- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 81-7", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19915", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"19--", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1900/1999"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Sophie Tucker collection of performance material"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"3 linear feet (12 boxes)"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Music Division.</span><div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center</span> <span class=\"addressline\">40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Sophie Tucker Collection contains materials used in performance of her songs and acts."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Sophie Tucker Collection, JPB 81-7, Music Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Tucker, Sophie, 1884-1966", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Sophia (or Sonia) Kalish-Abuza was born January 13, 1884 in transit between Russia and Poland. By the age of 10 she was already a singing waitress in her father's cafe in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1906 she moved to New York City to work at waitressing, then in burlesque, vaudeville and cabaret. Through an early marriage (the first of three), she acquired the name of \"Tuck\" which she later modified into the name \"Tucker.\" She played a small part in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1909, which paved the way for more substantial exposure. In 1911 she made her first recordings, including her signature number, <span class=\"title\">Some of these days</span>. By the 1920s she had already proclaimed herself \"the last of the red hot mamas\" and frequently sung songs of a risqué nature.</p> <p>In 1929 Sophie Tucker made her movie debut in the film <span class=\"title\">Honky Tonk</span>. She appeared in several more films up through 1944, as well as in various stage shows, cabarets, and on tour. Through television appearances in her later years such as the <span class=\"title\">Ed Sullivan Show</span>, she was able to maintain her stage presence, trading in the risqué songs for those commenting and reflecting on the nature of old age and youthful spirit.</p> <p>Sophie Tucker died in New York City on February 9, 1966.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Sophie Tucker Collection consists of songs performed by Tucker and is organized in two series.</p> <p>The first series is the more significant of the two and contains material which was personally arranged for Tucker. Each folder of material can contain a typescript of lyrics, manuscript instrumental parts, manuscript scores, piano accompaniments, and published sheet music. Sometimes items include special lyrics and musical passages.</p> <p>The second series is a bound presentation copy of songs in published sheet music that were sung by Tucker and have her image on the covers. This collection was assembled by pianist Tommy Ferris and presented to Tucker in 1953, on the occasion of her fifieth anniversary in show business.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Sophie Tucker collection of performance material is arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/19915#c530966'>Series 1: Manuscript performance materials</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/19915#c531197'>Series 2: Presentation copy of published songs</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>On the occasion of Sophie Tucker's fiftieth anniversary in show business in <span class=\"date\">1953</span>, pianist <span class=\"persname\">Tommy Ferris</span> presented to her a bound copy of sheet music with which she had been associated. All sheet music covers include a photograph of Tucker. They are bound and arranged chronologically.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Works in Series 1 are arranged alphabetically by title.</p> <p>Works in Series 2 are arranged chronologically.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The Sophie Tucker Collection was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Tucker to the Billy Rose Theatre Collection. Musical materials were separated and given to the Music Division.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Sophie Tucker's collection of private sound recordings is held by the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archive of Recorded Sound. Classmark: *L (Special) 88-67. View finding aid of The Sophie Tucker private recordings collection, 1925-1953.</p> <p>Sophie Tucker's collection of scrapbooks is held by the Billy Rose Theatre Collection.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Music Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Robert Kosovsky.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Preliminary processing completed.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to copy or publish please contact the Music Division.</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"Songs (printed eds. and mss.), instrumental parts (chiefly ms.), song lyric sheets and speeches (chiefly typescript)"}
- date_start
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1900
- keydate
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1900
- date_end
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1999
- date_inclusive_start
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1900
- date_inclusive_end
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1999