Hey! Baby [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: Unsigned Strayhorn composition.
label: Other Title
content: Heye baby.
name: label: Composer
content: Cobb, Margaret
label: Composer
content: Channel, Bruce
label: Creator
content: Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Cobb, Margaret
label: Composer
content: Channel, Bruce
label: Creator
content: Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967
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 / 1.1.9: H / Hey, Baby
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Statement of responsibility taken from Popular Music, 1920-1979, ed. Nat Shapiro. There appears to be a number from the Duke Ellington Band Book: 149.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (mixed score(s) and/or part(s) (holograph), 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (part (photocopy), 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 11 Items (copy scores, 31 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (mixed score(s) and/or part(s) (holograph), 31 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (part (photocopy), 28 cm.)
phystech: label: Condition
content: Fair, torn.
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: Holographs
label: Type
content: Lead sheet
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: Holographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Lead sheet
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Short scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 26 parts and 1 score.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Hey! Baby is contained in two folders consisting of 1 part and 2 lead sheets in G Major concert, 1 four-page short score and 12 parts in Bb Major concert, and 11 parts in Eb Major concert -- in ink and photocopy -- in unidentified hands (BS, Whaley, other?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder A contains part and lead sheets in G Major, and short score in Bb Major. Part in G Major for piano. Lead sheets for voice. Lyrics begin "Hey! Baby, I've got some talk for you ...". Short score does not indicate instrumentation.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder B contains parts in 3 groupings -- (i) Parts in Bb Major for 4 reeds - Rab, Jimmy, Sears, Carney; 4 trumpets - 1, Scad, Taft, Ray; 2 trombones - Tricky, Brown; bass; unidentified treble instrument (guitar?). -- (ii) Parts in Eb Major for 5 reeds - Johnny, Procope, Ashby, Paul, Harry Carney; 4 trumpets - Cat, Mercer, Cootie, Cook. -- (iii) Parts in Eb Major for 2 trombones - Lawrence, Buster. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.