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Music, 1913-1954 (continued)
Music from Shows (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 37/13 A Man of High Degree and The Unofficial Spokesman [1930]
see also The Unofficial Spokesman [1927]
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 11 p.
Note: Emendations and lyric in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 37/13 A Man of High Degree and The Unofficial Spokesman [1930]
see also The Unofficial Spokesman [1927]
Manuscript piano score in the hand of William Daly; [2] p.
Note: Refrain only
BOX-FOLDER 37/14 Meadow Serenade [1927]
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Kay Swift; [3] p.
Note: No lyric
Note: Piano score for "We are Visitors Here" on p. [4]
BOX-FOLDER 37/14 Meadow Serenade [1927]
Photocopy of manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Kay Swift; [3] p.
Note: Lyric in ink
BOX-FOLDER 37/14 Meadow Serenade [1927]
IG holograph/typescript/photocopy of lyric sheets; [5] p.
BOX-FOLDER 37/15 Military Dancing Drill [1927]
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Albert Sirmay; 7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 37/15 Military Dancing Drill [1927]
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 37/16 Military Dancing Drill [1930]
16 copyist manuscript orchestral parts
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 37/17 Military Dancing Drill. Encore [1930]
17 copyist manuscript orchestral parts
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
Nursie, Nursie
see Oh, This Is Such a Lovely War
Note: Included in an early version of "Oh, This Is Such a Lovely War"
BOX-FOLDER 37/18 Official Resume [1930]
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 11 p.
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
Caption title: Finaletto, Act II, scene 2
BOX-FOLDER 37/19 Official Resume [1930]
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 37/20 Oh, This is Such a Lovely War [1927]
see also In the Rattle of the Battle and Military Dancing Drill
Copyist manuscript score; [9] p.
Note: Portions written as a short score, leadsheet, piano-vocal score, or piano score
BOX-FOLDER 37/20 Oh, This Is Such a Lovely War [1927]
see also In the Rattle of the Battle and Military Dancing Drill
Typescript lyric sheets; 3 p.
Note: Includes lyrics for "Nursie, Nursie"
BOX-FOLDER 37/21 Oh, This Is Such a Lovely War [1927]
16 copyist manuscript orchestral parts
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
Opening, Act I, scene 3
see Patriotic Rally
Note: Alternate title
Opening, Act II [1927]
see Oh, This Is Such a Lovely War
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 38/1 Opening, Act II [1930]
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [8] p.
Note: No lyric
Note: "Insert" in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 38/2 Opening, Act II [1930]
Copyist manuscript (with printed portions) piano-vocal score; 1, 13 p.
BOX-FOLDER 38/3 Overture
Copyist manuscript piano score; 1, 13 p.
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 38/4 Patriotic Rally [1930]
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 9 p.
BOX-FOLDER 38/4 Patriotic Rally [1930]
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 38/5 Patriotic Rally [1930]
16 copyist manuscript orchestral parts
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 38/6 Ring-a-Ding-a-Ding-Dong Dell [1930]
GG holograph manuscript piano score; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 38/7 Selection
Hans Spialek (arranger) holograph manuscript (with printed portions) piano score; 18 p.
Seventeen and Twenty-One
see 17 and 21
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 38/8 Sing "Carry On!"
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [4] p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 38/9 Sing "Carry On!"
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [3] p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 38/10 Sing "Carry On!"
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 4 p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 38/11 Soldiers' March
GG holograph manuscript piano sketch; [2] p.
Laid in: IG holograph notes
BOX-FOLDER 38/12 Soldiers' March
Copyist manuscript piano score; [2] p.
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 38/13 Soon [1930]
see also Incidental music and Hoping That Someday You'd Care
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 5 p.
Note: Emendations in the hand of Albert Sirmay
BOX-FOLDER 38/13 Soon [1930]
see also Incidental music and Hoping That Someday You'd Care
Sheet music with emendations
BOX-FOLDER 38/14 Soon. Reprise [1930]
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 38/14 Soon. Reprise [1930]
Sheet music for "Soon" with emendations
BOX-FOLDER 38/15 Strike Up the Band [1927]
H.A. Rubinstein holograph manuscript full score; [1, 30] p.
BOX-FOLDER 38/16 Strike Up the Band [1927]
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 6 p.
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 38/16 Strike Up the Band [1927]
Two copies of sheet music
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 38/16 Strike Up the Band [1927]
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [8] p.
Note: Includes refrains for "I Want to Be a War Bride" and "Thanks to You" on p. [3]
BOX-FOLDER 38/17 Strike Up the Band [Concert orchestration]
28 copyist manuscript orchestral parts
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 38/18 Strike Up the Band. Reprise [1927]
13 copyist manuscript orchestral parts (flute part absent)
BOX-FOLDER 38/19 Strike Up the Band for UCLA
Typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 39/1 Thanks to You [1930]
see also Strike Up the Band
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Kay Swift; [1, 3] p.
Note: Lyric fragment
BOX-FOLDER 39/1 Thanks to You [1930]
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; [3] p.
Note: Lyric fragment
BOX-FOLDER 39/1 Thanks to You [1930]
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 39/1 Thanks to You [1930]
Two photocopies of copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; [3] p. each
BOX-FOLDER 39/1 Thanks to You [1930]
Typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
Note: IG holograph drawings on p. [3]
BOX-FOLDER 39/2 There Was Never Such a Charming War [1930]
Typescript lyric sheet
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