This collection contains lead sheets, parts, and assorted jazz arrangements created by 200 arrangers, including some of unknown origin. The dates for this collection range from 1920-present. Many of these items are handwritten and unpublished. This collection was donated by Robert "Bob" Stone and Pamela S. Carey.
The Charles H. Turner Collection consists principally of scores and personal effects donated by David Brinson and Turner's mother, Norma Turner. The scores are primarily copies of handwritten arrangements of jazz standards made for Sinatra's band, but there are also some published scores, including a few brass arrangements of Baroque pieces like the six-part from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 by J.S. Bach.
The Charles H. Turner Collection consists principally of scores and personal effects donated by David Brinson and Turner's mother, Norma Turner. The scores are primarily copies of handwritten arrangements of jazz standards made for Sinatra's band, but there are also some published scores, including a few brass arrangements of Baroque pieces like the six-part from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 by J.S. Bach.
The Charles Norman Mills Collection contains audiocassette tapes, CDs, vinyl record albums, musical instruments, and books related to the art and music of the Harlem Renaissance collected by Harlem-born artist Charles Norman Mills (1920-2009). It also contains several pieces of Mills' artworks.
The Charles Norman Mills Collection contains audiocassette tapes, CDs, vinyl record albums, musical instruments, and books related to the art and music of the Harlem Renaissance collected by Harlem-born artist Charles Norman Mills (1920-2009). It also contains several pieces of Mills' artworks.
