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Music, 1913-2004 (continued)
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
BOX-FOLDER 508/12 The Perfect Fool, 1921
BOX-FOLDER 509/1 Pins and Needles, 1922
BOX-FOLDER 509/2-5 Porgy and Bess, 1935, 1962, and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 509/6-7 Primrose, 1924 and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 509/8 The Rainbow Revue, 1923
BOX-FOLDER 509/9 Rhapsody in Blue, 1919, 1924-1931, 1945
BOX-FOLDER 509/10-11 Rosalie, 1927-1928 and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 510/1-2 Shall We Dance, 1936-1937, 1960, and undated
Includes: Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 510/3-4 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, 1946 and undated
Includes: Lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 510/5 Show Girl, 1929
Includes: Lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 510/6 The Show Is On, 1931
BOX-FOLDER 510/7 Sinbad, 1919
BOX-FOLDER 510/8 The Social Register, 1931
BOX-FOLDER 510/9 Somebody Loves Me, 1924-1925
BOX-FOLDER 510/10 Song of the Flame, 1924-1926
BOX-FOLDER 511/1 Spice, 1922
BOX-FOLDER 511/2 Star!, 1926, 1941, 1958
BOX-FOLDER 511/3 A Star is Born, 1954, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 511/4 Sticks and Stones, 1939
BOX-FOLDER 511/5 Strike Up the Band, 1924-1930, 1936-1942, 1946
BOX-FOLDER 511/6 The Sunshine Trail, 1923
Includes: Correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 511/7 Sweet and Low, 1930-1931
BOX-FOLDER 511/8 Sweet Little Devil, 1923-1924
BOX-FOLDER 511/9 The Sweetheart Shop, 1920
BOX-FOLDER 511/10 Tea for Two, 1926
BOX-FOLDER 511/11-12 Tell Me More, 1925 and undated
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