Slepti [music]
odd: label: General
content: An additional holograph short score for this piece is noted on the verso of a short score for "Purple gazelle" from "Afro Bossa." The short score does not indicate instrumentation and appears incomplete. 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, torn, water spots. Folder A -- 22p. Folder A -- 2p. Folder A -- 2p. Folder A -- 3p.
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
title: label: Topic
content: Afro Bossa
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Suites (Jazz ensemble)
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 / 1.1.20: S
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Grouping iii from the Mercer Ellington Library. There appears to be a number from the Duke Ellington Band Book: 92.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (mixed score(s) and/or part(s) (holograph), 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 20 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 4 Items (parts (photocopies), 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 3 Items (parts (photocopies), 28 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 344, Folder 1
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: Holographs
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Photocopies
label: Type
content: Short scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Holographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Photocopies
label: Genre/Form
content: Short scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: see AFRO-BOSSA SUITE
label: Scope and Contents
content: 27 parts and 1 score
label: Scope and Contents
content: Slepti is contained in one of nineteen folders for "Afro Bossa" consisting of 1 two page short score and 27 parts in c minor concert -- in ink, pencil and photocopy -- in unidentified hands (DE, Whaley?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Items in 4 groupings -- (i) Short score. Short score indicates parts for Proc, saxes, baritone, trumpets, trombones. -- (ii) Parts for 1 reed - Proc; 1 trumpet - 2; 1 trombone - 1. -- (iii) Parts for 4 reeds - Rab (2), Jimmy (2), Paul (2), Carney (2); 1 trumpet - 3; 2 trombones - 2 (2), 3 (2). -- (iv) Parts for 4 reeds - Rab, Jimmy, Paul, Carney; 4 trumpets - 1, 2, 3, 4; 3 trombones - Brown, Buster, Chuck. -- All items except grouping iii from the Duke Ellington Library.