Something to live for [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, torn, brittle.
label: General
content: Unsigned Ellington-Strayhorn composition.
label: Other Title
content: Live for.
name: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Composer
content: Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967
label: Collection Creator
content: Boatwright, Ruth Ellington, 1914-2004
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Composer
content: Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967
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
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Statement of responsibility taken from Popular Music, 1920-1979, ed. Nat Shapiro.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (mixed score(s) and/or part(s) (holographs), 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 7 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (manuscript, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 33, Folder 14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Copy scores
label: Type
content: Holographs
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Short scores
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Holographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Short scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 8 parts and an indefinite number of scores
label: Scope and Contents
content: Something to live for is contained in one folder consisting of 1 three page short score and 8 parts in Ab Major concert, and 1 three page short score in Eb Major concert -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hands (BS, other?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Items in 3 groupings -- (i) Short score and parts in Ab Major. Short score indicates parts for 2 altos, clarinet, trumpets, Tizol, trombones. Score appears incomplete. Parts for 4 reeds - Johnny, Otto, Barney, Carney; 3 trumpets - 1, 2, 3. -- (ii) Part in Ab Major for piano. -- (iii) Short score in Eb Major. Short score indicates parts for saxes, Ben, baritone, Baker, Rex, Ray, Wallace, trombones, bass. -- from the Ruth Ellington Collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Ruth Ellington Collection Music Manuscripts (Series 3), 1940-1991