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BOX 1-50 Music, 1930-1995
This series contains manuscript scores, lead sheets, and parts for original Mingus compositions, as well as arrangements of his works by Sy Johnson and Jaki Byard and music for which Mingus wrote the lyrics. There are also manuscript scores for works by numerous other composers that Mingus owned or may have arranged.
A microfilm edition of this series is available on nine reels that are shelved as Microfilm 2011/20001 (Mus). Please consult the microfilm inventory in the collection file to determine the reel number for each work.
Organized as two subseries.
Music by Charles Mingus, 1938-1995 and undated
This subseries consists of Mingus's manuscripts and photocopied scores, lead sheets, and parts, as well as numerous arrangements of his compositions by Sy Johnson and Jaki Byard. It also includes holograph scores for Epitaph, a two-hour jazz work that Mingus composed throughout his life, and several arrangements for Mingus Dynasty, a band assembled by Sue Mingus of Mingus’s former colleagues to continue performing his compositions.
As Mingus eventually stopped using notated parts, many folders contain only brief melodic lead sheets. Additionally, reference numbers are assigned to some pieces, including Mingus's adaptations of works by others. His original works and his arrangements of others' works share one numerical sequence and are listed as "Reference no." when they are available. The list of Mingus reference numbers is available in Appendix A.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 II B.S., 1976
Photocopy of manuscript lead sheet
BOX-FOLDER 12/6 5:00 Whistle, undated
Holograph bass part
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 12 Alder Place, undated
Holograph score (incomplete); pages 6-9
BOX-FOLDER 1/3 12 Alder Place, undated
Holograph parts
BOX-FOLDER 1/4 Abstractions, 1976
Photocopy of copyist lead sheet
BOX-FOLDER 1/5 After Hours, undated
Photocopy of manuscript lead sheet (melody only)
BOX-FOLDER 1/6 Ain't Jivin Blues, undated
Photocopy of manuscript lead sheet (melody only)
BOX-FOLDER 1/7 Alice in Wonderland, undated
Holograph leadsheet (chords only)
BOX-FOLDER 1/8 Alice in Wonderland (INA), undated
Manuscript lead sheet
BOX-FOLDER 1/9 Alice's Wonderland, undated
Holograph and manuscript parts
Note: Prayer Meeting on verso of alto saxophone part; Passover holograph sketch on verso of bass part
BOX-FOLDER 1/10 Alive and Living in Dukeland (no. 29), undated
Holograph score
BOX-FOLDER 1/11 Alive and Living in Dukeland (no. 29), undated
Arranged by Sy Johnson
Photocopy of holograph condensed score
Reference no. 001
BOX-FOLDER 1/12 Alive and Living in Dukeland (no. 29), undated
Arranged by Sy Johnson
Photocopy of holograph full score (incomplete); 1 page
Reference no. 001
BOX-FOLDER 1/13 Alive and Living in Dukeland (no. 29), undated
Arranged by Sy Johnson
Copyist saxophone and trumpet parts with annotations and corrections
Laid in: Manuscript lead sheet for "Blowing Changes (no. 29)" for Mingus and Charles McPherson
Reference no. 001
BOX-FOLDER 1/14 Alive and Living in Dukeland (no. 29), undated
Copyist horn, trombone, tuba, and rhythm section parts with annotations and corrections
Reference no. 001
BOX-FOLDER 2/1 Alive and Living in Dukeland (no. 29), undated
Copyist combo parts (incomplete set; alto and tenor saxophone, piano, bass)
Reference no. 001
BOX-FOLDER 2/2 Alive and Living in Dukeland (no. 29), undated
Photocopies of copyist combo parts (incomplete set; alto and tenor saxophones, piano, bass)
Reference no. 001
BOX-FOLDER 2/3 All the Things You Could Be Right Now if Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother, 1976
Photocopy of manuscript lead sheet
Alone Together, undated
see Notebook
BOX-FOLDER 12/6 Angela, undated
Holograph bass part
BOX-FOLDER 35/1 The Arts of Tatum and Freddie Webster, undated
Holograph conductor score (incomplete; begins at measure 17)
Reference no. 158
BOX-FOLDER 2/4 The Arts of Tatum and Freddie Webster, 1975
Photocopy of copyist lead sheet (melody only)
BOX-FOLDER 2/5 The Arts of Tatum and Freddie Webster, undated
Copyist parts with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 2/6 The Arts of Tatum and Freddie Webster, undated
Copyist parts with pasteovers
Laid in: Manuscript trombone part (incomplete); sketch
BOX-FOLDER 2/7 The Arts of Tatum and Freddie Webster, undated
Copyist parts with annotations, corrections, and pasteovers (unfinished?)
BOX-FOLDER 2/8 Atomic Bomb, undated
Manuscript score for trumpet, alto saxophone, and baritone saxophone with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 35/2 B. F. T., undated
Two pages of holograph score sketches
Note: Each page contains different orchestrations
Reference no. 108
BOX-FOLDER 2/9 B. F. T., undated
Copyist parts
Baby, Take a Chance with Me, undated
see also Take a Chance with Me
Manuscript full score
Reference no. 189
BOX-FOLDER 2/10 Baby, Take a Chance with Me, undated
Photocopy of manuscript lead sheet (melody only)
BOX-FOLDER 2/11 Back a Few Years, undated
Alternate title: Tijuana Table Dance
Holograph score for alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones (incomplete); 2 pages
BOX-FOLDER 2/12 Back a Few Years, undated
Alternate title: Tijuana Table Dance
Holograph sketch for piano
BOX-FOLDER 2/13 Back Home Blues, 1976
Photocopy of copyist lead sheet
BOX-FOLDER 2/14 Background for Thought, undated
Copyist parts with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 2/15 Basically Speaking, undated
Photocopy of manuscript lead sheet (melody only)
BOX-FOLDER 2/16 Bemoanable Lady, 1976
Photocopy of manuscript lead sheet
BOX-FOLDER 2/17 Bemoanable Lady, undated
Copyist trumpet 2 and 3 parts
BOX-FOLDER 35/5 Better Get It In Your Soul, undated
Caption title: Better Get Hit In Your Soul
Holograph full score (incomplete); begins on page 3
Reference no. 124
BOX-FOLDER 3/1 Better Get It In Your Soul, undated
Arranged by Sy Johnson
Caption title: Better Get Hit In Your Soul
Manuscript score for voice, piano, and bass
Reference no. 100
BOX-FOLDER 3/2 Better Get It In Your Soul, undated
Caption title: Better Get It In Your Soul
Copyist parts with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 3/3 Better Get It In Your Soul (no. 6), undated
Copyist parts
Reference no. 153
BOX-FOLDER 3/4 Better Get It In Your Soul, 1963 January
Copyist parts (incomplete set)
Note: Newer version
Reference no. 152
BOX-FOLDER 3/5 Better Get It In Your Soul, undated
Copyist parts (incomplete set)
Note: Older version
Reference no. 100
BOX-FOLDER 35/6 Big Jim Whitey's Mule, undated
Holograph full score sketch
Reference no. 130
BOX-FOLDER 3/6 Bill's Song, undated
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