The Heart of Harlem [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.
name: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Lyricist
content: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Lyricist
content: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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 / 1.1.9: H / Heart Of Harlem verso You Can Count On Me
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: There appears to be a number from the Duke Ellington Band Book: 85.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (copy score, 28 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 2 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
phystech: label: Condition
content: Fair, torn.
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: Lead sheet
label: Type
content: Piano vocal scores
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Lead sheet
label: Genre/Form
content: Piano vocal scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 2 parts and 1 score
label: Scope and Contents
content: The heart of Harlem is contained in one folder consisting of 1 lyric sheet, 1 lead sheet in f minor concert, and 1 two-page piano vocal score in c minor concert -- in ink -- in unidentified hand (Whaley?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Lyric sheet begins "The buildings in Harlem are brick and stone ...". Lead sheet for voice. Lyrics begin as above. Piano vocal score lyrics begin "It's a song with a minor refrain ...". -- from the Duke Ellington Library.