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The David Earl Holt Collection
Composer and performer David Earl Holt toured with the big bands of Tommy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, Sonny Dunham, Dean Hudson, Tony Pastor, and Victor Lombardo in the 1940s before eventually becoming the director of the Austin Public Libraries.
After his retirement, Holt began composing wind band music, and he resumed playing the trombone. His original compositions are available for download from the David Earl Holt Collection website. In addition to music, the collection, which is a gift from Holt, includes correspondence, photographs of the big bands, an oral history interview, and memorabilia.
The Biography page provides information about Holt’s career. On the Scores page, his original compositions (including parts for most works) are available in PDF format for download. The Finding Aid provides a list of papers and realia in the collection.