, 12, 14-23, 26-29, 33-36One-two-threePiano-vocal score; 1 p.UntitledPiano score; p. 12-13Walking theme and chorusCondensed score/piano-vocal score and sketch; p. 8-9Dance specialtyPiano score; p. 33UntitledPiano score; p. 33The best of Lerner and Loewe Published songbook; 160 p.Non-Show and Unidentified MusicArranged alphabetically by song title. BarcarolleseeMultiple titlesBalladLead sheet 2 p.The barrendero, 1942Piano-vocal; p. 3-10Piano-vocal; 7 p.BedroomsPiano-choral/short score; 6 p.Blues in 3/4 timesee also item in Unmatched numbered pagesPiano score; [1] p.CapriccioPiano score; [2] p.Cath’rine!, 1925Piano-vocal score; [1] p.A chair at the tableLead sheet; [1] p.The clever wormLead sheet; [1] p.Every timeseeMultiple titlesFinalePiano score/piano-vocal score; 3 p.First I act balletPiano score; 3 p.Gaily I sinLead sheet; [1] p.GallopPiano score; [1] p.Growin' painssee alsoMuchee good world from Paint your wagonLead sheet; 2 p.Sketches; [1] p.Sketch; [1] p.Lyric sheet; 2 p.HeidiSketch; [1] p.Hollywood/51Sketches; [3] p.Hour glass waltzseeUntitled piecesI wish I were your wifeLead sheet; [2] p.If we could have met in 1929Piano-vocal score; [3] p.Just thenPiano-vocal score; 3 p.Kitchen songseeGaily I sinLet no man say that the Lord does wrongSketches; [1] p.LimehouseLead sheet; [1] p.Little rendezvousPiano score; [2] p.Love bowersee alsoWhere's my wife from The day before springLead sheet; [1] p.Love is blind, 1924Piano-vocal score Published; p. 3-5Piano accompaniment arrangement; p. [1] onlyThe mosquitoseeTwo concert etudesMy family interferes with meLead sheet; [1] p.Night after nightLead sheet; [2] p.The night can be blindCopyist's manuscript piano-vocal score; 6 p.Over your headLead sheet; [1] p.The party of the second partLead sheet; [1] p.A pebble in a streamPiano score; 9 p.Piano concerto for the left handPiano score; [1] p.QuartettePiano-choral score; p. 1-3, versos p. 11-13RhumbaseeMultiple titlesRivieraSketch; [1] p.Sag’ ja..., 1923Piano-vocal score; 5 p.Say hello for meseeWhat's to become of me?Sehr wichtig!!Lead sheet; [1] p.Someone will love youLead sheet; [1] p.The son of a wooden soldier, 1941Piano-vocal score; 5 p.The spider and the flyseeTwo concert etudesThe streetsweeperseeThe barrenderoThere's always one you can't forgetsee alsoWhat's to become of me?Lead sheet; [1] p.To whom it may concern, 1942Piano-vocal score; 5 p.TwoseeMultiple titlesTwo concert etudes for the piano: The spider and the fly; The Mosquito, 1943Piano score; 6 p.The undeserving poorSketches; [1] p.ValseLead sheet; [1] p.Vienna will sing againShort score; 5 p.Piano-vocal score; 5 p.Wait for mePiano-vocal score; 6 p.What's to become of me?Lead sheet; [1] p.Lead sheet; [1] p.Sketches; [1] p.Who is the lady?Lead sheet; [1] p.Ya, ya, ya, they never go homeLead sheet; [1] p.Multiple titlesLead sheet; 4 p.Sketches; [1] p.Untitled piecesPiano score; p. 10-17Piano score; p. 2-4Lead sheet; p. 2-3Piano score; p. 4-6Piano score; p. 2-6Condensed score/sketch; [1] p.String quartet/4 part arrangement; [2] p.Piano score; [2] p.Violin part(?); [2] p.Condensed score/sketch; [1] p.3 lead sheets; [4] p.Unmatched numbered pagesPiano score; p. 1, 3Lead sheet; p. 2Piano score/short score; p. 2Piano score; p. 3Piano-vocal score; p. 3Piano score; p. 4see alsoBlues in 3/4 timePiano score; p. 4Piano score; p. 5Piano-vocal score; p. 6Piano score; p. 6Piano score; p. 10-11Miscellaneous sketches and fragments; 14 leavesMiscellaneous Personal PapersPersonal correspondence 10 letters and cardsNotes in Loewe's handASCAP certificate, signed by Morton Gould and Stanley Green, 1970 Sept. 17Eulogy by Red Skelton Photocopy of annotated typescript; 6 p.Various programs, invitations and tickets for Loewe related events; 7 itemsAdmissions information for Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation“A time of social transfusion”; odd writing, may be in Loewe’s hand; [1] p.Kennedy Center Honors 1985: bound item including: calendar, photographs, bios“Kennen Sie den?”; typed anecdote in GermanOn the street where I live; proof copy of Alan Jay Lerner’s autobiographyLoewe’s New York office telephone book, disbound, approximately 330 p.ClippingsPhotographsFL portraits, 7"x9" (2)eFL standing with basket, 5"x10", right half torn offPhotocopy of FL at pianoFL with Alan Jay Lerner, 8"x10"Photos of portraits of FL by James Montgomery Flagg (2), 1 of unidentified woman (1946), possibly wife Ernestine ZwerleineFL shaking hands with unidentified man, 8"x10"FL horseback riding, 8"x10" (3), 2 with unidentified womanSnapshots ca. 1963-1965, including FL on horse (3)FL with unidentified at formal party, 8"x10" (2)FL receiving plaque and smashing target, 8"x10" (2)Snapshots of FL with unidentified (2)FL with cast of German production of My fair lady, 7"x8" (2)FL receiving honorary degree, 8"x10" (6)Snapshots on the Riviera and yacht (53)Snapshots, many with FL, various locales (65)Snapshots, many with FL, various locales (65)Snapshots, FL and Palms Springs home (72)Snapshots, FL and Palms Springs home (210)Snapshots, last known photos of FL (33) with negativesPalm Springs home exterior, 8"x10" in colorAerial photos (2)Slides of exterior (2)Business PapersAppraisal of manuscript score of My fair lady, 1965 Apr. 23 Bound typescript; [5] p.Draft of affidavit of Frederick Loewe re Greater Palm Springs Development Co., 1965 Oct. 21 Typescript; 33 p.Tamarisk Country Club correspondence, 1966 3 items; [4] p.Deposition of Frederick Loewe, 1969 Apr. 25 Bound typescript; [108] p.Agreements with Franklin Mint Corporation, 1984 Mar. 30 and July 3 [5] p. eachCamelot tour schedule, 1986 Typescript; [2] p.Copy codicil of Frederick Loewe (will), 1986 June 19 Bound typescript; [4] p.Copy codicil of Frederick Loewe (will), 1987 Oct. 5 Typescript; [4] p.Appraisal report of the Loewe estate, 1988 Apr. 27 Bound typescript, photographs; approximately [100] p.Deductible CharitiesDesert HospitalInstrument of irrevocable gift, 1969 Dec. 15Correspondence, notes, brochures, 1965-1986, undated 61 itemsEisenhower Medical CenterInstrument of irrevocable gift, 1969 Dec. 15Correspondence, 1969-1971 9 itemsPalm Springs Desert MuseumCorrespondence, 1969-1976 6 itemsUniversity of RedlandsCorrespondence, 1966-1975 6 itemsMiscellaneousCorrespondence and other papers, 1964-1985, undated 62 itemsAppraisals/valuations of portfolio, 1981-1987 Correspondence and reports, 113 itemsContracts, bills, proposals re house modeling, 1963 29 itemsCorrespondence with attorney Benjamin Aslan, 1965-1987 17 itemsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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