In memoriam [music]
odd: label: General
content: Piece is dedicated to the memory of Philip Ball. 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.
label: Other Title
content: Miss Blues'es child.
label: Other Title
content: Baby, oh baby.
label: Other Title
content: Requiem and kyrie.
label: Other Title
content: Take me, death.
label: Other Title
content: Sleep now.
name: label: Composer
content: Russo, William, 1928-2003
label: Lyricist
content: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
label: Lyricist
content: Gimbel, Barbara
label: Lyricist
content: Joyce, Henry.
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Sleep
label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Russo, William, 1928-2003
label: Lyricist
content: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
label: Lyricist
content: Gimbel, Barbara
label: Lyricist
content: Joyce, Henry.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Duke Ellington Collection
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content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1.10: I
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (part (photocopy), 33 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 165, Folder 13
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: Music
label: Type
content: Photocopies
label: Type
content: Piano vocal scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Photocopies
label: Genre/Form
content: Piano vocal scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 1 score
label: Scope and Contents
content: In memoriam is contained in one folder consisting of 1 forty three page piano vocal score in Bb Major concert -- in photocopy -- in unidentified hand.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Piano vocal score for a multi-sectional work. Lyrics for "Miss Blues'es child" begin "If the blues would let me, Lord knows I would smile ...". Lyrics for "Baby, oh baby" begin "Baby, oh baby; the years run swiftly by ...". Lyrics for "Requiem and kyrie" begin "Requiem, aeternam ...". Lyrics for "Take me, death" begin "Take me, death, away from Earth ...". Lyrics for "Sleep now" begin "Sleep now, o sleep now, o you unquiet heart ...". -- from the Duke Ellington Library.