3-D is contained in one of thirty one folders for "Far east suite" consisting of 1 two page short score in bb minor concert, and 1 three page conductor score and 17 parts in eb minor concert -- in ink, pencil and photocopy -- in unidentified hands (DE, Whaley, other?).
Items in 3 groupings -- (i) Short score in bb minor. Short score indicates parts for sax, baritone, trumpets, trombones. Short score appears incomplete. -- (ii) Conductor score and parts. Conductor score indicates parts for 2 altos, 2 tenors, baritone, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, bass, drums. Parts for unidentified treble instrument; piano. -- (iii) Parts for 5 reeds - Rab, Proc, Jimmy, Paul, Carney (2); 4 trumpets - Mercer, Cooty (2), Herb, Cat; 3 trombones - Buster, Brown (2), Chuck. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.
General:
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.
Condition: fair, worn, torn, stained.
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.
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.
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Topic:
Music -- United States -- 20th century Search this
Genre/Form:
Conductor scores
Copy scores
Holographs
Manuscripts
Music
Parts (musical)
Photocopies
Short scores
Collection Citation:
Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sponsor:
Processing and encoding partially funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
