It don't mean a thing [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 Ellington-Strayhorn composition.
label: Other Title
content: Don't mean a thing.
name: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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
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 / 1.1.10: I / It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Statement of responsibility taken from Popular Music, 1920-1979, ed. Nat Shapiro.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (mixed score(s) and/or part(s) (holograph), 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (part (photocopy), 28 cm.)
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: Photocopies
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: Photocopies
label: Genre/Form
content: Short scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 2 scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: It don't mean a thing is contained in two folders consisting of 2 one page short scores in Ab Major concert -- in pencil and photocopy -- in unidentified hand (DE?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Short scores do not indicate instrumentation and appear incomplete. Scores are noted on the bottom of short scores for "Sophisticated lady," Folder A and Folder M, grouping i. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.