Deep river [music]
odd: label: General
content: Folder also contains a short handwritten note, apparently from Tom Whaley to an unindentified woman, and a photocopied list of his music. 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.
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 / 1.1.5: D
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: There appear to be numbers from the Duke Ellington Band Book: 87, 125.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (manuscripts, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 4 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (part (photocopy), 33 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (manuscript, 35 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 93 (Series 1), Folder 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Manuscripts
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content: Conductor scores
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content: Copy scores
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Photocopies
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Conductor scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Photocopies
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 3 parts and an indefinite number of scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: Deep river is contained in one folder consisting of 2 six page conductor scores, 2 five page conductor scores and 3 parts in F Major concert, and 1 four page conductor score in D Major concert -- in ink, pencil and photocopy -- in unidentified hand (Whaley?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: 1 six page conductor score and five page scores indicate parts for 5 voices - soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass. 1 six page score indicates parts for 6 voices - soprano, soprano 2, alto, tenor, baritone, bass. Parts in F Major for 3 voices - soprano, soprano 2, alto. Four page conductor score in D Major does not indicate parts but appears to be for 3 voices. All scores and parts have lyrics beginning "Deep river, my home is over Jordan ...". -- from the Duke Ellington Library.