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Swing (Music) -- Dance orchestra music -- Popular music

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Don George papers

 Collection
Identifier: BCA-024
Scope and Contents

This collection is primarily comprised of musical manuscripts, photographs, a draft of Sweet Man: The Real Duke Ellington, and other personal effects belonging to lyricist Don George.

Dates: 1940s-1980s

Jeff Friedman papers, 1916-1999

 Collection
Identifier: BCA-020
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of 3 boxes containing notes, papers, and teaching materials compiled by long-time Berklee faculty member Jeff Friedman. It is believed these materials were primarily used to support his class on Duke Ellington, and it is likely that some of the items were passed down to him by his predecessor, Herb Pomeroy. The bulk of the materials are scores, but also include articles, a few recordings, articles, and other ephemera by or about Duke Ellington.

Dates: 1916-1999; Majority of material found within 1995 - 1999

Woody Herman big band charts collection, 1946-1988

 Collection
Identifier: BCA-042
Scope and Contents The Woody Herman big band charts collection contains charts and scores used by Woody Herman's Thundering Herd. While the majority of the collection came to Berklee from the University of Houston, documentation within the collection also shows that some individual pieces were acquired at different points in time by members of the Berklee College of Music Ensemble Department.Composers and arrangers represented in the collection include Alan Broadbent, Tony Klatka, Gary Anderson,...
Dates: 1946-1998