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Otto Harbach Papers

Title
Otto Harbach Papers, 1870-1990, (bulk 1895-1963).
Author
Harbach, Otto, 1873-1963.
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Oversized FolderMoving imageBy appointment only *T-Mss 1993-038 Oversized FolderPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre
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p1bc Otto Harbach papers, scores and sound recordings. (CStRLIN)NYPW94-A173.
Description
12 lin. ft. (37 boxes and 1 oversized folder)
Summary
The Otto Harbach Papers include correspondence, business papers, scripts, scores, lyrics, personal papers, photographs, and printed matter documenting his personal life and career, and also a particular period in the American musical theater, from ca. 1908-1938, when Harbach created most of his works.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Contracts.
  • Oral histories.
  • Photographs.
  • Scores.
  • Scripts.
Access (note)
  • Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Source (note)
  • William O. Harbach
Biography (note)
  • Otto Harbach, librettist and lyricist, was born Otto Hauerbach in Salt Lake City.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Otto Harbach Papers, Musical Scores and Sound Recordings.
Processing Action (note)
  • Accessioned
  • Processed
Call Number
*T-Mss 1993-038
OCLC
NYPW93-A258
Author
Harbach, Otto, 1873-1963.
Title
Otto Harbach Papers, 1870-1990, (bulk 1895-1963).
Restricted Access
Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Otto Harbach Papers, Musical Scores and Sound Recordings.
Biography
Otto Harbach, librettist and lyricist, was born Otto Hauerbach in Salt Lake City. He was educated at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois and went on to teach English at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Moving to New York in 1901, Harbach (who changed the spelling of his name in 1917) began writing for the theater. In 1908 he produced his first hit, THREE TWINS, in collaboration with Karl Hoschna. Over the course of his career, Harbach had over 50 works produced on Broadway; for most of them he wrote both the book and the lyrics. Among his collaborators were the composers Karl Hoschna, Rudolf Friml, Jerome Kern, Louis Hirsch, Herbert Stothart, Vincent Youmans and Sigmund Romberg, and the lyricists Oscar Hammerstein, Irving Caesar, Frank Mandel, and John Murray Anderson. Harbach's most well-known works include the songs Love Nest, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Indian Love Call, One Alone, Rose Marie, The Night Was Made For Love, and the plays THE FIREFLY, ROBERTA, ROSE MARIE, NO, NO, NANETTE, The DESERT SONG and THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE. Harbach was a charter member of The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). He was married to Ella Smith Dougall, with whom he had two sons, Robert and William.
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Occupation
Librettists.
Lyricists.
Found In:
p1bc Otto Harbach papers, scores and sound recordings. (CStRLIN)NYPW94-A173.
Research Call Number
*T-Mss 1993-038
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