Mambo [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, tape, torn, brittle.
label: Other Title
content: Mambo jambo.
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 / 1.1.14: M
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (manuscript, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (manuscript, 35 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (conductor score and/or parts (Published sheet music), 27 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 5 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 214, Folder 4-5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Conductor scores
label: Type
content: Copy scores
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Piano conductor scores
label: Type
content: Published sheet music
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Conductor scores
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 conductor scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Published sheet music
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 5 parts and an indefinite number of scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: Mambo is contained in two folders consisting of 1 two page conductor score and 1 twenty four page conductor score in G Major concert, 1 part in Eb Major concert, 4 parts in Db Major concert, and 1 published four page piano conductor score in an unknown key -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hands (Whaley, Tizol?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder A contains conductor scores. Two page score does not indicate instrumentation and appears incomplete. Twenty four page score indicates parts for 5 saxes - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (?); 3 trumpets - 1, 2, 3; 1 trombone - 1; bass; piano. Score appears incomplete.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder B contains piano conductor score and parts. Piano conductor score indicates part for clarinet. Score includes lyrics. Lyrics begin "Better than any samba, greater than any tango ...". Score appears incomplete. Part in Eb Major for trumpet. Parts in Db Major for 4 reeds - alto 1, tenor 1, tenor 2, baritone. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.