Night on the desert [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, tape, brittle.
label: Publication
content: New York, NY, Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., 1934
name: label: Composer
content: Hill, Billy
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Hill, Billy
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 / 1.1.15: N
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (manuscript, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (conductor score and/or parts (Published sheet music), 28 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 12 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934
container: label: Container
content: Box 246, Folder 4
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
label: Type
content: Published sheet music
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: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Piano vocal scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Published sheet music
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: see Subseries 1E
label: Scope and Contents
content: 12 parts and an indefinite number of scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: Night on the desert is contained in one folder consisting of 1 twenty one page conductor score, 1 published three page piano vocal score and 12 parts in a minor concert -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hand.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Conductor score indicates parts for 3 reeds - flute, oboe, clarinet; vibes; 6 violins - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; viola; cello; bass; harp; piano. Piano vocal score lyrics begin "Come with me through the moonlit canyon ...". Parts for 3 reeds - flute, oboe, clarinet; 6 violins - 1/2, 3/4, 5/6; viola; cello; bass; vibes; harp; piano. Violin parts are noted 2 per sheet. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.