University of Wyoming
Morelli (1905-1974) was musical director for the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas from 1954 to 1971 and also conducted the Las Vegas Pops Concert Orchestra and the Las Vegas Community Chorus. Prior to that he was a music writer and arranger at Radio City Music Hall, a conductor for RKO, and director of the St. Louis Musical Opera.
Collection is chiefly music, including choral and piano arrangements, instrumental scores, librettos, manuscript compositions by Morelli, music books, and several hundred pieces of sheet music by various composers. Also includes biographical information, correspondence, photographs, notebooks, playbills, production files, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and miscellaneous other materials.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
There are no known other archival collections created by Antonio Morelli at the date of processing.
Finding aid available in repository.
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