Arrangements (music)

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This collection consists of photocopied and handwritten sheet music. The collection includes the arrangements of George Handy, Johnny Richards, and George Williams.

Scope and Contents: This collection spans Ellis's life and work. The majority of the materials are photocopies. The collection includes personal correspondence, concert programs, articles written by Ellis, and press about him. The collection also comprises liner notes, album charts, obituary information, and two audiocassettes. This collection contains full scores and arrangements by Ellis for Final Analysis, Concerto for Trumpet,...

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This collection contains twenty-two small band parts transcribed by Don Sickler for the Mount Fuji Jazz Festival. They include pieces by Herbie Hancock, Sonny Clark and Tony Williams, Kenny Dorham, and Clifford Brown.

Scope and Contents: This collection consists primarily of handwritten full scores and parts, as well as printed scores. The pieces were composed and/or arranged for various types of ensembles ranging from orchestra with strings to saxophone quartet. Additional materials in the collection include audiocassettes, audio discs, and a draft of the book Boyd Raeburn and his Modernist Orchestra. There is correspondence regarding the use of arrangements, as well as other...

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This collection contains 139 photocopied scores and includes transcriptions of jazz standards and original arrangements.

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This collection contains eight original holograph scores by Gil Evans for Helen Merrill and one score for Tony Bennett. The songs include: (for Merrill) "I'm Just a lucky So and So," "People Will Say We're in Love," "I've Never Seen," "He was too Good to me," "Where Flamingos Fly," "By Myself," "You're Lucky to Me," "I'm a Fool to Want You," "Troubled Waters," and (for Bennett) "I'm Just a Lucky So and So."

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This collection is a holograph music manuscript of the song "It's you or no one for me."

Scope and Contents: This collection includes handwritten music manuscripts, printed scores, and lead sheets. Among the manuscripts are forty-eight handwritten transcriptions by Sultanoff of arrangements by Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan, Mary Lou Williams, Benny Carter, Bill Hollman, Tadd Dameron, Neil Hefti, Bob Brookmeyer, Gil Fuller, Manny Albam, and Al Cohn. These include arrangements originally recorded for Claude Thornhill, Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool band, and Charlie Parker's recordings with strings....

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This collection contains music manuscripts with lead sheets and parts for mostly ballads. They include arrangements by Johnny Mandel and Billy Byers.

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This collection contains printed music scores for dance orchestras. The bulk of the scores are arrangements of songs from musical theater and marketed for ballroom dancing, typically foxtrot or waltz. There is one box of Steiner's personal papers and includes jazz programs, newspaper clippings, flyers, and personal notes.