Hiawatha [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 Mark Tucker.
label: General
content: Condition: fair, worn. Folder A -- 12p., folder B -- 12p. Folder B -- 9p.
label: Other Title
content: Watha.
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
title: label: Topic
content: Beautiful indians, The
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Suites (Jazz ensemble)
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 / 1.1.9: H
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: According to Mark Tucker's "The Duke Ellington Reader," this piece is part of an Ellington "tone-parallel" ("Beautiful Indians") There appear to be numbers from the Duke Ellington Band Book: 209, 249.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (mixed score(s) and/or part(s) (holograph), 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 11 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (manuscript, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 145 (Series 1), Folder 12-13
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: Copy scores
label: Type
content: Holographs
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Short scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Holographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Short scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: see BEAUTIFUL INDIANS
label: Scope and Contents
content: 11 parts and an indefinite number of scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: Hiawatha is contained in two of six folders for "The beautiful indians" consisting of 1 ten-page short score, 1 four-page short score and 2 parts in f minor concert, 5 parts in eb minor concert, and 4 parts in c minor concert -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hands (DE, Whaley?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder A contains short scores. Four-page short score indicates parts for Rab, Sears, clarinet, baritone, Ray, Francis, trumpets, rhythm. Ten-page short score indicates parts for saxes, brass. Short score appears incomplete.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder B contains parts in 3 groupings -- (i) Parts in eb minor for 3 reeds - Rab, Jimmy, Carney; 2 trombones - Wilbur, Claude. -- (ii) Parts in c minor for 1 reed - Sears; 3 trumpets - Williams, Taft, Scad. -- (iii) Parts in f minor for 1 trumpet - Francis; 1 trombone - Tyree. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.