Jam-a-ditty [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, tape, stained.
label: General
content: Unsigned Ellington-Strayhorn composition.
name: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
title: label: Topic
content: Tonal group
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- United States -- 20th century
creator: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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 / 1.1.11: J
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Folder A from the Presentation Album, vol. W, p. 5. Statement of responsibility taken from Music is my Mistress, by Duke Ellington. There appears to be a number from the Duke Ellington Band Book: 181.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (mixed score(s) and/or part(s) (holograph), 32 cm.)
label: Extent
content: 25 Items (copy scores, 32 cm.)
container: label: Container
content: Box 174, Folder 10
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: 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: Holographs
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 1.3 see TONAL GROUP
label: Scope and Contents
content: 25 parts and 1 score
label: Scope and Contents
content: Jam-a-ditty is contained in three of eight folders for "Tonal group" consisting of 1 eleven page short score and 16 parts in C Major concert, and 9 parts in Db Major concert -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hands (DE, Whaley?).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder A contains short score. Short score indicates parts for Otto, clarinet, Sears, baritone, Taft, trumpets, Wilbur, Claude, Brown.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder B contains parts in C Major for 5 reeds - Otto, Rab, Jimmy, Sears, Carney; 6 trumpets - solo, Taft, Scad, Rex, Cat, 5; 3 trombones - Quent, Wilbur, Brown; guitar (2). Some parts appear incomplete.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder C contains parts in Db Major for 3 reeds - Toby, Sears, Carney (2); 3 trumpets - Scad, Taft (2), Rex; 1 trombone - Brown. Parts subtitled "Coda."
label: Scope and Contents
content: Folder B and Folder C from the Duke Ellington Library.