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Show Music, 1905-1945 (continued)
Manuscripts (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 12/5 Weeping willow tree canzonetta #16
see also Caprice
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 19 p.
BOX-FOLDER 12/5 Weeping willow tree (end of canzonetta ; modulation)
see also Caprice
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 12/22 Weeping willow tree canzonetta
see also Caprice
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, no lyric ; [4] p. (incomplete; 6 3/4" x 10")
BOX-FOLDER 12/22 Weeping willow tree, act II scene 1
see also Caprice
Carbon of typescript lyric sheet ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 12/22 Weeping willow tree
see also Caprice
Manuscript piano-vocal score in pencil ; 9 p.
BOX-FOLDER 12/22 Weeping willow tree canzonetta
see also Caprice
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, annotations in Kern's hand in pencil, no lyric ; 9 p.
Earlier title: Caprice; appears to have been written prior to Dear Sir
BOX-FOLDER 12/22 Weeping willow tree canzonetta #16
see also Caprice
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, some annotations in Kern's hand in pencil, partial lyric in pencil ; 9 p.
BOX-FOLDER 17/5 What's the use #3
Parts
Wishing well scene
see Miscellaneous/Unidentified Show Music
BOX-FOLDER 12/6 Unidentified
see also: Genevieve and men
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; p. 17-26
Note: corresponds to middle section of "Genevieve and men"
BOX-FOLDER 12/7 Unidentified
see also: New finale
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; p. 13-17 + [2]
Note: p. 13-17 corresponds to "New finale" sketch
BOX-FOLDER 12/23 Unidentified holograph sketches : Verse
Holograph [?] sketch in pencil ; 2 p.
On back: sketch in pencil, melody only
BOX-FOLDER 12/23 Unidentified holograph sketch
Holograph sketch in pencil ; 1 p. (7" x 5.5")
BOX-FOLDER 12/23 Untitled
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 12/23 Untitled
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 12/24 Untitled
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript short score/sketch in pencil ; p. A-E (6 3/4" x 10")
Includes: Oscar's entrance (new); I want to be there
BOX-FOLDER 12/24 Allegretto
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, no lyric ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 12/24 Untitled
Manuscript harmonic sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 17/6 Miscellaneous/unidentified
Parts
Doll Girl (1913)
If we were on our honeymoon (railway duet)
see Magnolia and Julie from Show Boat
BOX-FOLDER 18/1 A little thing like a kiss, act I
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, 2nd lyric line in pencil ; 4 p.
Note: Lyric by Harry B. Smith
BOX-FOLDER 18/2 When three is company (Cupid song)
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; [3] p.
Note: Lyric by M. E. Rourke
The Fallen Angel
see How sweet is the summer?
The Flame Within (1935)
see Dream of a ladies cloakroom attendant; Flame within; Lazy but free
Fluffy Ruffles (1908)
BOX-FOLDER 18/3 Won't you let me carry your parcel? - quartette
Typescript lyric sheet with annotations in pencil ; 2 p.
Note: Lyric by C. H. Bovill
Gentlemen Unafraid (1938)
see Mister man; When you hear that humming
The Girl from Utah (1914) lyrics by Harry B. Smith
BOX-FOLDER 18/4 The land of let's pretend
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil and photocopy ; [1] p. (incomplete)
BOX-FOLDER 18/5 We'll take care of you
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/6 Why don't they dance the polka
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; 7 p.
On verso: Kern notes and sketch in pencil
BOX-FOLDER 18/6 Why don't they dance the polka
Mimeograph of typescript lyric sheet ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/7 A medley of interpolated songs from The Girl From Utah
Printed piano score, with manuscript pasteovers in ink on p. 7 and the bottom of p. 8 ; 8 p.
Includes: The land of lets pretend; The girl in the clogs and the shawl; You never can tell; They didn't believe me; The same sort of girl; Why don't they dance the polka; unidentified/incomplete music
BOX-FOLDER 18/8 Medley of songs by Jerome Kern introduced in The Girl From Utah
Parts, 2 sets, 1 printed set and 1 manuscript in ink
Includes: Why don't they dance the polka; The girl in the clogs and shawl; The land of let's pretend; Florrie the flapper; They didn't believe me; Same sort of girl; You never can tell; Gilbert the Filbert (by Herman Finck)
Good Morning, Dearie (1921) Lyrics by Anne Caldwell
BOX-FOLDER 18/9 Act II scene 2
Stephen O. Jones manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, no lyric ; 9 p.
Note: this number became "Good morning, dearie"
BOX-FOLDER 18/10 Dance
Stephen O. Jones manuscript piano score/short score in ink ; 9 p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/11 Dance eccentrique
Copyist manuscript piano score in ink ; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/12 Easy pickin's
Stephen O. Jones manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; 7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/13 Entr'acte
Printed (cut and paste) and Stephen O. Jones manuscript piano score/short score in ink ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/14 Entrance of sailors, scene music and blues
Stephen O. Jones manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, annotations in pencil ; 26 p.
BOX-FOLDER 19/6 Entrance of sailors - cut material
Stephen O. Jones manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; p. 13-27
BOX-FOLDER 18/15 Finale
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/16 Finale act I
Stephen O. Jones manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; 6 p. (+ pasteover inserts on back of 2 p.)
BOX-FOLDER 18/17 Good morning dearie
Carbon of typescript lyric sheet ; p. 13
Note: Includes original lyric of "Rosy Ruby"
BOX-FOLDER 18/18 Introduction act I - Opening chorus
Stephen O. Jones manuscript piano score in ink ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/19 Kalua
Stephen O. Jones manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; p. 3-5
BOX-FOLDER 18/20 Machine music
Frank Saddler manuscript piano-vocal score in pencil, no lyric ; 2 p.
Note: Butterfly symbol in top left corner means once intended for Love o' Mike
BOX-FOLDER 18/21 Melican papa
Stephen O. Jones manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; 8 p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/22 Niagara falls
Stephen O. Jones manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, no lyric ; 5 p. (incomplete)
BOX-FOLDER 18/22 Niagara falls
Typescript lyric sheet ; p. 11
BOX-FOLDER 18/22 Niagara falls - dance
Stephen O. Jones manuscript piano score in ink ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 114/10 Niagara falls
Printed piano-vocal score (p. 1-7), and Stephen O. Jones manuscript emendations and coda in ink (p. 8-10) ; 10 p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/23 Opening act I chorus
Copyist manuscript piano score in ink ; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/24 Opening chorus
Stephen O. Jones manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; 13 p.
Includes: My lady's dress
BOX-FOLDER 18/25 Opening scene II act 2 and song
Stephen O. Jones manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, annotations in pencil, no lyric ; 9 p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/26 Overture
Stephen O. Jones manuscript piano score in ink ; 13 p.
BOX-FOLDER 19/1 Pas de deux
Stephen O. Jones manuscript piano score in ink ; 10 p.
BOX-FOLDER 19/2 Prelude/vorspiel act II
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