'Tain't necessarily so [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: Other Title
content: It ain't necessarily so.
name: label: Composer
content: Gershwin, George, 1898-1937
label: Lyricist
content: Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Gershwin, George, 1898-1937
label: Lyricist
content: Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983
setName: label: See more items in
content: Duke Ellington Collection
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content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1.20: T
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Statement of responsibility taken from "Popular Music, 1920-1979," Nat Shapiro. -- from the Gershwin opera "Porgy and Bess." published in 1935, Gershwin Publishing Corp./Chappell & Co., Inc. -- introduced by John Bubbles. -- sung by Sammy Davis, Jr. in the 1959 film version.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (copy score, 32 cm.)
phystech: label: Condition
content: Tape.
container: label: Container
content: Box 373, Folder 6
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: Music
label: Type
content: Piano vocal scores
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Piano vocal scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 'Tain't necessarily so is contained in one folder consisting of 1 six page piano vocal score in bb minor concert, -- in ink -- in unidentified hand.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Piano vocal score lyrics begin "It ain't necessarily so....the things that yo' li'ble to read in the Bible ..." -- from the Duke Ellington Library.