Jefferson Compositions
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Jefferson, Yvonne Runtz
label: Collection Creator
content: Jefferson, Maceo
label: Collection Donor
content: Cargill, Thomas
label: Collection Donor
content: Cargill, Darlene Johnson
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content: Maceo Jefferson Papers
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content: Maceo Jefferson Papers / Series 5: Music Manuscripts, Published Sheet Music, and Folios
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-1972, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1370, Subseries 5.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Consists of the largest portion of material for this series. Correspondence or notes relating to collaboration with other composers or songwriters is sometimes included with the music. In some instances, the lyrics are on separate pieces of paper. Jefferson created orchestrations for dance records, ballads, swingtunes, rumbas, jazz, waltzes, spirituals, marches, Spanish tunes, symphonic scores, and classics for piano. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order by the title of the composition.