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Music, 1913-2004 (continued)
Song File, 1913-1964
The Gershwin Trust office compiled reference material for every song written by George and Ira Gershwin, what was known in the San Francisco office as the "second floor song file." The material available for any given song varies, but usually includes the basic bibliographic information and may also include copies of sheet music, music manuscripts, lyric sheets, or copyright deposit information. The non-Gershwin music in these files consists of songs by other composers and lyricists that also appeared in the same shows as the Gershwins.
Arranged alphabetically by title. Each entry lists the first and last song found in the box.
BOX 215 According to Mr. Grimes - Baby You're News
BOX 216 The Back Bay Polka - Boy Wanted
BOX 217 Boy! What Love Has Done to Me! - The Courtin' of Elmer and Ella
BOX 218 Cover Girl - Don't Be a Woman If You Can
Includes: All songs for Cover Girl
BOX 219 Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans - The Finest of the Finest
BOX 220 The Firebrand of Florence Arietta I and II - From Now On
BOX 221 Fugue (STB) - Guess Who
BOX 222 Gush-Gush-Gushing - Hi-Ho!
BOX 223 Hoctor's Ballet - I Got Rhythm
BOX 224 I Just Looked at You - I'm Somethin' on Avenue A
BOX 225 I'm Tickled Silly - It's Wonderful How Love Can Understand
BOX 226 I've Got a Crush on You - The Last of the Cabbies
BOX 227 Laugh Your Cares Away - The Lonesome Cowboy
BOX 228 Long Ago (and Far Away) - Midnight Music
BOX 229 Military Dancing Drill - Naughty Baby
BOX 230 Naughty Name - On the Wings of Romance
BOX 231 Once - Please Send My Daddy Back Home
BOX 232 The Poetry of Motion - Scandal Walk
BOX 233 The Search Is Through - Some Day You'll Realize
BOX 234 Some Far-Away Someone - Strike Up the Band
BOX 235 Strike Up the Band Finaletto Act I - That's the Best of All
BOX 236 Themes Notebook - Tonight
BOX 237 Tonight's the Night - Walking Home with Angeline
BOX 238 Walking the Dog - Where You Go, I Go
BOX 239 Where's the Boy? Here's the Girl! - You Know How It Is
BOX 240 You Must Come Over Blues - Gershwin Melody #37
BOX 241 Gershwin Melody #38 - Gershwin Melody #91
BOX 242 Gershwin Melody #92 - Non-Gershwin Music
BOX 251 Oversize: All the Livelong Day - Gershwin Melody #44
Sheet Music, 1913-1998
This subseries is not entirely comprehensive, but contains original sheet music in good condition for a majority of Gershwin songs as well as some original lyric sheets with annotations in the hand of Ira.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
BOX-FOLDER 503/1 An American in Paris, 1936-1938, 1951
BOX-FOLDER 503/2 Americana, 1926
BOX-FOLDER 503/3-4 The Barkleys of Broadway, 1949
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 503/5 Be Yourself, 1924-1925
BOX-FOLDER 503/6 The Capitol Revue, 1919
BOX-FOLDER 503/7 The Chopin Show, undated
Includes: Notes
BOX-FOLDER 503/8-9 The Country Girl, 1954 and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 503/10-11 Cover Girl, 1944 and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 503/12 Crazy Quilt, 1931
BOX-FOLDER 503/13-14 A Damsel in Distress, 1937 and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 503/15 The Dancing Girl, 1923
BOX-FOLDER 503/16 A Dangerous Maid, 1921
BOX-FOLDER 503/17 Delicious, 1931
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 503/18 Dolores, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 504/1 East is West, 1928
BOX-FOLDER 504/2 Ed Wynn's Carnival, 1920
BOX-FOLDER 504/3 Fascination, 1922
BOX-FOLDER 504/4 The Firebrand, 1924
BOX-FOLDER 504/5-6 The Firebrand of Florence, 1945 and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 504/7 For Goodness Sake, 1922-1924
BOX-FOLDER 504/8 The French Doll, 1922
BOX-FOLDER 504/9-10 Funny Face, 1927 and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 504/11 The Garrick Gaieties, 1930
BOX-FOLDER 504/12 George White's Scandals of 1920, 1920
BOX-FOLDER 504/13 George White's Scandals of 1921, 1921
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 504/14 George White's Scandals of 1922, 1922
BOX-FOLDER 505/1 George White's Scandals of 1923, 1923
BOX-FOLDER 505/2 George White's Scandals of 1924, 1924
BOX-FOLDER 505/3-6 Girl Crazy, 1930-1932, 1944-1948, 1954, and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 505/7-8 Give a Girl a Break, 1951-1953 and undated
Includes: Lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 505/9 The Goldwyn Follies, 1939, 1959, 1968, and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 505/10 Good Morning, Judge, 1919
BOX-FOLDER 505/11 The Greenwich Village Follies, 1923
BOX-FOLDER 505/12 Hitchy-Koo, 1918
BOX-FOLDER 505/13 Jig-saw!, 1920
BOX-FOLDER 505/14-15 Kiss Me, Stupid, 1964 and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 506/1 Kissing Time, 1919
BOX-FOLDER 506/2 La-La-Lucille!, 1919, 1927
BOX-FOLDER 506/3 Ladies First, 1918, 1959, 1998, and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 506/4-7 Lady, Be Good!, 1924-1926, 1941-1949, 1969, and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 506/8 The Lady in Red, 1919
BOX-FOLDER 506/9-10 Lady in the Dark, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 506/11 Let 'Em Eat Cake, 1933
BOX-FOLDER 507/1-2 Life Begins at 8:40, 1934 and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 507/3 Little Miss Bluebeard, 1923
BOX-FOLDER 507/4 Look Who's Here, 1918
BOX-FOLDER 507/5 Mayfair and Montmarte, 1920
BOX-FOLDER 507/1 Ming Toy, 1930
Miscellaneous songs and lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 507/6-7 Non-show music, 1916-1921, 1932-1941, 1967-1968, 1978, and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 507/8 Numbered song file, 1978 and undated
Includes: Sheet music and lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 507/9 Piano arrangements, 1935-1945
BOX-FOLDER 507/10-11 Piano music, 1917-1974
BOX-FOLDER 512/11 Sheet music inscribed to George or Ira, 1928, 1930, 1949
Note: Inscriptions by Felix Arndt; Vladimir Dukelsky; Mischa Spoliansky; Kurt Weill; Rene?
BOX 597 Volumes of sheet music bound by show
BOX 598 Volumes of sheet music bound in chronological order
BOX-FOLDER 507/12 Molly Darling, 1922
BOX-FOLDER 507/13 Morris Gest Midnight Whirl, 1920
BOX-FOLDER 507/14 The Nifties of 1923, 1923
BOX-FOLDER 508/1 The North Star, 1943-1944 and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 508/2 Of Thee I Sing, 1931-1933
BOX-FOLDER 508/3-5 Oh, Kay!, 1926 and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 508/6 Our Nell, 1922
BOX-FOLDER 508/7-8 Pardon My English, 1932-1933 and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 508/9-10 Park Avenue, 1946 and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 508/11 Peacock Alley, 1921
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