Edward Jablonski Papers
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2012562123
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Music Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C.
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Edward Jablonski Papers 1942-2003 1950-2000
Jablonski, Edward
Biographical History for: Edward Jablonski Papers 1942-2003 1950-2000
Biographical Note Date Event 1922, Mar. 1 Born, Bay City, Michigan 1942-1946 Served with the U.S. Army Field Artillery Corp. 1949 Founding member of Walden Records with Peter Bartok 1950 Graduated from the New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. 1958 Published with Lawrence D. Stewart The Gershwin Years. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday 1961 Published Harold Arlen: Happy With the Blues. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday 1962 Published George Gershwin. New York: Putnam 1965-1980 Focused research on aviation history and published over 10 books on the subject 1981 Published Encyclopedia of American Music. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday 1987 Published Gershwin. New York: Doubleday 1989, Jan. 11 Received the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Gershwin 1992 Published Gershwin Remembered. Portland, Or.: Amadeus Press 1996 Published Alan Jay Lerner: A Biography. New York: H. Holt Published Harold Arlen: Rhythm, Rainbows, and Blues. Boston: Northeastern University Press 1999 Published Irving Berlin: American Troubadour. New York: Henry Holt 2004, Feb. 10 Died of heart failure in Manhattan
Scope and Content Note The Edward Jablonski Papers span the period of 1942-2003, with the majority of the materials dating from 1950-2000. The collection includes book project materials, articles, liner notes, drafts, and related correspondence and business papers. All research, correspondence, and business papers pertaining to a given project are filed with its draft materials. The Project Files series chiefly consists of materials used in the preparation and publication of Jablonski’s books on such American composers and songwriters as Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, and George Gershwin. Drafts, notes by chapter, research materials, and correspondence are present for each biographical work. These works include Harold Arlen: Happy With the Blues, Harold Arlen: Rhythm, Rainbows, and Blues, Gershwin Remembered and most extensively, Gershwin. Articles, liner notes, and other miscellaneous project material for each composer are then filed chronologically by date. Other major compositional projects follow in alphabetical order, including The Encyclopedia of American Music, and the Music Lover's Encyclopedia. Materials for miscellaneous articles, liner notes, and other writings focusing on a particular composer or a general broader topic such as American musical theater, can be found filed chronologically by date. Jablonski was also an author of aviation history, and there are several articles and correspondence related to his work in this field. These are compiled together with his other writings on various non-music related subjects. Correspondence in the Miscellany series consists of personal letters and business papers, arranged either by last name of correspondent or by date. Notable individuals represented include Abe Berman, Peter Clay, Alan Dashiell, and David Cunard. The series also contains a small amount of miscellaneous personal items.
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Project Files, 1950-2000
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Biographical Works
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Arlen, Harold
Materials for Harold Arlen: happy with the blues
Materials for Harold Arlen: rhythm, rainbows, and blues
Articles, program notes, and liner notes
Correspondence, tributes, iconography
Programs, scripts, sheet music, books
Bartók, Béla
Articles and liner notes
Research materials
Correspondence with Peter Bartók, 1962-2003
Materials for Turkish folk music from Asia Minor
Estate documents
Berlin, Irving
Materials for Irving Berlin: American troubadour
Writings, correspondence, iconography
Gershwin, George and Ira
Materials for Gershwin
Materials for Gershwin Remembered
Materials for The Gershwin Years
Unpublished book, co-author Milton Caine
Articles
Liner notes
Program notes
Walden Records
Projects
Porgy and Bess
Correspondence
Iconography
100th anniversary celebrations
Lerner, Alan Jay
Biography, writings, correspondence
Serly, Tibor
Writings, correspondence, research materials, photographs
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
The American Musical
Encyclopedia of American Music
Masters of 20th Century Music
Music Lover's Encyclopedia
Miscellany
Subject files
Non-Music Writings
Miscellany, 1942-2003
Personal effects