It was a sad night in Harlem [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.
name: label: Composer
content: Kresa, Helmy
label: Lyricist
content: Lewis, Al
label: Collection Creator
content: Boatwright, Ruth Ellington, 1914-2004
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Kresa, Helmy
label: Lyricist
content: Lewis, Al
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials
label: See more items in
content: Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials / Series 1: Music Manuscripts, Scripts, and Compositional Materials / 1.1: Music Manuscripts
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (copy score, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 12, Folder 11
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: 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: Piano vocal scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 1 score
label: Scope and Contents
content: It was a sad night in Harlem is contained in one folder consisting of 1 five page piano vocal score in Eb Major concert -- in ink -- in unidentified hand.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Piano vocal score lyrics begin "You can tell a blue man by the way his head is hangin' down ...". -- from the Ruth Ellington Collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Ruth Ellington Collection Music Manuscripts (Series 3), 1940-1991