Billy Strayhorn Ephemera Collection

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Billy Strayhorn Ephemera Collection

1965-1969

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep815c7a2bc-5f80-4e1e-b07b-aa8f6c7a13ce

Collection consists of two newsclippings, and an advertising yearbook documenting Strayhorn's career as Duke Ellington's chief arranger, co-composer, lyricist, and emergency fill-in at the piano.

3 Items (3 folders)

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11663476

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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Morris, Gregory

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Gregory, Thelma

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Strayhorn, Billy, 1915-1967

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William "Billy" Strayhorn was born in Dayton, Ohio on November 29, 1915. He spent part of his childhood in Hillsborough, North Carolina. His family eventually moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he studied classical music at the Pittsburgh Musical Institution. At the age of 23, he submitted a musical composition titled "Something to Live For" to Duke Ellington, who subsequently recorded it with Strayhorn as the pianist. Strayhorn worked as the pianist in Mercer Ellington's orchestra for ...