Make me a pallet on your floor [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, brittle.
label: Other Title
content: Pallet on the floor.
name: label: Composer
content: Robison, Willard
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Robison, Willard
setName: label: See more items in
content: Duke Ellington Collection
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content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1.14: M
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: There appears to be a number from the Duke Ellington Band Book: 3.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (manuscripts, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 28 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 213, Folder 8
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: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Piano vocal scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Conductor scores
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: see Subseries 1E
label: Scope and Contents
content: 27 parts and an indefinite number of scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: Make me a pallet on your floor is contained in one folder consisting of 1 twenty three page conductor score, 1 three page conductor score, 1 five page piano vocal score, and 27 parts in Eb Major concert -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hand.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Items in 3 groupings -- (i) Three page conductor score and parts. Conductor score indicates parts for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpets, violins, viola, cello, bass, guitar, drums, piano. Parts for 3 reeds - flute, clarinet, bass clarinet; 3 trumpets - A, B, C; 3 violins - A, B, C; viola; cello; bass; drums; guitar; piano. -- (ii) Piano vocal score and parts. Piano vocal score lyrics begin "Lawd! Feel so low down and sad ...". Parts for 1 reed - bass clarinet; 3 trumpets - 1, 2, 3; 4 violins - A, B, C, D; viola; cello; bass; vibraphone. -- (iii) Twenty three page conductor score. Score indicates parts for bass clarinet, trumpets, 3 violins, viola, cello, vibraphone, piano. Score appears incomplete. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.