Milton Raskin Papers, 1934-1985
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Inventory of the Milton Raskin ARCHIVES RASKIN 1 1 Papers, 1934-1985 Inventory of the Milton Raskin Papers, 1934-1985 Collection number: ARCHIVES RASKIN 1 The Music Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Contact Information Hargrove Music Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-2623 Email: [email protected] URL: https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/music_library_archives Processed by: Oliver Schwaner-Albright Date Completed: August, 1996 Encoded by: Brooke Dykman Dockter © 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Milton Raskin Papers, Date (inclusive): 1934-1985 Collection number: ARCHIVES RASKIN 1 Creator: Raskin, Milton Extent: Number of containers: 1 document box, 1 flat storage box, 3 cartons Linear feet: 4.0 Repository: The Music Library Berkeley, California 94720-6000 Shelf location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Language: English. Provenance Donated by Randy Wilkinson, who obtained the collection via an auction. Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Music Library. Preferred Citation [Identification of item] Milton Raskin papers, ARCHIVES RASKIN 1, The Music Library, University of California, Berkeley. Biography Raskin, Milt(on William) (b Boston, 27 Jan 1916; d Los Angeles, 16 Oct 1977). Jazz pianist, conductor, and arranger. He studied at the New England Conservatory in the early 1930's, and by 1937 had moved to New York, where he performed with Wingy Manone and recorded with Ziggy Elman, whose Love is the sweetest thing (1939, Bb 10741) is a good example of his early style. He played in the big bands of Gene Krupa (1938-9, 1941-2), Teddy Powell (1939-40), Alvino Rey (1940), and Tommy Dorsey (1942-4), recording with all but Rey; he may be heard to advantage as a soloist on Dorsey's Well, Git it Inventory of the Milton Raskin ARCHIVES RASKIN 1 2 Papers, 1934-1985 (1942, Vic. 27887). Raskin then moved to Los Angeles, where he recorded with Artie Shaw and Billie Holiday (both 1946), Woody Herman and Manone (both 1947), Sarah Vaughn (1951), Georgie Auld (1952), B.B. King (1959), Stan Kenton (1963, 1965), and others. He also worked as a music director, conductor, and arranger for studio orchestras and occasionally wrote lyrics for pop songs. -- The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz Box 1; box 2, Series 1: Music Compositions folders 1-38, box Scope and Content Note 4, folders 1-21; Arranged alphabetically by title. Includes music composed, arranged, or transcribed by box 5, folders Raskin, and music composed by others and with lyrics by Raskin. Also includes music 1-14 composed and arranged by others but owned by Raskin. Box 2, folders Series 2: Writings 39-43; box 3, Scope and Content Note folders 1-13 Divided into three sub-series: "Lyrics and Poems," Television Treatments, and Books." Each sub-series is arranged alphabetically. The contents of the sub-series Lyrics and Poems do not correspond to any of the contents of the series Music. Box 2, folder 44; Series 3: Manuscript Fragments And Sketches box 3, folders Scope and Content Note 14-16 Includes ideas written in notebooks, on envelopes and cocktail napkins. Box 2, folder 45, Series 4: Correspondence box 3, folders Scope and Content Note 17-35 Arranged alphabetically by author, and then chronologically. Box 2, folders Series 5: Drawings 46-47; box 3, Scope and Content Note folders 36-38; box Arranged alphabetically according to title or subject. Includes originals and reproductions of 4, folders 22-24 drawings by Raskin. Box 2 Series 6: Recordings Scope and Content Note Includes recordings of Raskin's compositions, and Raskin's performances. Box 2, folder 48; Series 7: Biographical Materials box 3, 39-53; box Scope and Content Note 4, folders 24-25 Includes reviews and promotional materials. Also includes documents concerning litigation over royalties and employment contracts. Box 3, folders Series 8: Photographs 54-57 Scope and Content Note Includes photographs of Raskin, Raskin's mother, and others. Series 1: Music Compositions Box Box 4, A Train, arrangement by Milton Raskin (score, ms-p) Folder 1 Box Box 1, About Face, from the I'm Nobody routine, music by Joel Grey and Paul Smith, Folder 1 orchestration by Frank Perkins, arrangement by Frank Comstock (score, oz) 1951 Inventory of the Milton Raskin ARCHIVES RASKIN 1 3 Papers, 1934-1985 Series 1: Music Compositions Folder 2 Action on the North Atlantic, music by Adolph Deutsch (score, ozalid) [also titled Action in the North Atlantic] Folder 3 After Hours, music by Milton Raskin, lyrics by Dorothy Wayne (score, photocopy) 1967 Folder 4 Air Force, music by Franz Waxman (score, photocopy) Box Box 5, Almost A Lullaby, music by Robert Farnon (score, photocopy) Folder 1 Box Box 1, And the Angels Sing, music and lyrics by Milton Raskin (score, ms-i) Folder 5 Box Box 5, And the Angels Sing (for Marjorie Barrow), music and lyrics by Milton Raskin (score, Folder 2 ms-p) Box Box 1, Andy Capp, music and lyrics by Milt Raskin (score, ms-i) [includes drafts and a letter Folder 6 from Syndication International Ltd., London] 1975 Folder 7 April in Paris (score, ms-p) Folder 8 Baby, music by Milton Raskin, lyrics by Dorothy Wayne (score, photocopy) [also titled I Found a New Baby] 1967 Folder 9 Background to Danger, music by Heinz Roemhel (score, ozalid) Folder 10 Be My Friend, music and lyrics by Baker Massey and James Wisner, transcription by Milton Raskin (score, ozalid) 1967 Folder 11 Because I Love Him So, music by Milton Raskin, lyrics by Peggy Lee (score, ozalid) 1960 Folder 12 (I'm at Your) Beck and Call, music and lyrics by Hal Hopper and Milton Raskin (score, ms-i; typescript lyrics) Box Box 5, Begin the Beguine, arrangement by Milton Raskin (score, ozalid) Folder 3 Box Box 1, Bennie Rides Again, music by Benny Goodman (parts, ozalid) Folder 13 Folder 14 Big John Special, music by Bennie Goodman (score, ozalid, ms-p) Box Box 5, Big John Special, music by Bennie Goodman (score, ozalid) Folder 4 Box Box 1, The Blues for Paree, music by Pierre Arimi, French lyrics by Mouloudji, English lyrics Folder 15 by Milton Raskin. New York: Criterion Music Corp., c1951, 1955 [performed by Bing Crosby] 1951, 1955 Folder 16 Boston Beans, music by Milton Raskin and Bill Schluger, lyrics by Peggy Lee (score, ozalid) 1961 Box Box 4, Bugle Call Rag, arrangement by Milton Raskin (score, ms-p; parts, photocopy) Folder 2 Box Box 1, Children of Dreams, music by Sigmund Romberg, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Folder 17 (score, ozalid) Folder 18 Children's Corner, music by Claude Debussy, arranged by Norman Luboff, English lyrics by Milton Raskin (score, ozalid) 1966 Box Box 4, Collaboration, arrangement by Milton Raskin (score, ms-i) Folder 3 Box Box 1, Country Girl, music and lyrics by Robert Farnon. London: Chappell Co. Ltd., c1966 Folder 19 (score, photocopy) 1966 Folder 20 Country Road, music by Pat Williams, lyrics and arrangement by Milton Raskin (parts, ms-i) Box Box 5, Country Road, music by Pat Williams, arrangement by Milton Raskin (ms-p) Folder 5 Box Box 1, Gramercy 5: Cross my Heart, music by Artie Shaw (score, ozalid) Folder 21 Folder 22 Dark Passage, music by Arthur Schwartz, Max Steiner, and Franz Waxman, lyrics by Howard Dietz, arrangement by Frank Perkins (score, ozalid) Folder 23 Davy Jones, music by Dom Frontiere, lyrics by Milton Raskin (score, ozalid) 1959 Folder 24 Daybreak, music by Tommy Dorsey (parts, ozalid) Folder 25 Daydreams in the Night, arranged by Pete Rugolo (parts, ms-i) 1968 Folder 26 Diana, music and lyrics by Milton Raskin (score, ms-i) Folder 27 A Dixieland Gal, music by Milton Raskin, lyrics by Dorothy Wayne (score, ozalid) 1967 Inventory of the Milton Raskin ARCHIVES RASKIN 1 4 Papers, 1934-1985 Series 1: Music Compositions Box Box 4, Don't Be That Way, arrangement by Milton Raskin (score, ms-p) Folder 4 Box Box 5, Don't Be That Way, arrangement by Milton Raskin (score, ms-i) Folder 6 Box Box 1, Echoes (In the Night), music by Franklyn Marks, lyrics by Milton Raskin (score, Folder 28 ozalid) [recorded by George Shearing 3/68] 1968 Folder 29 Elmer's Tune, music by Milton Raskin, lyrics by Marjorie Barrow and Milton Raskin (score, ms-i) Folder 30 Fairy Tales, music by George Shearing, lyrics my Milton Raskin (score, ozalid) 1961 Folder 31 Fenwick Holmes Song, music by Milton Raskin (fragments, ms-p) Folder 32 Fisherman's Wharf, music by Milton Raskin, lyrics by Peggy Lee (score, ozalid) 1961 Folder 33 Flying Fortress, music by William Lava, (score, ozalid) Box Box 4, Flying Low, arrangement by Milton Raskin (score, ms-p) Folder 5 Box Box 1, The Fool, music by Robert Farnon, lyrics by Milton Raskin (drafts, ms-i) 1973 Folder 34 Folder 35 For Marjorie, music by Robert Farnon (score, ozalid) Folder 36 For Marjorie, lyrics by Milton Raskin (typescript, photocopy) 1973 Folder 37 Forevermore (Lei Aloha Lei Makamae), music and Hawaiian lyrics by Chas E.