[Black, brown and beige scores] [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: worn, brittle, tape.
label: Other Title
content: Black.
label: Other Title
content: Brown.
label: Other Title
content: Beige.
name: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
title: label: Topic
content: Black, brown and beige
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Suites (Jazz ensemble)
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
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
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: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Short scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Short scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 3 scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: Black, brown and beige scores is contained in one of sixty two folders for "Black, brown and beige" consisting of 1 thrity seven page short score and 1 nineteen page short score in Eb Major concert, and 1 nineteen page short score in Db Major concert -- in ink -- in unidentified hand (Whaley?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Thirty-seven page short score in Eb Major indicates parts for baritone, trumpets, trombones, violin, bass. Short score has sections subtitled "Worksong theme," "Come Sunday," and "Light." Short score in Db Major indicates parts for trombones, drums, voices. Lyrics begin "The blues, the blues ain't ...". Short score has sections subtitled "West Indian dance," "Emancipation celebration," and "The blues." Nineteen page short score in Eb Major indicates parts for bass, piano. Short score has sections subtitled "Beige," and "Sugar hill penthouse." -- from the Duke Ellington Library.