Alabamy home [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.
name: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Composer
content: Ringle, Dave
label: Arranger
content: Singer, Louis C.
label: Creator
content: Parker, Kaye (copyist)
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Composer
content: Ringle, Dave
label: Arranger
content: Singer, Louis C.
label: Creator
content: Parker, Kaye (copyist)
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 / 1.1.2: A Titles / Alabamy Home
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dave Ringle and Duke Ellington credited as co-composers of words and music in the 1937 copyright entry.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (short scores, ca. 31 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 9 Items (parts, 31 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (conductor score and/or parts (Published sheet music), 31 cm.)
phystech: label: Condition
content: Fair, tape, worn, torn. Folder A -- 7p., folder B -- 11p., folder C -- 1p. Folder D -- 3p. Folder C -- 1p. Folder B -- 1p., folder C -- 2p.
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: Manuscript scores
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Published sheet music
label: Type
content: Short scores
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Holographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscript scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Published sheet music
label: Genre/Form
content: Short scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 9 parts and an indefinite number of scores.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Alabamy home is contained in 4 folders consisting of 9 parts, one piano score, and one holographic score in f minor? for reeds, trumpets, cornets, and trombones -- in ink and pencil -- some in unidentified copyist's hands.
label: Scope and Contents
content: From Duke Ellington Library. folder a: appears to contain three DE holographs of Alabamy home consisting of 7pp; originally from Presentation Album I, p21.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder b: 6 parts in ink for 2 reeds, Rabbit, Otto; 3 trumpets, Rex, Wetsel, Cooty, 1 trombone, Brown; copied by Kaye Parker.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder c: 3 parts in pencil for cornets 1 & 2; 2 trombones.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder d: one piano score published by Mills Music, Inc., and arranged by Lou Singer; originally from Presentation Album A, p3.