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Music, 1913-1954 (continued)
Music from Shows (continued)
Little Jazz Bird (continued)
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
BOX-FOLDER 13/8 Weatherman and Rainy-Afternoon Girls
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal sketch; 10 [i.e., 9] p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 13/9 Weatherman and Rainy-Afternoon Girls
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; 11 p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 13/9 Weatherman and Rainy-Afternoon Girls
Typescript lyric sheets; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/11 We're Here Because
Paul Lannin holograph manuscript full score; 20 p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/11 We're Here Because
Paul Lannin holograph manuscript short score; [1, 2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/12 We're Here Because
Typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/13 Will You Remember Me
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; [4] p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 13/13 Will You Remember Me
Typescript/photocopy of lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/14 A Wonderful Party
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 13/15 Unidentified waltz
Manuscript piano sketch; [1] p.
BOX 135 Lady, Be Good! (film, 1928)
BOX-FOLDER 135/28 Thematic cue sheet
BOX 139 The Lady in Red (1919)
BOX-FOLDER 139/1 Something about Love
Typescript lyric sheet; [1] p.
BOX 13-14 Lady in the Dark (1941)
BOX-FOLDER 13/16 Bats about You
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheet
Laid in: IG typescript notes; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/17 The Boss Is Bringing Home a Bride
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
Note: Part of "Hollywood Daydream"
BOX-FOLDER 13/18 Circus Dream
see also The Saga of Jenny and Tschaikowsky (And Other Russians)
IG holograph/typescript libretto/lyric sheets (5 versions)
Contents:
  • v. A: early draft; 9 [i.e., 15] p.; includes revision of p. [1]
  • v. B: 11 p.; Laid in: IG holograph notes; [1] p.; IG refers to this as the 3rd draft; 1st draft was apparently "Minstrel Dream"
  • v. C: carbon copy of v. B with holograph emendations; 11 p.
  • v. D: 14 p.
  • v. E: copy of v. D with IG holograph note; 14 p.
  • v. F: 13 p.; Laid in: IG typescript notes; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/18 Circus Dream
see also The Saga of Jenny and Tschaikowsky (And Other Russians)
Incomplete late draft; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/18 Circus Dream
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets with Lawrence Stewart manuscript note; [5] p.
Note: Revision for 1954 TV production
First Dream Sequence
see Glamour Dream
Note: Alternate title
Fourth Dream Sequence
see Hollywood Daydream
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 13/19 Glamour Dream
see also One Life to Live
IG holograph/typescript libretto/lyric sheets; 8 [i.e., 9] p.
Note: Incomplete, p. 5 is absent
Hollywood Daydream [unfinished]
see The Boss is Bringing Home a Bride and Home in San Fernando Valley
Note: Sequence dropped from the production
Hollywood Party
see Party Parlando
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 13/20 Home in San Fernando Valley
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
Note: Part of the "Hollywood Daydream"
BOX-FOLDER 13/21 It's Never Too Late to Mendelssohn
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
Note: Originally part of the "Wedding Dream"
Laid in: IG holograph/typescript notes; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/22 Minstrel Dream
IG holograph/typescript libretto/lyric sheets; [6] p.
Note: Incomplete
Laid in: IG holograph/typescript notes; [2] p.
The Minstrel Show
see Minstrel Dream
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 13/23 My Ship
IG holograph lyric sheet; [2] p.
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