Rhythm pum te dum [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, tape, worn.
name: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Composer
content: Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967
label: Collection Creator
content: Boatwright, Ruth Ellington, 1914-2004
title: label: Topic
content: Drum is a woman
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Composer
content: Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials
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content: Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials / Series 1: Music Manuscripts, Scripts, and Compositional Materials / 1.1: Music Manuscripts / DRUM IS A WOMAN
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (mixed score(s) and/or part(s) (holograph), 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 2 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (part (photocopy), 28 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 7, Folder 23
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Conductor scores
label: Type
content: Copy scores
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: Conductor scores
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: Photocopies
label: Genre/Form
content: Short scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 4 scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: Rhythm pum te dum is contained in one of seven folders for "Drum is a woman" consisting of 1 eight page conductor score and 2 three page short scores in d minor concert, and 1 three page short score in e minor concert -- in ink, pencil and photocopy -- in unidentified hands (DE, Whaley, Sanders?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Conductor score indicates parts for voices - soprano, 2 altos, tenor, bass. Lyrics begin "Rhythm pum te dum ... came from Africa ...". Short scores in d minor indicate parts for voices - soprano, alto, tenor, bass. Lyrics begin as above. Short score in e minor does not indicate instrumentation. Short score includes lyrics. Lyrics begin as above. -- from the Ruth Ellington Collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Ruth Ellington Collection Music Manuscripts (Series 3), 1940-1991