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Music, 1913-1954 (continued)
Music from Shows (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 47/17 Five A.M.
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 47/18 The Gazooka
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 47/19 He Hasn't a Thing Except Me
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [5] p.
BOX-FOLDER 47/20 Hot number
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 47/21 I Can't Get Started
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [32] p.
Laid in: Letter from Sammy Cahn to IG, 1958 August 5
Laid in: Letter from Edward A. Wolpin to IG, 1943 March 12
Laid in: Letter from IG to Carmen McRae, 1966 June 21
BOX-FOLDER 141/46 I Can't Get Started
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [16] p.
Note: Revisions for the Walden recording
Laid in: Lawrence Stewart manuscript note; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 141/46 I Can't Get Started
Sheet music with IG holograph emendations
BOX-FOLDER 47/22 I'm Sharing My Wealth
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 47/23 Island in the West Indies
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
Isle in the West Indies
see Island in the West Indies
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 47/24 It's a Different World
GG holograph manuscript leadsheet; [1] p.
Note: Lyric on p. [2] of leadsheet
BOX-FOLDER 47/25 It's a Different World
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [4] p.
The Kazooka
see The Gazooka
Note: Early title
BOX-FOLDER 47/26 The Knife Thrower's Wife
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 47/27 The Last of the Cabbies
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [7] p.
BOX-FOLDER 47/28 Maharanee
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 47/29 Modernistic Moe
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 47/30 My Red-Letter Day
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 47/31 Oh, Bring Back the Ballet Again
Typescript lyric sheet
Please Send My Daddy Back Home
see Please Send My Daddy Back to Mother
Note: Early title
BOX-FOLDER 47/32 Please Send My Daddy Back to Mother
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [7] p.
BOX-FOLDER 141/47 Political Ballet
IG holograph outline; [2] p.
Laid in: Photocopy of Lawrence Stewart typescript note; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 47/33 Save Your Yesses
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheet; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 47/34 Sentimental Weather
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
The Shadows
see Five A.M.
Note: Early title
BOX-FOLDER 47/35 Sunday Tan
Typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 47/36 That Moment of Moments
Typescript lyric sheet
There's an Island in the West Indies
see Island in the West Indies
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 47/37 Time Marches On!
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [5] p.
BOX-FOLDER 47/38 Trailer for "The 1936 Broadway Gold Melody Diggers"
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [27] p.
We Hope You'll Soon Be Dancing to the Score
see Dancing to the Score
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 47/39 Why Save for That Rainy Day?
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 47/40 Wishing Tree of Harlem
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 47/41 Words without Music
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 47/42 List of songs
Two IG holograph/typescript manuscripts; [1] p. each
BOX 48-52, 132, 135 Concert Music
The concert music is organized alphabetically by title and then by type.
BOX-FOLDER 48/1 An American in Paris
GG holograph manuscript sketches; [22] p.
Bound An American in Paris, 1928 January-August 1
GG holograph original sketch manuscript; [69] p.
Bound An American in Paris, 1928 November 18
GG holograph original orchestration manuscript; 104 p.
Note: Microfilm #1338
BOX-FOLDER 48/2 An American in Paris, 1928 January
GG holograph manuscript arrangement for two pianos; 70 p.
BOX-FOLDER 48/3 An American in Paris, 1928
Printed arrangement for two pianos; 35 p.
New York: New World Music, c1928
BOX-FOLDER 135/9 An American in Paris
GG holograph manuscript of three principal themes; 1 p.
Note: Used in an article for Musical America and inscribed to Hyman Sandow, 1928 August 17
BOX-FOLDER 48/4 Catfish Row
GG holograph manuscript list of corrections to Porgy and Bess parts needed for the suite; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 48/5 Suite from Porgy and Bess
Ozalid GG holograph manuscript full score; 100 p.
Note: Emendations in unidentified hands
Bound Concerto in F, 1925
GG holograph sketch-score manuscript; [181] p.
Movement I: 1925 July
Movement II: 1925 August-September
Movement III: 1925 September
Bound Concerto in F, 1925 October-November
GG holograph original orchestration manuscript; [181] p.
BOX-FOLDER 48/6 Concerto in F
GG holograph manuscript sketches; [15] p.
Laid in: IG holograph notes, 1961 April 26
BOX-FOLDER 132/10 Concerto in F
GG holograph manuscript early orchestration; 8 p.
Note: Incomplete
Laid in: IG typescript note [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 48/7 Concerto in F
Manuscript short score, Movement I; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 48/7 Concerto in F
Manuscript short score, Movement I; 1 p.
Note: Final 88 bars only
BOX-FOLDER 48/7 Concerto in F
Manuscript short score, Movement II; 4 p.
Note: Includes opening 24 bars of Movement III
BOX-FOLDER 48/7 Concerto in F
Unidentified piano sketches; 3 p.
Note: Laid in with Concerto in F
Note: Black, blue and turquoise ink
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