Dearest Bea [music]
odd: label: General
content: A part for an untitled piece is also contained in this folder. 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.
name: label: Composer
content: Brand, Dollar
label: Collection Creator
content: Boatwright, Ruth Ellington, 1914-2004
title: label: Topic
content: Indigo
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Brand, Dollar
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 / Indigo Suite
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (copy score, 34 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (copy score, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 12, Folder 6
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: Lead sheet
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Piano vocal scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Lead sheet
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Piano vocal scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 1 part and 1 score
label: Scope and Contents
content: Dearest Bea is contained in one folder consisting of 1 two page piano vocal score and 1 lead sheet in C Major concert -- in ink -- in unidentified hands (Whaley, other?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Piano vocal score lyrics begin "Dearest Bea, oh the days are lonely ...". Lead sheet for unidentified treble instrument. Lead sheet is noted with other movements of the suite. -- from the Ruth Ellington Collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Ruth Ellington Collection Music Manuscripts (Series 3), 1940-1991