Portrait of a silk thread [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.
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
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content: Duke Ellington Collection
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content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1.17: P
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (mixed score(s) and/or part(s) (holograph), 31 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 14 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 277, Folder 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy scores
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content: Holographs
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Short 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: Short scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 14 parts and 1 score
label: Scope and Contents
content: Portrait of a silk thread is contained in one folder consisting of 1 seven page short score and 14 parts in Ab Major concert -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hands (BS, Whaley?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Short score indicates parts for altos, clarinet, tenor, baritone, Ray, trumpets, Brown. Parts for 5 reeds - Rab, Toby, Sears, Jimmie, Carney; 5 trumpets - Scad, Rex, Ray, Anderson, Taft; 3 trombones - Jones, Tricky, Brown; bass. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.