Philosophical blues [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, and Dr. Mark Tucker.
label: General
content: Condition: fair, brittle.
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
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content: Duke Ellington Collection
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content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1.17: P
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 273, Folder 6
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: 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: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Piano vocal scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: see Subseries 1E
label: Scope and Contents
content: 9 parts and 1 score
label: Scope and Contents
content: Philosophical blues is contained in one folder consisting of 1 four page piano vocal score and 9 parts in F Major concert -- in ink -- in unidentified hand.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Piano vocal score lyrics begin "Poor tired children strugglin' in yo' chains ...". Parts for 1 reed - bass clarinet; trumpet; 3 violins - 1, 2, 3; viola; cello; bass; unidentified instrument. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.