Heavenly father watches over me [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: General
content: Unsigned Strayhorn composition.
name: label: Composer
content: McGriff, Edna
label: Composer
content: Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: McGriff, Edna
label: Composer
content: Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967
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bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Statement of responsibility taken from Popular Music, 1920-1979, ed. Nat Shapiro. There appears to be a number from the Duke Ellington Band Book: 32.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (manuscript, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 144 (Series 1), Folder 12
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Conductor scores
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Conductor scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: see My Heavenly Father Watches Over Me
label: Scope and Contents
content: 1 score.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Heavenly father watches over me is contained in one folder consisting of 1 four-page conductor score in Db Major concert -- in pencil -- in unidentified hand (Whaley?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Conductor score indicates parts for 7 voices - solo, soprano 1, soprano 2, alto, tenor, baritone, bass. Score includes lyrics. Lyrics begin "I trust in God wherever I may be ...". -- from the Duke Ellington Library.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Duke Ellington Collection Music Manuscripts (Series 1), ca. 1930-1981