Embraceable you [music]
odd: label: General
content: A piano conductor score for "Lover man" is noted on the verso of the piano conductor score in Eb Major in Folder C. 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, torn, brittle.
label: General
content: Unsigned Strayhorn composition.
label: Other Title
content: Embrace.
label: Other Title
content: Embraceable.
name: label: Composer
content: Gershwin, George, 1898-1937
label: Lyricist
content: Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Gershwin, George, 1898-1937
label: Lyricist
content: Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983
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content: Duke Ellington Collection
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content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1.6: E
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Statement of responsibility taken from Popular Music, 1920-1979, ed. Nat Shapiro. There appear to be numbers from the Duke Ellington Band Book: 320, 313.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (manuscripts, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 2 Items (mixed score(s) and/or part(s) (holographs), 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 22 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 112 (Series 1), Folder 2-5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Copy scores
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content: Holographs
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content: Manuscripts
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content: Music
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content: Parts (musical)
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content: Piano conductor scores
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content: Short scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Holographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
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content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Piano conductor scores
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content: Short scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: see also Subseries 1.2
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content: 23 parts and an indefinite number of scores
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content: Embraceable you is contained in four folders consisting of 1 two page short score and 11 parts in F Major concert, 1 two page piano conductor score and 1 part in Eb Major concert, 1 two page piano conductor score in C Major concert, and 11 parts in D Major concert -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hands (DE, BS, Whaley?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder A contains 1 part in Eb Major for 1 reed - alto 1.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder B contains short score in F Major. Score indicates parts for clarinet, Sears, bass clarinet, Cat, Scad, Taft, Francis, Tricky.
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content: Folder C contains piano conductor scores and parts in D & F Major. Scores do not indicate instrumentation. Parts in D Major for 5 reeds - alto 1, alto 3, tenor 2, tenor 4, baritone; 3 trumpets - 1, 2, 3; 1 trombone - 2; bass; guitar. Parts in F Major for 3 reeds - Jimmy (2), Sears, Carney; 4 trumpets - Francis, Scad, Taft, Cat; 1 trombone - Brown; guitar. Parts appear to reflect different arrangements of the piece.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder D contains 1 part in F Major for 1 trombone - Tricky. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.