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Show Music, 1905-1945 (continued)
Miscellaneous/Unidentified Show Music (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 95/10 Finaletto act I
Holograph sketch in pencil ; 5 p.
Note: probably intended for Dear Sir
BOX-FOLDER 95/11 Garden of girls
Frank Saddler manuscript piano score in ink ; [2] p.
Note: same music as "Package of seeds"; written for Oh, Boy!
BOX-FOLDER 95/12 God rest you merry gentlemen
Manuscript piano-vocal score in pencil ; [3] p.
On title page: arranged as a modern 'Blues' by Jerome Kern
BOX-FOLDER 95/12 God rest you merry gentlemen
Printed piano-vocal score [non-Kern arrangement] ; p. 10
BOX-FOLDER 95/13 A great idea
Manuscript piano-vocal score in pencil ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 95/14 Human after all
Frank Saddler manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, no lyric ; 16 p.
Note: probably intended for Love o' Mike
BOX-FOLDER 95/15 I have been around a bit (Duet: Madge and Jerry)
Manuscript full score in ink ; 18 p.
Note: probably intended for Ninety in the Shade
BOX-FOLDER 95/16 If eventually, why not now
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil, lyric partially in ink ; [3] p.
Note: blue pencil marks in Frank Saddler's hand date piece as pre-1921
BOX-FOLDER 95/17 It's a mile and a half (to easy street)
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; 3 p.
Note: Lyric by Schuyler Greene, dated 1915
BOX-FOLDER 95/18 It's wireless
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; 5 p.
Note: burthen is same music as burthen in "Little church around the corner" from Sally
BOX-FOLDER 95/19 A little closer
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, typescript lyric ; 4 p.
Note: Lyric by M.E. Rourke, dated 1910
BOX-FOLDER 95/20 Little Eva
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; 4 p.
Note: probably from The Dairymaids
BOX-FOLDER 95/21 Madrigalette #13
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, vocal lines in Kern's hand in pencil, no lyric ; 8 p.
BOX-FOLDER 95/22 Me
Holograph piano score in pencil ; [2] p.
Note: probably intended for Head Over Heels
BOX-FOLDER 95/23 Mendocino stroll
Manuscript piano-vocal score in pencil ; 6 p.
Note: Music and lyric by Donald Brian and Jerome Kern
BOX-FOLDER 95/24 Minstrels
Holograph sketch in variously colored pencils ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 95/25 Morganatic love (duet: Zaza and Atlas)
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; 6 p.
Note: Lyric by Noel Coward, music reused for Dear Sir
BOX-FOLDER 95/26 My Bonnie Jean
Frank Saddler manuscript full score in ink ; 8 p.
BOX-FOLDER 95/27 Opening act II
Holograph lead sheet/sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 95/28 Fox trot
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 95/28 Opening act II - dance
Frank Saddler manuscript piano score in pencil ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 95/29 Opening scene 2 - Mitzi
Manuscript vocal arrangement/sketch in ink ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 95/30 Publicity
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 2 p.
On front: Dear Frank [Saddler] This is designed for the comedian to speak the verse and sing the Burthen alone on the stage. But I think we had better have a fuller arrangement of the Burthen prepared in case they want to use the chorus. So will you please make a 1st and 2nd ending to the Burthen, which will have the wood and Brass cued in and marked 'Play 2nd time only' There is a flat box of Tomato seedlings waiting for you here. Yrs. Jerome
BOX-FOLDER 95/31 Ten nights in a ball room - blues
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score, no lyric ; 7 p.
Note: probably intended for Sitting Pretty, but unused
BOX-FOLDER 95/32 Terzetto ultimo
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript piano-vocal score in pencil, no lyric ; 3 p.
Note: probably intended for Dear Sir
BOX-FOLDER 95/33 Wedding scene
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; 3 p. (incomplete)
Note Lyric by George V. Hobart
Note: written for Polish Wedding, reused in Oh, Lady! Lady!!
BOX-FOLDER 95/34 When a woman!
Max Steiner manuscript full score in ink ; 20 p.
BOX-FOLDER 95/35 Wishing well scene
Holograph sketch in pencil ; p. 2
BOX-FOLDER 95/35 Wishing well scene
Holograph sketch in pencil ; p. 6
BOX-FOLDER 95/35 Wishing well scene
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
Note: sketches appear unrelated; music used in Dear Sir and Sunny
BOX-FOLDER 95/36 You and I (Mac Forland)
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, lyric in Kern's hand in pencil ; 8 p.
Note: Lyric by P.G. Wodehouse, dated 1916
BOX-FOLDER 95/36 You and I (Mac Forland)
Mimeograph of typescript lyric sheet ; [1] p.
Note: Lyric by P.G. Wodehouse, dated 1916
BOX-FOLDER 95/37 Unidentified, G major in 2/4
Holograph sketch in pencil ; 1 p. (small)
Note: probably intended for Dear Sir, but unused
BOX-FOLDER 95/37 Unidentified, C minor in 2/4
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 95/37 Unidentified, F major in 2/2
Holograph sketch in pencil ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 95/38 Unidentified
Manuscript scores ; [24] p.
Includes:
  • Robert Russell Bennett manuscript sketch in pencil ; p. 2. [Note: probably intended for Dear Sir]
  • Manuscript piano score in ink ; p. 9-10
  • Manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; p. 2-3. [Note: includes markings by Frank Saddler; title may be "Wouldn't that be nice"]
  • Manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; [1] p.
  • Manuscript piano score in ink ; [1] p.
  • Manuscript piano score in ink ; [2] p. [Note: top half of p. [1] torn off]
  • Manuscript piano score in ink ; [1] p.
  • Manuscript sketches in ink and pencil ; [1] p.
  • Manuscript piano score in ink ; [1] p. [Note: probably intended for Nobody Home or Oh, Boy!]
  • Manuscript lead sheet/sketch in pencil ; [2] p. [Note: probably intended for Lucky]
  • Manuscript violin part in ink, annotations in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 95/39 Lyric sheets
Typescript lyric sheets ; [4] p.
Includes: May bells (Rose and girls); Golden rainbow; Up town New York (Trio: Guy, Mary and Patsy); Pat and men
BOX 96-100 Miscellaneous Music, undated
The Miscellaneous Music (Series II) is mostly comprised of copies of late songs by Kern. Many of these were songs that were cut from films, or written for unproduced projects. In some cases, lyrics were added to previously unused works after Kern's death. Apparently, most of this material came from the files of T. B. Harms, Inc. (Kern's publisher) and some appear to have been transcribed from recordings made by Kern.
Arrangement of the Miscellaneous Music (Series II) is divided into two subseries. The first subseries, Titled, is sorted alphabetically by title. The second subseries, Untitled, is arranged by folder level description.
BOX 96-99 Miscellaneous Music (Titled)
BOX-FOLDER 96/1 Afternoon of a siren
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, no lyric ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 96/2 All's well with the world - new #32
Photocopy and negative of copyist manuscript piano-vocal score ; p. 14-27
Note: Lyric by Otto Harbach; intended for Men in the Sky; dated 1930 June 7
BOX-FOLDER 96/3 April fooled me
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; [3] p.
Note: Lyric by Dorothy Fields
BOX-FOLDER 96/3 Untitled : C.5
Photocopy and negative of manuscript piano-vocal score, no lyric ; 4 p. each
Note: "Sentimental song" on negative only
BOX-FOLDER 96/4 Baby
Photocopy of Robert Russell Bennett manuscript piano-vocal score, no lyric ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 96/5 Back in my shell - new #20
see also Barrelhouse beguine
Photocopy and negative of manuscript piano-vocal score, no lyric ; 3 p. each
Note: from One Night in the Tropics (1940), lyric by Dorothy Fields
Note: "Serenade" on negative only
BOX-FOLDER 96/6 Barrelhouse beguine
Manuscript lead sheet in pencil, no lyric ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 96/6 Barrelhouse beguine - new #25
see also Back in my shell
Photocopy of manuscript piano-vocal score ; 4 p.
Note: Lyric by Johnny Mercer; from You Were Never Lovelier; copyright 1942
BOX-FOLDER 96/7 Bells - new #7
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