Guide to the Si Zentner Collection of Music Scores This finding aid was created by Joyce Moore and Ian M. Baldwin on July 06, 2018. Persistent URL for this finding aid: http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1wp4k © 2018 The Regents of the University of Nevada. All rights reserved. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Box 457010 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-7010 [email protected] Guide to the Si Zentner Collection of Music Scores Table of Contents Summary Information ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Biographical Note ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Scope and Contents Note ................................................................................................................................ 4 Arrangement .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................. 4 Names and Subjects ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Collection Inventory ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Music scores ................................................................................................................................................. 5 - Page 2 - Guide to the Si Zentner Collection of Music Scores Summary Information Repository: University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Creator: Zentner, Si Collector: Arnold Shaw Popular Music Research Center Title: Si Zentner Collection of Music Scores ID: MS-00487 Date [inclusive]: 1957-1996 Physical Description: 33.92 Cubic Feet (75 boxes) Physical Description: 31.25 Linear Feet Language of the English Material: Abstract: The Si Zentner Collection of Music Scores consists of copyright agreements and original music scores from the career of musician Si Zentner. The manuscripts span from 1957 through 1996. Preferred Citation Si Zentner Collection of Music Scores, 1957-1996. MS-00487. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. ^ Return to Table of Contents Biographical Note Musician Si (Simon H.) Zentner was born June 13, 1917 in New York City. He began playing the violin at the age of four and soon switched to the trombone. His ability as a young musician earned him a Guggenheim Foundation Philharmonic Scholarship. While he began in classical music, he found his true calling in more contemporary music after playing a session with Andre Kostelanetz. He joined Les Brown's big band in 1940 and later worked with Harry James and Jimmy Dorsey. During World War II he moved to Los Angeles and continued to work and raise a family. He was on staff at MGM Studios from 1949 until 1955 and had the opportunity to choreograph music for the films Singin' in the Rain andA Star is Born. He landed a contract with Liberty Records in 1959 and formed a full-sized swing ensemble. Through his long career, Zentner garnered many commercial and critical awards. His band won thrirteen consecutive Downbeat Polls as "Best Big Band." In 1961, he was voted top trombonist in Playboy's Jazz Reader's Poll. In 1961, a twist version of Hoagy Carmichael's "Up a Lazy River" reached the top 40 pop - Page 3- Guide to the Si Zentner Collection of Music Scores charts and won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. As a result, this became Zentner's signature tune. In 1965, Zentner moved to Las Vegas and opened in the Tropicana Hotel's 500-seat lounge, the Blue Room, playing behind Mel Torme. He then became the musical director for the "Folies Bergere" in 1968. He played a myriad of venues including clubs, casinos, cruise ships and colleges. Zentner battled leukemia the last two years of his life, but continued playing until six months before his death. He passed away on January 31, 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada. ^ Return to Table of Contents Scope and Contents Note The Si Zentner Collection of Music Scores consists of copyright agreements located in Special Collections and original music scores located in LASR from the career of musician Si Zentner. Numbers are missing from the original numbering system created by Zentner. There are some duplicate numbers. ^ Return to Table of Contents Arrangement Si Zentner organized the music scores according to his own numeric system. The music scores are all located in LASR and the copyright agreements remain in the manuscript stacks. ^ Return to Table of Contents Administrative Information Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish. - Page 4- Guide to the Si Zentner Collection of Music Scores Aquisition Note Materials were given to the Arnold Shaw Popular Music Research Center in 2004 and subsequently transferred to Special Collections; accession number 2004-012. Processing Note Material was processed by Joyce Moore in 2004. In 2014, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Ian M. Baldwin and Dallas Reiber revised and enhanced the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards. In 2016 Joyce Moore added missing boxes and uploaded to ArchivesSpace. Revision Description The finding aid was revised by Ian M. Baldwin and Dallas Reiber to bring it into compliance with DACS. December 2014 ^ Return to Table of Contents Names and Subjects • Popular music -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- History • scores • Si Zentner Orchestra Collection Inventory Title/Description Containers Copyright agreements, 1959-1967 box 75 Music scores, 20th century Title/Description Containers I Couldn't Live Without Your Love, undated box 1 In the Mood, undated box 1 These Foolish Things, undated box 1 Eager Beaver, undated box 1 Body and Soul, undated box 1 Who Am I, undated box 1 One of Those Songs, undated box 1 - Page 5- Guide to the Si Zentner Collection of Music Scores Two O'Clock Jump, undated box 1 In a Minor Mood, undated box 1 At Last, undated box 1 Do Nothing till You Hear from Me, undated box 1 A Man and a Woman, undated box 1 Don't Sleep in the Subway, undated box 1 You Go to My Head, undated box 1 In a Mist, undated box 1 Strangers in the Night, undated box 2 Soon, undated box 2 My Love, undated box 2 Don't Get Around Much Any More, undated box 2 Johnson Rag, undated box 2 Back Bay Shuffle, undated box 2 Don't Be That Way, undated box 2 Blues on Parade, undated box 2 A Sign of the Times, undated box 2 A Man Without Love, undated box 2 Stardust, undated box 2 Pennsylvania 6-5000, undated box 2 At Last, undated box 3 I Left My Heart in San Francisco, undated box 3 Cherokee, undated box 3 Ghost of a Chance, undated box 3 King of the Road, undated box 3 Taking a Chance on Love, undated box 3 Misty, undated box 3 April in Paris, undated box 3 Proud Mary, undated box 3 Our Day Will Come, undated box 3 Dancing in the Dark, undated box 3 Special Occasion Medley, undated box 3 - Page 6- Guide to the Si Zentner Collection of Music Scores Soon and My Baby Cares for Me, undated box 3 Out of Nowhere, undated box 4 Brazil Nuts, undated box 4 Hot Cha Cha Cha, undated box 4 Summertime in Venice, undated box 4 Wedding Cha Cha Cha, undated box 4 Tangerine, undated box 4 Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, undated box 4 I Could Write a Book, undated box 4 Days of Wine and Roses, undated box 4 Too for Two, undated box 4 Give Me the Simple Life, undated box 4 Nancy, undated box 4 The Girl from Ipanema, undated box 4 Penthouse Serenade, undated box 4 Little Boat, undated box 4 Where or When, undated box 4 Mame, undated box 4 Goodbye, undated box 4 Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, undated box 4 Dream, undated box 4 When Irish Eyes are Smiling, undated box 4 Meditation, undated box 4 My Kind of Town, undated box 4 How Intensive, undated box 4 The Way We Were, undated box 5 Strangers in the Night, undated box 5 Sunny Side of the Street, undated box 5 A Ghost of a Chance, undated box 5 Undecided, undated box 5 Physical Description: 2 Files Summer of '42, undated box 5 - Page 7- Guide to the Si Zentner Collection of Music Scores Sleepy, undated box 5 St. Louis Blues, undated box 5 Come Fly with Me, undated box 5 It's D'lovely, undated box 5 Stella by Starlight, undated box 5 The Mole, undated box 6 Rum and Coca Cola, undated box 6 Sweet Lorraine, undated box 6 Paper Doll, undated box 6 Ol' Man River, undated box 6 World Needs Love, undated box 6 Lonesome Old Town, undated box 6 Tonight, undated box 6 Shadow, undated box 6 Where Thine That Special Face Rhumba, undated box 6 What are You Doing, undated box 6 It All Started Over Again, undated box 6 What the World Needs Now is Love, undated box 6 Gone with the Wind, undated box 6 L.O.V.E, undated box 7 Little White Lies, undated box 7 Tropical Merengue, undated box 7 Monterey, undated box 7 New World, undated box 7 Flamingo, undated box 7 Chicago, undated box 7 Yesterday, Rock and Roll Ballad, undated box 7 Lords Prayer,