Old man blues [music]
odd: label: General
content: Attribution of this work is uncertain. The conductor score indicates that Ellington is the composer, but researcher Andrew Homzy noted that the piece is not Ellington's. 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, torn, tape.
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
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content: Duke Ellington Collection
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content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1.16: O
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Items (copy scores, 35 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (copy score, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 253, Folder 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Conductor scores
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content: Copy scores
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
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content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
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)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 10 parts and 1 score
label: Scope and Contents
content: Old man blues is contained in one folder consisting of 1 twenty seven page conductor score and 10 parts in Db Major concert -- in ink -- in identified hand (Jacobsen) and unidentified hand (Whaley?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Conductor score indicates parts for 2 altos, 2 tenors, baritone, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, bass, drums, piano. Parts for 3 reeds - alto 3, tenor 2, baritone; 3 trumpets - 2, 3, 4; 1 trombone - 1; bass; unidentified treble instrument; piano. Part for unidentified treble instrument appears incomplete and may be unrelated to this piece. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Duke Ellington Collection Music Manuscripts (Series 1), ca. 1930-1981