http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c89z9b83 No online items John Franceschina papers Finding aid prepared by Serena Rodholm, Student Processing Assistant. Special Collections & University Archives The UCR Library P.O. Box 5900 University of California Riverside, California 92517-5900 Phone: 951-827-3233 Fax: 951-827-4673 Email: [email protected] URL: http://library.ucr.edu/libraries/special-collections-university-archives © 2019 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. John Franceschina papers MS 422 1 Descriptive Summary Title: John Franceschina papers Date (inclusive): circa 1875-2017 Collection Number: MS 422 Creator: Franceschina, John Charles, 1947- Extent: 23.46 linear feet(24 boxes, 2 flat file folders) Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department. Riverside, CA 92517-5900 Abstract: The collection consists of materials from author and theater history scholar John Franceschina relating to two of his publications, Incidental and Dance Music in the American Theatre from 1786 to 1923, and Hermes Pan: The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire. His personal musical compositions and plays as well as those of other composers and musicians are also included. Items in the collection include research files, musical scores, programs, photographs, news clippings, edited and unedited play scripts, publications, and videos. Languages: The collection is in English. Access This collection is unprocessed. Please contact Special Collections & University Archives regarding the availability of materials for research use. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user. Preferred Citation [identification of item], [date if possible]. John Franceschina papers (MS 422). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside. Acquisition Information Gift of John Franceschina, 2018. Processing History Processed by Serena Rodholm, Student Processing Assistant, 2018. Processing of the John Franceschina papers was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian. Collection Scope and Contents The collection consists of materials from author and theater history scholar John Franceschina relating to two of his publications, Incidental and Dance Music in the American Theatre from 1786 to 1923, and Hermes Pan: The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire. Items in the collection include research files, musical scores, programs, photographs, news clippings, publications, and videos. Much of the material within the Incidental and Dance Music series contains information and sheet music by composer Rudolph Friml. The series consisting of musical and theatrical compositions houses play scripts, audio/visual recordings of songs, and sheet music both handwritten and printed. Much of this piece of the collection holds sheet music composed by the donor Mr. John Franceschina in his work as a professor and musician. Some of the original folders contained notes on which school the donor used the pieces for or which theaters they were performed at. These notes were placed at the item level. Books, DVd's, and VHS tapes apart of the original collection are cataloged in UCR's Special Collections. Any folders with a bracket were provided by the finding aid author and not the creator. Collection Arrangement The collection is arranged into three series as follows: Series 1. Incidental and dance music, circa 1875-2017 Series 2. Hermes Pan, circa 1882-2011 Series 3. Musical and theatrical compositions, circa 1929-2012 Indexing Terms John Franceschina papers MS 422 2 The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Pan, Hermes, 1905-1990 Astaire, Fred Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995 Arrangers (Musicians) Choreographers Choreography Composers Dance Dance music -- United States Incidental music Musical films Musicals Musicals -- Scores Musicals -- United States -- History and criticism Biographies (documents) Genres and Forms of Materials Diaries Programs Publications Research notes Scores Video recordings Series 1. Incidental and dance music circa 1875-2017 Series Scope and Contents This series regards John Franceschina's book Incidental and Dance Music in the American Theatre. The three sub-series maninly consist of composer research, music research, and sheet music. The sheet music is often associated with the composers that John Franceschina was researching. Rudolph Friml was a composer and musician and is a large part of this series. Other materials included are playbills, magazines, newspapers, articles, and sheet music. Series Arrangement The series consists of three sub-series as follows: Sub-Series 1.1. Composer biographical research, circa 1980-2017 Sub-Series 1.2. Dance and theater research, circa 1875-2016 Sub-Series 1.3. Sheet music, circa 1869-2006 John Franceschina papers MS 422 3 Series 1. Incidental and dance music circa 1875-2017 Sub-Series 1.1. Composer biographical research circa 1980-2017 Sub-Series 1.1. Composer biographical research circa 1980-2017 Sub-Series Scope and Contents This sub-series pertains to famous composers and musicians from the nineteenth to twentieth century. A large portion of the research is on Rudolph Friml and range from well known to less commonly recognized musicians. Music produced by several of the composers are included alongside their biographical information. Some of the original folders had the composer's birth and death dates which were kept. Musicians whom John Franscischina noted he did not use in his book were reiterated in the notes section of those specific composers. Sub-Series Arrangement The sub-series is arranged alphabetically by each composer's last name. Box 1, Folder 1 [Composers and plays research list] circa 2015 Box 1, Folder 2 Anonymous- "Naid Queen" Spanish dance 2015 Box 1, Folder 3 Unknown composers undated Box 1, Folder 4 Alfred E. Aarons (1865-1936) 2015 Box 1, Folder 5 Will Accooe 2015 Box 1, Folder 6 Hilding Anderson (1874-1961) 2015 Box 1, Folder 7 Richard Arnold (1845-1918) undated Box 1, Folder 8 Rudolph Aronson 2015 Box 1, Folder 9 Nathaniel D. Ayer (1887-1952) 2015 Box 1, Folder 10 Thomas Baker 2015 Box 1, Folder 11 Victor Baravalle 2015 Box 1, Folder 12 Harry Barnes 2016 Box 1, Folder 13 Augustus Barratt 2015 Box 1, Folder 14 Oscar Barrett 2015 Box 1, Folder 15 W.H. Batchelor 2015 Box 1, Folder 16 Adolph Bauer 2015 Box 1, Folder 17 Henry D. Beissenherz undated Box 1, Folder 18 Max Bendix undated Box 1, Folder 19 Theodore Bendix 2015-2016 Box 1, Folder 20 G. P. Bernard 2015 Box 1, Folder 21 George Bing 2015 Box 1, Folder 22 the Black Crook 1980-2015 Box 1, Folder 23 Jay Blackton 2015 Box 1, Folder 24 Eubie Blake (1887-1983) 2015 Box 1, Folder 25 Louis Blake 2015 Box 1, Folder 26 W.D.C. Böteführ 2015 Box 1, Folder 27 Louis Boulby undated Box 1, Folder 28 George Bouron undated Box 1, Folder 29 Frederick V. Bowers (1875-1961) 2015 Box 1, Folder 30 Robert Hood Bowers undated Box 1, Folder 31 William Lloyd Bouron 2015 Box 1, Folder 32 David Braham 2001-2012 Box 1, Folder 33 George F. Braham 2016 Box 1, Folder 34 Harry Braham undated Box 1, Folder 35 John A. Braham 2016 Box 1, Folder 36 John W. Bratton (1817-1947) 2015 Box 1, Folder 37 John Bray 2015 Box 1, Folder 38 W.H. Brinkworth 2016 Box 1, Folder 39 George F. Bristow (12-9-1825 - 12-13-1898) 2015-2016 Box 1, Folder 40 Herman Brode undated Box 1, Folder 41 Karl Broschi 2015 Box 1, Folder 42 Anne Caldwell (1867-1936) 2015-2016 Box 1, Folder 43 Joseph Care 2015-2016 Box 1, Folder 44 Benjamin Carr 2015-2016 Box 1, Folder 45 Frank Osmond Carr (1858-1916) 2015-2016 John Franceschina papers MS 422 4 Series 1. Incidental and dance music circa 1875-2017 Sub-Series 1.1. Composer biographical research circa 1980-2017 Box 1, Folder 46 Ivan Caryll Hehr 2015-2016 Box 1, Folder 47 Dan H. Caslar 2017 Box 1, Folder 48 E.N. Catlin 2016 Box 1, Folder 49 Alfred Cellier 2015-2016 Box 1, Folder 50 George Whiteshield Chadwick 2015-2016 Box 1, Folder 51 Albert Chantrier 2015 Box 1, Folder 52 Francis Chassaigne (1847-1922) 2015 Box 1, Folder 53 J.S. Chapman 2015 Box 1, Folder 54 Thomas Chilvers 2015 Box 1, Folder 55 Emil Christianti 2015-2016 Box 1, Folder 56 P.H. Christine 2015 Box 1, Folder 57 Charles Christrup 2015 Box 1, Folder 58 Mr. Chubb (T. Youres Chubb) 2015 Box 1, Folder 59 Cuthbert Edward Clarke 2015-2016 Box 1, Folder 60 Hamilton Clarke 2015-2016 Box 1, Folder 61 Arthur Clifton 2016 Box 1, Folder 62 Johann Andreas Kauchlitz Colizzi 2015 Box 1, Folder 63 Aberano Colon undated Box 1, Folder 64 Victor Colwell 2015 Box 1, Folder 65 Thomas Comer (Boston) 2015-2016 Box 1, Folder 66 Michael Connelly 2008-2015 Box 1, Folder 67 Will Marion Cook 2015-2016 Box 1, Folder 68 John P. Cooke 2015-2016 Box 2, Folder 1 De Witt Clinton Coolman 2015 Box 2, Folder 2 Davide Coota undated Box 2, Folder 3 Edward W. Corliss (1872-9/22/1916) undated Box 2, Folder 4 Clifton Crawford 2015 Box 2, Folder 5 Randolph Cruger 2015 Box 2, Folder 6 Thomas Cutty 2015 Box 2, Folder 7 Ford Dabney 2016 Box 2, Folder 8 Joseph Dale (1750?-1821) undated Box 2, Folder 9 William Daly 2015-2016 Box 2, Folder 10 Louis Dannenberg 2015 Box 2, Folder 11 Frances T.