Sosnik, Harry, 1906- . – Harry Sosnik papers, 1920-1995.

Papers, primarily comprised of musical scores and parts, of a composer, arranger, and conductor for radio and television and vice-president in charge of music for the American Broadcasting Company. Included are 176 recordings of programs in the form of air checks, many representing the WNBC-TV program “Musical Comedy Time”; 319 pressings of Decca recordings arranged and conducted by Sosnik, 1936-1945, featuring such performers as Rudy Vallee, Dick Powell, Bing Crosby, and Judy Garland; and 46 symphonic recordings. On tape are two musical pieces from “Playwrights ’56” and two from the 1954 “Rodgers and Hammerstein Special.”


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  • Author: Sosnik, Harry, 1906- .
  • Title: Harry Sosnik papers, 1920-1995.
  • Size: 77.4 c.f. (152 flat boxes and 2 card file boxes), 4 tape recordings, and 537 disc recordings; plus additions of 12.0 c.f., 79 tape recordings, 157 disc recordings, and 297 photographs.
  • Category: composer, mixed collection, music, radio, and television

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