How high the moon [music]
odd: label: General
content: Handwriting and other details have been reported based on the notes of David Berger, Andrew Homzy, Dr. Theodore Hudson, Walter van de Leur, and Dr. Mark Tucker.
label: General
content: Unsigned Strayhorn composition.
name: label: Composer
content: Lewis, Morgan
label: Lyricist
content: Hamilton, Nancy
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Lewis, Morgan
label: Lyricist
content: Hamilton, Nancy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Duke Ellington Collection
label: See more items in
content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1.9: H
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Statement of responsibility taken from Popular Music, 1920-1978, ed. Nat Shapiro. There appear to be numbers from the Duke Ellington Band Book: 9, 264.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 33 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (mixed score(s) and/or part(s) (holograph), 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (manuscript, 36 cm.)
phystech: label: Condition
content: Fair, torn, brittle.
container: label: Container
content: Box 148 (Series 1), Folder 16-18
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Conductor scores
label: Type
content: Copy scores
label: Type
content: Holographs
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Short scores
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Conductor scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Holographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Short scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: see also OS
label: Scope and Contents
content: 33 parts and an indefinite number of scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: How high the moon is contained in three folders consisting of 1 twenty-one page conductor score in F Major concert, 1 two-page short score and 22 parts in G Major concert, and 11 parts in C Major concert -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hands (Whaley, Harris, Williams?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder A contains conductor score. Score indicates parts for 5 saxes - 1, 2, 3, 4, unidentified. 3 trumpets - 1, 2, 3; 2 trombones - 1, 2; bass; piano; drums.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder B contains parts in C Major for 4 trumpets - 1, 2, 3, 4; 3 trombones - 1, 2, 3; bass; drums; guitar; piano.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder C contains remaining items in 3 groupings -- (i) Parts in G Major for 5 reeds - Rab, Procope, Jimmy, Sears, Carney. -- (ii) 1 two page short score. Score does not indicate instrumentation. -- (iii) Parts in G Major for 5 reeds - Procope, Jonny, Ham, Sears, Carney; 5 trumpets - Baker, Nance, Scad, Francis, Dud; 3 trombones - Brown, Jones, Wilbur; bass; drums; guitar; piano. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.