Porgy [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.
label: General
content: Unsigned Strayhorn composition.
label: Other Title
content: Song coming on.
name: label: Composer
content: McHugh, Jimmy
label: Lyricist
content: Fields, Dorothy
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: McHugh, Jimmy
label: Lyricist
content: Fields, Dorothy
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 / 1.1.17: P
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Statement of responsibility taken from Popular Music, 1920-1979, ed. Nat Shapiro.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (manuscripts, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (copy score, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 276, Folder 8
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: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Piano conductor scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Conductor scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Piano conductor scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: see also OS
label: Scope and Contents
content: 3 scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: Porgy is contained in one folder consisting of 1 four page short score in D Major concert, and 2 two page piano conductor scores in Ab Major concert -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hand (Whaley?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Short score in D Major indicates parts for alto, baritone, trumpets, trombone, bass, piano, voice. Lyrics begin "There ain't no man in Charleston that's a stranger to big crown Bess ...". Score appears incomplete. Piano conductor scores do not indicate instrumentation. 1 score appears incomplete. Piano conductor scores may be unrelated to short score. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.