Trude Rittman scores,

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TheNewYorkPublicLibrary

NewYorkPublicLibraryforthePerformingArts,DorothyandLewisB.CullmanCenter

MusicDivision

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Guidetothe

TrudeRittmanscores,

ca.1934—ca.1975

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Callnumber:JPB80‐36

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FindingaidcompiledbyMusicDivisionstaff,January2013

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Summary

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Creator:Rittman,Trude

Title:TrudeRittmanscores

Size:3linearfeet(12boxes)

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Source:DonatedbyTrudeRittman

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Abstract:TrudeRittmanwasaGerman‐bornAmericancomposerandmusicarranger.

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noticemayberequired.

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Forpermissiontopublish,contacttheChief,MusicDivision,TheNew

YorkLibraryforthePerformingArts

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Preferredcitation:TrudeRittmanscores,JPB80‐36,MusicDivision,TheNewYorkPublic

LibraryforthePerformingArts

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Relatedmaterials:

 Adagio,callnumber:JPB84‐18,MusicDivision

 InterviewwithTrudeRittman,1976.Callnumber:*MGZMT3‐1187,JeromeRobbins

DanceDivision

 Miscellaneousmanuscripts,callnumber:(S)*MGZMT‐Res.RitT,JeromeRobbinsDance

Division

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Seealsoentriesunderauthor“Rittman,Trude”intheCatalog.

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Biography

Trude(Trudy,Gertrude)Rittman(24September1908—22February2005)wasaprominent

German‐bornAmericancomposer,musicarranger,teacherandpianist.Hercareerspanned

fromthe1930’stothe1970’s,highlightedbyhervitalrolesinmanyfamousmusicalssuchas

Carousel,Brigadoon,SouthPacific,TheKingandI,TheSoundofMusic,Fanny,PeterPan,etc.

Rittman’sworkwithhouseholdnamessuchasRodgersandHammersteinandLernerandLowe

hasearnedRittmanrecognition.

BorninMannheim,Germany,Rittmanbegantostudypianoattheageofsixatthe

conservatorythere.Attheageoffourteen,shebeganherformalstudiesincompositionwith

ErnstTochandpianistHansBruch.Threeyearslatershecommencedstudieswithcomposer

PhilippJarnachandpianistEduardErdmannattheHochschulefürMusikinCologne.In1932

RittmangraduatedwithanArtist’sandTeacher’sdiploma(Staats‐andKonzertdiplom).

By1931,Rittmanhadbeguntobuildasuccessfulperformingcareer,givingconcertsin

Germany,Switzerland,France,Holland,andEngland.AfterfleeingincreasingNazipersecution

oftheJewsin1933(Rittman’sJewishheritagemadeitdifficulttoforhertoperformunder

growingGermananti‐Semitism;hermotherescapedfromMannheim,butherfatherdiedina

Germanprison),shejoinedagroupofsoloistsperformingunderthedirectionoftheconductor

HermannScherchenattheStrasbourgFestivalofContemporaryMusic.

FollowingthepremiereperformanceofaworkbytheBritishcomposerAlanBush,shesettled

inEngland..Thereshestartedteachingpiano,theory,harmony,counterpointandother

coursesatthedistinguishedDartingtonHallSchoolinTotnes,Devon.Whileworkingasmusical

collaboratorandpianistattheKurtJoossSchoolofDanceatDartingtonHall,shewas

introducedtotherelationshipofmusicanddance.

In1935,RittmanperformedatthemusicfestivalinBrusselsandinthespringof1936,she

workedwiththeballetoftheThéâtredelaMonnaie.WorksperformedincludedLesNocesby

IgorStravinskyandAeneasbyAlbertRoussel.

RittmanimmigratedtotheUnitedStatesinthesummerof1937(shefiledapetitionfor

naturalizationonOctober

5,1937).ThrougharecommendationfromaDutchacquaintance

andameetingwithLewChristensenandEugeneLoring(fromtheAmericanBalletCaravan

company),RittmanwashiredbyLincolnKirsteinandGeorgeBalanchineasconcertaccompanist

andpianistfortheshortlivedAmericanBalletCaravan(aprecursortotheNewYorkCityBallet),

herfirstjobinAmerica.

RittmancomposedtheballetmusicforCharadeandTheDebutanteandmadeseveraltwo‐

pianoarrangementsofotherballetsintherepertoryoftheAmericanBalletCaravan.In1938,

followingtheresignationofElliottCarter,shebecamemusicaldirectorofthecompany.Her

newpositionbroughtherincontactwithmanyfamouscomposerssuchasLeonard,Bernstein,

MarcBlitzstein,HenryBrant,PaulBowles,ElliottCarter,AaronCopland,DavidDiamond,Virgil

Thomson,andothers.

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Followingthedissolutionofthecompanyin1941,Rittmanworkedasaconcertpianistforthe

choreographerAgnesdeMille,commencingaclosecreativerelationship.Whileworkingwith

DeMille,Rittmanwashiredasdancearrangerin1943fortheKurtWeillmusicalOneTouchof

Venus.Inarrangingthe

balletmusicinBloomerGirl(1944);herrolebehindthescenesbecame

integraltothemusicalcontinuityincountlesstheatricalproductions,integratingacomposer’s

themeormelodyintotheballetorinterlacingincidentalmusicforatheatrical/dramaticeffect.

Inshort,Rittman’sspecialcallingwastransformingmusicintomyriadarrangements,whetherit

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wasdance,choral,theatrical,orincidental.

In1945,RittmanbeganherassociationwithRodgersandHammerstein.Forthemusical

Carousel,shewasresponsibleforthearrangementofmusictoAgnesdeMille’sdances.

RodgersandHammersteinhiredheragainin1949ascomposerforincidentalmusicand

musicalcontinuityin

SouthPacific(1952,directedbyJoshuaLogan)whichranfor1,925

performances.(InalateinterviewwithTrudeRittmanbyNancyReynoldsfortheNewYork

PublicLibraryDanceDivision,RittmandescribedapproachingSouthPacificfromthepointof

viewofRussiantheaterasinfluencedbyConstantinStanislavsky.)Severalaccounts

also

describeherasbeing“billedastheassistanttoMr.Rodgers.”Rittmanwentontoworkwith

RodgersandHammersteinonmanyotherprojects.ForTheKingandI(1951)shecomposed

interludesandthedancesequencethedance“TheSmallHouseofUncle

Thomas,”choreographedbyJeromeRobbins.Robbins’sexoticstagingideasinspiredRittmanto

explorenewapproachesofmusicalexpression.TheSoundofMusic(1959)summoned

Rittman’sconservativecompositionaltraining,demonstratedbyheruseofGregorianChants

andcontrapuntaltechniquestoelevatethedramaticcontentofthenun’sandchildren’schoral

singing.

InadditiontoworkingwithRodgersandHammerstein,TrudeRittmanalsocollaboratedonall

themusicalsofAlanJayLernerandFrederickLoewe,beginningwithBrigadoon(1947,

choreographybyAgnesdeMille).OtherLernerandLoewecollaborationsincludedPaintYour

Wagon(1952,choreographybyAgnesdeMille),MyFairLady(1956,choreographybyHanya

Holm,andits1976revival),Camelot(1961,choreographybyHanyaHolm)andGigi(1973,

choreographybyOnnaWhite).RittmanalsoworkedwithLernerandBurtonLane,composing

musiccontinuityanddoingvocalarrangementsforOnaClearDayYouCanSeeForever(1965).

OneyearafterMossHartcommissionedRittmantocomposethemusicforhisplay,TheClimate

ofEden(1952),shebecamethemusicalsupervisorandcomposedoriginalandarrangedballet

scoresfor“AgnesdeMilleDanceTheater”priortothecompany’sU.S.tourin1953‐54.

RepertoryincludedTheCherryTreeLegend(anoriginalballetbyRittman),andtwoLernerand

Loewe

works,PaintYourWagonandBrigadoon.PaintYourWagon,withadditionaloriginal

musicbyRittmanbecamethesubjectofGoldrush(mentionedbelow).Musicfromdancesof

Brigadoonwasusedforanothertelevisionspecialentitled,BitterWeird(1964).

HavingworkedwithheronSouthPacific,JoshuaLoganagaincalledonhertowritethe

incidentalmusicandmusiccontinuityarrangementsforthemusicalWishYouWereHere(1952)

andthedanceandincidentalmusicarrangementsforFanny(1954).Rittmanprovidedthe

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incidentalmusicfortwoproductionsofPeterPan;shewasthemusicalcoordinatorfortheplay

stagedin1950starringJeanArthur(musicandlyricsbyLeonardBernstein)andforthe1954

musicalstarringMaryMartin(directedandchoreographedbyJeromeRobbins).TrudeRittman

alsocomposedoriginalballetscoresfor

LookMa’,I’mDancing!(1948)alongside

director/choreographerJeromeRobbinsandincidentalmusicarrangementsforColePorter’s

OutofThisWorld(1950).

RittmancontinuedtoworkwiththechoreographerAgnesdeMilleforthemusicalTheGirlin

PinkTights(1954)andDeMille’sballetTheFourMarys(1965).DuringherBroadwayandballet

success,Rittmanalsocomposedmusicfortelevision(shehaswrittencompositionsand

arrangementsforCBS,NBC,CBC,NET)andmovies,includingmusicforLoeweanddeMille’s

film,Goldrush(CBS,1958),andmusicforthemotionpictureCamelot(1967).Inthesummerof

1967,thefifty‐nineyearoldcomposerandarrangertaughtacourseentitled,“TheStructural

RelationshipofMusicandDance”attheUniversityofWashingtonforashortperiod.Rittman

continuedtowritenumerousdancearrangementsincludingthoseforthemusicalGigi(1973),A

MusicalJubilee(1975),andRipVanWinkle(1976),aproductionofthe

UniversityofTennesse’s

ClarenceBrownTheatre.TheproductionwasdirectedbyJoshuaLoganandeventuallyplayed

attheKennedyCenterinWashington,D.C..Followingherdancearrangementsinthe1978

productionofTheAmericanDanceMachine(directedbyDavidBakerandDavidKrane),Rittman

formallyretiredandmovedtoWaltham,Massachusetts.Despiteherretirement,sheworked

ondancearrangementsforJeromeRobbins’Broadway(1989).TrudeRittmanpassedaway

(unmarriedandwithoutsurvivors)attheageof96in2005inLexington,Massachusetts.Her

musichasbeenfeaturedonatelevisionepisodeofGreatPerformancesfollowingherdeathin

2006.

Sources:

 TrudeRittmanpressreleaseca.summer1967,foundintheclippingfileoftheDance

DivisionattheNewYorkPublicLibraryforPerformingArts,“Rittman,Trude”,callno.

*MGZR.

 TrudeRittman“ListofCredits”ca.1976,foundintheclippingfileoftheDanceDivision

attheNew

YorkPublicLibraryforPerformingArts,“Rittman,Trude”,callno.*MGZR.

 Saxon,Wolfgang.“TrudeRittman,96,anArrangerofManyBroadwayFavorites.”The

NewYorkTimes,March10,2005.

 Miller,Stephen.“TrudeRittman,96,MusicArrangeronBroadway.”TheNewYorkSun,

March9,2005.

 TrudeRittman’sresume,datedapproximately1938foundintheclippingfileofthe

MusicDivisionattheNewYorkPublicLibraryforPerformingArts.

 RittmanTrude.“InterviewwithTrudeRittman.”TranscriptofinterviewbyNancy

Reynoldsrecorded9Dec.1976attheNewYorkPublicLibraryforthePerformingArts,

LincolnCenter,NewYork.Archivaltranscript:callnumber:*MGZMTO3‐1197.

5

Scopeandcontentsnote



ThiscollectioncontainsbothoriginalcompositionsbyTrudeRittmanaswellasarrangementsof

worksbyothercomposers.Includedaremany(butnotall)dancesequencesshecomposedfor

musicals.



Thecollectionisinasingleseries.Arrangementisalphabeticalbycompositiontitle.Works

primarilybyothercomposersareinterfiledalphabeticallyunderthecomposer’sname.For

workswhichareportionsoflargerworks(suchasmusicals),theworkisfiledunderthenameof

thelargerwork.



Musicals

Ambassador

Brigadoon

Gigi

Scarlett

Juno

ThekingandI

LittlePrince

Lookma,I’mdancin’

MaggieFlynn

Myfairlady

OnaClearDayYouCanSeeForever

RipVanWinkle(writtenbyJoshuaLogan)



Ballets

Charade(choreographedbyLew

Christensen)

CherryTreeLegend(choreographedby

AgnesDeMille)

GoldRush(PaintYourWagon)



Names

Blitzstein,Marc.Juno.

Loewe,Frederick,1901‐1988.Gigi.

Rome,Harold,1908‐1993.Scarlett.

DeMille,Agnes.

Robbins,Jerome.

Kidd,Michael,1915‐2007.

Christensen,Lew,1909‐1984.

Nagrin,Daniel.



Occupations

Composers

Arrangersofmusic



 TrudeRittmanscores–callnumber:JPB80‐36 6



Folder

1 Rittman,Trude.

‐Ambassador.Habanera;Maxixe;Surprisewaltz;Righttime,rightplace;Habanera;

Maxixe;Surprisewaltz;Righttime,rightplace.

‐Holographpianoscore,pencil.

‐Fromthe1972musicalAmbassador(musicbyDonGohman,lyricsbyHal

Hackady).

2 Rittman,Trude.

‐Asyoulikeit.

‐Holographscore,pencil(9pages).

‐Fororchestra.Withreductionforvoiceandpianoinink(3pages).Wordsby

Shakespeare.

3a Rittman,Trude.

‐Brigadoon.BitterWeird(HochlandBallade);BitterWeird(HochlandBallade).

‐Reproductionofms.shortscorewithemendationsinpencil.

‐ChoreographybyAgnesDeMille.

‐Relatednames:Loewe,Frederick.

‐Fromthe1947musicalBrigadoon(musicbyFrederickLoeweandlyricsbyAlanJay

Lerner).

3b Rittman,Trude.

‐Brigadoon.BitterWeird(HochlandBallade);BitterWeird(HochlandBallade).

‐Typescript(2pages).

‐ChoreographybyAgnesDeMille.

‐Relatednamesandworks:Loewe,Frederick.

‐Fromthe1947musicalBrigadoon(musicbyFrederickLoeweandlyricsbyAlanJay

Lerner).

4a Rittman,Trude.

‐Charade.

‐Holographfullscore,ink(154p).

‐MusicbasedonAmericansongsandsocialdancespopularintheepochof1895‐

1910incl.melodiesofStephenFoster&LouisGottschalkarrangedbyTrude

Rittman.

‐ChoreographedbyLewChristensenandfirstperformedbytheAmericanBallet

CaravanattheSt.JamesTheatre,December26,1939.

 TrudeRittmanscores–callnumber:JPB80‐36 7



Folder

4b Rittman,Trude.

‐Charade.TempodiMazurka;TempodiMazurka.

‐Holographscore,ink(9pages).

‐MusicbasedonAmericansongsandsocialdancespopularintheepochof1895‐

1910incl.melodiesofStephenFoster&LouisGottschalkarrangedbyTrude

Rittman.

‐ChoreographedbyLewChristensenandfirstperformedbytheAmericanBallet

CaravanattheSt.JamesTheatre,December26,1939.

4b Rittman,Trude.

‐Charade.TempodiMazurka;TempodiMazurka.

‐Parts,ink.

‐MusicbasedonAmericansongsandsocialdancespopularintheepochof1895‐

1910incl.melodiesofStephenFoster&LouisGottschalkarrangedbyTrude

Rittman.

‐ChoreographedbyLewChristensenandfirstperformedbytheAmericanBallet

CaravanattheSt.JamesTheatre,December26,1939.

4c++ Rittman,Trude.

‐Charade.

‐Holograph,ink(43pages).;withreproductionofAndante(pages11‐14).

‐For2pianos.AndanteisbasedonLouisMoreauGottschalk'sBalletCaravan.

‐MusicbasedonAmericansongsandsocialdancespopularintheepochof1895‐

1910incl.melodiesofStephenFoster&LouisGottschalkarrangedbyTrude

Rittman.

‐ChoreographedbyLewChristensenandfirstperformedbytheAmericanBallet

CaravanattheSt.JamesTheatre,December26,1939.

5a++ Rittman,Trude.

‐Cherrytreelegend.

‐Reproductionofms.withemendationsinredpencil;plusone

pagetransparancy

inpencil.

‐Fororchestra.OrchestrationbyDonWalker.

‐MusicarrangedbyRittmanfromtraditionalsources,choreographedbyAgnesDe

Milleandfirstperformedin1953.

5b Rittman,Trude.

‐CherryTreeLegend.

‐Reproductionofms.piano‐vocalscore(15pages).

‐OrchestratedbyDonWalker.Onfirstpageofmusic:AgnesDeMilleDance

Theater.

‐MusicarrangedbyRittmanfromtraditionalsources,choreographedbyAgnesDe

Milleandfirstperformedin1953.

 TrudeRittmanscores–callnumber:JPB80‐36 8



Folder

5c Rittman,Trude.

‐CherryTreeLegend.

‐Holographpiano‐vocalscore,pencil(18pages).

‐Ontitlepage:"OriginalMS."

‐MusicarrangedbyRittmanfromtraditionalsources,choreographedbyAgnesDe

Milleandfirstperformedin1953.

6 Rittman,Trude.

‐Christine.Divali;Divali[Thedivalifestival].

‐Holographpianovocalscore,pencil(7pages).

‐Folkdance.Withholographscoreinpenciltitled:DivaliAandB.

‐MusicfromthemusicalChristine(musicbySammyFain,lyricsbyPaulFrancis

Webster)whichopenedonBroadwayatthe46

StreetTheatreonApril28,1960.

7 Rittman,Trude.

‐AdaywithaNewYorker.

‐Reproductionofms.withemendationsinpencilon1stpage(34pages).

‐"Originalcompos.foraBobHopespecial,forMichaelKidd."

8 Rittman,Trude.

‐Dickinsonsongs.Thesinglehound;Thesinglehound.

‐Holographscores,inktransparencies(7pages;3pages).

‐Thesinglehound[dedicated]toDavidDiamond.

‐Relatednamesandworks:Dickinson,Emily.

9 Rittman,Trude.

‐Durante.

‐Typewrittenandhandwrittenresearchmaterial;includes9pagesofms.musicin

pencil.

10a Rittman,Trude.

‐ThefourMarys.

‐Holographorchestralscore

inpencil(268measurescounted).

‐MusicforthedancechoreographedbyAgnesDeMille,firstperformedbythe

AmericanBalletTheatreattheNewYork,StateTheater,Mar23,1965.

10b++ Rittman,Trude.

‐ThefourMarys.

‐Ms.orchestralscore,transparancies,ink(121pages).

‐MusicforthedancechoreographedbyAgnesDeMille.

10c++ Rittman,Trude.

‐ThefourMarys.

‐Reproductionofms.orchestralscore(121pages).

‐Music

forthedancechoreographedbyAgnesDeMille.

 TrudeRittmanscores–callnumber:JPB80‐36 9



Folder

10d++ Rittman,Trude.

‐ThefourMarys.

‐Reproductionofms.orchestralscorewithemendationsinpencil(121pages).

‐MusicforthedancechoreographedbyAgnesDeMille.

10e Rittman,Trude.

‐ThefourMarys.

‐Holographpiano‐vocalscoreinpencil(52pages).

‐Musicforthedancechoreographedby

AgnesDeMille.

10f Rittman,Trude.

‐ThefourMarys.

‐Reproductionofms.piano‐vocalscore(52pages).

‐MusicforthedancechoreographedbyAgnesDeMille.

10g Rittman,Trude.

‐ThefourMarys.

‐Ms.partsininkontransparencies.

‐MusicforthedancechoreographedbyAgnesDeMille.

10h

 Rittman,Trude.

‐ThefourMarys.

‐Holographsketchesinpencil.

‐Withthepoementitled:ThefourMarys.

‐MusicforthedancechoreographedbyAgnesDeMille.

10i Rittman,Trude.

‐ThefourMarys.

‐MusicforthedancechoreographedbyAgnesDeMille.

‐Listof1973and1974changes.

11 Rittman,Trude.

‐Foursongsforvoiceandinstruments.

‐Holographscoreinink(11pages).

12a Loewe,Frederick.

‐Gigi.

‐Holographpiano‐vocalscorebyTrudeRittmaninpencilwithemendationsinpen.

‐Forthe1973musicalproduction.

12b Loewe,Frederick.

‐Gigi.

‐Reproductionofms.piano‐vocalscorewithemendationsinpenandpencilby

TrudeRittman.

‐"Oldrehearsalscore."

‐Forthe1973musicalproduction.

 TrudeRittmanscores–callnumber:JPB80‐36 10



Folder

12c Loewe,Frederick.

‐Gigi.

‐Reproductionofms.piano‐vocalscore.

‐Forthe1973musicalproduction.

12d Loewe,Frederick.

‐Gigi.

‐Reproductionofms.orchestralscore.

‐ActI.

‐Forthe1973musicalproduction.

12d Loewe,Frederick.

‐Gigi.

‐Reproductionofms.orchestralscore.

‐ActII.

‐Forthe1973musicalproduction.

13a Loewe,Frederick.

[Goldrush]

‐Goldrush.

‐Reproductionofms.shortscorewithemendations(andafewpages)inpencil.

‐WordsbyOscarBrand.ChoreographybyAgnesDeMille."Masterscore1973‐

1974and1975."

‐BalletbasedondancesequencesfromPaintyourwagonchoreographedbyAgnes

DeMille.

13b Loewe,Frederick.

[Goldrush]

‐Goldrush.

‐Reproductionofms.score.

‐"Goldrushxerox1972."

‐BalletbasedondancesequencesfromPaintyourwagonchoreographedbyAgnes

DeMille.

13c Rittman,Trude.

‐Goldrush.

‐Holographpianoandpiano‐vocalscoreinsertsontransparencies,inpencil.

‐BalletbasedondancesequencesfromPaintyourwagonchoreographedbyAgnes

DeMille.

‐Relatednamesandworks:Loewe,Frederick.

 TrudeRittmanscores–callnumber:JPB80‐36 11



Folder

13d Rittman,Trude.

‐Goldrush.Melodeon;Nightscene;Melodeon;Nightscene.

‐Shortscoreinpencil;Reproductionofms.

‐BalletbasedondancesequencesfromPaintyourwagonchoreographedbyAgnes

DeMille.

‐Relatednamesandworks:Loewe,Frederick.

13e Rittman,Trude.

‐Goldrush.

‐Listsandlyricsinpencil,typescriptandreproductionofms.

‐BalletbasedondancesequencesfromPaintyourwagonchoreographedbyAgnes

DeMille.

13f Rittman,Trude.

‐Goldrush.GoldrushTV.

‐Notebook,pencil;typescriptofmusicalchanges;Synopsis,pen;ms.music,pencil.

‐BalletbasedondancesequencesfromPaintyourwagonchoreographedbyAgnes

DeMille.

14a Rittman,Trude.

‐Gonewiththewind.Scarlett;Scarlett.

‐Holographpiano‐vocalscoreinpencil.

‐Musicfromthe1970HaroldRomemusicalScarlett,basedonGonewiththeWind.

14b Rittman,Trude.

‐Gonewiththewind.

‐Piano‐vocalscoreinpencil,inkandreproduction.

‐"Various#forLondon&US."

‐Musicfromthe1970HaroldRomemusicalScarlett,basedonGonewiththeWind.

14c Rittman,Trude.

‐Gonewiththewind.CakeWalk;CakeWalk.

‐Holographmusicandsketches.

‐"CakeWalkresearchmat[erial]."

‐Musicfromthe1970HaroldRomemusicalScarlett,basedonGonewiththeWind.

14d Rittman,Trude.

‐Gonewiththewind.

‐Holographpiano‐vocalscoreinpencil,andreproducedmisc.pages.

‐Withtypewrittenoutlineof"Scarlett"andorchestralbreakdown.

‐Musicfromthe1970HaroldRomemusicalScarlett,basedonGonewiththeWind.

15 Rittman,Trude.

‐Hotspot.Yakacabana;Yakacabana.

‐Pencilandreproductionofms.pianoscore.

‐Fromthe1963musicalHotspot(musicbyMaryRodgers,lyricsbyMartinCharnin).

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16 Rittman,Trude.

‐Juno.

‐Sketchinpencil.

‐"Firstsketch'DublinNight'fromJuno."PossiblyinMarcBlitzstein'shand.

‐Fromthe1959musicalJuno(musicandlyricsbyMarcBlitzstein).

16 Rittman,Trude.

‐Juno.

‐Reproductionofms.pianoscorewithemendationsinpencil.

‐EmendationsbyMarcBlitzstein?

‐Fromthe1959musicalJuno(musicandlyricsbyMarcBlitzstein).

17 Rittman,Trude.

‐KinderchöremitKlaviervonTrudeRittmannNachtTextenvonMarianneBruns.

‐Ms.scoresinink.

18 Rittman,Trude.

[KingandI]

‐UncleTom'scabin;ThesmallhouseofUncleThomas.

‐Holographscoreinpencil.

‐Fromthe1951musicalThekingandI(musicbyRichardRodgers,lyricsbyOscar

HammersteinII).

19a Rittman,Trude.

‐KleineKammersuitefürKoloratursopranundKammerorchester.

‐Holographpiano‐vocalscoreinink(12pages).

19b Rittman,Trude.

‐KleineKammersuitefürKoloratursopranundKammerorchester.

‐Holographfullscoreinink

(40pages).

20 Loewe,Frederick.

‐[Littleprince]

‐Reproductionofms.piano‐vocalscore.

‐WithclippingfromtheNewYorker.

‐Fromthe1974filmmusicalThelittleprince,musicbyFrederickLoeweandlyrics

byAlanJayLerner.

21 Rittman,Trude.

‐Lookma,I'mdancin'.

‐Holographofpiano

scoreofdancesinpencil.

‐Fromthe1948musicalLookma,I’mdancin’(musicandlyricsbyHughMartin).

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22 Rittman,Trude.

‐MaggieFlynn.Riotballet;Riotballet.

‐Ms.pianoscoreinpencil;reproductionfromms.

‐Fromthe1968musicalMaggieFlynn(wordsandmusicbyHugoPeretti,Luigi

Creatore,andGeorgeDavidWeiss).

23 Rittman,Trude.

‐Miscellaneousshortpiecesfordifferentinstruments.

‐Holographscoresin

ink.

24 Rittman,Trude.

‐Amusicaljubilee.Tango‐ragtime;Tango‐ragtime.

‐Holographscoreinpencil(9pages).

25a Loewe,Frederick.

‐Myfairlady.

‐PublishedvocalscorewithemendationsinpencilbyTrudeRittman.

‐The1956musicalMyfairladyhadmusicbyFrederickLoewewithlyricsbyAlan

Jay

Lerner.

25b Loewe,Frederick.

‐Myfairlady.

‐Ms.pianoscoreinpencilbyTrudeRittman.

‐The1956musicalMyfairladyhadmusicbyFrederickLoewewithlyricsbyAlanJay

Lerner.

26a Lane,Burton.

‐Onaclearday.

‐Piano‐vocalscore,pencilandreproductionofms.

‐Choralsections.

‐The1965musicalOnaClearDayYouCanSeeForeverwascomposedbyBurton

LanewithlyricsbyAlanJayLerner.

26b Rittman,Trude.

‐Onaclearday.Dolly'sseduction#7;Dolly'sseduction#7.

‐Orchestralscore,pencil;pianoscore,pencil.

‐The1965musicalOnaClearDayYouCanSeeForeverwascomposedbyBurton

LanewithlyricsbyAlanJayLerner.

27 Rittman,Trude.

‐Palestineatwar.

‐Holographscore,pencil.

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28 Rittman,Trude.

‐Pinktights.

‐Ms.pianoscore,pencil;reproductionofms.

‐BalletscoresforAgnesdeMille.

‐Fromthe1954musicalThegirlinpinktights(musicbySigmundRomberg,lyricsby

LeoRobin).

29 Rittman,Trude.

‐Progress?

‐Holographpianoscoreininkontransparencies(20pages).

‐Forthe1957balletProgresswithchoreographybyDanielNagrin.

30 Rittman,Trude.

‐PurcellandArnesongsarrangedand/orcontinuedbyTrudeRittman.

‐Scores,transparencies,inkandreproductionsfromms.

‐Relatednamesandworks:Purcell;Arne;Croakingofthetoad(Purcell);Lovesick

invocation(Arne);Toolateforredress(Arne);Cardinvites(Arne);Hark!Theech'ing

airfromFairyQueen(Purcell);YegentlespiritsoftheairfromFairyQueen

(Purcell).

31a Rittman,Trude.

‐RipVanWinkle.

‐Holographoforchestralscoreinpencil.

‐Noteinfolder:"Originalorch./scores/RipVanWinkle/KnoxvilleTenn.Prod./

ClarenceBrownTheatre/U.ofTenn./Opening1‐2‐76."

‐Musicfromthe1976musicalRipVanWinkleproducedbytheClarenceBrown

TheatreCompany(UniversityofTennesse,Knoxville,TN).

31b Rittman,Trude.

‐RipVanWinkle.

‐Reproductionoforchestralscore(asperformed)withemendationsinpencil

and

redpen.

‐Noteinfolder:"RipVanWinkle/Completeorch.score/asperformed(ontape)

1976/(Knoxville,Tenn.,WashingtonD.C.and/Philadelphia,PA."

‐Musicfromthe1976musicalRipVanWinkleproducedbytheClarenceBrown

TheatreCompany(UniversityofTennesse,Knoxville,TN).

31c

Rittman,Trude.

‐RipVanWinkle.

‐Reproductionofminiatureorchestralscorewithemendationsininkandpencil.

‐Musicfromthe1976musicalRipVanWinkleproducedbytheClarenceBrown

TheatreCompany(UniversityofTennesse,Knoxville,TN).

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31d Rittman,Trude.

‐RipVanWinkle.

‐Ms.piano‐vocalscoreinpencil;withreproductionof5pagesthatwerelost.

‐WordsbyJoshuaLogan.

‐Musicfromthe1976musicalRipVanWinkleproducedbytheClarenceBrown

TheatreCompany(UniversityofTennesse,Knoxville,TN).

31e Rittman,Trude.

‐RipVanWinkle.

‐Reproductionofms.piano‐vocalscore.

‐WordsbyJoshuaLogan.

‐Musicfromthe1976musicalRipVanWinkleproducedbytheClarenceBrown

TheatreCompany(UniversityofTennesse,Knoxville,TN).

31f Logan,Joshua.

‐RipVanWinkle.

‐Reproductionoftypescript;withsomenotesinpencil.

‐

AdaptedbyJoshuaLoganandRalphAllenfromastorybyWashingtonIrvingand

playsattributedtoJohnKerr,CharlesBurke,andDionBoucicault.Musicfrom

traditionalairsadaptedbyTrudeRittman.

‐Relatednamesandworks:Allen,Ralph;Irving,Washington;Kerr,John;Burke,

Charles;Boucicault,Dion.

‐Forthe1976musicalRipVanWinkleproducedbytheClarenceBrownTheatre

Company(UniversityofTennesse,Knoxville,TN).

32 Rittman,Trude.

‐Threesongsforsopranoandorchestra.

‐Holographpiano‐vocalscore,inkwithsomepencil.

33 Rittman,Trude.

‐Unidentifiedworkforstrings.

‐Holographscore,ink.