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BOX 1-28 |
Music and Related Materials
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Organized chronologically based on the opening date of each show, with the music and lyric materials within each show organized alphabetically by song title. Other materials--scripts, research, programs, clippings, and miscellaneous items--follow in roughly the order of their closeness to the creative process of the production. |
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BOX 1 |
Miscellaneous Music
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BOX-FOLDER 1/1 |
Craigie 404 |
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Ms. lead sheet in pencil, incomplete ; [2] p. |
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On t.p.: "words and music by Gaffer." |
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Note: Porter roomed at 404 Craigie during his year at the Harvard Law School, 1913-1914
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BOX-FOLDER 1/1 |
[Unidentified] |
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Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil, no lyric ; p. [3] |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/1 |
[Unidentified] |
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Ms. melody with phrase analysis markings in ink ; p. [4] |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/2 |
[Musical exercise and student work] |
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Holograph scores and sketches in pencil ; approximately [20] leaves |
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Note: includes exercises in writing fugues, voice-leading, and orchestration along with what appear to be notes taken from lectures. The contents of this folder was mixed in with all of the preceding manuscript materials. Because many of Porter's notes are in French, this is probably circa 1920 while he was studying at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/3 |
[Notes for lyric idea, unidentified] |
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Holograph lyric sketch in pencil ; [1] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/4 |
[Unidentified] |
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Holograph piano score in pencil ; [1] p. |
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Note: this rag-like piece appears to have been part of the inspiration for "I'm in love again" (1925). |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/5 |
[Wond'ring night and day] Wondring |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil, incomplete ; [1] p. |
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Note: copyright date 3/16/22.
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BOX-FOLDER 1/6 |
Italian street singers |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [6] p. |
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Note: according to Robert Kimball, this song was probably written in Venice about 1926. |
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BOX 1 |
The Pot of Gold, 1912
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BOX-FOLDER 1/7 |
[I love you so ; Loie and Chlodo] Finale act II |
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Ms. piano-vocal score in ink, incomplete ; p. 5-8 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/8 |
She was a fair young mermaid : Mermaid song |
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Ms. piano-vocal score in ink ; 4 p. |
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BOX 1-2 |
See America First, 1916
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words and music by T. Lawrason Riggs and Cole Porter |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/9 |
[Badmen] Act I opening chorus of Badmen : no. 1 |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 9 p. |
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Note: "Revelation (chorus of Badmen) : no. 2" begins on p. 9. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/9 |
[Badmen] Act I opening chorus of Badmen : no. 1 |
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Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil, incomplete ; [3] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/10 |
[Dinner] |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil, incomplete ; 4 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/10 |
[Dinner] |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil, lyric in ink, incomplete ; [1] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/11 |
Entrance of Indian maidens : no 9 |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 6 p. |
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Note: "Revelation (chorus of Indian maidens) : no. 10" begins on p. 6. This might be the number titled "Indian girl's chant" listed in New York program as Act I, no. 1b. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/12 |
Ever and ever yours |
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Printed piano-vocal score ; 5 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/13 |
[Fascinating females] |
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Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/14 |
Finale act I |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil, incomplete ; p. 1-12, 14-17, 19-28, 36-42, 47-53 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/14 |
Finale-act I : no. 20 |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil, incomplete ; p. 1-2, 5-6 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/14 |
Chorus of men |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil, incomplete ; [2] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/15 |
[Hail, ye Indian maidens] |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil, incomplete ; [1] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/16 |
Hold up ensemble |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil, incomplete ; p. 5-8, 10, 13-18 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/17 |
I've a shooting-box in Scotland |
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Printed piano-vocal score ; 6 p. |
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Note: introduced in Paranoia (1914); it appeared with revised lyrics in See America First
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BOX-FOLDER 1/18 |
I've got an awful lot to learn |
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Printed piano-vocal score ; 8 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/19 |
[Lady fair, lady fair] Act II. no 3. sextet : double trio |
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Manuscript piano-vocal score in pencil, lyric in ink ; [15] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/20 |
[The lady I've vowed to wed] Announcement ensemble (entire cast) : no 18 |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil, incomplete ; 14 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/20 |
[Untitled] |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil, incomplete ; [10] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/21 |
[The language of flowers] Duet (Huggins & Sarah) : no. 8 |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 7 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/21 |
The language of flowers |
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Printed piano-vocal score ; 8 p. |
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Note: introduced in Paranoia (1914) as "Flower song"; it became "The language of flowers" in See America First
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BOX-FOLDER 1/22 |
Lima |
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Printed piano-vocal score ; 6 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/23 |
[Love came and crowned me] Act II no. 4 : Polly (solo) |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil, lyric in ink ; [4] p. |
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Note: this number was a revision of "Idyll" from Paranoia (1914) |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/24 |
[Mirror, mirror] Opening chorus act II : act II no. 1 |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [5] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/25 |
Oh, bright, fair dream! |
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Printed piano-vocal score ; 5 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/26 |
[Pity me, please] Song (Polly & footmen, Stick-in-the-mud & chorus of Indian maids) : no. 13 |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil, incomplete ; p. [1-3], p. 5-7 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/26 |
Pity me, please |
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Printed piano-vocal score ; 7 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/27 |
Prithee, come crusading with me |
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Printed piano-vocal score ; 8 p. |
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Note: this number was a revision of "Won't you come crusading withe me" from Paranoia (1914). In some programs for See America First the title was listed as "Damsel, Damsel." |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/1 |
[Revelation ensemble] Act II no. 6 |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil, lyric in ink ; 23 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/2 |
See America first [version 1] |
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Holograph piano-vocal score, incomplete ; 2 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/2 |
Song (Huggins & chorus of Badmen) : no. 5 |
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Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 5 p. |
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Note: this version was discarded and an entirely new title song was substituted. |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/3 |
See America first [version 2] |
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Printed piano-vocal score ; 8 p. |
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Note: this item was found along with the music for High Society (1956); either Porter was considering it for interpolation into that film, or it was inadvertently mixed in with the materials for that show. |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/4 |
Slow sinks the sun |
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Printed piano-vocal score ; 7 p. |
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Note: dropped from See America First before the New York opening; introduced in Paranoia (1914) |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/5 |
Song (Indian maidens) : no. 13 |
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Holograph piano score in pencil, incomplete ; [1] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/6 |
[The social coach of all the fashionable future debutantes] |
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Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil, accompaniment not complete ; [6] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/7 |
Something's got to be done |
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Printed piano-vocal score ; 9 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/8 |
[Sweet simplicity] |
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Holograph piano-vocal sketch in pencil, incomplete ; [1] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/8 |
[Unidentified] |
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Holograph sketch in pencil ; [2] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/9 |
[To follow every fancy] Song (Cecil & chorus of Badmen) : no. 4 |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 4 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/10 |
[Well it's good to be here again] Soliloquy (Huggins) : no. 6 ; Hold up ensemble & solos : no. 7 |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 1 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/10 |
When a body's in love : Act II, no. 5, quartette |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 16 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/12 |
When I used to lead the ballet |
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Printed piano-vocal score ; 9 p. |
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Note: introduced in The Pot of Gold (1912) |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/13 |
[Younger sons of peers] No. 2 |
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Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil, incomplete ; p. 2-7 |
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[See America First, miscellaneous parts] |
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