Song from a cottonfield [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, worn, brittle.
name: label: Arranger
content: Sisson, Kenn
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Arranger
content: Sisson, Kenn
setName: label: See more items in
content: Duke Ellington Collection
label: See more items in
content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1.20: S
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: There appear to be numbers from the Duke Ellington Band Book: 3, 4.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (manuscript, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 27 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 349, Folder 5
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: see Subseries 1E
label: Scope and Contents
content: 27 parts and 1 score
label: Scope and Contents
content: Song from a cottonfield is contained in two folders consisting of 1 thirty eight page short score and 27 parts in f minor concert -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hands (Still, other?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder A contains short score. Short score indicates parts for 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, trumpets, 3 violins, viola, cello, bass, drums, 2 pianos - Robison, 2; voice. Lyrics begin "Chillun! Stop you grumblin' ...".
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder B contains parts in 2 groupings -- (i) Parts for 2 reeds - clarinet 1, clarinet 2; 3 trumpets - A, B, C; 3 violins - A, B, C; viola; cello; bass; drums; 1 piano - 2. -- (ii) Parts for 3 reeds - clarinet 1, clarinet 2, bass clarinet; 3 trumpets - A, B, C; 3 violins - A, B, C; viola; cello; bass; drums; banjo. Parts subtitled "Vaudeville."