Things ain't what they used to be [music]
odd: label: General
content: Parts for "Just a settin' and a rockin'," and "I got it bad" are also noted on the verso of this part. Handwriting and other details have been reported based on the notes of David Berger, Andrew Homzy, Dr. Theodore Hudson, Walter van de Leur, Wayne Shirley, and Dr. Mark Tucker.
label: General
content: Condition: brittle.
label: General
content: Unsigned Ellington-Strayhorn composition.
label: Other Title
content: Time's a wasting.
name: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Mercer Kennedy, 1919-1996 (musician)
label: Lyricist
content: Persons, Ted
label: Collection Creator
content: Boatwright, Ruth Ellington, 1914-2004
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Mercer Kennedy, 1919-1996 (musician)
label: Lyricist
content: Persons, Ted
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials
label: See more items in
content: Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials / Series 1: Music Manuscripts, Scripts, and Compositional Materials / 1.1: Music Manuscripts / SOPHISTICATED LADIES / Sophisticated Lady, Things Ain't What They Used to Be, Just a Setting and A Rocking, and I Got It Bad
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Statement of responsibility taken from Popular Music, 1920-1979, ed. Nat Shapiro.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (manuscript, 32 cm.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 1 part
label: Scope and Contents
content: Things ain't what they used to be is contained in one folder consisting of 1 part in Db Major concert -- in pencil -- in unidentified hand.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Part for piano. Part is noted on the bottom of a part for "Sophisticated lady," Folder B. -- from the Ruth Ellington Collection.