When I've done my best [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, Wayne Shirley, and Dr. Mark Tucker.
label: General
content: Condition: fair, tape.
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
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content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1.23: W
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (copy score, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (copy score, 31 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 407, Folder 10
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: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Piano vocal scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Piano vocal scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 2 scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: When I've done my best is contained in one folder consisting of 1 three page piano vocal score in Ab Major concert, and 1 three page piano vocal score in F Major concert -- in ink -- in unidentified hand (Whaley?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Piano vocal score lyrics begin "When I've done the best I can, if my friends don't understand ...". -- from the Duke Ellington Library.