Greenbacks [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: Unsigned Strayhorn composition.
name: label: Composer
content: Richard, Renald
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Richard, Renald
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content: Duke Ellington Collection
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content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 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bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Statement of responsibility taken from Popular Music, 1920-1979, ed.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: 1 Item (manuscript, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 12 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
phystech: label: Condition
content: Fair: torn, brittle.
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: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Piano conductor scores
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Lead sheet
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Piano conductor scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 12 parts and 1 score
label: Scope and Contents
content: Greenbacks is contained in one folder consisting of 1 lead sheet, 1 two-page piano conductor score and 11 parts in F Major concert -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hands (Whaley, other?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Lead sheet for voice. Lyrics begin "We all are stickin' with greenbacks and out to have a good time ...". Piano conductor score does not indicate instrumentation. Parts for 4 reeds - alto 1, alto 3, tenor 1, tenor 2; 3 trumpets - 1, 2, 3; 2 trombones - 1, 2; bass; guitar. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.