Like a ship in the night [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: Condition: fair.
label: Other Title
content: Mississippi dreamboat.
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
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content: Duke Ellington Collection
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content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1.13: L
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15 Items (mixed score(s) and/or part(s) (holographs), 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 8 Items (manuscripts, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 201, Folder 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Holographs
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Short scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Holographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Short scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 21 parts and an indefinite number of scores.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Like a ship in the night is contained in one folder consisting of 7 parts in Ab Major concert, 1 one page short score and 5 parts in Eb Major concert, 1 one page short score and 3 parts in Bb Major concert, 5 parts in C Major concert, and 1 part in G Major concert -- in pencil -- in unidentified hands (BS, ME?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Items in 4 groupings -- (i) Short score and parts in Eb Major. Short score indicates parts for baritone, trumpet, trombone. Parts for 1 reed - baritone; trumpet; trombone; bass. -- (ii) Short score and parts in Bb Major, parts in Ab Major, and part in Eb Major. Short score does not indicate instrumentation. Parts in Bb Major for 2 reeds - alto, baritone; trumpet. Parts in Ab Major for 2 reeds - alto, baritone; trumpet. Part in Eb Major for 1 reed - alto. -- (iii) Parts in C and G Major. Parts in C Major for 2 reeds - alto, baritone; trumpet; trombone; bass. Part in G Major for unidentified treble instrument. -- (iv) Parts in Ab Major for 2 reeds - alto, baritone; trumpet; trombone. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.