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Music, 1913-1954 (continued)
Music from Shows (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 12/4 Fascinating Rhythm
GG holograph manuscript piano score; [1, 1] p.
Note: Verse only
BOX-FOLDER 12/5 Fascinating Rhythm
GG holograph manuscript piano score; [2] p.
Caption title: Syncopated City
Note: Refrain only
BOX-FOLDER 12/6 Fascinating Rhythm
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Albert Sirmay; 7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 12/6 Fascinating Rhythm
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 4 p.
Note: No lyric
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 12/6 Fascinating Rhythm
Photocopy of sheet music (French)
BOX-FOLDER 12/6 Fascinating Rhythm
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 12/7 Fascinating Rhythm - Interlude
GG holograph manuscript piano score; [1] p.
Note: Adjoined with “Finale,” piano-vocal score, no lyric; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 12/8 Fascinating Rhythm [revised version, circa 1940s]
Typescript lyric sheet
Note: Refrain only
Finale
see Fascinating Rhythm - Interlude
BOX-FOLDER 12/9 Finale, Act I
Max Steiner holograph manuscript full score; 18 p.
Note: Incomplete
BOX-FOLDER 12/10 Finale, Act I
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 12/11 Finale, Act II
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 12/12 The Half of It Dearie, Blues
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; [3] p.
Note: Emendations in the hand of Albert Sirmay
Note: Unidentified sketch material on verso of p. [3]
BOX-FOLDER 12/12 The Half of It Dearie, Blues
Typescript lyric sheets; [9] p.
BOX-FOLDER 12/13 The Half of It Dearie, Blues. Patter
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 12/14 Hang On to Me
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; [4] p.
Note: Emendations in the hands of IG and Albert Sirmay
BOX-FOLDER 12/14 Hang On to Me
Typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
Note: One sheet with corrections
BOX-FOLDER 12/15 I'd Rather Charleston
Typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
Note: One sheet with emendations
BOX-FOLDER 12/16 Juanita
Typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 12/17 Leave It to Love
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [3] p.
Note: No lyric
Note: Unidentified sketch material on p. [4]
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Linger in the Lobby
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal sketch; [8] p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 12/19 Linger in the Lobby
Robert Russell Bennett holograph manuscript full score; 29 p.
Note: Incomplete score, p. 1 absent
BOX-FOLDER 12/19 Linger in the Lobby
Typescript lyric sheets with corrections; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 12/21 Little Jazz Bird
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [4] p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 12/22 Little Jazz Bird
Albert Sirmay holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; 7 p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 12/22 Little Jazz Bird
Typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 12/23 Little Theatre
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 12/24 The Man I Love
see also The Man I Love from Strike Up the Band
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [2] p.
Note: Verse only, no lyric
BOX-FOLDER 12/25 The Man I Love
see also The Man I Love from Strike Up the Band
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 8 p.
Note: GG holograph emendations
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 12/26 The Man I Love
see also The Man I Love from Strike Up the Band
Albert Sirmay holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; 7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 12/26 The Man I Love
see also The Man I Love from Strike Up the Band
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 12/27 Oh, Lady Be Good!
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [4] p.
Note: Verse has no lyric, refrain has partial lyric
BOX-FOLDER 12/28 Oh, Lady Be Good!
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 12/28 Oh, Lady Be Good!
Photocopy of sheet music (German)
BOX-FOLDER 12/29 Oh, Lady Be Good!
Photocopy of sheet music [fake] with IG note
Note: Sheet music claims authorship to Eddie Crane and Dixie Donegan
BOX-FOLDER 12/29 Oh, Lady Be Good!
Typescript lyric sheets; [6] p.
Oh, What a Lovely Party
see A Wonderful Party
Note: British title
BOX-FOLDER 12/30 Opening, Act I
William Daly holograph manuscript full score; 31 p.
Note: Incomplete, p. 12 absent
Opening, Act I, scene III
see Evening Star
Opening, Act II
see Linger in the Lobby and Weatherman and Rainy-Afternoon Girls
BOX-FOLDER 12/31 Overture
Manuscript full score; 15 p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/2 Seeing Dickie Home
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 13/3 Selection
Robert Russell Bennett holograph manuscript (with printed portions) piano score; 19 p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/4 Singin' Pete
Manuscript piano sketch; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/4 Singin' Pete
Typescript lyric sheet
Six Little Rainy-Afternoon Girls
see Weatherman and Rainy-Afternoon Girls
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 13/5 So Am I
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [4] p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 13/6 So Am I
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Albert Sirmay; 7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/6 So Am I
Typescript/photocopy of lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/7 Swiss Miss
Typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
Syncopated City
see Fascinating Rhythm
Note: Alternate title
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