Things ain't what they used to be [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, Wayne Shirley, and Dr. Mark Tucker.
label: General
content: Condition: fair, tape, brittle.
label: General
content: Unsigned Ellington-Strayhorn composition.
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
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content: Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials / Series 1: Music Manuscripts, Scripts, and Compositional Materials / 1.1: Music Manuscripts
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Statement of responsibility taken from Popular Music, 1920-1979, ed. Nat Shapiro.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 53 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 36, Folder 11-12
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)
label: Type
content: Piano vocal scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Piano vocal scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 51 parts and an indefinite number of scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: Things ain't what they used to be is contained in two folders consisting of 2 four page piano vocal scores and 36 parts in Eb Major concert, and 15 parts in Ab Major concert -- in ink -- in identified hand (Gluckman) and unidentified hand.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder A contains parts in Eb Major for 5 reeds - alto 1, alto 3, tenor 2, tenor 4, baritone; 2 trumpets - 1, 3; 3 trombones - 1, 2, 3; 3 violins - 1 (3), 2 (2), 3 (2); drums; guitar; piano.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder B contains items in 2 groupings -- (i) Parts in Ab Major for 4 reeds - alto 1, alto 3, tenor 2, tenor 4; 3 trumpets - 1, 2, 3; 3 trombones - 1, 2, 3; violin; bass; drums; guitar; piano. -- (ii) Piano vocal scores and parts in Eb Major. Piano vocal scores lyrics begin "Got so weary of bein' nothin' ...". Parts for 5 reeds - alto 1, alto 3, tenor 2, tenor 4, baritone; 3 trumpets - 1, 2 (2), 3; 3 trombones - 1, 2, 3; bass (2); drums; guitar. -- from the Ruth Ellington Collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Ruth Ellington Collection Music Manuscripts (Series 3), 1940-1991