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Music, 1913-1954 (continued)
Music from Shows (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 13/27 This Is New
see also Wedding Dream
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 13/28 Tschaikowsky (And Other Russians)
see also Circus Dream
IG holograph/typescript scenario/lyric sheets; [4] p.
Laid in: IG typescript notes; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/29 Unforgettable
see also Wedding Dream
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [5] p.
Laid in: IG holograph/typescript notes; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/30 Wedding Dream
see also It's Never Too Late to Mendelssohn and This Is New and Unforgettable
IG holograph/typescript libretto/lyric sheets; [11] p.
In captions : Bolero
Laid in: IG holograph/typescript notes; [12] p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/31 Wedding Dream
see also It's Never Too Late to Mendelssohn and This Is New and Unforgettable
Typescript libretto/lyric sheets (4 versions); 34 p.
Contents:
  • v. A: final draft; 10 p.
  • v. B: earlier draft; 8 p.
  • v. C: carbon copy of v. B; 8 p.
  • v. D: carbon copy of v. B; 8 p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/31 Wedding Dream
see also It's Never Too Late to Mendelssohn and This Is New and Unforgettable
Incomplete earlier draft; [2] p.
Laid in: IG holograph/typescript notes; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/32 Dream Sequence scenarios
see also Circus Dream and Hollywood Daydream and Wedding Dream
Moss Hart typescript scenarios; [3] p.
Laid in: IG holograph/typescript notes; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 14/1 Lyric book
Typescript; [36] p.
Laid in: IG holograph/typescript notes; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 14/2 I Am Listening
Typescript script; [85] p.
BOX 14-15, 135 Let 'Em Eat Cake (1933)
BOX-FOLDER 14/3 All the Mothers of the Nation
GG holograph manuscript lead sheet sketch; [1] p.
Caption title: Air for Mary
BOX-FOLDER 14/4 Blue, Blue, Blue
GG holograph manuscript melody sketch; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 14/5 Climb Up the Social Ladder
GG holograph manuscript melody sketch; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 14/6 Climb Up the Social Ladder
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [7] p.
Note: Unidentified sketch material on p. [7]
Cloistered from the Noisy City
see The Union League
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 14/7 Comes the Revolution
Photocopy of manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Kay Swift; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 14/8 Finale, Act I
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; 29 p.
Note: Partial lyric
BOX-FOLDER 14/9 Finale, Act I
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal sketches; 13 [i.e., 10] p.
BOX-FOLDER 14/10 Finale, Act I
GG holograph manuscript outline of musical selections with drawings; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 14/11 Hanging Throttlebottom in the Morning
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [7] p.
Note: Ensemble section has no lyric
BOX-FOLDER 14/12 Hanging Throttlebottom in the Morning
GG holograph manuscript lead sheet; [1] p.
Note: Partial lyric
BOX-FOLDER 14/13 It Isn't What You Did
GG holograph manuscript lead sheet; [1] p.
Note: Lyric fragment
BOX-FOLDER 14/14 League of Nations Finale
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; 16 p.
BOX-FOLDER 14/15 League of Nations Finale
GG holograph manuscript lead sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 14/16 Let 'Em Eat Cake
GG holograph manuscript lead sheet; 1 p.
Note: Includes GG holograph drawings
BOX-FOLDER 14/17 Limerick
GG holograph manuscript lead sheet; [1] p.
Members of the Union League
see The Union League
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 14/18 Mine
Photocopy of GG manuscript piano-vocal score; [5] p.
Note: GG holograph emendations
BOX-FOLDER 14/19 Musical outline
Typescript (carbon); 1 p.
The New Blue D.A.R.
see Climb Up the Social Ladder
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 14/20 Opening, Act I
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; [24] p.
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
Note: Includes GG holograph transitional material on p. [23] and sketch of "League of Nations" in an unidentified hand on p. [24]
BOX-FOLDER 14/21 Opening, Act II
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; 11 p.
Note: Partial lyric in the hand of IG
BOX-FOLDER 14/22 Opening, Act II
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [3] p.
Note: Fragmentary lyric
BOX-FOLDER 14/23 Opening, Act II
GG holograph manuscript lead sheet; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 14/24 Overture
GG holograph manuscript short score; [17] p.
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
Note: Unidentified sketch material on p. [15-17]
BOX-FOLDER 14/25 Overture
GG holograph manuscript short score sketch; [5] p.
Note: IG holograph emendations
BOX-FOLDER 14/26 Oyez, Oyez, Oyez
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; 6 p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 14/27 Oyez, Oyez, Oyez
GG holograph manuscript lead sheet; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 14/28 Pep Talk
GG holograph manuscript lead sheet; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 14/29 Store scene
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; 15 p.
Note: Partial lyric
Note: Includes "Shirts by Millions" (Alternate title: Orders, Orders!), "Comes the Revolution," and "Mine"
BOX-FOLDER 135/13 Store scene
IG holograph manuscript lyric sheets; [2] p.
Laid in: Lawrence Stewart typescript note; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 14/30 Team, Team, Team
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal sketch; 9 p.
Note: Partial lyric
BOX-FOLDER 14/31 Team, Team, Team
GG holograph manuscript lead sheet; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 14/32 Till Then
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; 4 p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 14/33 Till Then
Two piano-vocal score proof copies; 5 [i.e., 4] p. each
BOX-FOLDER 14/34 The Trial of Throttlebottom
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal sketch; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 14/35 The Trial of Throttlebottom
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [11] p.
BOX-FOLDER 14/36 The Trial of Throttlebottom. The score was 8 to 8
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal sketch; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 15/1 The Trial of Wintergreen
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