Birdie jungle [music]
odd: label: General
content: Additional materials for this piece are contained in "Paris blues scores," Folder B, grouping iii. Handwriting and other details have been reported based on the notes of David Berger, Andrew Homzy, Dr. Theodore Hudson, Walter van de Leur, and Mark Tucker.
label: General
content: Condition: fair, worn, tape.
label: General
content: Unsigned Ellington-Strayhorn composition.
label: Other Title
content: Bird-jungle.
name: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
title: label: Topic
content: Paris blues
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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 / 1.1.3: B Titles / Birdie Jungle
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Statement of responsibility taken from Music is my Mistress, by Duke Ellington.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (part (photocopy), 32 cm.)
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: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Photocopies
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Photocopies
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 8 parts
label: Scope and Contents
content: Birdie jungle is contained in one of thirty two folders for "Paris blues" consisting of 8 parts in Db Major concert -- in ink and photocopy -- in unidentified hand (Whaley?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Parts for 5 reeds - flute, oboe, clarinet, alto 1, tenor 2 (3); 1 trumpet - 4. Some parts appear incomplete. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.