George and Ira Gershwin collection, 1895-2008 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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	Music, 1913-1954 (continued)
		Music from Shows (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 28/31				Something Peculiar
					Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 4 p.
					Caption title: Spanish number
BOX-FOLDER 28/31				Something Peculiar
					Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 6 p.
					Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 28/31				Something Peculiar
					Typescript lyric sheets; [4] p.
				Who's Who with You? see Who's Who with You? from Two Little Girls in Blue
BOX 28			Pins and Needles (1922)
BOX-FOLDER 28/32				The Piccadilly Walk
					Typescript lyric sheet
BOX 29-30, 132, 135, 137			Porgy and Bess (1935)
BOX-FOLDER 29/1				Act I, scene 1 [Opening]
					Piano-vocal score proof copy; 1 p.
BOX-FOLDER 29/2				Bess, You is My Woman Now
					Photocopy of sheet music (Spanish version)
BOX-FOLDER 29/2				Bess, You is My Woman Now
					Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 29/3				I Got Plenty o' Nuthin'
					Photocopy of sheet music (Spanish version)
BOX-FOLDER 29/3				I Got Plenty o' Nuthin'
					DuBose Heyward original typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
					Note: GG holograph p. [1]; IG holograph p. [2]
BOX-FOLDER 29/4				I Hates Yo' Struttin' Style
					GG holograph manuscript sketch; [2] p.
					In caption: Maria
BOX-FOLDER 135/14				It Ain't Necessarily So
					GG holograph manuscript sketch; [1] p.
					Note: GG holograph manuscript sketch for "Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way" on verso
					Note: GG holograph manuscript list of 11 Rodgers and Hart songs for GG's radio program on verso
					Note: GG holograph drawings on verso
					Laid in: IG holograph note, 1959 December
BOX-FOLDER 29/5				It Ain't Necessarily So
					Photocopy of sheet music (Spanish version)
BOX-FOLDER 29/5				It Ain't Necessarily So
					IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [15] p.
					Laid in: Typescript letter from IG to Alexander Smallens, 1941 December 15
					Laid in: Typescript letter from Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. to Larry Spier, 1949 March 28
BOX-FOLDER 29/5				It Ain't Necessarily So
					IG typescript lyric sheet; [1] p.
					Note: 1952 revision for Adlai Stevenson
BOX-FOLDER 29/6				Lonely Boy
					GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [1] p.
					Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 29/7				Lonely Boy
					Manuscript piano score in the hand of Kay Swift; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 29/7				Lonely Boy
					DuBose Heyward original typescript lyric sheet; [1] p.
					Note: GG holograph addition
BOX-FOLDER 29/7				Lonely Boy
					IG holograph lyric sheets; [2] p.
					Note: GG holograph names
BOX-FOLDER 29/8				My Man's Gone Now
					GG holograph manuscript sketch; [1] p.
					In caption: Serena song
BOX-FOLDER 29/9				Oh, Heav'nly Father
					Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 29/10				Oh, I Can't Sit Down!
					GG holograph manuscript sketch; [1] p.
					In caption: Picnic band
BOX-FOLDER 29/11				Oh, I Can't Sit Down!
					IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 29/12				Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way see also It Ain't Necessarily So
					GG holograph manuscript sketch with drawings; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 132/5				Oh, the Train is at the Station/Leaving for the Promis' Lan'
					GG holograph manuscript sketch; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 135/15				Oh, the Train is at the Station/Leaving for the Promis' Lan'
					GG holograph manuscript draft; [4] p.
					Note: Canceled check pasted on with GG signature
					Laid in: Folder with IG inscription to Salka Viertel
BOX-FOLDER 132/6				Prelude
					GG holograph short score sketch; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 29/13				A Red-Headed Woman
					GG holograph manuscript sketch; [2] p.
					Caption title: Crown Blues
BOX-FOLDER 29/14				Roll Dem Bones
					GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal sketch; 2 p.
					Note: Gift of IG, 1939 May 24
					Laid in: GG signature
				Six prayers see Oh, Heav'nly Father
					Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 29/15				Summertime
					Photocopy of sheet music (French version)
BOX-FOLDER 29/15				Summertime
					Photocopy of sheet music (Spanish version)
BOX-FOLDER 29/16				Sure to Go to Heaven
					GG holograph manuscript sketch; [1] p.
					In caption : First sketch; in the hand of IG
BOX-FOLDER 29/17				Sure to Go to Heaven
					GG holograph manuscript sketch; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 29/18				There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York
					GG holograph manuscript leadsheet; [1] p.
					Caption title: Boat for New York
BOX-FOLDER 135/16				There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York
					GG holograph manuscript sketch; [2] p.
					In caption: Other setting
BOX-FOLDER 29/19				They Pass by Singin'
					GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal sketch; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 29/20				What You Want wid Bess?
					GG holograph manuscript sketches; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 135/11				A Woman is a Sometime Thing
					GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal sketch; [3] p.
					Laid in: GG signature
BOX-FOLDER 29/21				Sketches : Act I, scene 1, rehearsal no. 22-23
					GG holograph manuscript sketch; [1] p.
					In caption: Part of crap game music
BOX-FOLDER 29/22				Sketches : Act I, scene 1, rehearsal no. 34-35
					GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal sketch; [2] p.
					In caption: Jake
BOX-FOLDER 29/23				Sketches : Act I, scene 1, rehearsal no. 70-72
					GG holograph manuscript short scores (A, B, C, D); 4 leaves
					In caption : Porgy’s theme; in the hand of IG
					Note: Gift of Ira Gershwin, 1969
BOX-FOLDER 135/5				Sketches : Act I, scene 1, rehearsal no. 91-98
					GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [1], 5 p.
					In caption: Crap game
					Note: Inscribed to Isaac Goldberg
BOX-FOLDER 29/24				Sketches : Act I, scene 1, rehearsal no. 93-94
					GG holograph manuscript short score (A); [1] p.
					In caption: Fugatta
					Note: From the estate of Kay Swift
BOX-FOLDER 29/25				Sketches : Act I, scene 1, rehearsal no. 99-100
					GG holograph manuscript short scores (A, B, C, D); 4 leaves
					Note: From the estate of Kay Swift
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