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OK, USA: A Musical Guide Book to the States: Soldier Shows "Blueprint Special"

Description: The last of the U.S. Army Soldier Shows "Blueprint Specials" to be published, "OK, USA" is a musical revue on the theme of U.S. soldiers returning to the United States and finding it finding it as foreign and exotic as any country overseas because they have been away and living under extreme circumstances for so long. Like the other "Blueprint Specials," this show includes a complete script (multiple copies this time); a conductor's score and complete set of instrumental parts; a sample program… more
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Daisy: Opera in Two Acts

Description: This is the original conductor's score for the opera "Daisy" including the vocal parts as well as instrumental lines for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horns, trumpets, bass trombone, timpani and percussion, harp and piano, violin, viola, cello, and string bass. The introductory pages at the start of the score include acknowledgements and synopsis by Professor Kenneth L. Ballenger, the cast of characters and scene list (5 scenes). There is an index to the scenes for each act following their … more
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Date: September 15, 1973
Creator: Smith, Julia, 1905-1989
Partner: UNT Music Library

The Ballad of Woodsy Owl; Help Woodsy Spread the Word...

Description: Musical score depicting the Ballad of Woodsy Owl, a song warning against pollution, with illustrations of the Woodsy Owl character and his signature phrase 'Give a Hoot! Don't Pollute!'.
Date: 1976
Creator: Bartoo, Marion
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

About Face!: Soldier Shows "Blueprint Special"

Description: "About Face!" was the first in a series of Soldier Shows "Blueprint Specials" created by the Special Services Division of the Army Service Forces during World War II to provide soldiers stationed overseas with all the resources they need to stage an original, full-length, Broadway-style revue for their fellow soldiers. Each "Blueprint Special" includes a libretto, set and costume designs, conductor's score, and individual vocal and instrumental parts, as well as detailed instructions for stagin… more
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Headquarters, Army Service Forces. Special Services Division, ASF.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Sheet Music with notes]

Description: Photocopy of a few pages of sheet music for "I'm Goin' Up a Yonder," by Walter Hawkins for Lory Masters. The sheet music contains a yellow sticky note which reads 'Judy Baker wrote the song (Don Baker, one of our Dallas Heroes who was the 2016, was Judy's brother)'.
Date: 1994
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

["I'd Have To Be Crazy" sheet music]

Description: Song lyrics and music, "I'd Have To Be Crazy" written by Steve Fromholz and recorded by Willie Nelson. The song was published on Lone Star Records by Prophecy Publishing, Inc.; 1976.
Date: 1976
Creator: Fromholz, Steve
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Original "I'd Have To Be Crazy" sheet music]

Description: Original song lyrics and music, "I'd Have To Be Crazy" written by Steve Fromholz. The original music sheets with score by Fromholz includes eight (8) Sseets with handwriting in pencil. Contains bass, piano guitar, alto sax, trombone, triplet, and concert scores, triplet and concert score arranged by R. D. Skiles, c. early 1970s/1976.
Date: [1970..1976]
Creator: Fromholz, Steve
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

P.F.C. Mary Brown: A Wac Musical Revue

Description: Compilation of a script, parts (including conductor's score; 1 vocal part with melody and lyrics; and 13 instrumental parts), stage directions, dance routines, scenic and costume designs (including instructions on how to make them from waste and salvage materials), a sample program template, and general notes on how to produce a musical revue, intended for a women's army audience. The story depicts the goddess Athena growing bored with her life on Olympus and descending to Earth to find fulfi… more
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Headquarters, Army Service Forces. Special Services Division, ASF.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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