Ellington, Edward Kennedy ("Duke"), J - Z
name: label: Series Creator
content: DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
setName: label: See more items in
content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 3: African American Music
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 3: African American Music / 3.8: Composers and Performers
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1928-1973
container: label: Container
content: Box 126, Folder Z
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Composer, jazz pianist and band leader (b. 1899; d. 1974). Most of the sheet music dates from the 1930s to 1940s; both instrumental and vocal compositions are present. There are also a few pieces by William ("Billy") Strayhorn and Mercer Ellington. The ephemera file on Ellington is large. See also folder AA. (66 items)