On revival day [music]
odd: label: General
content: Folder also contains a brief narrative passage apparently intended to introduce the piece. William Grant Still apparently scored several works by Willard Robison in addition to this piece. 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, brittle, tape.
label: Other Title
content: Revival day.
name: label: Composer
content: Robison, Willard
label: Arranger
content: Sisson, Kenn
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Robison, Willard
label: Arranger
content: Sisson, Kenn
setName: label: See more items in
content: Duke Ellington Collection
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content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1.16: O
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Fifteen page short score dated 1930. Twenty seven page short score dated February 1931. There appear to be numbers from the Duke Ellington Band Book: 86, 93.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items (manuscripts, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 38 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 254, Folder 3
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: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Piano vocal scores
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: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Piano vocal scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Short scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: see Subseries 1E
label: Scope and Contents
content: 36 parts and an indefinite number of scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: On revival day is contained in two folders consisting of 1 fifteen page short score, 1 twenty seven page short score, 1 three page short score, 1 five page piano vocal score, 1 four page piano vocal score and 36 parts in F Major concert -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hands (Still, others?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder A contains short scores and parts. Fifteen page short score indicates parts for flute, bass clarinet, trumpet, violins, viola, cello, bass, piano. Twenty seven page short score indicates parts for 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, trumpets, 3 violins, viola, cello, bass, drums, 2 pianos, voice. Lyrics begin "Have you ever seen a church begin to rock ...". Three page short score indicates parts for clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpets, violins, viola, cello, guitar, drums, piano. Score subtitled "Continuity." Parts for 3 reeds - Evans, Brillhart, Feinschmidt; 3 trumpets - A, B, C; 3 violins - A, B, C; viola; cello; bass; percussion; guitar. Parts subtitled "Continuity."
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder B contains piano vocal scores and parts. Piano vocal score lyrics begin as above. Parts for 4 reeds - flute, clarinet 1, clarinet 2, bass clarinet (2); 5 trumpets - A, B, C, Ferrar, McConville; 5 violins - A, B, C, 1, 2; viola (2); cello (2); bass (2); drums. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Duke Ellington Collection Music Manuscripts (Series 1), ca. 1930-1981