University of Wyoming
Schaefer performances and arrangements -- Sound discs -- 33 1/3 rpm.
Schaefer interview -- Reel-to-reel audiotapes.
Schaefer (1925- ), a composer, pianist, and arranger, studied music with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and played in the Benny Carter, Boyd Raeburn, and Harry James orchestras. He served as an accompanist to numerous singers and was an arranger and vocal coach for 20th Century Fox from 1948-1955. Schaefer was a composer, conductor and arranger for United Artists Records and arranged dance music for Broadway shows including "Foxy" and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum."
Collection contains correspondence, chiefly with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1955-1969); lyrics and sheet music; 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records; reel-to-reel audiotapes of a 1967 interview of Schaefer; newspaper and magazine clippings; and miscellaneous other materials. The sheet music is, in part, photocopies.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
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There are no known other archival collections created by Hal Schaefer at the date of processing.
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