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Music, 1913-1954 (continued)
Music from Shows (continued)
Oh, This Is Such a Lovely War [1927] (continued)
16 copyist manuscript orchestral parts
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
Opening, Act I, scene 3
see Patriotic Rally
Note: Alternate title
Opening, Act II [1927]
see Oh, This Is Such a Lovely War
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 38/1 Opening, Act II [1930]
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [8] p.
Note: No lyric
Note: "Insert" in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 38/2 Opening, Act II [1930]
Copyist manuscript (with printed portions) piano-vocal score; 1, 13 p.
BOX-FOLDER 38/3 Overture
Copyist manuscript piano score; 1, 13 p.
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 38/4 Patriotic Rally [1930]
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 9 p.
BOX-FOLDER 38/4 Patriotic Rally [1930]
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 38/5 Patriotic Rally [1930]
16 copyist manuscript orchestral parts
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 38/6 Ring-a-Ding-a-Ding-Dong Dell [1930]
GG holograph manuscript piano score; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 38/7 Selection
Hans Spialek (arranger) holograph manuscript (with printed portions) piano score; 18 p.
Seventeen and Twenty-One
see 17 and 21
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 38/8 Sing "Carry On!"
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [4] p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 38/9 Sing "Carry On!"
GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; [3] p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 38/10 Sing "Carry On!"
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 4 p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 38/11 Soldiers' March
GG holograph manuscript piano sketch; [2] p.
Laid in: IG holograph notes
BOX-FOLDER 38/12 Soldiers' March
Copyist manuscript piano score; [2] p.
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 38/13 Soon [1930]
see also Incidental music and Hoping That Someday You'd Care
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 5 p.
Note: Emendations in the hand of Albert Sirmay
BOX-FOLDER 38/13 Soon [1930]
see also Incidental music and Hoping That Someday You'd Care
Sheet music with emendations
BOX-FOLDER 38/14 Soon. Reprise [1930]
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 38/14 Soon. Reprise [1930]
Sheet music for "Soon" with emendations
BOX-FOLDER 38/15 Strike Up the Band [1927]
H.A. Rubinstein holograph manuscript full score; [1, 30] p.
BOX-FOLDER 38/16 Strike Up the Band [1927]
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 6 p.
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 38/16 Strike Up the Band [1927]
Two copies of sheet music
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 38/16 Strike Up the Band [1927]
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [8] p.
Note: Includes refrains for "I Want to Be a War Bride" and "Thanks to You" on p. [3]
BOX-FOLDER 38/17 Strike Up the Band [Concert orchestration]
28 copyist manuscript orchestral parts
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
BOX-FOLDER 38/18 Strike Up the Band. Reprise [1927]
13 copyist manuscript orchestral parts (flute part absent)
BOX-FOLDER 38/19 Strike Up the Band for UCLA
Typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 39/1 Thanks to You [1930]
see also Strike Up the Band
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Kay Swift; [1, 3] p.
Note: Lyric fragment
BOX-FOLDER 39/1 Thanks to You [1930]
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; [3] p.
Note: Lyric fragment
BOX-FOLDER 39/1 Thanks to You [1930]
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 39/1 Thanks to You [1930]
Two photocopies of copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; [3] p. each
BOX-FOLDER 39/1 Thanks to You [1930]
Typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
Note: IG holograph drawings on p. [3]
BOX-FOLDER 39/2 There Was Never Such a Charming War [1930]
Typescript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 39/3 Typical Self-Made American [1930]
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 11 p.
BOX-FOLDER 39/3 Typical Self-Made American [1930]
IG holograph/typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 39/4 The Unofficial Spokesman [1927]
see also A Man of High Degree and The Unofficial Spokesman [1930]
Typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 39/5 The War That Ended War [1927]
GG holograph manuscript piano score; [5] p.
Caption title: Opening, scene III, act II
BOX-FOLDER 39/6 The War That Ended War [1927]
Typescript lyric sheets; [2] p.
What's the Use of Hangin' Around with You
see Hangin' Around with You
Note: Alternate title
BOX-FOLDER 39/7 Yankee Doodle Rhythm [1927]
Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of William Daly; 4 p.
Note: No lyric
BOX-FOLDER 39/7 Yankee Doodle Rhythm [1927]
Copyist manuscript piano-vocal score; 1, 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 39/7 Yankee Doodle Rhythm [1927]
Two copyist manuscript piano parts; [4] p. each
BOX-FOLDER 39/7 Yankee Doodle Rhythm [1927]
Typescript lyric sheets; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 39/8 Unidentified parts [1930]
15 copyist manuscript orchestral parts for final section(s)
Laid in: Fragment of violin part for related musical material
Laid in: Orchestrator’s manuscript notes; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 139/5 Script
Photocopy of typescript; [127] p.
BOX-FOLDER 139/6 Dialog book [1927]
Photocopy of typescript/manuscript; [45] p.
Note: Lines for “C. Edgar Sloane,” as played by Robert Bentley
BOX-FOLDER 39/9 Dialog book [1930]
Typescript; [1, 11] p.
Note: Emendations in an unidentified hand
Note: Lines for “Anne,” as played by Doris Carson
Laid in: Gum wrapper with GG autograph given to Doris Carson
BOX 39 The Sunshine Trail (film, 1923)
BOX-FOLDER 39/10 The Sunshine Trail
Charles N. Grant (orchestrator) holograph manuscript full score; 1, 14 p.
BOX-FOLDER 39/11 The Sunshine Trail
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