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Music, 1913-1954
(continued) |
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Concert Music
(continued) |
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Cuban Overture (continued) |
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37 copyist manuscript orchestral
parts |
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BOX-FOLDER 50/1 |
Fantasy on George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess,
for two pianos, 1951 |
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Printed score; 43 p. |
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Note: By Percy Grainger |
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New York: Gershwin Publishing Corp.,
c1951 |
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BOX-FOLDER 50/2 |
I Got Rhythm Variations |
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GG holograph manuscript sketches; [7]
p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 50/3 |
I Got Rhythm Variations |
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GG holograph manuscript short score; 36
p. |
| Bound |
I Got Rhythm Variations |
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GG holograph manuscript orchestral score; 73
p. |
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Note : Finished 1934 January 6 |
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BOX-FOLDER 50/4 |
I Got Rhythm Variations |
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Copyist manuscript piano part; 15 p. |
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Note: Emendations chiefly in the hand of GG
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BOX-FOLDER 50/5 |
I Got Rhythm Variations |
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GG holograph manuscript program outline; [1]
p. |
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Laid in: IG holograph notes; [2] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 50/6 |
Lullaby [piano solo version] |
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GG holograph manuscript piano score; [3]
p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 50/7 |
Lullaby [string quartet version] |
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Four copyist manuscript parts |
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Laid in: Letter from IG to Harold Spivacke,
1967 March 8 |
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BOX-FOLDER 50/8 |
Novelette |
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GG holograph manuscript piano sketch; [2]
p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 50/9 |
Novelette in Fourths |
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Copyist manuscript piano score; [4]
p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 50/10 |
Orchestral Selection from George Gershwin's
Porgy and Bess |
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25 printed scores and parts |
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Note: By Hans Spialek |
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Laid in: IG holograph note, 1965 June 14
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BOX-FOLDER 135/22 |
A Piece for Four Strings |
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GG holograph score for viola; [4] p. |
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Note : Gershwin's intention regarding the
performance force for this work is unknown |
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BOX-FOLDER 50/11 |
Porgy and Bess Selection. Arrangement for
concert band |
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Printed parts |
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Note : By Robert Russell Bennett |
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BOX-FOLDER 50/12 |
Prelude I |
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Copyist manuscript piano score; 5 p. |
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Emendations in an unidentified hand |
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BOX-FOLDER 50/13 |
Prelude II |
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Copyist manuscript piano score; 5 p. |
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Note : Emendations in an unidentified hand
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BOX-FOLDER 50/14 |
Prelude III |
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GG holograph manuscript piano score; [1]
p. |
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Note: Incomplete |
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BOX-FOLDER 50/15 |
Prelude III |
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Copyist manuscript piano score; 6 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 50/15 |
Prelude III |
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Manuscript piano score; [4] p. |
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Note: Incomplete |
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BOX-FOLDER 135/18 |
Preludes for Piano, 1927 |
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Printed piano score; 12 p. |
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New York: New World Music, c1927 |
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Note: Inscribed to Alexander Borovsky, 1931
April 17 |
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BOX-FOLDER 51/1 |
Prelude in G Major?, 1923 August
30 |
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GG holograph manuscript piano score; [1]
p. |
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Note: Incomplete |
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BOX-FOLDER 51/2 |
Prelude in G Major?, 1923 August
30 |
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Manuscript piano score; [1] p. |
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Note: Incomplete |
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BOX-FOLDER 51/3 |
Prelude in G Minor, 1925 January |
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GG holograph manuscript piano score; [1]
p. |
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In caption : Used as 3rd movement of Concerto in F ; in the hand of IG |
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Note: Incomplete |
| Bound |
Rhapsody in Blue, 1924 January 7 |
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GG holograph manuscript for piano and jazz band;
56 p. |
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Note : Page 56 is the last page of manuscript
notation, followed by blank pages numbered 59-61. |
| Bound |
Rhapsody in Blue, 1926 February
23 |
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Ferde Grofé's manuscript for theatre orchestra
and piano; [49] p. |
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Note: In some sources this manuscript has been
erroneously described as the symphonic orchestration. The Library of
Congress does not know of an extant Grofé or copyist manuscript of the
symphonic orchestration. |
| Bound |
Rhapsody in Blue |
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GG's facsimile copy of Ferde Grofé's symphonic
orchestration; 128 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 51/4 |
Rhapsody in Blue, 1925 |
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11 printed parts |
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New York: Atlas Music: Harms, c1925 |
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Note: A complete set of this edition may be
found in the Grofé Collection |
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Note: Incomplete |
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BOX-FOLDER 51/5 |
Rhapsody in Blue, 1924 |
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Bound, printed score for piano and jazz band; 42
p. |
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New York: Harms, c1924 |
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Note: Band part reduced for 2nd piano
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BOX-FOLDER 51/6 |
Rhapsody in Blue, 1942 |
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Bound, printed full score for piano and symphony
orchestra |
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New York: Harms, c1942 |
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Note: Specially bound copy presented to IG by
the publisher |
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Laid in: IG holograph/typescript notes and
letters; [15] p. |
| Bound |
Second Rhapsody, 1931 January |
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GG holograph original sketch manuscript; [45]
p. |
| Bound |
Second Rhapsody, 1931 March 14-May
23 |
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GG holograph original orchestration manuscript;
[76] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 132/12 |
Second Rhapsody |
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GG holograph manuscript full score; p. 20 [i.e.,
1 p.] |
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BOX-FOLDER 135/1 |
Second Rhapsody |
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GG holograph manuscript sketch; [1]
p. |
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In caption : From sketchbook of 2nd Rhapsody;
in the hand of GG |
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Note: The Music Division is not aware of an
existing Second Rhapsody sketchbook from which
this page would have been removed |
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BOX-FOLDER 51/7 |
Song Book, 1931 |
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GG holograph manuscript piano scores; 75
p. |
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Note: Inscribed to Kay Swift, 1931 Oct 26 |
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Laid in: GG holograph manuscript piano score
for "Who cares?"; [3] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 52/1 |
Song Book, 1932 |
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Printed piano scores; 167 p. |
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New York: Random House, c1932 |
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Note: Limited first edition with color
illustrations |
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Note: Signed by GG and illustrator Constantin
Alajalov |
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BOX 53-55 |
Song File
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The Song File is arranged in numerical order by the number given to each
composition by Ira Gershwin and Kay Swift during their collaboration on The Shocking Miss Pilgrim . |
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BOX-FOLDER 53/1 |
#17 Sleepless Night |
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GG holograph manuscript piano-vocal score; 3
p. |
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Note: No lyric |
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BOX-FOLDER 53/2 |
#17 Sleepless Night |
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Two copyist manuscript piano-vocal scores; [3]
p. each |
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Note: No lyric |
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BOX-FOLDER 53/2 |
#17 Sleepless Night |
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Copyist manuscript piano score; [3]
p. |
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Note: No lyric |
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BOX-FOLDER 53/2 |
#17 Sleepless Night |
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IG holograph lyric sheets; [2] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 53/2 |
#17 Sleepless Night |
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IG holograph envelope |
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BOX-FOLDER 53/3 |
#18 Ossining Time |
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Manuscript piano-vocal score in the hand of Kay
Swift; [1, 3] p. |
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Note: No lyric |
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BOX-FOLDER 53/3 |
#18 Ossining Time |
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