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Music, 1932-1995 (continued)
Holograph Music, 1935-1990 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 1079/16 Tonight
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 12 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1079/17 Tonight
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 5 p.
Caption title: Balcony scene Revisionsbericht
Dated: "4 July ‘57"
BOX-FOLDER 1079/17 Tonight
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [2] p.
Caption title: New balcony
BOX-FOLDER 1079/17 Tonight
Holograph piano score in pencil ; [2] p.
Caption title: Under the balcony (underscoring to precede ‘Balcony scene’)
BOX-FOLDER 1079/17 Tonight
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 2 p.
Caption title: Balcony scene–newissimo
BOX-FOLDER 1079/18 Tonight
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [2] p. + outer folder and title page with notes
Introduction only ; crossed out title "Bridal shop (marriage)"
Digital content available
BOX-FOLDER 1079/19 Leitmotif sheet
Holograph fair copy in pencil ; [1] p.
Digital content available
BOX-FOLDER 1080/1 Who's out there?
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [2] p.
Inscribed: "for my JALNI from Daddy, Xmas ‘81"
Wonderful town ( 1953 )
Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
BOX-FOLDER 1080/2 Conga!
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/3 Conquering the city (dance scene)
Holograph piano score/short score in pencil ; 8 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/4 Counterpoint: Song #1 ; Song #2 (I’m afraid it’s love)
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 6 p.
No lyric for "Song #1"
On envelope: "Reject"
I'm afraid it's love
see Counterpoint song
BOX-FOLDER 1080/5 It's love
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 3 p.
Laid in: Verse for "It’s love" (Publisher only) ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/6 Lallapalooza/(Appopolous)
see also Lallapalooza from Peter Pan
Holograph piano vocal score in pencil ; [4] p.
On envelope: "Reject"
BOX-FOLDER 1080/7 Let it come down
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil, incomplete ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/7 Let it come down
Typescript lyric sheet on yellow legal ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/7 Let it come down (Vortex club)
Ozalid of piano score with annotations in pencil ; [1] p.
On envelope: "Blues reject"
BOX-FOLDER 1080/8 Let it come down (Vortex club)
Holograph piano score/sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/9 A little bit in love
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [2] p.
Laid in: Verse ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/10 A little bit in love
Holograph parody lryic sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/11 My darlin' Eileen
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 5 p.
Based on Irish folk-tune "The siege of Ennis"
BOX-FOLDER 1080/12 Nice people, nice talk
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/13 Ohio
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/14 One hundred easy ways to lose a man
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/15 Opening (three-point-two)
Holograph piano-choral score in pencil ; [11] p.
On envelope: "Reject/JG note: material later used in Fugue of Prelude, Fugue and Riffs"
BOX-FOLDER 1080/15 Opening (three-point-two)
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/16 Pass the football
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 5 p.
Caption title: I can love a woman
Staging suggestion on cover; mentions "additional lyrics attached" which are not there
BOX-FOLDER 1080/17 Pass the football
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/18 A quiet girl
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [2] p.
Laid in: Verse to "A quiet girl" (show only) ; [1] p.
Laid in: Verse to "A quiet girl" (Publisher only) ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/19 The story of my life
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [2] p.
Laid in : Verse to "The story of my life" ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/20 Swing!
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 6 p.
Laid in: Verse to "Swing!" (Publisher only) ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/21 What a waste
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/21 What a waste
Typescript lyric sheet, 2 sets ; 3 p. each
None of the lyrics are from the show version
BOX-FOLDER 1080/22 What a waste
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/23 The wrong note rag
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1080/24 Miscellaneous sketches
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [50] p.
Includes: Ohio; One hundred easy ways; Christopher street; Finale Act I; Conquest; Street scene (dance with Ruth); Conversation piece routine; Let it come down; Admirals; Conga; Conversation piece; Nice people, nice talk; Conversation piece
Digital content available
BOX-FOLDER 1080/24 Miscellaneous sketches
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [12] p.
Includes: Ohio; A little bit in love; Christopher street; What a waste
Digital content available
BOX-FOLDER 1080/24 Miscellaneous sketches
Holograph/typescript lyric sketches in pencil ; [18] p.
Includes: Swing; What a waste; Swing; Ohio; A quiet girl; Swing; Opening; Christopher street; Ohio
Digital content available
BOX-FOLDER 1080/25 Xmas rap (crocodile smile)
Holograph score in pencil with photocopied pasteovers and 2 photocopies ; 12 p.
Inscribed and dated: "For my very own beloved vocal quartet,/The Niaxeljave/Love + joy in ‘87/LB/Xmas ‘86
One photocopy labeled "St. John version"
BOX-FOLDER 1080/25 Xmas rap (crocodile smile)
Holograph sketch in pencil ; 3 leaves
BOX-FOLDER 1080/25 Xmas rap (crocodile smile)
Holograph lyric sketches in pencil ; 2 leaves
BOX-FOLDER 1080/26 Xmas round
3 ozalids ; [1] p. each
Inscribed: "Merry Christmas to all my Colonial Colleagues...MacDowell Colony, 11 Dec. 1970"
On envelope: "‘Dominus vobiscum’ from MASS"
BOX-FOLDER 1080/27 Yigdal (a round for young voices)
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [1] p.
Dated: "NYC/March 11, 1948"
On envelope: "Written for the United Synagogue Commission on Education, used in songbook "Songs We Sing" published by United Synagogue of America, ed. Harry Coopersmith
BOX-FOLDER 1080/27 Yigdal (hora)
Copyist’s manuscript piano-vocal score in ink with annotations in LB’s hand in red pencil ; [1] p.
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