Danny boy [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, torn.
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
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 / 1.1.5: D
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: There appear to be numbers from the Duke Ellington Band Book: 15, 163.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (manuscript, 34 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 2 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 11 Items (copy scores, 31 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 90 (Series 1), Folder 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Conductor scores
label: Type
content: Copy scores
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Piano conductor scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Conductor scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Piano conductor scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: see also Subseries 1.2
label: Scope and Contents
content: 12 parts and an indefinite number of scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: Danny boy is contained in one folder consisting of 1 four page conductor score and 1 two page piano conductor score in Eb Major concert, and 12 parts in D Major concert -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hands (Whaley, Henderson, other?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Conductor score indicates parts for 8 voices - solo, soprano 1, soprano 2, alto, tenor 1, tenor 2, baritone, bass. Lyrics begin "Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling ...". Piano conductor score does not indicate instrumentation and appears incomplete. Parts for 4 reeds - Hodges, alto 1, tenor 2, baritone; 4 trumpets - Baker, 2, 3, 4; 3 trombones - Brown, Tyre, Butter; 1 bass - Windell. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.