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George and Ira Gershwin collection, 1895-2008

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Music, 1913-1954 (continued)
Music from Shows (continued)
Stage Door scene (continued)
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 35/7 Tonight's the Night
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [4] p.
Note: Refrain only, no lyric
BOX-FOLDER 35/8 Tonight's the Night
Maurice DePackh (orchestrator) holograph manuscript full score; 26 p.
Laid in: IG typescript notes
BOX-FOLDER 35/8 Tonight's the Night
Typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 35/10 Libretto, Act I
Typescript; [97] p.
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 35/11 Libretto title page?
IG holograph manuscript; [1] p.
BOX 35 The Show Is On (revue, 1936)
BOX-FOLDER 35/12 By Strauss
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [4] p.
Note: No lyric
Laid in: IG holograph notes
BOX-FOLDER 35/13 By Strauss
Typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX 35 Sinbad (national tour, 1919-1921)
BOX-FOLDER 35/14 Swanee
see also Swanee from Capitol Revue
Sheet music
Note: 1st edition, 2nd issue (photograph of Al Jolson on cover)
Smarty
see Funny Face
Note: Early title
BOX 35 The Social Register (play, 1931)
BOX-FOLDER 35/15 The Key to My Heart
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Albert Sirmay; 6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 35/15 The Key to My Heart
1st proof; 7 [i.e. 5] p.
BOX-FOLDER 35/15 The Key to My Heart
Corrected 1st proof; 7 [i.e. 5] p.
BOX 35 Song of the Flame (operetta, 1925)
BOX-FOLDER 35/16 Cossack Love Song (Don't Forget Me)
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Robert Russell Bennett; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 35/17 Midnight Bells
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Albert Sirmay; 6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 35/18 Selection
Manuscript piano score in the hand of Robert Russell Bennett; 14 p.
BOX-FOLDER 35/19 The Signal
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Albert Sirmay; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 35/20 Song of the Flame
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Albert Sirmay; 6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 35/21 Vodka
see also Looking for a Boy
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Albert Sirmay; 7 p.
BOX 35 Spice of 1922
BOX-FOLDER 35/22 Yankee Doodle Blues
Maurice DePackh (orchestrator) holograph manuscript full score; 16 p.
BOX 35-36, 135 A Star is Born (film, 1954)
The Commercial (Calypso)
see The TV Commercial
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 35/23 Dancing Partner
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
Get That Long Face Lost
see Lose That Long Face
Note: Early title
BOX-FOLDER 35/24 Gotta Have Me Go With You
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 35/25 Green Light Ahead
Ozalid piano-vocal score; 6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 35/25 Green Light Ahead
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [10] p.
BOX-FOLDER 35/26 Here's What I'm Here For
Ozalid piano-vocal score; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 35/26 Here's What I'm Here For
Typescript lyric sheets; [2] p
BOX-FOLDER 36/1 I'm Off the Downbeat
Ozalid piano-vocal score; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 36/1 I'm Off the Downbeat
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [16] p.
BOX-FOLDER 36/2 It's a New World
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [15] p.
Laid in: Telegram from Lena Horne to IG, 1963 September 12
Laid in: Lawrence Stewart typescript note; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 36/3 Lose That Long Face
Ozalid piano-vocal score; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 36/3 Lose That Long Face
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [9] p.
BOX-FOLDER 135/7 The Man That Got Away
Corrected publisher's proof piano-vocal score; p. 2-5
Note: Approved/signed off on by Harold Arlen
Laid in: Typescript letter from Lawrence Stewart to Gary Carver, 2004 July 23
BOX-FOLDER 36/4 Someone at Last
Ozalid piano-vocal score; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 36/4 Someone at Last
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 36/5 The TV Commercial
Ozalid piano-vocal score; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 36/5 The TV Commercial
Typescript lyric sheet
Stepping Toes
see Shall We Dance
Note: Working title
BOX 36 Sticks and Stones (revue, 1939)
BOX-FOLDER 36/6 Baby, You're News
Typescript lyric sheet
T'me Baby, You're News
see Baby, You're News
Note: Alternate title
Stop Flirting
see For Goodness Sake
Note: Working title
BOX 36-39, 132, 139 Strike Up the Band (1927, revised 1930)
BOX-FOLDER 36/7 17 and 21 [1927]
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [7] p.
Ding Dong
see Ring-a-Ding-a-Ding-Dong Dell
Note: Collective title
BOX-FOLDER 36/8 Dream Music [1930]
Manuscript short score in the hand of William Daly; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 36/8 Dream Music [1930]
Manuscript notes; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 36/9 Entrance of Gideon and Swiss Girls [1930]
Copyist manuscript piano score; [2] p.
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 36/10 Finale, Act II [1930]
16 copyist manuscript orchestral parts
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
Finaletto, Act II [1927]
see Jim, Consider What You're Doing!
Note: Article title
Finaletto, Act II, scene 1 [1927]
see Jim, Consider What You're Doing!
Note: Article title
BOX-FOLDER 36/11 Finaletto, Act II scene 1 [early version] [1930]
Typescript lyric sheet; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 36/12 Fletcher's American Chocolate Choral Society [1930]
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; [25] p.
BOX-FOLDER 36/12 Fletcher's American Chocolate Choral Society [1930]
Typescript lyric sheets; 2 p.
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