You'd better know it [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, worn, brittle.
label: Other Title
content: Better know it.
name: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
title: label: Topic
content: Drum is a woman
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
label: See more items in
content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1.25: Y
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Folder A from the Presentation Album. vol. H and vol. Y. Copyright 1955.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (parts (photocopies), 33 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (mixed score(s) and/or part(s) (holograph), 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 6 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 417, Folder 10
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: Holographs
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Photocopies
label: Type
content: Piano vocal scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Holographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Photocopies
label: Genre/Form
content: Piano vocal scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: see DRUM IS A WOMAN
label: Scope and Contents
content: 7 parts and an indefinite number of scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: You'd better know it is contained in two of thirty one folders for "Drum is a woman" consisting of 2 two page piano vocal scores in F Major concert, and 7 parts in Eb Major concert -- in ink, pencil and photocopy -- in unidentified hands (BS, Mullens, others?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder A contains piano vocal scores. Lyrics begin "We're in love it appears and I surely want to thank you ...".
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder B contains parts in 3 groupings -- (i) Part for piano. -- (ii) Parts for 3 reeds - Rab, Paul, Harry; 1 trumpet - Ray; 1 trombone - Lawrence. -- (iii) Part for 1 trumpet - Ray.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder B from the Duke Ellington Library.