Piano 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.
label: Other Title
content: An old piano plays the blues.
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: 1 Item (manuscript, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 16 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 273, Folder 8
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: Short 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: Short scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 16 parts and 1 score
label: Scope and Contents
content: Piano blues is contained in two folders consisting of 1 two page short score and 16 parts in Bb Major concert -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hands (ME, Whaley?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder A contains short score. Score indicates parts for tenor, baritone, reeds, trumpets, trombones.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder B contains parts for 6 reeds - Rab, Procope, Jimmy, Ben, Sears, Carney; 4 trumpets - Baker, Scad, Williams, Killian; 3 trombones - Brown, Tyree, Jackson; bass; guitar; voice - Ray. Lyrics begin "The clock is strikin' ooh it must be two ...". -- from the Duke Ellington Library.