J '59 [music]
odd: label: Other Title
content: See IDIOM '59 and II
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: Condition: fair, worn, tape.
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
title: label: Topic
content: Idiom '59
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
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 / 1.1.11: J
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 27 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 173, Folder 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy scores
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 27 parts
label: Scope and Contents
content: J '59 is contained in one of ten folders for "Idiom '59" consisting of 11 parts in C Major concert, 11 parts in Eb Major concert, and 5 parts in Ab Major concert (?) -- in ink -- in unidentified hand (Whaley?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Parts in 3 groupings -- (i) Parts in C Major for 5 reeds - alto 1, alto 3, Jimmy, Paul, baritone; 3 trumpets - 1, 3, 4; 2 trombones - Butter, John; bass. -- (ii) Parts in Eb Major for 5 reeds - alto 1, alto 3, Jimmy, Paul, baritone; 4 trumpets - 1, 2, 3, 4; 2 trombones - Butter, John. -- (iii) Parts in Ab Major for unidentified Eb transposing instrument (3); unidentified bass instrument (2). Parts appear incomplete. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.