Down hearted blues music

Object Details

General: Handwriting and other details have been reported based on the notes of David Berger, Andrew Homzy, Dr. Theodore Hudson, Walter van de Leur, and Dr. Mark Tucker.; Condition: fair.
Publication: New York, NY, Leeds Music Corp., 1950

See more items in: Duke Ellington Collection; Duke Ellington Collection / Series 1: Music Manuscripts / 1.1: Music Manuscripts

Sponsor: Processing and encoding partially funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

Extent: 1 Item (conductor score and/or parts (Published sheet music), 32 cm.)

Type: Archival materials; Lead sheet; Manuscripts; Music; Published sheet music

Collection Citation: Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Scope and Contents: 1 part; Down hearted blues is contained in one folder consisting of 1 published lead sheet in Eb Major concert -- in ink.; Lead sheet for voice. Lyrics begin "Gee! But it's hard to love someone when that someone don't love you ...". -- from the Duke Ellington Library.

Collection Restrictions: Collection is open for research but the original and master audiovisual materials are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.