[Papers regarding copyright ownership of Jelly Roll Morton's songs]

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[Papers regarding copyright ownership of Jelly Roll Morton's songs]

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The collection consists of correspondence and other documents generated by Harrison Smith, manager of American jazz composer and pianist Jelly Roll Morton, his lawyer, Howard Fischer, and various music publishers. Harrison Smith claimed copyright ownership of several Jelly Roll Morton songs; the documents deal with Smith's claims of copyright infringement and lawsuit he brought against RCA in U.S. District Court.

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Harvard University, Loeb Music Library

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Harvard University, Loeb Music Library

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Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890-1941

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Jelly Roll Morton, composer. George C. Wolfe, librettist. Susan Birkenhead, lyricist. Additional music and musical adaptation by Luther Henderson. From the description of Jelly's last jam: typescript, 1992. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122533067 Jelly Roll Morton is believed to have been born on September 20, 1885, in Gulfport, Mississippi. His family moved to New Orleans, where Morton had both formal training in music and exposure to the leading jazz perfo...

Smith, Harrison (Musician)

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