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Show Music, 1905-1945 (continued)
Manuscripts (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 56/6 Magnolia and Julie
see also Scena (Magnolia and Julie)
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 28 p.
Note: first strain derived from the railway duet "If we were on our honeymoon" from Doll Girl
BOX-FOLDER 63/5 Magnolia and Julie #5a
Parts
Make believe
see Opening chorus
BOX-FOLDER 58/15 Make believe, act I scene 1 segue
Holograph piano-vocal score/sketch in ink, some dummy lyrics by Kern ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 58/15 Make-believe
Leonid Raab manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, annotations in pencil ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 58/15 Make-believe
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in pencil ; 8 p. (incomplete)
BOX-FOLDER 63/6 Make believe - incidental #7, #26a
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 58/16 Melos, act I scene 1 (Ravenal and Magnolia)
Holograph sketch in ink and pencil ; [2] p.
Note: heavily crossed out
Mis'ry's comin' aroun'
see Colored blood
My girl
see Frank and Elly
BOX-FOLDER 56/7 No Mason Dixon Line
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 58 p.
Alternate title: It's getting hotter in the North
Note: this number was dropped during pre-Broadway tryout
BOX-FOLDER 58/17 Ol' man river
Holograph sketch in ink over pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 58/18 Ol' man river
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; 6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 63/7 Ol' man river #3, B major
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 64/1 Ol' man river #3, C major
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 64/2 Ol' man river #33 reprise, B major
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 64/3 Ol' man river #33 reprise, D major, D-flat major
Parts, 2 sets
BOX-FOLDER 58/19 Opening act I scene 1
Holograph piano-vocal score/sketch in pencil and ink, some dummy lyrics by Kern ; 16 p. + [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 58/20 Opening act I scene 3 - waterfront saloon
Holograph piano-vocal score/sketch in ink ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 56/8 Opening act II
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 60 p.
BOX-FOLDER 56/9 Opening act II
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 58/21 Opening act II
Holograph piano-vocal score/sketch in ink ; [12] p.
Note: this is not the version used in the show
BOX-FOLDER 64/4 Opening act II #19
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 64/5 Opening act II #19a incidental
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 56/10, 57/1 Opening chorus
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink, annotations in Kern's hand in pencil ; 131 p.
Includes: Make believe (p. 99)
BOX-FOLDER 64/6 Opening chorus part I #1
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 65/1 Opening chorus part II #2
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 65/2 Opening final scene #35a
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 57/2 Opening pantry scene
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; p. 1-5, A-G
Note: segues directly into "Can't help lovin' dat man"
Note: crossed out full score material on back of p. A-G, titled "Magnolia and Julie continue"
BOX-FOLDER 58/22 Opening pantry scene, Act I scene 2
Holograph piano score in ink ; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 65/3 Opening pantry scene #4
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 65/4 Opening scene #6
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 58/23 Opening trocadero, act II scene 6
Holograph piano-vocal score/sketch in ink ; [6] p.
BOX-FOLDER 58/23 Opening trocadero act II scene 6
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript piano score in ink ; [1] p. (incomplete)
BOX-FOLDER 57/3 Overture
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 31 p.
BOX-FOLDER 65/5 Overture
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 58/24 Queenies ballyhoo
Holograph piano-vocal score/sketch in ink ; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 65/6 Queenie's dance #14a
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 57/4 Queenie's outburst
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 30 p.
Alternate titles: Queenie's ballyhoo; C'mon folks
BOX-FOLDER 66/1 Queenie's outburst #14
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 66/2 Rehearsal scene - N1 #10
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 66/3 Rehearsal scene - N2 #10a
Parts
Note: for horn and trumpet parts see "Rehearsal scene - N1"
BOX-FOLDER 57/5 Sammy White
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 10 p.
BOX-FOLDER 66/4 Sammy White #15, #15a
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 58/25 Scena (Magnolia and Julie), act I scene 2
see also Magnolia and Julie
Holograph piano-vocal score/sketch in ink, partial lyric ; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 58/26 Scena (Magnolia and Julie)
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, lyric mostly in Kern's hand ; 8 p.
Note: both manuscripts for this cut scene include reprises of "Make believe," one with a different lyric and incomplete
BOX-FOLDER 58/26 Scena Magnolia and Julie, act I scene 2
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, lyric in pencil, unfinished ; 8 p.
NOte: lyric in hand of the copyist, Hammerstein, and Kern
BOX-FOLDER 59/1 Scena water-barrel, act I scene 7
Holograph piano-vocal score/sketch in ink, no lyric ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 59/1 Scena water-barrel
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, lyrics in pencil ; 10 p.
Alternate titles: Creole love song; Remembering you; Wanting you
BOX-FOLDER 57/6 Terzetto
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; [30] p.
Includes: I might fall back on you
BOX-FOLDER 59/2 Terzetto (Capt. Magnolia and Parthy)
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [2] p.
Note: refrain became "I might fall back on you"
There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight
see A hot time in the old town tonight
'Till good luck comes my way
see Waterfront saloon
BOX-FOLDER 59/3 'Till good luck comes my way
Holograph sketch in ink ; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 66/5 Trocadero cake walk #26
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 66/6 Villain's dance
Flute part only
BOX-FOLDER 66/7 *Washington Post march #24, #29
Parts
Note: Music by John Philip Sousa
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