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GLENN MILLER A TYPED LETTER SIGNED IN REGARDS TO A RELEASE LETTER DEC 1941 EXCE
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YOU ARE BIDDING ON A TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY MR GOLDSTEIN AND MR GLENN MILLER DEC ,11, 1941. THIS LETTER IS SIGNIFICANT IN REGARDS TO ONE OF GLENN MILLERS' WORK SLEEPYTIME GAL.THE LETTER IS ON ONION SKIN THAT HAS A TWO WHOLE PUNCH AT THE TOP . THE DOCUMENT IS PLACED IN A PLASTIC SLEEVE SUPPORTED BY A HEAVIER PAPER. THE DOCUMENT IS 8.5 BY 11 INCHES.THANK YOU FOR LOOKING. HERE IS A LITTLE HISTORY- THIS DOCUMENT AND OTHERS WERE FROM THE COLLECTION THAT WAS OBTAINED FROM A PARTY NAMED MR CHARLES ARCHIONE. PERSON NOT KNOWN TO ME. HERE IS A LITTLE INFO ON GLENN MILLER--The son of Mattie Lou (née Cavender) and Lewis Elmer Miller, Glenn Miller was born in Clarinda, Iowa.
He attended
grade school in North Platte in western Nebraska.
In 1915, his family moved to Grant City, Missouri. Around this time, he had made enough money from milking cows to buy his first trombone and played in the town orchestra. He pla…
Success from 1938 to 1942
Critical Reaction
Reaction from Musical Peers
Army Air Forces Band: 1942–1944
Disappearance
Civilian Band Legacy
Army Air Force Band Legacy
Posthumous Events
Arranging Staff and Compositions
Discouraged, Miller returned to New York. He realized that he needed to develop a unique sound, and decided to make the clarinet play a melodic line with a tenor saxophone holding the same note, while three other saxophones harmonized within a single octave. George T. Simon discovered a saxophonist named Wilbur Schwartz for Glenn
Miller. Miller
hired Schwartz,
but instead
had him play lead clarinet.
According to Simon, "Willie's tone and way of playing provided a fullness and richness so distinctive tha…
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