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Music, 1913-1954 (continued)
Music from Shows (continued)
Let 'Em Eat Cake (continued)
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
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [17] p.
BOX-FOLDER 15/2 The Union League
GG holograph manuscript lead sheet; [1] p.
Note: GG drawings on verso
BOX-FOLDER 15/3 Union Square
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal sketch; [13] p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 15/4 Union Square
GG holograph manuscript sketches; [6] p.
Contents:
  • p. [1]: Agitator’s entrance
  • p. [3]: List of songs in running order
  • p. [5-6]:Conditions as They Are
BOX-FOLDER 15/5 Libretto (1st of 4 versions)
Typescript; 27 [i.e., 26] p.
Note: Page 8 is absent
BOX-FOLDER 15/6 Libretto (2nd of 4 versions)
Typescript; 27 [i.e., 26] p.
Note: Page 8 is absent
BOX-FOLDER 15/7 Libretto (3rd of 4 versions)
Typescript; 27 [i.e., 25] p.
Note: Cover, pages 8 and 21 are absent
BOX-FOLDER 15/8 Libretto (4th of 4 versions)
Typescript; 27 [i.e., 24] p.
Note: Pages 2, 3, 8 are absent
BOX-FOLDER 15/9 List of chorus forces and supernumeraries by scene
Typescript; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 15/10 Lyric sheets, drawings, and scripts
IG holograph/typescript; [54] p.
BOX-FOLDER 15/11 Lyrics notebook
IG holograph lyrics and sketches; [iv, 129] leaves (some blank)
BOX-FOLDER 15/12 Outline, Acts I and II
George S. Kaufman typescript; 4 p.
Laid in: IG holograph descriptions [2 p.]
BOX-FOLDER 15/13 Revised outline, Act I
George S. Kaufman typescript; 3 p.
BOX 15-16 Life Begins at 8:40 (1934)
BOX-FOLDER 15/14 All the Elks and Masons
Typescript lyric sheets; [4] p.
Beautifying the City
see Life Begins at City Hall
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 15/15 C'est la Vie
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [6] p.
The Elks and Masons
see All the Elks and Masons
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 15/16 Fun to be Fooled
Typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 15/17 I Couldn't Hold My Man
Typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 15/18 I Knew Him When
Ozalid copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 15/18 I Knew Him When
Typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 15/19 I'm a Collector of Moonbeams
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 15/20 I'm Not Myself
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 15/21 It Was Long Ago
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 15/22 Let's Take a Walk around the Block
Typescript lyric sheets; [7] p.
BOX-FOLDER 16/1 Life Begins (At Exactly 8:40 or Thereabouts)
Typescript lyric sheets; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 16/2 Life Begins at City Hall
Typescript lyric sheets; [17] p.
Long Ago, Far Away, Once Upon a Time
see It Was Long Ago
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