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Philadelphia Quickstep (No. 13) [musical composition, ca. 1895]
- Notes
- One page of item #2.3.7, Box 15 of collection
- Summary
- Composition by J. Guth? from George M. Noll's cornet part book
- Date
- 1895
- ca 1895
- 1890-1900
- publisher
- Noll, George M
- composer
- Guth?, J
- Local number
- AC0253-0000013.tif (AC scan no.)
- 91-2451 (OPPS Neg.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
- No Image Available
Frank Driggs Collection of Jimmie Lunceford Orchestrations, ca. 1929-1954
- Notes
- The Jimmie Lunceford Band was active between 1929 and 1949. Lunceford died in 1947
- Summary
- Approximately 320 titles of Jimmie Lunceford Band Orchestrations
- Cite as
- Frank Driggs Collection of Jimmie Lunceford Orchestrations, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1929
- ca 1929-1954
- collector
- Driggs, Frank 1930-
- composer
- Lunceford, Jimmie (bandleader)
- arranger
- Oliver, Sy
- Local number
- 1992.3220 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
- No Image Available
Program in African American Culture Collection, 1979-1986
- Notes
- Collection created by the Program in African Amerian Culture at the Smithsonian Institution from 1979-1986
- Summary
- Audio and video documentation of concerts, lectures, seminars, and colloquia on African American historical and cultural topics including gospel music, African American religion, jazz music, and the civil rights movement
- Photographs: Are primarily documentation of the programs, rather than earlier, historic images
- Cite as
- Program in African American Culture Collection, 1979-1986, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1979
- 1979-1986
- 1980-2000
- Creator
- Smithsonian Institution Program in African American Culture
- collector
- Maltsby, Portia
- Local number
- 1993.3044 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
- No Image Available
Wade in the Water Radio Series Collection, 1994
- Summary
- Original performance and interview audio recordings, audio outtake materials, program masters, and finished program tapes from the Smithsonian Institution/National Public Radio series WADE IN THE WATER. Collection documents the influence of religion on various African American sacred and secular music styles, including gospel, spirituals, classical, popular, and jazz
- Cite as
- Wade in the Water Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1994
- creator
- National Public Radio
- Reagon, Bernice Johnson 1942-
- Smithsonian Institution
- National Public Radio
- Local number
- 1994.3080 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
- No Image Available
Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera, 1945-1994
- Notes
- Drummer, singer, and bandleader. Performed with Jimmy Dorsey and Glenn Miller Bands during the 1940s. After Miller's death McKinley took over leadership of the Miller Orchestra
- Summary
- Music, clippings, photographs, broadsides, a scrapbook, an award, and an oversized birthday card documenting Ray McKinley's career as a musician, drummer, and big band leader during the 1940s and 1950s
- Cite as
- Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera, ca 1945-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1945
- 1994
- 1945-1994
- 20th century
- 1940-2000
- collector
- McKinley, Ray (musician bandleader) 1910-1995
- Subject
- Miller, Glenn, Orchestra
- Dorsey, Jimmy, Orchestra
- McKinley, Ray, Orchestra
- Local number
- 1998.3020 (NMAH Acc
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
- No Image Available
Richard Becker Collection of Alex Bradford Gospel Music Materials, 1953-1996
- Notes
- Becker was a business partner of the Gospel music composer Alex Bradford
- Summary
- Papers relating to Alex Bradford's career as a composer of Gospel music, including playbills from five productions of "Your Arm's Too Short to Box with God" (for which Bradford wrote the music), three playbills from the League of New York Theatres and Producers Antoinette Perry Award ("Tony" Awards) ceremonies, ten pieces of published sheet music of songs Bradford wrote, several music manuscripts, one photograph, three Gospel song books, play scripts, clippings and articles, and one LP record from "Your Arm's Too Short to Box with God." Some items date after Bradford's death
- Cite as
- Richard Becker Collection of Alex Bradford Gospel Music Materials, 1953-1996, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1953
- 1953-1996
- 20th century
- 1930-1990
- 1970-1980
- collector
- Becker, Richard
- composer
- Bradford, Alex
- Local number
- Pending (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
- No Image Available
Benny Carter Collection, 1928-2000
- Notes
- Musician (saxophone and trumpet), bandleader, arranger, and composer
- Summary
- The business and professional records of jazz musician and composer Benny Carter. Includes: music manuscripts (scores and parts), scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, awards, audio-visual materials, posters, and other memorabilia
- Cite as
- Benny Carter Collection, 1928-2000, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1928
- 1928-2000
- 20th century
- donor
- Carter, Benny 1907-2003
- Local number
- 2000.3077 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
- No Image Available
John Gensel Collection of Duke Ellington Materials, 1950-1979
- Notes
- Gensel was a pastor, an aficionado of Ellington's, and a friend of Joe Morgen
- Summary
- Papers relating to Duke Ellington, once owned by Ellington's publicist Joe Morgen: Morgen's correspondence, much of it relating to appearances by Ellington; photographs; some financial records; some music manuscripts of Ellington's; concert and theater programs; a film of Ellington at the White House in 1969 when he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Nixon; and press releases and newspaper and magazine articles
- Cite as
- John Gensel Collection of Duke Ellington Materials, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1950
- 1950-1979
- 1950-2000
- 1950-1990
- collector
- Gensel, John
- Morgen, Joe
- composer
- Ellington, Duke 1899-1974
- Subject
- Ellington, Duke 1899-1974
- Local number
- 2001.3030 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
- No Image Available
Bill Holman Collection, 1951-2000
- Notes
- Jazz musician, composer and arranger
- Summary
- Over 400 scores composed and/or arranged by Bill Holman, and business records, posters, and one photograph. Includes scores for Holman's 1998 Grammy Award-winning CD featuring his arrangements of Thelonious Monk compositions. Also includes scores by Holman for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, Count Basie Orchestra, and Woody Herman Orchestra
- Cite as
- Bill Holman Collection, 1951-2000, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1951
- 1951-2000
- 20th century
- 1950-2000
- author
- Holman, Bill 1927-
- composer
- Herman, Woody
- Basie, Count 1904-
- Kenton, Stan
- Monk, Thelonious
- Local number
- 2000.3020 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
- No Image Available
Archives Center Collection of Music Transcriptions of Duke Ellington Compositions, undated and 1988-1989
- Summary
- Two transcriptions by Roberta Mandel of Billy Strayhorn's composition, "Blood Count"; five transcriptions by David Berger: "Harlem Airshaft", "Ko-Ko", "Subtle Lament", "Flaming Sword", "Mainstem", and "Jack the Bear", all composed by Duke Ellington; and two G. Schirmer transcriptions of Ellington's "Come Sunday"
- Cite as
- Archives Center Collection of Music Transcriptions of Duke Ellington Compositions, undated and 1988-1989, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1988
- 1988-1989
- undated and 1988-1989
- 20th century
- composer
- Ellington, Duke 1899-1974
- donor
- Mandel, Roberta
- composer
- Strayhorn, Billy (William T.) 1915-1967
- creator
- Berger, David 1920-1966
- donor
- Schirmer, G., Inc
- Local number
- 1991.3099 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
