Mrs. Peachum's recitative [music]
odd: label: General
content: Folder also contains a letter from Mercer Ellington to Columbia Records discussing the production of an album for "Beggar's holiday." The letter is dated 1964/06/19. 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.
label: Other Title
content: Mrs. Peachum.
name: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Lyricist
content: Latouche, John
label: Collection Creator
content: Boatwright, Ruth Ellington, 1914-2004
title: label: Topic
content: Beggar's holiday
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Dramatic music
creator: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Lyricist
content: Latouche, John
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
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
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: Piano vocal scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Piano vocal scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 2 scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: Mrs. Peachum's recitative is contained in one folder consisting of 1 eight page page piano vocal score and 1 four page piano vocal score in a minor concert -- in ink -- in unidentified hand (Whaley?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Piano vocal scores lyrics begin "Our Polly is a silly dope in spite of all we taught her ...". -- from the Ruth Ellington Collection.