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Mo Ri [music]

American History Museum

Object Details

Collection Creator

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

Collection Citation

Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Scope and Contents

see Moon River
3 parts
2 folders containing 3 parts in key of E -- ink, some pencil markings -- in copyist's hand -- brass (trumpet II, trumpet IV, trombone II).
These three parts are on the verso of title "'A' Blues," unidentified parts. Two parts are in folder A which contains twelve parts from the Duke Ellington Library. One part is in folder B: six parts from the Mercer Ellington Library.
sova.nmah.ac.0301_ref42574

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88cb932a9-8051-4e5d-8c10-c8c0ab9a3ff2

General

"'A' Blues" appears on verso of parts. -- Handwriting has been identified based on the notes of David Berger, Andrew Homzy, Mark Tucker, and Walter van de Leur. -- These folders were originally located in the parts of the collection listed as sub-unit 1: Duke Ellington library filing drawers and sub-unit 2: Mercer Ellington orchestrations.
Condition: worn, torn.

Other Title

[Moon River]

Topic

Music -- United States -- 20th century

See more items in

Duke Ellington Collection
Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1.14: M

Sponsor

Processing and encoding partially funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

Extent

3 Items (copy scores, 31 cm.)

Container

Box 225, Folder 10

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials
Copy scores
Manuscripts
Music

Collection Rights

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions. Copyright restrictions. Consult the Archives Center at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270. Paul Ellington, executor, is represented by: Richard J.J. Scarola, Scarola Ellis LLP, 888 Seventh Avenue, 45th Floor, New York, New York 10106. Telephone (212) 757-0007 x 235; Fax (212) 757-0469; email: rjjs@selaw.com; www.selaw.com; www.ourlawfirm.com.

Genre/Form

Copy scores
Manuscripts
Music

Collection Restrictions

Collection is open for research but the original and master audiovisual materials are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
NMAH.AC.0301_ref42574
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88cb932a9-8051-4e5d-8c10-c8c0ab9a3ff2
NMAH.AC.0301
ACAH

Record ID

ebl-1503510514217-1503510514995-6

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