Jerry Herman - note on files





This bibliography project covers the life and music of the American

Broadway composer Jerry Herman.  The files that have been included are

as follows:



HERBOM-This file contains all of the general sources found that mention

Jerry Herman or his musicals.  In addition to this information, this list

includes sources that talk about some of the well known artists that sang

or recorded some of his songs.



HERARL-This file contains all of the periodicals that can be found

dealing with Herman or his musicals.  There are some reviews included,

but most of the reviews for his musicals can be found in the series New

York Theatre Critics Reviews by Joan Marlowe. (Included in HERSBIB)

This multi-volume work contains reviews from all of the major newspapers

and magazines in New York.  Since these reviews, which number in the

hundreds, are listed in their entirety in this series, they have been

omitted from this list.



HERNSP-This file contains unsigned periodical articles.  Again, there

are some reviews, but those found in the New York Theatre Critics Reviews

series have been omitted.



HERDSC-This file contains a complete discography of the works of Jerry

Herman.  There are some works which have numerous recordings, most of

which are re-issues of the original cast recording.  Of special interest

are the foreign recordings of some of the musicals.  Since the song

"Hello, Dolly!" became so popular, there are over 100 recordings

world-wide which contain this title cut.  Because of the enormity of

this task, only the most significant ones released close to the show's

first run are included. The recordings are listed in alphabetical order

by the name of the musical and includes a listing of the songs that were

recorded on the albums.  Any differences are noted within the individual

entry.



HERCMP-This file contains a listing of Herman's compositions and the

published librettos and scores that have been published.  Many of the

works do not have any published materials, so they are just listed by

name. The works are listed in alphabetical order by the name of the

musical.



HERDIS-This file contains a listing of theses and dissertations that

are about Herman.  In this case, there are no documents that are about

Jerry Herman specifically, but there were some that dealt with some of

his compositions.



The following files were not included:



HERHIST-Since there were no sources that contained any lengthy

information about Jerry Herman, this category was not used.  All sources

are included in the HERGEN file.



HERBIB-This file was not included as there are no sources that deal only

with Jerry Herman.



HERWRI-I was unable to find any writings by Jerry Herman.





ME 3/93