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Music, 1913-1954 (continued)
Music from Shows (continued)
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.
BOX-FOLDER 13/24 One Life to Live
see also Glamour Dream
IG holograph/typescript/photocopy of lyric sheets; [9] p.
BOX-FOLDER 13/25 Party Parlando
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
Note: Part of the "Hollywood Daydream"
BOX-FOLDER 13/26 The Saga of Jenny
see also Circus Dream
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [16] p.
Laid in: IG holograph/typescript notes; [1] p.
Second Dream Sequence
see Wedding Dream
Note: Alternate title
Third Dream Sequence
see Circus Dream
Note: Alternate title
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.
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