Come back to me is contained in one folder consisting of 1 fifteen-page piano conductor score and 24 parts in Eb Major concert -- in ink and photocopy -- in unidentified hand (Yocum?).
Piano conductor score indicates parts for voice, clarinets, saxes, trumpets, trombones, piano, bass. Lyrics begin "Hear my voice where you are ...". Parts in 2 groupings -- (i) 2 reeds - clarinet 2, tenor 4; 1 trumpet - Cat; 1 trombone - 1. Part for clarinet 2 appears incomplete. -- (ii) 4 reeds - alto 1 (2), clarinet 2, clarinet 3 (3), baritone 5 (2); 4 trumpets - Cat, 2, 3, 4 (2); 3 trombones - 1, 2 (2), 3 (2); bass (2). -- Score and grouping i from the Duke Ellington Library.
Biographical / Historical:
Grouping ii from the Mercer Ellington Library. Statement of responsibility taken from Popular Music, 1920-1979, ed. Nat Shapiro.
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, tape.
Unsigned Strayhorn composition.
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.
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Topic:
Music -- United States -- 20th century Search this
Genre/Form:
Copy scores
Music
Parts (musical)
Photocopies
Piano conductor 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.
