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Music, 1913-1954 (continued)
Music from Shows (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 22/24 What Sort of Wedding is This?
William Daly manuscript full score; [49] p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/1 What Sort of Wedding is This?
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 8 p.
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 23/1 What Sort of Wedding is This?
Typescript lyric sheets; [6] p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/2 Where You Go, I Go
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [4] p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 23/3 Where You Go, I Go
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Albert Sirmay; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/3 Where You Go, I Go
Manuscript sketch; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/3 Where You Go, I Go
Manuscript sketch; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/3 Where You Go, I Go
Typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/4-7 Orchestral parts : 1 of 5
Copyist manuscripts
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
Laid in: Typescript notes
Includes:
  • Oboe / English horn
  • Alto saxophone I / clarinet I / baritone saxophone
  • Alto saxophone II / flute / piccolo / clarinet II / alto saxophone III / clarinet III
  • Tenor saxophone / clarinet II
BOX-FOLDER 24/1-4 Orchestral parts : 2 of 5
Copyist manuscripts
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
Laid in: Typescript notes
Includes:
  • Horn I and II
  • Trumpet I and II
  • Trombone
  • Drums
BOX-FOLDER 25/1-3 Orchestral parts : 3 of 5
Copyist manuscripts
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
Laid in: Typescript notes
Includes:
  • Piano
  • 1st violin I
  • 1st violin II
BOX-FOLDER 26/1-4 Orchestral parts : 4 of 5
Copyist manuscripts
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
Laid in: Typescript notes
Includes:
  • 1st violin III
  • 1st violin IV
  • 2nd violin
  • Viola
BOX-FOLDER 27/1-3 Orchestral parts : 5 of 5
Copyist manuscripts
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
Laid in: Typescript notes
Includes:
  • Violincello
  • Double bass
  • Viola II (cut from show)
BOX-FOLDER 27/4 List of musical numbers
Manuscript; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 27/5 Miscellaneous materials found with piano-vocal scores
Three folders with manuscript notations and list of printed piano parts
BOX-FOLDER 27/6 Scriptbook
Photocopy of typescript manuscript; [73] p.
BOX-FOLDER 27/7 Scriptbook
Photocopy of typescript manuscript; [67] p.
BOX 28 Park Avenue (1946)
BOX-FOLDER 28/1 The Dew Was on the Rose
Ozalid copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/1 The Dew Was on the Rose
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [14] p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/2 The Dew Was on the Rose. Interlude
Ozalid copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/2 The Dew Was on the Rose. Interlude
Typescript lyric sheets; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/3 The Dew Was on the Rose. Reprise
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [9] p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/4 Dinner Song
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [5] p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/5 Don't Be a Woman if You Can
Ozalid copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 15 p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/5 Don't Be a Woman if You Can
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [20] p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/6 For the Life of Me
IG holograph/typescript/photocopy of lyric sheets; [16] p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/7 The Future Mrs. Coleman
see also Stay as We Are
GG holograph manuscript piano sketch; [1] p.
In caption: Thanks, Kay
BOX-FOLDER 28/8 The Future Mrs. Coleman
see also Stay as We Are
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [5] p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/9 Good-Bye to All That
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [7] p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/10 Heavenly Day
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [5] p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/11 Hope for the Best
Typescript lyric sheets; [13] p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/12 Land of Opportunitee [sic]
Ozalid copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 10 p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/12 Land of Opportunitee [sic]
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [31] p.
Laid in: Lawrence Stewart typescript note
BOX-FOLDER 28/13 My Son-in-Law
Ozalid copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/13 My Son-in-Law
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [20] p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/14 Remind Me Not to Leave Town
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [12] p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/15 Stay as We Are
Ozalid copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 7 p.
In caption: New verse
BOX-FOLDER 28/15 Stay as We Are
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [8] p.
Note: The Future Mrs. Coleman (unfinished) on p. [2]
BOX-FOLDER 28/16 Sweet Nevada [waltz version]
Ozalid copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 8 p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/16 Sweet Nevada [waltz version]
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [14] p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/17 Sweet Nevada [western version]
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [9] p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/18 There's No Holding Me
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [16] p.
There's No Holding Me (If I Can Keep on Holding You)
see Dance Alone With You
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 28/19 There's Nothing Like Marriage for People
Ozalid copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 12 p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/19 There's Nothing Like Marriage for People
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [9] p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/20 Tomorrow is the Time
Ozalid copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 8 p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/20 Tomorrow is the Time
Typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/21 We're Better Off the Way We Are
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [8] p.
BOX-FOLDER 28/22 Outline
Typescript with IG holograph emendations; [9] p.
Laid in: George Kaufman typescript letter to IG, 1946 January (incomplete)
Laid in: IG typescript notes
BOX-FOLDER 28/23 Unidentified lyrics
IG holograph lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX 28 Piccadilly to Broadway (1920)
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