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Music, 1913-1954 (continued)
Music from Shows (continued)
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
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 16/3 My Paramount-Publix-Roxy Rose
Typescript lyric sheets; [6] p.
BOX-FOLDER 16/4 Quartet Erotica
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
Rabelais
see Quartet Erotica
Note: Alternate title
Rabelais, De Maupassant, Boccaccio, Balzac
see Quartet Erotica
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 16/5 Shoein' the Mare
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 16/6 Spring Fever
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 16/7 Things!
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 16/8 What Can You Say in a Love Song? (That Hasn’t Been Said Before?)
Typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 16/9 A Weekend Cruise
Typescript lyric sheets; [4] p.
Will You Love Me Monday Morning as You Did on Friday Night?
see A Weekend Cruise
Note: Early title
BOX-FOLDER 16/10 You're a Builder Upper
Typescript lyric sheets; [5] p.
BOX 16 Little Miss Bluebeard (1923)
BOX-FOLDER 16/11 I Won't Say I Will but I Won't Say I Won't
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 4 p.
Note: Incomplete
BOX-FOLDER 16/11 I Won't Say I Will but I Won't Say I Won't
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [7] p.
BOX-FOLDER 16/12 Selection
Robert Russell Bennett holograph manuscript piano score; 2 p.
Ming Toy
see East is West
Note: Alternate title
BOX 16 Morris Gest's Midnight Whirl (1919)
BOX-FOLDER 16/13 Baby Doll
Maurice DePackh holograph manuscript full score; 22 p.
BOX-FOLDER 16/14 Baby Doll
Manuscript full score; 15 p.
Much Ado about Love
see The Firebrand of Florence
Note: Working title
BOX 16 Nifties of 1923
BOX-FOLDER 16/15 At Half Past Seven
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 4 p.
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 16/16 Dancing Mad
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; [5] p.
BOX-FOLDER 16/17 Fabric of Dreams
IG holograph lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 16/18 Nashville Nightingale
Hilding Anderson holograph manuscript full score; 22 p.
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