The Inventory of the Robert Merrill Collection #1775
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The Inventory of the Robert Merrill Collection #1775 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Merrill, Robert #1775 11/5/10, 12/6/10 Preliminary Listing I. Printed Materials. A. Files; may include photographs, correspondence. Box 1 1. “Boston University.” [F. 1] 2. “Johnson K421.” 3. “Marion Machno Merrill.” [F. 2] 4. “Merrill – Materials.” [F. 3-7] 5. “Merrill – Photos.” [F. 8] 6. “Reviews on Robert Merrill / Famous Baritone Arias,” 1957. 7. “Riverdale Broadcasting.” 8. “Robert Merrill Publicity.” 9. “Robert Merrill ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ Parts.” 10. Re: opera programs. [F. 9] 11. Re: Academy of Vocal Arts. [F. 10] 12. Re: scores. [F. 11] 13. Re: Metropolitan Opera House. 14. Re: Roseanne Barr. [F. 12] 15. Re: Palacio de Bellas Artes. 16. Re: Carl Fischer Inc. 17. Re: Bjorling Society. [F. 13] 18. Re: RM newspaper clippings, 1944. 19. Re: newspaper clippings, 1965-1973. 20. Re: travel, 1948-1954. Box 2 21. Re: programs and magazines, 1945-1947. [F. 1] 22. Re: RM, 1963-1965. [F. 2] 23. Re: newspaper clippings, 1951-1975. [F. 3] 24. Re: RM’s professional life. [F. 4] 25. Re: Globe-Democrat Fashion Show. [F. 5] 26. Re: Royal Luncheon. 27. Re: Bourne/Bod’s Great Family. 28. Re: January 27th Trovatore Clippings. 29. Re: Marion Machno. 30. Re: programs for Met Opera. [F. 6] 31. Re: programs 1945-1946. [F. 7] 32. Re: programs 1945-1947. [F. 8] 33. Re: UN Staff Day. [F. 9] 34. Re: Met Opera Articles. 35. Re: “Fiddler on the Roof” articles. 36. Re: St. Paul, 1958. 37. Re: “Fiddler on the Roof.” [F. 10] Merrill, Robert (11/5/10, 12/6/10) Page 1 of 53 38. Re: Met Operas, 1969-1975. 39. Re: RM performances, 1958-1964. B. Scores, grouped by work. Box 3 1. “24 Preludes.” [F. 1] 2. “25 Favorite Jewish Songs.” [F. 2] 3. “52 Sacred Songs You Like to Sing.” [F. 3] 4. “201 Ukranian Folk Songs.” [F. 4] 5. “Agnus Dei.” [F. 5-6] 6. “Ah Sweet Mystery of Life.” [F. 7-10] 7. “Always.” [F. 11] 8. “America the Beautiful.” [F. 12] 9. “Anthology of Italian Song.” [F. 13] 10. “Armed Forces Medley.” [F. 14-16] 11. “Ave Maria.” [F. 17-18] 12. “Ay-Ay-Ay.” [F. 19] Box 4 13. “Ballo in Maschera.” [F. 1] 14. “The Barber of Seville.” [F. 2-13] 15. “Because.” [F. 14-15] 16. “Berlin Medley.” [F. 16-17] Box 5 a. Ibid. [F. 1-11] 17. “Bop Opera.” [F. 12-13] 18. “Canti Popolari Italiani.” [F. 14] 19. “Carmen.” [F. 15-17] Box 6 a. Ibid. [F. 1-4] 20. Composer – Martin Kalmanoff. [F. 5] 21. “Cortigiani – Rigoletto.” [F. 6-7] 22. “Cosi Cosa.” [F. 8-12] 23. “Countess Maritza.” [F. 13-15] Box 7 a. Ibid. [F. 1-10] 24. “Credo (Otello).” [F. 11] 25. “Creole Serenade.” [F. 12] 26. “Crosby Medley.” [F. 13] 27. “The Crucifixation.” [F. 14] 28. “De Glory Road.” [F. 15-16] 29. “Di Provenza Il Mar.” [F. 17] Box 8 30. “Di Provenza.” [F. 1-2] 31. “Di Provenza Il Mar.” [F. 3-4] 32. “Die Fledermaws/The Bat.” [F. 5] 33. “Don Carlos.” [F. 6] 34. “Don Giovanni.” [F. 7-9] 35. “Donkey Serenade.” [F. 10] 36. “Early Italian Songs and Airs: Volumes I and II.” [F. 11-12] 37. “Eri Tu (A Masked Ball).” [F. 13] 38. “Essential Finger Exercises.” [F. 14] Merrill, Robert (11/5/10, 12/6/10) Page 2 of 53 39. “Faust.” [F. 15] 40. “Fiddler Medley.” [F. 16-19] Box 9 a. Ibid. [F. 1-4] 41. “Fiddler on the Roof.” [F. 5-15] Box 10 a. Ibid. [F. 1-15] Box 11 b. Ibid. [F. 1-6] 42. “Finch Han Dal Vino.” [F. 7-8] 43. “Folk Songs of the British Isles.” [F. 9] 44. “Franck.” [F. 10] 45. “Gigi Medley.” [F. 11-14] 46. “Giordano.” [F. 15] Box 12 47. “Give Me One Hour.” [F. 1] 48. “God Bless America.” [F. 2-3] 49. “Goin’ Home.” [F. 4] 50. “Granada.” [F. 5-6] 51. “Green Eyed Dragon.” [F. 7] 52. “Guys and Dolls.” [F. 8] 53. “Hamlet.” [F. 9-10] 54. “Home on the Range.” [F. 11] 55. “I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin.” [F. 12-17] Box 13 56. “I Love Life.” [F. 1] 57. “I Only Have Eyes For You.” [F. 2] 58. “I Pagliacci.” [F. 3] 59. “Il Balen (Il Trovatore).” [F. 4] 60. “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” [F. 5] 61. “Il Trovatore.” [F. 6] 62. “Invictus.” [F. 7] 63. “Io Canto.” [F. 8] 64. “It Ain’t Necessarily So.” [F. 9-10] 65. “Jewish Folk Songs.” [F. 11] 66. “John Charles Thomas.” [F. 12] 67. “Jonah and the Whale.” [F. 13] 68. “Kismet.” [F. 14] 69. “La Canzonetta.” [F. 15] 70. “La Dunza.” [F. 16] 71. “La Traviata.” [F. 17] 72. “L’Africaine.” [F. 18] 73. “L’Africana: Ballata.” [F. 19-20] Box 14 a. Ibid. [F. 1-2] 74. “Largo a Factotum.” [F. 3] 75. “Le Nozze Di Figaro.” [F. 4-6] 76. “Manquinoth Shiveynu.” [F. 7] 77. “The Matador’s Prayer.” [F. 8] 78. “Mattinata.” [F. 9] Merrill, Robert (11/5/10, 12/6/10) Page 3 of 53 79. “Mendelssohn.” [F. 10] 80. “Moonlight Madonna.” [F. 11] 81. “My Moonlight Madonna.” [F. 12] Box 14 82. “Neapolitan Songs Everyone Loves.” [F. 13-14] 83. “Nemico della patria.” [F. 15-17] 84. “The Oldest Established Crap Shoot.” [F. 18] 85. “One Alone.” [F. 19-20] 86. “Operatic Anthology.” [F. 1] Box 15 87. “Otello.” [F. 2-6] 88. “Parts - Barber.” [F. 7-8] 89. “Pledge of Allegiance.” [F. 9-11] 90. “Popular Piano Music on the Organ.” [F. 12] 91. “Porgy and Bess.” [F. 13] 92. “Prologue to Pagliacci.” [F. 14] 93. “Red Red Rose.” [F. 15] 94. “Salty Sea Songs and Chanteys.” [F. 16] 95. “September Song.” [F. 17-18] Box 16 a. Ibid. [F. 1-3] 96. “Showboat.” [F. 4-8] 97. “Song of the Flea.” [F. 9] 98. “Song of Songs.” [F. 10] 99. “Songs by 22 Americans.” [F. 11] 100. “Songs Israel Sings.” [F. 12] 101. “Songs of Israel.” [F. 13] 102. “South Pacific.” [F. 14-15] 103. “The Star Spangled Banner.” [F. 16] 104. “The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.” [F. 17] 105. “Thine Alone (Eileen).” [F. 18] 106. “Thoroughly Modern Millie.” [F. 19] Box 17 a. Ibid. [F. 1-2] 107. “Tin Pan Alley.” [F. 3] 108. “Torna a Surriento.” [F. 4-8] 109. “Trees.” [F. 9] 110. “Vesti la Giubba.” [F. 10] 111. “Valencia.” [F. 11] 112. “Vision Fugitive – Herodiade.” [F. 12-13] 113. “Wanderin’.” [F. 14] 114. “Wanting You.” [F. 15-16] Box 18 a. Ibid. [F. 1-2] 115. “The Whiffenproof Song.” [F. 3] 116. “Without a Song.” [F. 4-5] 117. “Yiddish Folk Songs.” [F. 6] 118. “You Are Love.” [F. 7-9] 119. “Yours is My Heart Alone.” [F. 10-16] Merrill, Robert (11/5/10, 12/6/10) Page 4 of 53 120. “Zaza Piccola Zingra.” [F. 17-18] Box 19. C. General, may include scores with holographic notes. 1. “Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick.” a. “Marshmallow Moon.” b. “My Beloved,” 3 copies. c. “Purt’ Nigh, But Not Plumb.” d. “Saturday Night in Punkin Crick.” [F. 1] 2. “A Ballad of Noah,” manuscript, January 8, 1939. 3. “A Chasen’dl Oif Shabos.” 4. “Adarim (In the Mountains).” 5. “A Din Toire Mit Gott,” 2 copies. 6. “Agnus Dei,” 5 copy. 7. “Agnus Dei,” featuring RM on cover, 3 copies. 8. “A Kiss in the Dark.” 9. “A Letter from Joe.” 10. “A Little Song of Life.” 11. “A Love Song to Ruth,” 2 copies. 12. “All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth.” 13. “Alu Leeretz Avot.” 14. “American Lullaby,” 2 copies. 15. “Amor Lontano.” 16. “The American Way,” includes TS of lyrics. 17. “Anchors Away: The Song of the Navy.” 18. “And the Lord Said,” includes TS of lyrics. 19. “Angels We Have Heard on High.” 20. “Annie Laurie.” 21. “Ann Mary.” 22. “Annie Get Your Gun.” a. “Anything You Can Do.” 23. “The Army Air Corps.” 24. “Ask Not.” 25. “The Assassination.” 26. “Father’s Day,” from “As the Girls Go.” 27. “At Heaven’s Door.” 28. “At Tankerton Inn.” 29. “Ave Maria,” 3 versions. 30. “Avinu Malkeynu.” 31. “Ay-Ay-Ay,” 4 copies. 32. “A Yiddishe Momme,” 2 copies. [F. 2] 33. “I Wish I Were In Love Again,” from “Babes in Arms.” 34. “A Banjo Song.” 35. “Dancing in the Dark,” 2 copies, from “The Band Wagon.” 36. “Largo al factotum della citta,” 16 copies, from “The Barber of Seville.” Merrill, Robert (11/5/10, 12/6/10) Page 5 of 53 37. “The Baseball Cantata.” [F. 3] 38. “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” 39. “Beautiful Dreamer.” 40. “Bedouin Love Song.” 41. “Beggar’s Love (Bettlerliebe).” 42. “Berlin Medley,” 3 copies. 43. “Birds.” 44. “Begin the Beguine.” 45. “I’ll See You Again,” 12 copies, from “Bitter Sweet.” 46. “The Blind Ploughman,” 2 copies. 47. “The Lady is a Tramp,” from “Babes in Arms.” 48. “Blue Moon.” 49. “Break, Break, Break.” 50. “Come, My Dear One,” from “Briseide.” 51. “Brooklyn Cantata.” [F. 4] 52. “Ca, C’est L’Amour,” 2 copies. 53. “Can-Can.” 54. “Can’t Help Singing.” 55. “Chanson du Toreador,” 5 copies; “Couplets”; and “Votre toast, je peux vous le render,” from “Carmen.” 56. “Soliloquy” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” from “Carousel.” [F. 5] 57. “The Night was Made for Love,” 3 copies; and “Poor Perrot,” from “The Cat and the Fiddle.” 58. “C’est Magnifique.” 59. “Chanson de la Puce.” 60. “Children’s Suite,” includes ANS to RM from composer Gershon Ephros.