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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Homzy, Andrew
- Dates:
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1927-1960.
- Size:
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1.5 cubic feet (3 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0740
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Stock arrangements of musical compositions by Duke Ellington.
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Thelonious Monk Music Manuscript
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Monk, Thelonious, Jr.
Monk, Thelonious
- Dates:
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1951.
- Size:
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1 item
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0914
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The tenor saxophone part for "4 in 1".
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National Museum of American History, Division of Musical History
- Dates:
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circa 1954-1994
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25 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 485
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of curatorial and staff correspondence and memoranda pertaining to the Tower Concert series, exhibitions at the Hall of Musical Instruments, staff research and publications, organ building, acquisition of musical instruments, and funding for seminars and musical performance recordings. Also included are inquiries ...
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Martin and Morris Music Company
Morris, Necey, Mrs.
Martin, Sallie
Morris, Kenneth, 1917-
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circa 1930-1985
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8.7 boxes (27 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0492
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Scope and Content Note The Martin and Morris Company Records date from ca. 1930 to 1985 and document a neglected part of the American music historical record. The collection is particularly important because of the company's contributions to the field of Gospel music. According to Horace Boyer (in We'll Understand It Better....), Martin and Morris...
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Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Cadwell, Paul, 1889-1985 ((banjoist))
Reed, Frances
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ca. 1880-1980.
- Size:
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12 cubic feet (29 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0387
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The bulk of the collection is music for the five-string banjo, often with piano and/or second banjo accompaniments. Almost no sheets have cover illustrations. Many editions are British (which rarely give copyright dates). Series 2, photographs, include portraits of Cadwell and travel photographs by Frances Reed, Cadwell's first wife.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1841-1986, undated
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98 boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S11
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 11: Entertainment contains more than 12,500 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards entertainers and entertainment in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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1898-1987
- Size:
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6 boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S35
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 35 contains documents related to Sam DeVincent and his interest in sheet music. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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1847-1952
- Size:
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4 boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S31
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 31 contains materials documenting dialects and foreign songs. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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1868-1978
- Size:
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8 boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S37
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 37: Other Materials contains materials documenting the various subjects present in the collection other than sheet music. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Musical Instruments, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Alderman, Alonzo (Tony) Elvis, 1900-1983 ((musician))
Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
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1927-1983
- Size:
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4 cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0211
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Alonzo Elvis "Tony" Alderman played country music with the Galax Dixie Concert Band and The Hill Billies. During the 1950s through 1970s he recorded old-time and early country music, primarily at festivals and conventions. Alderman recorded many of the open-reel audiotapes in the collection at the Old Time Fiddlers Convention in Galax, Virginia.