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Show Music, 1905-1945 (continued)
Manuscripts (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 21/16 Finale act I
see also Miscellaneous/Unidentified Show Music and New finale act I
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; p. 1-5, 7-15, 19-23, 28-33, 38-42
Note: Music by Harry Ruby and Jerome Kern
BOX-FOLDER 23/13 Finale act I #12a
see also Miscellaneous/Unidentified Show Music
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, partial lyric in pencil ; 11 p.
BOX-FOLDER 21/17 Finaletto
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 23 p.
Note: Music by Jerome Kern and Harry Ruby
Note: no p. 21 because of misnumbering
BOX-FOLDER 23/14 Finaletto act I scene 1 #7
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, annotations by Kern ; 12 p.
Note: By Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, and Jerome Kern
Note: p. 1 water damaged
BOX-FOLDER 22/1 Segue from "Bo tree" to "Once in a blue moon"
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/15 *I'm no good without you
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, no lyric ; 6 p. (p. 3-4 missing)
Note: By Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby
BOX-FOLDER 22/2 Intro to ballet
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 17 p. + [1] p. laid in
BOX-FOLDER 22/3 Introduction to ballet (jazz band arrangement)
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 15 p.
Note: for Paul Whiteman's band
BOX-FOLDER 23/16 Lucky - refrain
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/17 Mendicants
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, no lyric ; 3 p.
Note: corresponds to beginning of "Finale act I" piano-vocal score
BOX-FOLDER 23/18 Moment sérieux - finale act I
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript piano-vocal score in ink ; 8 p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/4 *My sweetheart's the man in the moon #5
Hans Spialek manuscript full score in ink ; 15 p.
Note: Music by James Thornton
BOX-FOLDER 22/5 New finale act I
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; p. 1-16, 7-13, 17-18, 18, 24-27, 34-36, 19-20, 37, 6, 21, 16-17, 22-29
Note: Music by Jerome Kern and Harry Ruby
Note: includes missing pages from "Finale act one"
BOX-FOLDER 22/6 New moon dance
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 6 p.
Note: Based on Harry Ruby's "The same old moon"
BOX-FOLDER 22/7 Once in a blue moon
Hans Spialek manuscript full score in ink ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/7 Once in a blue moon
Printed piano-vocal score from Stepping Stones with lyrics by Anne Caldwell ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/8 Opening
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 129 p.
Note: Music by Harry Ruby and Jerome Kern
Includes: Cingalese village; The treasure hunt
BOX-FOLDER 22/9 Opening act II
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 46 p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/19 Opening act II #13
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, lyric in pencil ; 12 p.
Includes: This is where the best people come; The pearl of broadway
BOX-FOLDER 22/10 Overture
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; p. 1-3, a-d
BOX-FOLDER 22/10 Le dernier crime de Bennette
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/20 Pearl of Ceylon #2
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, lyric in Kern's hand ; 6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/11 Ruby Keeler dance
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/11 Ruby Keeler dance
Stephen O. Jones manuscript full score in ink ; p. 5-20
Note: Includes music that became "Life upon the wicked stage" in Show Boat
BOX-FOLDER 23/21 Ruby Keeler dance
Manuscript piano sketch in pencil ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/12 *The same old moon
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; p. 5-27
Note: Music by Harry Ruby
BOX-FOLDER 23/22 *The same old moon
Printed piano-vocal score ; 7 p.
Note: By Otto Harbach, Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby
BOX-FOLDER 23/1 *Shine on harvest moon (Keller sisters)
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 4 p.
Note: Music by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth
BOX-FOLDER 23/2 *Spring is here
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 23 p.
Note: Music by Harry Ruby
BOX-FOLDER 23/23 Strawberry's dance - intro
Manuscript piano sketch in pencil ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/3 That little something
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 18 p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/24 That little something
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, some lyric in pencil ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/24 That little something
Carbon of typescript lyric sheet ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/4 That little something dance refrain
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; 7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 24/1 That little something #7
Parts
The treasure hunt
see Cingalese village ; Opening
BOX-FOLDER 23/5 *What's the matter with the moon
Hans Spialek manuscript full score in ink ; 6 p.
Note: Music by A.B. Sloane
BOX-FOLDER 23/6 *When day is done
Hans Spialek manuscript full score in ink ; 13 p.
Note: Music by Dr. Robert Katscher
When the bo-tree blossoms again
see Bo-tree
BOX-FOLDER 23/25 Without thinking of you
Manuscript piano score in pencil ; 3 p.
On front: unidentified sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/7 Unidentified
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript full score in ink ; p. 34
BOX-FOLDER 23/26 Unidentified
Manuscript piano sketch in pencil ; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/27 Lucky selection
Robert Russell Bennett manuscript piano score in ink with printed piano-vocal score laid in, or used as pasteovers ; 18 p.
Includes: Opening act II; That little something; Cingalese girls; When the bo-tree blossoms again; Dancing the devil away; 'Neath the same old moon
BOX-FOLDER 23/28 Lucky selection
Charles N. Grant manuscript piano score in ink ; 14 p.
Includes: Opening act I/Cingalese village; Cingalese girls; That little something; When the bo-tree blossoms again; Ballet; The same old moon; Dancing the devil away
BOX-FOLDER 24/2-3 Cello parts
Parts
The Marriage Market (1913) lyrics by M.E. Rourke
BOX-FOLDER 24/4 I've got money in the bank
Holograph piano-vocal score in ink ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 24/5 A little bit of silk
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score in ink, verse only ; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 24/5 A little bit of silk
Printed piano-vocal score, refrain only ; p. 5
BOX-FOLDER 24/6 A little bit of silk
Parts
Note: arranged by Charles N. Grant
Men of the Sky (1931) lyrics by Otto Harbach
see All's well with the world; Unidentified/miscellaneous holograph sketches
Earlier titles: Call of the East; Stolen Dreams
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