Wayne Sanders Collection of Broadway Sheet Music
Wayne Sanders, a native of Haynesville, Louisiana, worked on Broadway as a pianist and vocal coach from the 1940s to the 1970s. During his time in New York, he actively collected Broadway sheet music and piano-vocal scores, as well as purchasing pre-existing collections of Broadway music. The Sanders Collection has sheet music and scores dating from the early 1900s and also includes selections from London musical theater productions, film musicals, and television shows.
Sanders was a frequent musical collaborator with Ethel Merman, Lena Horne, Judy Garland, Liza Minelli, Lucille Ball, and Bea Arthur. Several of the items in the collection are inscribed with personal tributes to Sanders, including a piano-vocal score of Cole Porter's Red, Hot and Blue signed by both the composer and Ethel Merman, the star of the original production. This score was from Miss Merman's personal collection.
