Don't play the mambo [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, tape.
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 / 1.1.5: D
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: There appear to be numbers from the Duke Ellington Band Book: 53, 10.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (manuscript, 36 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 15 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 102 (Series 1), Folder 4-5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Conductor scores
label: Type
content: Copy scores
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Piano conductor scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Conductor scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Piano conductor scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 13 parts and an indefinite number of scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: Don't play the mambo is contained in two folders consisting of 1 thirty two page conductor score, 1 two page piano conductor score, 1 seven page piano conductor score and 13 parts in Db Major concert -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hands (Whaley, other?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder A contains conductor score. Score indicates parts for 4 saxes - alto 1, alto 2, tenor, baritone; 3 trumpets - 1, 2, 3; 1 trombone - 1; bass; guitar; piano; drums.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder B contains piano conductor scores and parts. Two page piano conductor score does not indicate instrumentation and appears incomplete. Parts for 4 reeds - alto 1, alto 3, tenor, baritone; 3 trumpets - 1, 2, 3; trombone; 1 unidentified instrument. Part for unidentified instrument appears incomplete. Seven page score does not indicate instrumentation. Parts for 2 reeds - alto 1, baritone; 2 trumpets - 1, 2. Multiple scores and parts may reflect different arrangements of the piece. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.