O gambler, git up offa yo' knees [music]
odd: label: General
content: Folder also contains a brief narrative, appparently intended to introduce the piece. 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, brittle.
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
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 / 1.1.16: O
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (copy score, 36 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 21 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 251, Folder 5
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: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Piano vocal scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Conductor scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
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
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: see Subseries 1E
label: Scope and Contents
content: 19 parts and an indefinite number of scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: O gambler, git up offa yo' knees is contained in one folder consisting of 1 eighteen page conductor score, 1 four page piano vocal score, 1 one page piano vocal score and 19 parts in Ab Major concert (?) -- in ink -- in identified hand (Brave) and unidentified hand (Redman?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Conductor score indicates parts for 6 reeds - flute, oboe, clarinet, alto 1, alto 2, tenor; horns; 3 trumpets - 1, 2, 3; drums; 3 violins - 1, 2, 3; viola; cello; bass; guitar. Note on the conductor score indicates that the scoring was done by Still (William Grant Still?). Four page piano vocal score lyrics begin "O gambler, git up offa yo' knees ...". One page piano vocal score lyrics begin "Bring you back to me and our love would flow ...". One page piano vocal score appears incomplete and may be unrelated to other materials. Parts for 6 reeds - flute, oboe, clarinet, alto 1, alto 2, tenor; horns; 3 trumpets - 1, 2, 3; 3 violins - A, B, C; viola; cello; bass; drums; guitar; piano. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.