- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"24 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"48 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 06-34", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"20419", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1946-1974", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1946/1974"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1946
- date_inclusive_end
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1974
- keydate
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1946
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Don Gohman papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">Music Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Don Gohman Papers primarily consist of scores, mostly for the Broadway musical <span class=\"title\">Ambassador</span> (1972), but also for 19 other stage, television and film productions, some never produced. The collection also contains correspondence, business papers and clippings."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Don Gohman Papers, JPB 06-34. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Gohman, Don", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Don Gohman (1927 – ca. 1974) grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he studied piano at Cincinnati Conservatory with Leo Paalz and composition with Carl W. Grimm. He also studied composition at Miami University before moving to New York in 1948, where he continued music and theatre studies at the Juilliard School and the American Theater Wing. His first project in New York was the music for the Boris Runanin ballet <span class=\"title\">I Laughed At Spring</span> (1952), performed by the Slavenska-Franklin Ballet Company, and he later wrote music for a CBS television series, <span class=\"title\">Turnpike</span>. However, Gohman’s main goals were to write musical comedies and pop songs. Among his popular song successes were <span class=\"title\">Never My Love</span>, <span class=\"title\">Every Woman</span> and <span class=\"title\">Once Before</span>.</p> <p>In the mid-1950s he teamed with the lyricist Hal Hackady. Gohman and Hackady wrote songs for two films, <span class=\"title\">Let’s Rock</span> and <span class=\"title\">Senior Prom</span> (both 1958), and started writing material for stage musicals. Several of their efforts, including <span class=\"title\">Mrs. Who</span>, <span class=\"title\">O’Malley’s Nuns</span> and <span class=\"title\">Step Right Up</span>, were never produced. Work on the musical <span class=\"title\">Ambassador</span>, based on the Henry James novel <span class=\"title\">The Ambassadors</span>, began in 1960 after it was optioned by Jim Downey, Jr. (the original idea for creating a musical out of the novel was James Thurber’s). It was not produced until 1971, with a book by Don Ettlinger and Anna Marie Barlow, and starred Howard Keel, Danielle Darrieux and a young Andrea Marcovicci. The show opened in London to weak reviews and ran for 86 performances. It was reworked, with some songs dropped and others added, and opened in previews in New York on November 2, 1972, but again received negative reviews and closed after 19 performances. Gohman reportedly committed suicide not long after the show closed, but the Gohman Papers contain work on a musical, <span class=\"title\">The Little Prince Who Cried</span>, which dates from 1974.</p> <p>Source: Filchia, Peter. “Be Thankful.” November 24, 2004, Theatermania.com (Accessed 26 Sept. 2007) http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm?int_news_id=5373&showComments=recent</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Don Gohman Papers consist mostly of scores for the stage and film projects Gohman wrote music for, as well as for songs he wrote for recording artists, usually with the lyricist Hal Hackady. Scores for the musical <span class=\"title\">Ambassador</span> make up the bulk of the collection, and include lead sheets of all songs written for the London and New York productions, as well as orchestrations, parts and sketches. Other projects documented by scores include the ballet <span class=\"title\">I Laughed At Spring</span>, an unproduced musical about P.T. Barnum called <span class=\"title\">Step Right Up</span>, the 1958 film <span class=\"title\">Senior Prom</span> and several unproduced projects. The collection also contains business papers, clippings and correspondence documenting Gohman’s career and his various projects.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Don Gohman papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20419#c616037'>Series I: Scores</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1946-1974 and undated</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>44.5 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series comprises the bulk of the collection. It is divided into three sub-series, instrumental music, projects and songs. The instrumental music was not composed for any particular stage or film project, and may have been for school assignments only. The projects sub-series contains music composed for stage and film productions, primarily the musical <span class=\"title\">Ambassador</span>. The third sub-series is comprised of lead sheets for songs by Gohman which were not obviously linked to any specific stage or film project.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20419#c616449'>Series II: Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1949-1974 and undated</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>3.5 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists of business papers and correspondence, newspaper clippings, and lyrics submitted to Gohman by various lyricists. The projects Gohman was involved with are documented by correspondence, notes, contracts, scripts and publicity material. The clippings document Gohman’s life and career from 1950 to 1972. <span class=\"title\">Ambassador</span> has the most documentation of this series, in both business papers and clippings, although earlier projects also show up in the clippings. The lyrics include a folder of Hal Hackady work, as well as a large set of lyrics from unknown and unidentified writers.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection is organized into 2 series and 3 sub-series. They are:<ul> <li>Series I: Scores, 1946-1974 and undated<ul> <li>Sub-series 1 – Instrumental Music, undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2 – Projects, 1951-1974 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3 – Songs, 1946-1969 and undated</li></ul></li> <li>Series II: Professional Papers, 1949-1974 and undated</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>45 rpm singles<ul> <li>Hampton, Paul. <span class=\"title\">The Longer I Love You/Love</span>. Columbia 4-41254. From film <span class=\"title\">Senior Prom</span>.</li> <li>Heatherton, Ray. <span class=\"title\">Alfred The Air-Sick Eagle/The Pirate Parrot</span>. Cadence 1296.</li> <li>Small, Mary. <span class=\"title\">One Five-Seven Single/That Could Be Love</span>. Coral 9-61960.</li></ul></li> <li>Demonstration Single<ul> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Day After Father’s Day</span>. Music by Don Gohman, lyric by Van Cunningham.</li></ul></li></ul></p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Matthew Snyder; Machine-readable finding aid created by Matthew Snyder.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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24 linear feet (48 boxes)
- date_start
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1946
- date_end
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1974