Dance Band Combo
Scope and Contents
The Dance Band Combos Collection consists of instrumental arrangements of popular songs first made for distribution to theater and music hall orchestras. These early to mid 20th century arrangements proved so popular that surprised publishers began making them available for general sale. Pit bands could then purchase a ready-made score of a current hit tune to vary their repertoire. Dance groups found them useful as well, and they made novel additions to the programs of salon ensembles and amateur combinations. Later, these multi-purpose orchestrations became commonly known as stock arrangements.
Dates
- created: 1925 - 1962
- Other: Majority of material found in 1946-1953
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
3.50 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Method of Acquisition
Donation
Processing Information
In 2012 this collection was processed by Elizabeth Fairall and Victoria Thur.
- Title
- Dance Band Combo
- Author
- Elizabeth Fairall, Victoria Thur
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Florida Atlantic University Libraries Repository