William Russo Transcription and Arrangement of Duke Ellington's First Concert of Sacred Music
odd: label: General
content: Russo stated that Duke Ellington loaned him the music in 1967-1968.
label: Related/Analytical Title
content: In the Beginning God

Tell Me It's the Truth

The Lord's Prayer

Ain't But the One

First Sacred Concert
name: label: Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Creator
content: Russo, William, 1928-2003
label: Names
content: Columbia College (Chicago). Contemporary American Music Program
topic: label: Topic
content: Conductors -- 20th century
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content: Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble
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content: Musicians -- 20th century
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content: Choral music
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content: Church music
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The materials were donated to the Archives Center by Prof. Russo during a January, 1991 conference of the International Association of Jazz Educators held in Washington, D.C.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Creator
content: Russo, William, 1928-2003
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content: William Russo Transcription and Arrangement of Duke Ellington's First Concert of Sacred Music
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William Russo was the Director of the Contemporary American Music Program at Columbia College, Chicago. Active in music from 1947 until his death in 2003, he toured Europe as the leader of a quintet; lived in London, where he conducted the London Jazz Orchestra and worked with the BBC; and lived and taught in New York and Chicago. Russo was noted in the fifties as a composer of experimental music for Stan Kenton's orchestra and Third Stream Music for the Russo orchestra. He has been a trombonist, composer, arranger, and conductor.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1967-1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0406
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Transcriptions
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content: Parts (musical)
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content: Manuscripts
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content: Scores
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection was processed by Deborra Richardson, archivist.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Transcriptions
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
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content: Scores
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content: William Russo Transcription and Arrangement of Duke Ellington's First Concert of Sacred Music consists of the full conductor score, orchestral parts, and choral parts to "In the Beginning God," "Tell Me It's the Truth," "Come Sunday," "The Lord's Prayer," "Will You Be There?" "Ain't But the One," and "David Danced." The transcription and arrangement were created by Professor Russo, who spent some time working with Ellington on the project during the late sixties or early seventies.