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Music, 1913-1954 (continued)
Music from Shows (continued)
BOX 5 East is West (unproduced, 1928-1929)
Awake, Children, Awake
see Lyric sheets
Dragon Song
see Lyric sheets
East is West
see Lyric sheets
I Speak English Now
see Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 5/2 In the Mandarin's Orchid Garden
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; 4 p.
Note: Unfinished early draft
BOX-FOLDER 5/3 In the Mandarin's Orchid Garden
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hands of GG and Kay Swift; 1, 6 p.
Note: Ink portion copied by Swift from GG’s early draft (Box-Folder 5/2)
Note: Pencil portion in the hand of GG
BOX-FOLDER 5/4 In the Mandarin's Orchid Garden
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 8 p.
Note: Expressive markings in black ink are in the hand of GG
Note: Expressive markings in pencil are in the hand of Albert Sirmay
BOX-FOLDER 5/5 Lady of the Moon
see also Lyric sheets
GG holograph manuscript piano sketch; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 5/6 Sing-Song Girl [unfinished]
see also Lyric sheets
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Kay Swift and one photocopy; 1 p. each
Caption title : How Sad it Is to Be a Sing Song Girl; in the hand of IG
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 5/6 Sing-Song Girl [unfinished]
see also Lyric sheets
Manuscript piano score; [3] p.
Note: Unidentified fragment on p. [2]
BOX-FOLDER 5/7 Under the Cinnamon Tree
see also Lyric sheets
Manuscript piano-vocal sketch, probably in the hand of William Daly; [3] p.
Note: No lyric, unfinished?
BOX-FOLDER 5/8 Under the Cinnamon Tree
Manuscript piano score; [3] p.
Note: Unidentified sketch on verso of p. [1]
BOX-FOLDER 5/9 We are Visitors Here [unfinished]
see also Lyric sheets and Meadow Serenade from Strike Up the Band
Photocopy of manuscript piano score in the hand of Kay Swift; 1 p.
Note: First 10 bars only
Yellow Blues
see Lyric sheets and Song file #42: Impromptu in Two Keys
BOX-FOLDER 5/10 Lyric sheets
IG holograph manuscript; [7] p.
Note: Typescript lyric sheet with notes found with p. [7]: Yellow Blues
Contents:
  • p. [1]: We are Visitors Here (continues on p. [4])
  • p. [2]: I Speak English Now (unfinished); East is West (sketch fragment)
  • p. [3]: Yellow Blues; Dragon Song (sketch fragment)
  • p. [4]: We are Visitors Here (continuation from p. [1])
  • p. [5]: Lady of the Moon; Sing-Song Girl (incomplete; refrain? only)
  • p. [6]: Under the Cinnamon Tree; Awake, Children, Awake (unfinished)
  • p. [7]: Yellow Blues
BOX 5 The Firebrand (1924)
BOX-FOLDER 5/11 The Voice of Love (Cellini's Love Song)
Robert Russell Bennett holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [4] p.
BOX 5 The Firebrand of Florence (1945)
BOX-FOLDER 5/12 Civic Song – Come to Florence
Typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 5/13 Civic Song – Come to Paris
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
Florence
see Civic Song - Come to Florence
Note: Alternate title
Florence (It.)
see Civic Song - Come to Florence
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 5/14 Madrigal – When the Duchess is Away
IG holograph lyric sketch; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 5/15 Ode - A Rhyme for Angela
Typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 5/15 Ode - A Rhyme for Angela
IG holograph lyric sketches; [10] p.
Paris (Fr.)
see Civic Song - Come to Paris
A Rhyme for Angela
see Ode - A Rhyme for Angela
BOX-FOLDER 5/16 Song of the Hangman
IG holograph lyric sketches; 1 p.
When the Duchess is Away
see Madrigal - When the Duchess is Away
BOX-FOLDER 5/17 Libretto
Mimeograph of typescript [no. 1]; 27 [i.e., 39] p.
On cover : With extra notes; in the hand of IG
Note: Includes extensive typescript and holograph additions and emendations by IG
BOX-FOLDER 5/18 Libretto
TMimeograph of typescript [no. 2]; 27 p.
On cover : The Firebrand of Florence ; in the hand of IG
Note: Contains minor notations not found in typescripts 1 or 3
BOX-FOLDER 5/18 Libretto
Mimeograph of typescript [no. 3]; 27 p.
On cover : The Firebrand of Florence ; in the hand of IG
Note: Contains minor notations not found in typescripts 1 or 2
BOX-FOLDER 5/19 Lists of musical numbers
Typescripts; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 5/20 Miscellaneous notes
IG holograph manuscript; [5] p.
BOX 5 Flying Island (unproduced, 1922)
Bill of Fare
see Musical Bill of Fare
BOX-FOLDER 5/21 Musical Bill of Fare
GG holograph manuscript sketch; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 5/22 Musical Bill of Fare
Photocopy of typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 5/23 Observation
Photocopy of typescript sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 5/24 Opening, Act I
GG holograph manuscript sketch; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 5/25 Sweethearts
Photocopy of typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 5/26 Why Can't I Agree?
Photocopy of typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 5/27 Wonderful You
Photocopy of typescript lyric sheet
BOX 5 For Goodness Sake (1922)
BOX-FOLDER 5/28 French Pastry Walk
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of William Daly; [2] p.
In caption: IG holograph lyric credit
BOX-FOLDER 5/28 French Pastry Walk
Manuscript piano-vocal score; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 5/28 French Pastry Walk
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 5/29 Someone
Manuscript piano-vocal score; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 5/30 Tra-La-La
Manuscript piano-vocal score; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 5/30 Tra-La-La
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 5/30 Tra-La-La
Typescript lyric sheet
Subtitle: This Time it’s Really Love
Note : Revised version for film An American in Paris
BOX-FOLDER 5/31 List of interpolations
IG holograph manuscript; [1] p.
Note: Unfinished, heading only
BOX 6-7, 132, 135 Funny Face (1927)
BOX-FOLDER 6/1 Acrobats
GG holograph manuscript piano score; [5] p.
BOX-FOLDER 6/2 Acrobats
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 6/3 Aviator
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Albert Sirmay; 16 p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 6/3 Aviator
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 15 p.
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