Miss High Brow and Mr. Tough [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: Condition: fair, torn, tape.
label: Other Title
content: Mr. Tough.
name: label: Composer
content: Grainger, Porter
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Grainger, Porter
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 / 1.1.14: M
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Folder A, grouping i from the Mercer Ellington Library.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items (manuscripts, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 11 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (copy score, 28 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 224, Folder 1-2
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)
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Copy scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: see also OS see Small's Paradise
label: Scope and Contents
content: 15 parts
label: Scope and Contents
content: Miss High Brow and Mr. Tough is contained in two folders consisting of 14 parts in Eb Major concert and a lyric sheet -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hand (Whaley?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder A contains 1 part for piano.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder B contains remaining parts and lyric sheet. Parts for 4 reeds - alto 1, alto 3, tenor 1, tenor 2; 3 trumpets - 1, 2, 3; 2 trombones - 1, 2; bass; drums; guitar; piano. Lyric sheet begins with dialogue between Miss High Brow and Mr. Tough -- "Howdy do Miss High Brow ... You've got your nerve, Mr. Tough ...". -- from the Duke Ellington Library.