Chelsea bridge [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, brittle.
label: Other Title
content: Bridge of sighs, The.
label: Other Title
content: The bridge of sighs.
name: label: Composer
content: Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967
label: Lyricist
content: Raskin, Milton
label: Collection Creator
content: Boatwright, Ruth Ellington, 1914-2004
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967
label: Lyricist
content: Raskin, Milton
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials
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content: Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials / Series 1: Music Manuscripts, Scripts, and Compositional Materials / 1.1: Music Manuscripts
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Items in Db Major copyright 1942 by Tempo Music, Inc. Lead sheets in F Major copyright 1976 by Tempo Music, Inc.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (copy score, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (manuscript, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 2 Items (parts (photocopies), 33 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 5, Folder 28
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: Copy scores
label: Type
content: Lead sheet
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Photocopies
label: Type
content: Piano vocal scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Lead sheet
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Photocopies
label: Genre/Form
content: Piano vocal scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 3 parts and 1 score
label: Scope and Contents
content: Chelsea bridge is contained in one folder consisting of 1 three page piano vocal score and 1 lead sheet in Db Major concert, and 2 lead sheets in F Major concert -- in ink, pencil and photocopy -- in unidentified hands (Whaley, others?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Piano vocal score lyrics begin "In the starlight of a satin sky ...". Lead sheet in Db Major for unidentified treble instrument. Lead sheets in F Major for voice (2). Lyrics begin "There's a lovers' lane called the bridge of sighs ...". -- from the Ruth Ellington Collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Ruth Ellington Collection Music Manuscripts (Series 3), 1940-1991