Every man prays in his own language [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.
label: Other Title
content: PIL.
name: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
title: label: Topic
content: Sacred concert III
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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 / 1.1.6: E
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Part from the Mercer Ellington Library.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (copy score, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 5 Items (parts (photocopies), 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 113 (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: Copy scores
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Photocopies
label: Type
content: Short scores
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Photocopies
label: Genre/Form
content: Short scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: see SACRED CONCERT III
label: Scope and Contents
content: 4 parts and an indefinite number of scores.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Every man prays in his own language is contained in one of eight folders for "Sacred concert III" consisting of 1 one-page short score and 1 four-page short score in F Major, 1 part in C Major concert, and 3 lyric sheets -- in ink and photocopy -- in unidentified hand.
label: Scope and Contents
content: One-page short score indicates parts for voices - sopranos, altos, tenors, basses. Lyrics begin "Every man prays in his own language and there is no language that God does not understand ...". Four page short score indicates parts for clarinets, baritone, trumpets, trombones. Lyrics begin as above. Part for 1 trumpet - 4. 1 lyric sheet begins "The words we use are most ordinary ...". 1 lyric sheet begins "When the waves leap high ...". 1 lyric sheet begins "When a baby screams out ...". Sheets appear incomplete. -- All items except part from the Duke Ellington Library.