- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"32.6 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"123 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 12-11", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18996", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1936-2006", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1936/2006"}
{"value"=>"1956-1975", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1956/1975"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1936
- date_inclusive_end
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2006
- keydate
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1936
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Richard Maltby Sr. papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Music Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Richard Maltby Sr. papers hold scores, correspondence, business papers, photographs, clippings, and scrapbooks. The vast majority of the collection consists of scores and parts for arrangements and compositions by Maltby as well as by his staff arrangers (primarily Al Muller and Red Bone), most of which are for jazz big band."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Richard Maltby Sr. papers, JPB 12-11. Music Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Maltby, Richard, 1914-1991", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Richard Maltby (1914-1991) was a composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Born in Chicago, he studied music from a young age and wrote his first arrangement when he was around 13. By his late teens he was playing and arranging for jazz and dance bands. He briefly studied music at Northwestern University before leaving to play music full-time. During the late-1930s Maltby performed with and arranged for Little Jack Little, Roger Pryor, Bob Strong, and Henry Busse. In 1940 he was hired as a staff composer-arranger by radio station WBBM, CBS, in Chicago.</p> <p>He moved to New York City in 1945 and found work with Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, and the Radio City Music Hall band. Goodman recorded Maltby's Six Flats Unfurnished, which became a hit.</p> <p>Maltby recorded many albums and singles in the 1950s and 1960s for Camden, Columbia, RCA (Vik, and X labels), Ranwood, and Roulette, and he began leading his own band as trumpet soloist. He had two hit singles: St. Louis Blues Mambo was in the top 40 in 1954, and (Theme from) The Man with the Golden Arm made the top 20 in 1956. Maltby was the musical director for the SESAC Radio Transcription Service from 1950 to 1965, and recorded hundreds of songs for Muzak. As a conductor, he worked with Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughn, Johnny Ray, Vic Damone, and Ethel Merman.</p> <p>In the 1960s, Maltby arranged and conducted for Lawrence Welk's television show and recordings. He wrote commercial jingles and published music for grade school and high school concert and stage bands; composed pieces for orchestra and choir; and was the featured guest conductor with the United States Marine, Navy, and West Point Bands, and the Symphony of the Air. His son, Richard Maltby, Jr., is a successful Broadway director and lyricist.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Richard Maltby Sr. papers hold score manuscripts, correspondence, business papers, photographs, clippings, and scrapbooks. The vast majority of the collection consists of scores and parts for arrangements and compositions by Maltby as well as by his staff arrangers (primarily Al Muller and Red Bone). The scores are largely for jazz big band but also contain music for small groups, concert band, orchestra, commercial jingles, fraternity songs, choir, marching/pep band, strings and rhythm section, and various other instrumentations. The scores include music from Maltby's band and its recordings of the 1950s, including its hits St. Louis Blues Mambo and Theme from The Man with the Golden Arm. Also present is music written for Lawrence Welk and possibly for the singers Maltby worked with as arranger/conductor.</p> <p>The collection also contains sound recordings in vinyl and open reel formats. Inquiries regarding audio materials in the collection may be directed to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (rha@nypl.org). Audio materials will be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Richard Maltby Sr. papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/18996#c115096'>Series I: Personal Files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1936-2000</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>6 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Personal Files series consists of letters, business documents, photographs, clippings, and scrapbooks documenting Maltby's personal life and professional career. The bulk of this material is business files comprised of letters, contracts, legal documents, and copyright forms for songs. Photographs include publicity shots and live performance shots of Maltby and his various bands, as well as photographs of his colleagues at radio stations and recording studios, and a group of autographed portraits of astronauts from the 1950s and 1960s, among others. The two scrapbooks contain photographs of friends and performers with whom Maltby collaborated, along with telegraphs, programs, autographs, fliers, and contracts for engagements with bands and venues, and with recording and publishing companies.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/18996#c115201'>Series II: Scores</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1949-2006</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>117 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series holds the score and part manuscripts for music composed and/or arranged by Maltby and several other musicians. It also contains score inventories prepared after Maltby's death. Most songs have at least a full score, and many have both a full score and parts. Others contain only a full set of parts, while some have only an incomplete set of parts. Several songs have multiple arrangements.</p> <p>The scores are arranged in the following subseries: Inventories, General, Big Band, Choir, Commercial Jingles, Concert Band, Fraternity Songs, Marching Band/Pep Band, Orchestra, Small Groups, Strings and Rhythm Section, and Unidentified/Incomplete.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The Richard Maltby Sr. papers are organized in the following series:</p> <ul> <li>Series I: Personal Files, 1936-2000</li> <li>Series II: Scores, 1949-2006</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Marilyn Maltby Smith and Richard Malby Jr., 2012</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Philip Heslip and Matthew Snyder.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Processing consisted of arranging and foldering scores and papers. The scores arrived arranged by numbers arbitrarily assigned after Maltby's death, and came with an index arranged by number, title, and instrumentation. Some scores were not assigned individual numbers. These were either grouped together under numbers 962 and 963, or they received no number. At the same time, almost all the scores in the collection bear numbers assigned during Maltby's lifetime, but which do not match the numbers assigned later. The assigned catalog numbers are noted with each score in the container list. These numbers bear no significance to the scores themselves; in addition, they are misleading because some original scores and parts were split between separate numbers. For these reasons, scores and associated parts were reunited and the scores were arranged and described by instrumentation and title.</p> <p>Many scores were published arrangements for high school ensembles. As these fall outside the collecting policy of the Music Division, they were removed from the collection.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"archref\">Joe Reisman scores, 1945-1986. Music Division, New York Public Library.</span>"}
- extent_statement
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32.6 linear feet (123 boxes)
- date_start
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1936
- date_end
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2006
- date_bulk_start
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1956
- date_bulk_end
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1975