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Music, 1913-1954 (continued)
Music from Shows (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 41/34 Looking for a Boy
GG holograph manuscript piano sketch; [1] p.
Note: Sketch of Vodka on p. [2]
BOX-FOLDER 41/35 Looking for a Boy
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; [4] p.
Note: Lyric and emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 41/35 Looking for a Boy
Photocopy of sheet music (French version)
BOX-FOLDER 41/35 Looking for a Boy
Typescript lyric sheets; [5] p.
BOX-FOLDER 43/1 Looking for a Boy
17 orchestral parts (incomplete set)
BOX-FOLDER 43/2 Looking for a Boy
27 printed orchestral parts (incomplete set)
BOX-FOLDER 43/3 Looking for a Boy. Reprise 11A/12
14 orchestral parts (incomplete set)
BOX-FOLDER 43/4 Looking for a Boy. Reprise 13A-B-C
15 orchestral parts (incomplete set)
BOX-FOLDER 43/5 Looking for a Boy. Reprise 14
Eight orchestral parts (trumpet and strings only)
BOX-FOLDER 43/6 Lucky Day
10 printed orchestral parts with emendations
Note: Published as part of George White's Scandals of 1926 , perhaps interpolated in Tip Toes
BOX-FOLDER 41/36 Nice baby!
see also Delishious [arranged for piano solo]
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; [4] p.
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
Laid in: Photocopy of fragment from the verso of “Delishious”; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 41/36 Nice Baby!
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 43/7 Nice Baby!
16 orchestral parts (incomplete set)
Nice Baby! Come to Papa!
see Waiting for the Train
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 43/8 Nice Baby! Reprise
14 orchestral parts (incomplete set)
BOX-FOLDER 41/37 Nightie Night
Two copyist manuscript piano-vocal scores; [4] p. each
Note: Emendations of score in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 41/37 Nightie Night
Typescript lyric sheets; [6] p.
BOX-FOLDER 43/9 Nightie Night
11 orchestral parts (incomplete set A)
BOX-FOLDER 43/10 Nightie Night
14 orchestral parts (incomplete set B)
Opening, Act I
see Waiting for the Train
Note: Alternate title
Opening, Act I, scene 2
see Lady Luck
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 43/11 Opening, Act II
13 orchestral parts (incomplete set)
BOX-FOLDER 41/38 Our Little Captain
Typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 43/12 Our Little Captain
17 orchestral parts (incomplete set)
BOX-FOLDER 43/13 Overture
18 orchestral parts (incomplete set)
BOX-FOLDER 44/1 Overture
12 band parts (incomplete set)
Note: Some parts have GG holograph emendations
BOX-FOLDER 44/2 Play Out
12 orchestral parts (incomplete set)
BOX-FOLDER 42/1 Selection
Copyist manuscript (with printed portions) piano score; 23 p.
Note: Arranged by Robert Russell Bennett
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 42/1 Selection
Sheet music (incomplete); [2] p.
Note: Arranged by Robert Russell Bennett
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 42/2 Sweet and Low-Down
Two copyist manuscript piano-vocal scores; [4] p. each
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 42/2 Sweet and Low-Down
Photocopy of sheet music (French)
BOX-FOLDER 42/2 Sweet and Low-Down
Typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 44/3 Sweet and Low-Down
14 orchestral parts (incomplete set)
BOX-FOLDER 44/4 Sweet and Low-Down
20 printed orchestral parts (incomplete set)
BOX-FOLDER 44/5 Sweet and Low-Down. Insert
10 orchestral parts (incomplete set)
BOX-FOLDER 42/3 That Certain Feeling
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; [3] p.
Note: Partial lyric and emendations in an unidentified hand
Note: Credit in the hand of IG
BOX-FOLDER 42/3 That Certain Feeling
Sheet music with corrections
Note: Corrections in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 42/3 That Certain Feeling
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 44/6 That Certain Feeling
17 orchestral parts (incomplete set)
BOX-FOLDER 44/7 That Certain Feeling
16 printed orchestral parts (incomplete set)
BOX-FOLDER 42/4 These Charming People
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 4 p.
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
Note: Credit in the hand of IG
BOX-FOLDER 42/4 These Charming People
Typescript lyric sheets; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 44/8 These Charming People
17 orchestral parts
BOX-FOLDER 42/5 Tip Toes
Photocopy of piano-vocal score; [3] p.
Note: French and English lyrics
Laid in: Typescript letter from Louis Aborn to IG, 1976 July 27
BOX-FOLDER 42/5 Tip Toes
Photocopy of vocal part and lyric sheet; [1] p. each
Laid in: Typescript letter from Louis Aborn to IG, 1976 June 2
Laid in: Typescript letter from Edgar Carter to Louis Aborn, 1976 June 11
BOX-FOLDER 42/5 Tip Toes
Typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 44/9 Tip Toes
13 orchestral parts (incomplete set A)
BOX-FOLDER 44/10 Tip Toes
Nine orchestral parts (incomplete set B)
BOX-FOLDER 44/11 Tip Toes [variant]
Violin part only
BOX-FOLDER 42/6 Trombone specialty
GG holograph manuscript piano sketch; [1] p.
Note: Includes eight-bar exit
Note: Drums part for "Tip Toes" on p. [2]
BOX-FOLDER 42/7 Waiting for the Train
Photocopy of copyist manuscript piano score; 4 p.
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