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Music, 1913-1954 (continued)
Music from Shows (continued)
Pay Some Attention to Me [final version, 1937] (continued)
Ozalid [no. 1] of copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; [5] p.
BOX-FOLDER 3/13 Pay Some Attention to Me [final version, 1937]
Ozalid [no. 2] of copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; [5] p.
Note: Chord symbols added to refrain
BOX-FOLDER 3/14 Pay Some Attention to Me [working and final versions, 1937]
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [15] p.
BOX-FOLDER 3/15 Put Me to the Test
see also Put Me to the Test from Cover Girl
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; 1, 4, 3 p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 3/16 Put Me to the Test
GG holograph manuscript piano sketch; [1] p.
Note: Verse only
BOX-FOLDER 3/17 Put Me to the Test
Ozalid piano-vocal score; 8 p.
BOX-FOLDER 3/17 Put Me to the Test
Corrected 2nd proof of piano-vocal score; p. 2-5
Laid in: Letter from Selma Tamber (Chappell & Co.) to IG, 1937 September 7
BOX-FOLDER 3/17 Put Me to the Test
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [9] p.
Laid in: IG typescript note; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 3/18 Sing of Spring
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [3] p.
Note: No lyric
Note: Introduction is on p. 3
BOX-FOLDER 3/19 Sing of Spring
Arranger’s manuscript SATB score; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 3/19 Sing of Spring
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 11 p.
Note: Incorporates accompaniment from GG manuscript and vocal parts from arranger’s manuscript
Note: Identifying note in caption in the hand of IG
BOX-FOLDER 3/19 Sing of Spring
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 3/20 Stiff Upper Lip
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [1, 2], 2 p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 3/21 Stiff Upper Lip
Typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 3/22 Things are Looking Up
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; 2, 3 p.
Note: No lyric
Note: GG holograph instruction to copyist on verso of p. 2 concerning p. 1 of refrain
BOX-FOLDER 3/23 Things are Looking Up
Typescript/photocopy of lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 3/23 Notes after story conference
GG holograph manuscript; [4] p.
Laid in: IG holograph note; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 3/25 Production credits
IG holograph manuscript; [1] p.
BOX 3 The Dancing Girl (1923)
BOX-FOLDER 3/26 Selection
Eugene Platzman (arranger) holograph manuscript (incorporating printed sections) piano score; 20 p.
BOX-FOLDER 3/27 That American Boy of Mine
Manuscript piano-vocal score; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 3/27 That American Boy of Mine
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 3/28 That American Boy of Mine. Patter
Three copies of copyist manuscript vocal parts; [2] p. each
Note: One copy includes lyric
BOX-FOLDER 3/28 That American Boy of Mine. Patter
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX 4 A Dangerous Maid (1921)
BOX-FOLDER 4/1 Boy Wanted
Frank Saddler holograph manuscript full score; 32 p.
Note: This manuscript was used in London in 1924 for Primrose
BOX-FOLDER 4/1 Boy Wanted
Typescript lyric sheet
Note: Original version
BOX-FOLDER 4/1 Boy Wanted
Typescript lyric sheet
Note: Version for Ella Fitzgerald
BOX-FOLDER 4/2 Dancing Shoes
Sheet music
Note: IG holograph annotation on cover
BOX-FOLDER 4/3 Entr’acte I
Frank Saddler holograph manuscript full score; 12 p.
BOX-FOLDER 4/4 Overture
Frank Saddler holograph manuscript full score; 13 p.
Laid in: IG typescript description; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 4/5 The Sirens
see also Four Little Sirens from Primrose
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [8] p.
Note: Unfinished with partial lyric in the hands of GG and IG
Laid in: IG holograph notes
BOX-FOLDER 4/6 The Sirens
see also Four Little Sirens from Primrose
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 4/7 Some Rain Must Fall
Frank Saddler holograph manuscript full score; 22 p.
BOX-FOLDER 4/7 Some Rain Must Fall
Sheet music with alternate lyric in unknown hand and IG annotations
Laid in: Lawrence Stewart holograph note claiming the lyrics are in Buddy De Sylva's hand and naming this variant version "Give Me Your Smile," a possible song for Tell Me More
BOX 4-5 Delicious (film, 1931)
BOX-FOLDER 4/8 Blah, Blah, Blah
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [1, 2] p.
Note: Verse only, no lyric
Note: Introduction in the hand of Albert Sirmay
BOX-FOLDER 4/9 Blah, Blah, Blah
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [1, 2] p.
Note: Refrain only, no lyric
Laid in: IG typescript description; 1 p.
BOX-FOLDER 4/10 Blah, Blah, Blah
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 5 [i.e., 6] p.
Note: Alteration to end of verse in the hand of Albert Sirmay
BOX-FOLDER 4/10 Blah, Blah, Blah
Photocopy of copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; [2] p.
Note: Refrain only, variant lyric
BOX-FOLDER 4/11 Blah, Blah, Blah
Corrected publisher’s 2nd proof piano-vocal score; p. 2-5
BOX-FOLDER 4/11 Blah, Blah, Blah
Typescript lyric sheets; [4] p.
Note: includes “Russian” refrain
Laid in: IG typescript description; 1 p.
Blah! Blah! Love!
see Blah, Blah, Blah
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 4/12 Delishious
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal sketch; [3] p.
Note: Refrain only, no lyric, with added countermelody
Laid in: IG typescript description; 1 p.
BOX-FOLDER 4/13 Delishious
Manuscript piano-vocal score; [5] p.
Note: Verse (no lyric) in the hand of Kay Swift
Note: Refrain (with lyric) in the hand of a copyist
Note: Title and music credit in the hand of GG
Note: Corrections to lyric in the hand of IG
Note: Introduction and emendations in the hand of Albert Sirmay
BOX-FOLDER 4/14 Delishious
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 6 p.
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