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16. Music collections

 Record Group
Identifier: 16
Archival collections of music and musicians, including scores, correspondence, recordings, and more.

Found in 90 Collections and/or Records:

Big Walter "The Thunderbird" Price collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0870
Abstract

This collection consists of documents, memorabilia, realia, and audio, most which has been digitized.

Dates: 1918 - 2013

Little Bobby Duncan poster collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0899
Abstract

This collection consists of printed scans and photocopies of posters created by Little Bobby Duncan for the Houston music venue, Rockefeller's.

Dates: 1985 - 1986

Dogtooth Violet collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0907
Abstract

This collection consists of documents, posters and audio documenting the band Dogtooth Violet.

Dates: 1975 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1974 - 1975

Roger Francis "Rock" Romano collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0908
Abstract

This collection mainly comprises the audio output of the Red Shack recording studion owned by Rock Romano. It also contains archival material related to The Fun and Games, Smokin' Fitz, and Dr. Rockit.

Dates: 1968 - 2018

Houston Chronicle music photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0927
Abstract

This a collection of Houston-related music photographs originally owned and created by the Houston Chronicle and its staff.

Dates: 1963 - 1994

Francis Poulenc archive

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0937
Abstract The Francis Poulenc archive contains two autograph autograph musical manuscripts by Francis Poulenc, dedicated and inscribed to operatic singer Denise Duval. In August 1960 he composed a series of melodies, based on various poems by Maurice CarĂªme, titled La Courte-Paille (The Shortest Straw). The following year, Poulenc composed a soprano and piano (or orchestra) piece, La Dame de Monte-Carlo (The Lady of Monte-Carlo), after a poem by Jean Cocteau. Both works are on music paper from a...
Dates: 1960 - 1962

Ralph Fales photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0938
Abstract

This collection contains Ralph Fales' negatives and digital imagesof musicians and other entertainers from a variety of performance venues in Houston.

Dates: 1974 - 2020

Looks Like Rain: The Songwriting Legacy of Mickey Newbury research collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0939
Abstract

This collection consists of the audio research interviews and manuscript materials for the book, "Looks Like Rain: The Songwriting Legacy of Mickey Newbury" by Brian T. Atkinson.

Dates: 2011 - 2020

Drake Mabry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0942
Abstract

Drake Mabry is an American musical composer and multi-instrumentalist. This digital collection contains selections of Drake Mabry's work, including scores and audiovisual performances of his music; images of his artwork and photography; text of his poetry; experimental and interview videos; as well as biographical documents including a CV and music catalog and additional files, including articles, programs, and other notes.

Dates: 1959 - 2019

Kathy Rote collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0943
Abstract

This collection consists of audio by Kathy Rote and an oral history with her.

Dates: 2000 - 2020