Embraceable you is contained in four folders consisting of 1 two page short score and 11 parts in F Major concert, 1 two page piano conductor score and 1 part in Eb Major concert, 1 two page piano conductor score in C Major concert, and 11 parts in D Major concert -- in ink and pencil -- in unidentified hands (DE, BS, Whaley?).
Folder A contains 1 part in Eb Major for 1 reed - alto 1.
Folder B contains short score in F Major. Score indicates parts for clarinet, Sears, bass clarinet, Cat, Scad, Taft, Francis, Tricky.
Folder C contains piano conductor scores and parts in D & F Major. Scores do not indicate instrumentation. Parts in D Major for 5 reeds - alto 1, alto 3, tenor 2, tenor 4, baritone; 3 trumpets - 1, 2, 3; 1 trombone - 2; bass; guitar. Parts in F Major for 3 reeds - Jimmy (2), Sears, Carney; 4 trumpets - Francis, Scad, Taft, Cat; 1 trombone - Brown; guitar. Parts appear to reflect different arrangements of the piece.
Folder D contains 1 part in F Major for 1 trombone - Tricky. -- from the Duke Ellington Library.
Biographical / Historical:
Statement of responsibility taken from Popular Music, 1920-1979, ed. Nat Shapiro. There appear to be numbers from the Duke Ellington Band Book: 320, 313.
General:
A piano conductor score for "Lover man" is noted on the verso of the piano conductor score in Eb Major in Folder C. 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, torn, brittle.
Unsigned Strayhorn composition.
Other Title:
Embrace.
Embraceable.
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
Holographs
Manuscripts
Music
Parts (musical)
Piano conductor scores
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.
