Sky fell down, The [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, Wayne Shirley, and Dr. Mark Tucker.
label: General
content: Condition: fair.
label: General
content: Unsigned Strayhorn composition.
label: Other Title
content: The sky fell down.
name: label: Composer
content: Alter, Louis
label: Lyricist
content: Heyman, Edward
label: Collection Creator
content: Boatwright, Ruth Ellington, 1914-2004
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Alter, Louis
label: Lyricist
content: Heyman, Edward
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials
label: See more items in
content: Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials / Series 1: Music Manuscripts, Scripts, and Compositional Materials / 1.1: Music Manuscripts
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Statement of responsibility taken from Popular Music, 1920-1979, ed. Nat Shapiro.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (mixed score(s) and/or part(s) (holographs), 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 33, Folder 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Holographs
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Short scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Holographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Short scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 2 scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: The sky fell down is contained in one folder consisting of 1 three page short score and 1 four page short score in Ab Major concert -- in pencil -- in unidentified hands (DE, BS?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Three page short score indicates parts for Rab, Paul, baritone. Short socre appears incomplete. Four page short score indicates parts for Jim, 3 saxes, baritone, Ray. -- from the Ruth Ellington Collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Ruth Ellington Collection Music Manuscripts (Series 3), 1940-1991