Sid Ramin papers, circa 1957-2009, bulk 1957-1995

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Series III: Broadway Musicials, 1962-1993


Subseries III.1: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 1976

"1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" was entitled "A Musical About the Problems of Housekeeping." The book and lyrics were by Alan Jay Laurens with music by Leonard Bernstein. The show was produced by Roger L. Stevens and Robert Whithead by an arrangement with Saint Subber at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. It was directed and choreographed by Gilbert Moses and George Faison with Roland Gagnon serving as musical director. The music was orchestrated by Sid Ramin and Hershy Kay. Produced in Spring 1976.


Subseries III.1.1 Songs Used for Orchestration

The original song copies used for the orchestration of the show by Sid Ramin and Hershy Kay. The song copies have corrections and notations by Ramin and Kay. The final two songs do not appear to have been used in the Broadway production. Quarto.



Flat Box Flat Box 707 Prelude to Act I [2 copies], 5 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 707 Middle "C", 2 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 707 Rehearsing, 11 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 707 Opening - 10 Square Miles and Dove [3 copies], 17 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 708 Potomac Reprise and Nation (Before Welcome Home) [2 copies], 5 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 708 Welcome Home, Miz Adams [2 copies], 4 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 708 Take Care of This House [2 copies], 7 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 708 Nation 1st Reprise (Before Jefferson March) [2 copies], 3 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 708 The President Jefferson March [2 copies], 12 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 708 The President Jefferson March [4 copies], 1976 January 23, 15 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 708 Jefferson Dance Outline, 1976 February 5, 2 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 708 Jefferson Dance, 1976 February 7, 4 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 708 Seena [2 copies], 4 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 708 Musketry (The British Are Coming) [5 copies], 3 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 708 Sonatina (The British) [2 copies], 20 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 708 Sonatina (The British), 1976 January 28, 23 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 708 Rondo (Sonatina Finale) [5 copies], 7 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 708 Nation 2nd Reprise (After the Burning) [2 copies], 3 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 709 Lud's Wedding [5 copies], 14 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 709 Lud's Wedding (Version II) [2 copies], 14 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 709 Wedding Dance [4 copies], 8 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 709 Auction I and II [3 copies], 3 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 709 The Monroviad ("The Mark of a Man") [2 copies], 21 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 709 This Time [2 copies], 12 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 709 We Must Have a Ball [2 copies], 6 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 710 We Must Have a Ball [4 copies], 1976 January 23, 16 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 710 We Must Have a Ball [3 copies], 1976 January 28, 22 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 710 Forty Acres, 6 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 710 Uncle Tom's Funeral "Bright and Black" [4 copies], 14 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 710 First Lady Sequence (and New "Hail") [2 copies], 26 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 710 Hail! [2 copies], 9 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 710 Minstrel Parade [3 copies], 2 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 710 The Grand Old Party (Minstrel Show) [3 copies], 6 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 710 Pity the Poor [3 copies], 2 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 710 Red, White and Blues [2 copies], 2 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 710 To Make Us Proud, 6 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 711 American Dreaming [3 copies], 11 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 711 It's My Country (Mr. Lincoln) [3 copies], 3 Pages


Subseries III.1.2 Songs Not Used for Orchestration

The original song copies were written for the show but do not appear to have been orchestrated or used.


Flat Box Flat Box 711 Me (New Opening) [2 copies], 18 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 711 Reclamation Scene ("Can You Love") [2 copies], 5 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 711 A Star at Noon [2 copies], 3 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 711 The Switch [2 copies], 31 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 711 We [2 copies], 3 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 711 What Happened [2 copies], 3 Pages


Subseries III.1.3 Bernstein's Fair Copies

Copies of Leonard Bernstein's songs for the musical. Stamped Property of Amberson Productions.


Flat Box Flat Box 711 Fair Copies: "Middle C"; "Opening (10 Square Miles and Dove)"; "Welcome Home Miz Adams"; "Take Care of This House"; "The President Jefferson Sunday Luncheon Party March"; "Seena"; "Sonatina (The British)"; "Lud's Wedding"; "Auction I and II"; "The Monroviad (The Mark of a Man"; "This Time"; "We Must Have a Ball"; "Uncle Tom's Funeral (Bright and Black)"; "Hail!"; "The Grand Old Party (Minstrel Show)"; "Philadephia"; "It's My Country"; "Another Kind of Man (Interlude before Breakout)"; "The Breakout"; "The Switch"; "Reclamation Scene (Can You Love)"; "Freedom Song", 156 Pages


Subseries III.1.4 Sketches and Dialogue

Original manuscript sketches by Leonard Berstein and Sid Ramin in preparation of the score. Typed manuscript pages of dialogue from Act I and Act II of the show.


Flat Box Flat Box 711 Sketches in Leonard Bernstein's Hand: "President's Entrance (Wedding Act I); "Cakewalk Extension and President's Exit (Wedding Act I)"; "I Love This Land (Act II Finale)", 7 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 711 Sketches: "Opening Continuation"; "Take Care of This House"; "Forty Acres and a Mule"; Unidentifed, 7 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 711 Script Pages: Act I and Act II, 1976 April, 8 Pages


Subseries III.1.5 Scores of Original Orchestrations

Original orchestrations by Sid Ramin and Hershy Kay with corrections, markings, and notations. The final six scores do not appear to have been used in the Broadway production. Folio.



Flat Box Flat Box 712 Overture, 32 Pages 145 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 Prelude (Act I) [2 copies], 10 Pages 75 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 Middle C (Prelude Act I), 10 Pages 75 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 Coach Entrance, 2 Pages 8 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 Opening, 34 Pages 142 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 Opening - 10 Sq. Miles and Dove, 53 Pages 203 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 Opening - Dove, 14 Pages 44 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 Potomac Reprise and Nation [2 copies], 16 Pages 51 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 Potomac - Horses, 1 Page 6 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 Nation Underscore, 12 Pages 47 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 Welcome Home Miz Adams [2 copies], 16 Pages 51 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 Take Care of This House, 23 Pages 67 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 House to Scene, 1 Page 5 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 Nation 1st Reprise (Before Jefferson March), 9 Pages 37 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 Nation 1st Reprise (After Jefferson March), 9 Pages 37 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 Nation 1st Reprise - Revised [2 copies], 1976 February 20, 7 Pages 23 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 Jefferson to R.S.V.P. [2 copies], 1 Page 4 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 R.S.V.P. Utility [3 copies], 6 Pages 18 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 The President Jefferson March, 61 Pages 250 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 Seena [2 copies], 13 Pages 47 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 712 Musketry, 9 Pages 36 Bars



Flat Box Flat Box 713 Sonatina (The British), 75 Pages 235 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 713 Sonatina (The British) [incomplete], 1976 April, 28 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 713 Rondo (Sonatina Finale) [2 copies], 20 Pages 73 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 713 Rondo (Sonatina Finale) Recap - Revised, 9 Pages 43 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 713 Intro to 2nd Nation, 1 Page 5 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 713 Nation 2nd Reprise [2 copies], 12 Pages 47 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 713 Lud's Wedding [2 copies], 44 Pages 156 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 713 Wedding Dance [2 copies], 27 Pages 97 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 713 Auction I and II [2 copies], 10 Pages 32 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 713 The Monroviad [3 copies], 68 Pages 222 Bars



Flat Box Flat Box 714 Mark of a Man - Reprise, 9 Pages 33 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 714 This Time [2 copies], 44 Pages 174 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 714 We Must Have a Ball [2 copies], 78 Pages 293 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 714 We Must Have a Ball - Revised, 56 Pages 265 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 714 Uncle Tom's Funeral "Bright and Black", 42 Pages 126 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 714 Uncle Tom's Funeral "Bright and Black" - Revised, 39 Pages 80 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 714 Bright and Black (New), 42 Pages 90 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 714 First Lady [2 copies], 90 Pages 348 Bars



Flat Box Flat Box 715 Minstrel Parade [2 copies], 9 Pages 27 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 715 Minstrel Parade - Reprise, 7 Pages 21 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 715 The Grand Old Party (Minstrel Show) [2 copies], 21 Pages 102 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 715 Pity the Poor [2 copies], 5 Pages 20 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 715 Red, White and Blues [2 copies], 8 Pages 25 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 715 Minstrel Exit, 1 Page 4 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 715 Intro to Proud, 5 Pages 14 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 715 To Make Us Proud - Revised, 17 Pages 50 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 715 Proud - Arthur Revised, 1976 April 27, 8 Pages 25 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 715 Rehearsal - Closing [incomplete], 20 Pages 89 Bars Contains pages 14-34.


Flat Box Flat Box 715 Closing - Revised [incomplete], 29 Pages 125 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 715 Exit Music, 50 Pages 205 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 715 American Dreaming [2 copies], 44 Pages 127 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 715 Impeachment [incomplete], 5 Pages 38 Bars Missing page 1.


Flat Box Flat Box 715 Lesson Scene, 17 Pages 64 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 715 Mr. Lincoln, 13 Pages 41 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 715 Noodling Before Philadelphia [3 copies], 1 Page


Flat Box Flat Box 715 Philadelphia [2 copies], 24 Pages 68 Bars


Subseries III.1.6: Other Scores

Subseries contains scores from the original production of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, which ran for only seven days in May 1976. Some scores include notes and commentary from Leonard Bernstein.



Box 12 Folder 1-4 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with Bernstein Markings, circa 1976, 4 folders



Box 24 Folder 4 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with Bernstein Markings, 1976 March-April


Subseries III.1.7: Reviews

Subseries includes newspaper clippings of numerous reviews of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, from The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsweek, The New York Post, The Hollywood Reporter, and Women's Wear Daily.


Box 24 Folder 1-3 Reviews, 1976, 3 folders


Subseries III.2: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 1962

"A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum.-" Book by Burt Schevelove and Larry Gelbart, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Directed by George Abbott. Choreography by Jack Cole. Starring Zero Mostel. Orchestration by Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal. Produced in Spring 1962.


Subseries III.2.1 Songs Used for Orchestration

The original song copies used for the orchestration of the show by Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal. The following song copies have the original marking by the orchestrators Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal. Quarto, (9 3/4" x 12 1/2").



Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 1 Once Upon a Time., 8 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 2 Free., 15 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 701 Free., 16 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 3 Love I Hear., 6Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 701 Love I Hear, 7 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 4 Pretty Little Picture, 12 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 5 Love Is Going Around., 3 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 701 Love Is Going Around, 3 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 6 That Dirty Old Man., 5 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 701 That Dirty Old Man, 5 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 6a. Lovely., 4 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 7 Bring Me My Bride, 11 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 701 Bring Me My Bride, 11 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 8 The House Of Marcus Lycus., 9 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 701 The House of Marcus Lycus, 9 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 9 The House Of Marcus Lycus. (Revised Copy), 9 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 10 Bring Me My Bride Reprise., 2 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 701 Bring Me My Bride Reprise, 2 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 11 Funeral Sequence., 11 Pages



Flat Box Flat Box 701 Funeral Sequence, 11 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 701 That'll Show Him, 6 Pages



Box 40 Folder 2 Comedy Tonight, 1962

Annotated photocopy of the published piano-vocal score.


Subseries III.2.2: Songs with notes by Sondheim

Song copies have notes and original music in the hand of the composer Stephen Sondheim. (Quarto, 9 3/4" x 12 1/2").



Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 1 Lovely., 3 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 2 I Do Like You., 12 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 3 That'll Show Him., 3 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 4 Everybody Ought To Have A Maid., 20 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 5 Chase., 3 Pages


Subseries III.2.3 Scores of Original Orchestrations

The scores with the original corrections, markings and notes by the orchestrators Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal. Folio, (11" x 17").


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 1a. Overture. Used only in New Haven opening., 10 Pages 39 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 1b. Overture. New, 22 Pages 169 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 2 Love Is Golng Around., 14 Pages 78 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 3 Comedy Tonight., 74 Pages 422 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 4 Set The Scene., 1 Pages 4 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 5a. Love I Hear (Used Prior to New York opening), 21 Pages 82 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 5b. Love I Hear, 16 Pages 94 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 6 Free., 26 Pages 182 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 7 The House Of Marcus Lycus., 28 Pages 154 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 8 Courtesans Exit., 2 Pages 10 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 9 Lovely., 17 Pages 92 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 260 Folder 10 Pretty Little Picture., 24 Pages 130 Bars



Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 11 Everybody Ought To Have A Maid., 21 Pages 119 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 12 Everybody Ought To Have A Maid. Encore., 9 Pages 50 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 13 Mornpipe, 3 Pages 14 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 14 Courtesans Entrance., 2 Pages 10 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 15 I'm Calm., 15 Pages 88 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 16 Impossible., 19 Pages 99 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 17 Fanfare I, 2 Pages 4 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 18 Bring Me My Bride., 16 Pages 92 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 19 Fanfare.II., 1 Page 1, Bar


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 20 End Act I, 2 Pages 9 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 21 Entr'acte., 19 Pages 134 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 22 Opening. Act II., 1 Page 5 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 23 Love Is Going Around. Underscore, 3 Pages 28 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 24 Back to the Plot, 1 Page 2 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 25 Soldiers' Free., 9 Pages 52 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 26 That Dirty Old Man., 15 Pages 58 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 27a. That'll Show Him., 13 Pages 73 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 27b. That'll Show Him. New (replaced a), 16 Pages 89 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 28 Lovely. Reprise., 13 Pages 75 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 29 Funeral Sequence., 23 Pages 98 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 30 Zero., 1 Page 4 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 31 Pre-Echo Song. Chase, 7 Pages 29 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 32a. Echo Song., 9 Pages 36 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 32b. Echo Song. New (replaced a)., 13 Pages 49 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 33 Chase., 32 Pages 151 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 34 Chase. Part Two., 11 Pages 50 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 35 Finale Act II., 13 Pages 73 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 261 Folder 36 Bows., 6 Pages 36 Bars


Subseries III.2.4: Additional Scores

Subseries contain scores used in the original musical production of Forum, which premiered in 1962. Each score is clearly labeled with the song title.



Box 6 Folder 1-5 Forum Song Copies, 1962 Feburary-March, 5 folders



Box 5 Folder 11 Impossible, circa 1962



Box 7 Folder 16 Funeral Sequence, 1962 April



Box 8 Folder 1 Finale – Act II, circa 1959-1962


Box 8 Folder 2 Comedy Tonight, Love I Hear, circa 1959-1962


Box 8 Folder 3 The House of Marcus Lycus, End of Act I, circa 1959-1962


Box 8 Folder 4 Pretty Little Picture, circa 1959-1962


Box 8 Folder 5 Bring Me My Bride, circa 1959-1962


Box 8 Folder 6 Love is Going Around, I Do Like You, circa 1959-1962


Box 8 Folder 7 Funeral Sequence, Lovely, circa 1959-1962


Box 8 Folder 8 That Dirty Old Man, Echo Song, circa 1959-1962


Box 8 Folder 9 Everybody Ought to Have A Maid, That'll Show Him, circa 1959-1962


Box 8 Folder 10 I'm Calm, Impossible, circa 1959-1962


Box 8 Folder 11 Once Upon a Time, 1962 March


Box 8 Folder 12 Maid, 1962 March



Box 9 Folder 1 Bows (Pretty Little Picture), circa 1962


Box 9 Folder 2 That Dirty Old Man, 1962 May


Box 9 Folder 3 That'll Show Him, 1962 April


Box 9 Folder 4 I'm Calm (Revised), 1962 April


Box 9 Folder 5 Lovely Reprise, 1962 April


Box 9 Folder 6 Curtain Act II, 1962 March


Box 9 Folder 7 Lycus New, 1962 April


Box 9 Folder 8 Lovely (Boy + Girl), circa 1962


Box 9 Folder 9 Love I Hear (New), circa 1962



Box 14 Folder 1 Pretty Little Picture New Intro, 1962 April


Box 14 Folder 2 Everybody Ought to Have a Maid, 1962 April


Subseries III:3 I Can Get It For You Wholesale, 1962

"I Can Got It For You Wholesale." Book by Jerome Weidman. Music and Lyrics by Harold Rome, directed by Arthur Laurents, musical directions by Lehman Engel, choreography by Herbert Ross, Orchestration by Sid Ramin and Arthur Beck. Starring Barbra Streisand. This subseries contains the complete scores of the original orchestrations with notes by Sid Ramin and Arthur Beck. Folio, (11" x 17"). Produced in Spring 1962.



Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 1 The Way Things Are., 11 Pages 31 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 2 Train Music., 1 Page 4 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 3 Who Knows. Utility., 6 Pages 36 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 4 When Gemini Meets Capricorn., 17 Pages 119 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 5 I'm Not A Well Man., 13 Pages 98 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 6 Into Money Scene., 2 Pages 17 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 7 Lead into Money Scene., 1 Page 5 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 8 The Sound Of Money., 15 Pages 118 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 9 The Sound Of Money. Dance., 19 Pages 115 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 10 The Family Way., 24 Pages 186 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 11 Too Soon., 17 Pages 132 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 12 When Gemini Meets Capricorn. Utility., 7 Pages 52 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 13 Who Knows., 18 Pages 142 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 14 Into Scene X., 9 Pages 65 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 15 Have I Told You lately., 18 Pages 136 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 16 Ballad Of The Garment Trade, 35 Pages 271 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 17 Fashion Show., 15 Pages 130 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 18 Ballad Of The Garment Trade. Utility, 5 Pages 36 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 19 Entr'acte., 18 Pages 100 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 20 Into Scene I Act II., 1 Page 8 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 21 A Gift Today., 24 Pages 174 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 22 Bar Mitzbah To Marmelstein., 8 Pages 60 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 23 Miss Marmelstein., 11 Pages 85 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 24 Sound Of Money. Underscore., 3 Pages 19 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 25 Lead Into Money Scene., 1 Page 5 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 26 What's In It For Me, 24 Pages 158 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 27 Into Scene II.IV., 3 Pages 22 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 28 A Funny Thing Happened., 18 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 29 A Funny Thing Happened. Utility., 8 Pages 68 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 30 After A Funny Thing Happened., 3 Pages 24 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 31 What Are They Doing To Us Now., 18 Pages 136 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 32 What Are They Doing. Dance, 24 Pages 142 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 33 After Doing To Us Now., 1 Page 8 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 34 Eat A Little Something., 16 Pages 125 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 35 After Eat., 1 Page 9 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 36 End Of Show Sequence., 4 Pages 30 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 262 Folder 37 The Sound Of Money. Utility., 5 Pages 38 Bars


Subseries III.4: Jerome Robbins' Broadway, 1989

Original orchestral scores by Sid Ramin and William D. Brohn with corrections, markings, and notations. "Jerome Robbins Broadway" was directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins. The show was produced by The Shubert Organization, Roger Berlind, Suntory International Corporation, Byron Goldman, and Emanuel Azenberg at the Imperial Theatre. It was co-directed by Grover Dave, co-choreographer by Peter Gennaro, and produced in association with PACE Theatrical Group, Inc. Paul Gemignani served as musical director and Scott Frankel handled music continuity.



Flat Box Flat Box 716 Overture - Dance, 1989 January 26, 32 Pages 126 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 716 Dance Overture (New) [2 copies], 48 Pages 192 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 716 Overture - Extension, 1988 December 27, 82 Pages 351 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 716 High Button Shoes, 133 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 716 It's Comedy Tonight, 60 Pages 422 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 716 Mister Monotony [2 copies], 1989 January 9, 20 Pages 80 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 716 On The Town - Opening, 81 Pages 346 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 716 West Side Story Suite - Prologue, 63 Pages 274 Bars



Flat Box Flat Box 717 West Side Story Suite - Transition Prologue/Dance Hall [2 copies], 3 Pages 11 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 717 West Side Story Suite - Dance Hall, 53 Pages 206 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 717 West Side Story Suite - America, 56 Pages 223 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 717 West Side Story Suite - Cool, 42 Pages 170 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 717 West Side Story Suite - Rumble, 31 Pages 134 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 717 West Side Story Suite - Ballet Sequence, 39 Pages 154 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 717 Ya Got Me, 45 Pages 178 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 717 Ya Got Me - Bows, 7 Pages 18 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 717 You Gotta Get a Gimmick [2 copies], 34 Pages 126 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 717 Gimmick Playoff, 3 Pages 8 Bars



Box 5 Folder 2 Robbins B'way – from Sharon Petro, Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon, & Eckhardt



Box 18 Folder 2-4 Pops – Robbins Broadway, 3 folders


Subseries III.5: The Red Shoes, 1993

"The Red Shoes" was adapted from the 1948 film "The Red Shoes" by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The book was by Marsha Norman and music by Jule Styne with lyrics by Marsha Norman and Paul Stryker. The show was produced by Martin Starger, in association with MCA/UNIVERSAL and James M. Nederlander at the George Gershwin Theatre. It was directed by Stanley Donen, choreographed by Lar Lubovitch, and featured musical directions and vocal arrangements by Donald Pippin. The music by orchestrated by Sid Ramin and William D. Brohn. Produced in Winter 1993.


Subseries III.5.1 Lead Sheets

Printed lead sheets with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Marsha Norman. These lead sheets may have been used for the orchestration of the show by Sid Ramin and William D. Brohn.



Flat Box Flat Box 717 The Rag (I-2-16), 6 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 717 Audition Dance (Act I) I Forgot My Music (I-3-24), 6 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 717 It's Always Like the First Time - Revised (I-3-27), 1992 December 28, 9 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 717 La Valse - Solo Dance for Helen (I-5-37) [2 copies], 2 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 717 Little Kitten (I-6-41), 7 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 717 Red Shoes Story, 4 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 717 Red Shoes Story (I-9-51), 1992 December 1, 7 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 717 One - Two (I-11-61), 3 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 717 I'll Never Know (I-12-65), 5 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 717 Dos Vedanya (II-4-12), 6 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 717 In Ultimo Sospira (II-7-25), 1 Page


Flat Box Flat Box 717 I'm Home (II-9-34), 2 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 717 Pas De Deux (Act II) - Revised [2 copies], 1989 April 28, 16 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 717 Red Shoes Ballet - Insert (Fighting R.S. Spell), 3 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 717 The Red Shoes Fit (Dance) - Revised [3 copies], 1989 April 28, 9 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 717 [Untitled], 6 Pages


Subseries III.5.2 Sketches

Original manuscript sketches used in preparation of the score with notations and corrections.



Flat Box Flat Box 718 Sketches from Act I: Swan Lake Opening; The Impressario; To Lermontov's Office-I; Julian's Audition; To Lady Neston's; Nostrovya, Nostrovya; Class Before Audition-I; Class Before Audition-II; Three Girls Audition; To Craster's Flat; To Lermontov's Office-II; Swan Lake Pas de Deux; Top of the Sky; A Little Chopin; Montage [2 versions]; It's a Fairytale; When It Happens to You (Reprise); Be Somewhere; Am I to Wish Her Love, September-October 1993, 75 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 718 Sketches from Act II: Do Svedanya; Am I to Wish Her Love Reprise (Miss Page); Miss Page; Tribute to Victoria Page; Alone in the Light; Come Home; When You Dance For a King; Ballet of the Red Shoes; Bows, September-October 1993, 104 Pages



Box 11 Folder 5 Jule's Sketch for "Red Shoes"



Box 40 Folder 5 The Dance of the Red Shoes, circa 1993

Pencil sketch orchestral score. 33 pages. For the American Ballet Theater.


Box 40 Folder 6 Forget (pas de deux), circa 1993

Pencil sketch orchestral score. 25 pages. For the American Ballet Theater.



Box 29 Folder 2 Sid Ramin working notes, sketches, script, 1993

Photocopied piano-vocal sheet music; annotated song list; annotated orchestration list; annotated photocopy of the conductor score; photocopied script.


Subseries III.5.3 Scores of Original Orchestrations

The scores of the original orchestrations arranged by Sid Ramin and William D. Brohn.



Flat Box Flat Box 718 Overture Intro, 1993 November 24, 70 Pages 279 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 718 Overture (Original Version), 78 Pages 304 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 718 Overture (Revised Version), 1993 November 8, 70 Pages 279 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 718 Overture (Proposed Ending), 4 Pages


Flat Box Flat Box 718 Swan Lake Opening, 18 Pages 74 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 718 The Impressario, 19 Pages 75 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 718 Vicky's Audition, 17 Pages 66 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 718 Corps de Ballet - Part I, 33 Pages 132 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 718 Corps de Ballet - Part II, 75 Pages 299 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 718 When It Happens To You, 17 Pages 67 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 718 When It Happens To You - Utility, 10 Pages 38 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 718 Top of the Sky - New, 18 Pages 75 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 718 Top of the Sky - New (11/17 Version), 24 Pages 75 Bars



Flat Box Flat Box 719 Montage, 36 Pages 242 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 It's a Fairytale, 27 Pages 102 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 Apres Cafe, 8 Pages 48 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 The Dress Rehearsal, 17 Pages 63 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 Be Somewhere, 1993 November 10, 15 Pages 60 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 Be Somewhere - Utility, 11 Pages 43 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 Grisha's Party Rag, 47 Pages 188 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 Grisha's Rag - 151 to the end, 11 Pages. Pages 37 to 47.


Flat Box Flat Box 719 Am I to Wish Her Love, 1993 November 10, 33 Pages 104 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 Do Svedanya, 12 Pages 48 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 Who Knows Where It Goes, 11 Pages 44 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 Tribute to Victoria Page, 16 Pages 64 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 Alone in the Light, 15 Pages 58 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 Come Home, 24 Pages 93 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 Come Home - New, 21 Pages 82 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 When You Dance For a King, 18 Pages 82 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 Vicky's Exit, 2 Pages 7 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 Heart of Fire, 16 Pages 66 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 In the Dressing Room, 8 Pages 31 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 Vicky Goes Mad, 3 Pages 10 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 Vicky's Finale, 11 Pages 52 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 The Ballet of the Red Shoes - Opening, 19 Pages 77 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 The Ballet of the Red Shoes - Soliloquy [2 copies], 5 Pages 35 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 The Ballet of the Red Shoes - Shoemaker's Dance, 1993 October 11, 27 Pages 97 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 719 The Ballet of the Red Shoes - In the Shoeshop, 15 Pages 62 Bars



Flat Box Flat Box 720 The Ballet of the Red Shoes - Village, 10 Pages 39 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 720 The Ballet of the Red Shoes - Village II, 1993 October 11, 10 Pages 39 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 720 The Ballet of the Red Shoes - The Dance of the Red Shoes, 33 Pages 133 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 720 The Ballet of the Red Shoes - Forest (Pas de Deux), 38 Pages 149 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 720 The Ballet of the Red Shoes - Crazed Shoes, 13 Pages 50 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 720 The Ballet of the Red Shoes - Gypsies, 18 Pages 144 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 720 The Ballet of the Red Shoes - Cemetary, 19 Pages 73 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 720 The Ballet of the Red Shoes - Finale, 15 Pages 59 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 720 Bows, 9 November 1993, 30 Pages 116 Bars


Flat Box Flat Box 720 Exit Music, 23 Pages



Box 29 Folder 1 Script, 1992-circa 1993

Typewritten script by Marsha Norman.


Subseries III.6: Say, Darling, 1958

Subseries contains scores from Say, Darling, a comic play with music by Jule Styne that ran at the ANTA Playhouse and Martin Beck Theatre in 1958.



Box 14 Folder 12 Overture