- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".5 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 Box", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 04-14", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"20303", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1964-1971", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1964/1971"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1964
- date_inclusive_end
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1971
- keydate
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1964
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Betty Walberg scores"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. <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"=>"Betty Walberg was a composer, arranger and pianist for ballet, Broadway, motion picture and modern-dance choreographers. The collection consists of 14 music scores."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Betty Walberg Scores, JPB 04-14. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Walberg, Betty", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Betty Walberg was born on July 11, 1921 in Nebraska. She was a graduate of Bennington College. She often collaborated with modern dancers, serving as a pianist for the first American Dance Festival at Connecticut College in 1948 and for such choreographers as Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, Anna Sokolov and Martha Hill. Over the years she taught at many places, including the Julliard School, the School of Performing Arts in New York City, the University of California-Santa Cruz, California State University-Long Beach and the University of Hawaii. She was the dance arranger for the original productions of Jerome Robbins’ Gypsy, (1961) and Fiddler on the Roof, (1964)and for both the Broadway and film version of West Side Story, (1957 and 1961).</p> <p>Her credits include dance arrangements for the original productions of Jerome Robbins' <span class=\"title\">Gypsy</span>, (1961) and <span class=\"title\">Fiddler on the Roof</span>, (1964) and for both the Broadway and film versons of <span class=\"title\">West Side Story</span>, (1957 and 1961).</p> <p>Other Broadway productions include <span class=\"title\">Anyone Can Whistle</span>, <span class=\"title\">It’s a Bird…Its a Plane…Its Superman</span> (1966), <span class=\"title\">Kelly</span> (1965), and <span class=\"title\">On A Clear Day You Can See Forever,</span> (1965). She also contributed arrangements to several Fred Astaire television specials.</p> <p>As company pianist for Ballets: USA, the troupe Mr. Robbins’ founded in 1958, she appeared on stage on September 4, 1958 in the New York premiere of the revised version of The Concert, a comic work Robbins had originally choreographed for the New York City Ballet in 1956. Ms. Walberg portrayed a long-suffering pianist who plays a Chopin recital while dancers act out their often-bizarre daydreams and fantasies.</p> <p>At the time of her death, Walberg was a lecturer in dance at the University of California-Santa Barbara. She died October 3, 1990 in Santa Barbara, California and is survived by nieces and nephews.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection includes 14 scores arranged by Betty Walberg from Broadway productions and motion pictures. Including, <span class=\"title\">Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Candy Man</span>, <span class=\"title\">Fiddler on the Roof</span>, <span class=\"title\">It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman</span>, <span class=\"title\">Limehouse Part 1</span>, <span class=\"title\">Meet the Dancers</span>, <span class=\"title\">On a Clear Day You Can See Forever</span>, <span class=\"title\">Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm so Sad</span> and two untitled scores. They include manuscript scores for piano-conductor or organ-conductor. There is no material in the collection documenting Betty Walberg’s personal life.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Spidey Kedelsky.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Photocopying prohibited.</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>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"Arranged alphabetically"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Leslie Reyman; Machine-readable finding aid created by Leslie Reyman.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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.5 linear feet (1 Box)
- date_start
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1964
- date_end
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1971