Tams-Witmark

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name = Tams-Witmark

type = Private
genre = Licensing organization
foundation = New York City, U.S. (1925)
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Tams-Witmark is an American company that provides to professional and amateur theaters license to Broadway musical scripts and scores. Among the many notable properties handled by the company are "Kiss Me, Kate", "My Fair Lady", "", "Bye Bye Birdie", "Hello, Dolly!", "Oliver!", "Cabaret", "Man of La Mancha" and "A Chorus Line". [Jones, Kenneth. (2005-10-11) [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/95619.html Louis H. Aborn, guiding force at Tams-Witmark, dead at 93] "Playbill". Retrieved 2008-09-13.] In addition to managing existing properties, the company has developed new musicals, often inspired by motion pictures, including "The Wizard of Oz", "Meet Me in St. Louis" and "George M!". [ [http://www.tams-witmark.com/history.html History] . tams-witmark.com. Retrieved 2009-09-13.] The company has also prepared for licensing simpler, shorter derivative works for performance by elementary and middle school students, such as an abbreviated version of "Bye, Bye Birdie". ["Variety". 2001-09-10. [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10402201_ITM Cultivating future theater denizens] hosted by accessmylibrary.com. Retrieved 2008-09-13.]

History

In January, 1925, the company was formed as a merger of the Arthur W. Tams Music Library (1870) and the Witmark Music Library. At that time, the company managed the works of such notable composers as John Philip Sousa, Franz Lehar and Victor Herbert. Shortly after consolidation, it also began to manage music by George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. It added to its collection during those early years two of its most popular works, "Anything Goes" and "Girl Crazy", on which was based the musical "Crazy for You". The company has continued to expand its collection with many notable and award-winning musicals, including more recently "The Will Rogers Follies", "Titanic" and "City of Angels."

References

External links

* [http://www.tams-witmark.com/ Official site]