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GIGI
Frederick Loewe, composer, Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist, screenwriter. "GIGI." Based on the novel by Collette. Cinema presented by Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Produced by Alan Freed, Directed by Vincente Minelli. 1957.
"THANK HEAVEN FOR LITTLE GIRLS"
After My Fair Lady Lerner and Loewe turned their attentions to Gigi, Colette's charming story of a young girl in turn-of-the-century France, raised by her aunts to be a courtesan to a family friend, Gaston. When Gaston falls in love with Gigi and proposes to her, the older women are appalled; no one in the family had imagined anything so bourgeois. Gigi produced some of the duo's most famous songs, including "I Remember it Well," "The Night They Invented Champagne," and the delightfully naughty "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" (immortalized on film by Maurice Chevalier). The film version of "Gigi" was nominated for 9 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and is justly celebrated as one of the greatest musicals of all time.
Totaling: 163 pages music (89 pages in manuscript, others in mechanical copies for working purposes), some with revisions and notes, 15 hand-labelled foders or cover sheets (mostly in the hand of Loewe), two bound typescripts, a photographic copy of the MGM contract for the Gigi.
Contents:
"Girl's Gossip, Interlude I Need Air," autograph manuscript piano-vocal score with lyrics, by Loewe, cover sheet titled by Loewe in large red letters "GIGI," 1 page.
"All About Gaston," manuscript piano-vocal score, probably in hand of Albert Sirmay, Loewe's principal copyist/arranger, 5 pages, cover sheet titled by Loewe, initialed "F.L." and with bold note "Original"
"All About Gaston," mechanical copy of piano-vocal score, titled in pencil by Loewe AND WITH NEW LYRICS ADDED IN LOEWE'S HAND, 2 pages
"Everything French is Better," manuscript piano-vocal score, probably in hand of Albert Sirmay, cover labeled "Original" by Loewe, 8 pages
"Everything French Is Better," mechanical copy of the same ms., 8 pages
"Thank Heaven For Little Girls," mechanical copy of piano-vocal score, the lyrics in Loewe's hand, 12 pages, with new dialogue (spoken by Maurice Chevalier) added in pencil at top of page 6 and bottom page 9, short note at bottom page 10
"The Contract," autograph manuscript melody and lyrics sketch, by Loewe, 11 pages, with many deletions and new text added by Loewe
"The Contract," manuscript piano-vocal score, probably in hand of Albert Sirmay, 29 pages
"In This Wide, Wide World," manuscript piano-vocal score, probably in hand of Albert Sirmay, 6 pages
"In This Wide, Wide World," manuscript melody and lyrics sketch, Loewe's hand, cover boldly titled by Lowe, 4 pages, with deleted draft of another song "There's Always One You Can't Forget" on verso of last page
"In This Wide, Wide World," autograph manuscript melody and lyrics sketch, by Loewe, 3 pages, with deleted draft of another song "I've Been Thinking," on verso page 1
"The Parisians," manuscript piano-vocal score, music probably in hand of Albert Sirmay, 7 pages, page 2-4 WITH TEXT IN HAND OF LOEWE, paginated 1-4,6-8, no page 5 present, some stage notations ("Scrim lights up revealing lovers")
"The Parisians," piano-vocal score, mechanical copy, 8 pages, A WORKING MANUSCRIPT, with cut-outs, bars numbered in pencil, some pencilled lyrics in an unknown hand, page three with note "New lyrics." page 7 with note "Insert dance interlude."
"I Never Want To Go Home Again," manuscript piano vocal score, probably in hand of Albert Sirmay, 9 pages
"I Never Want To Go Home Again," mechanical copy of same ms., 2 copies, each 9 pages, plus 3 pages of additional copies of different ms. of same number
"Gigi 'Never' Verse," mechanical copy of piano-vocal score, 1 page
"I Remember It Well," mechanical copy of printed lead sheet with copyright notice at bottom, 5 pages, cover titled by Loewe, bold pencil alterations in first six bars (piano lead-in)
"I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore," mechanical copy of printed lead-sheet with copyright notice at bottom, 4 pages, a few pencil markings
"Da, Da, Da, Da, Da," mechanical copy of piano-vocal score, 7 pages.
"At Maxims," mechanical copy of working piano-vocal score in Loewe's hand, 4 pages, WITH REVISIONS AND SEVERAL DELETIONS IN PENCIL BY LOEWE, page 1 marked "Obsolete."
"New Maxim's," mechanical copy of revised piano-vocal score, possibly in Sirmay's hand, 9 pages.
{With:]
1. Photographic negative copy of typescript contract between Arthur Freed of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Frederick Loewe for "Gigi." FREDERICK LOEWE'S COPY. 17 pages, stapled.
2. Typescript of the screenplay "Gigi," "Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. 109 pages, spiral bound, FREDERICK LOEWE'S COPY with note "original" on front cover. Probably prepared during preparation of German version of Gigi, 1973
3. Typescript of the German-language "Gigi." 91 pages. Spiral bound. FREDERICK LOEWE'S COPY, initialed "FL" on titlepage.
Gigi
Frederick Loewe, composer, Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist, screenwriter. "GIGI." Based on the novel by Collette. Cinema presented by Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Produced by Alan Freed, Directed by Vincente Minelli. 1957.
"THANK HEAVEN FOR LITTLE GIRLS"
After My Fair Lady Lerner and Loewe turned their attentions to Gigi, Colette's charming story of a young girl in turn-of-the-century France, raised by her aunts to be a courtesan to a family friend, Gaston. When Gaston falls in love with Gigi and proposes to her, the older women are appalled; no one in the family had imagined anything so bourgeois. Gigi produced some of the duo's most famous songs, including "I Remember it Well," "The Night They Invented Champagne," and the delightfully naughty "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" (immortalized on film by Maurice Chevalier). The film version of "Gigi" was nominated for 9 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and is justly celebrated as one of the greatest musicals of all time.
Totaling: 163 pages music (89 pages in manuscript, others in mechanical copies for working purposes), some with revisions and notes, 15 hand-labelled foders or cover sheets (mostly in the hand of Loewe), two bound typescripts, a photographic copy of the MGM contract for the Gigi.
Contents:
"Girl's Gossip, Interlude I Need Air," autograph manuscript piano-vocal score with lyrics, by Loewe, cover sheet titled by Loewe in large red letters "GIGI," 1 page.
"All About Gaston," manuscript piano-vocal score, probably in hand of Albert Sirmay, Loewe's principal copyist/arranger, 5 pages, cover sheet titled by Loewe, initialed "F.L." and with bold note "Original"
"All About Gaston," mechanical copy of piano-vocal score, titled in pencil by Loewe AND WITH NEW LYRICS ADDED IN LOEWE'S HAND, 2 pages
"Everything French is Better," manuscript piano-vocal score, probably in hand of Albert Sirmay, cover labeled "Original" by Loewe, 8 pages
"Everything French Is Better," mechanical copy of the same ms., 8 pages
"Thank Heaven For Little Girls," mechanical copy of piano-vocal score, the lyrics in Loewe's hand, 12 pages, with new dialogue (spoken by Maurice Chevalier) added in pencil at top of page 6 and bottom page 9, short note at bottom page 10
"The Contract," autograph manuscript melody and lyrics sketch, by Loewe, 11 pages, with many deletions and new text added by Loewe
"The Contract," manuscript piano-vocal score, probably in hand of Albert Sirmay, 29 pages
"In This Wide, Wide World," manuscript piano-vocal score, probably in hand of Albert Sirmay, 6 pages
"In This Wide, Wide World," manuscript melody and lyrics sketch, Loewe's hand, cover boldly titled by Lowe, 4 pages, with deleted draft of another song "There's Always One You Can't Forget" on verso of last page
"In This Wide, Wide World," autograph manuscript melody and lyrics sketch, by Loewe, 3 pages, with deleted draft of another song "I've Been Thinking," on verso page 1
"The Parisians," manuscript piano-vocal score, music probably in hand of Albert Sirmay, 7 pages, page 2-4 WITH TEXT IN HAND OF LOEWE, paginated 1-4,6-8, no page 5 present, some stage notations ("Scrim lights up revealing lovers")
"The Parisians," piano-vocal score, mechanical copy, 8 pages, A WORKING MANUSCRIPT, with cut-outs, bars numbered in pencil, some pencilled lyrics in an unknown hand, page three with note "New lyrics." page 7 with note "Insert dance interlude."
"I Never Want To Go Home Again," manuscript piano vocal score, probably in hand of Albert Sirmay, 9 pages
"I Never Want To Go Home Again," mechanical copy of same ms., 2 copies, each 9 pages, plus 3 pages of additional copies of different ms. of same number
"Gigi 'Never' Verse," mechanical copy of piano-vocal score, 1 page
"I Remember It Well," mechanical copy of printed lead sheet with copyright notice at bottom, 5 pages, cover titled by Loewe, bold pencil alterations in first six bars (piano lead-in)
"I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore," mechanical copy of printed lead-sheet with copyright notice at bottom, 4 pages, a few pencil markings
"Da, Da, Da, Da, Da," mechanical copy of piano-vocal score, 7 pages.
"At Maxims," mechanical copy of working piano-vocal score in Loewe's hand, 4 pages, WITH REVISIONS AND SEVERAL DELETIONS IN PENCIL BY LOEWE, page 1 marked "Obsolete."
"New Maxim's," mechanical copy of revised piano-vocal score, possibly in Sirmay's hand, 9 pages.
{With:]
1. Photographic negative copy of typescript contract between Arthur Freed of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Frederick Loewe for "Gigi." FREDERICK LOEWE'S COPY. 17 pages, stapled.
2. Typescript of the screenplay "Gigi," "Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. 109 pages, spiral bound, FREDERICK LOEWE'S COPY with note "original" on front cover. Probably prepared during preparation of German version of Gigi, 1973
3. Typescript of the German-language "Gigi." 91 pages. Spiral bound. FREDERICK LOEWE'S COPY, initialed "FL" on titlepage.
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