The Bix pieces : music scores used by Twyla Tharp for her dance, 1971.

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The Bix pieces : music scores used by Twyla Tharp for her dance, 1971.

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Folders contain: script for the second part of the dance, "Why they were made", with musical entrance notes; piano scores, vocal and instrumental parts for every piece included in the dance: In a mist, by Bix Beiderbecke; T'aint so honey, t'aint so, by Willard Robison; That's my weakness now, by Bud Green and Sam H. Stept; Borneo, adapted by Walter Donaldson; Because my baby don't mean maybe now, by Walter Donaldson; I want to be happy, by Vincent Youmans; Abide with me, arranged by Thelonious Monk; String Quartet in C major, "The Emperor", by Joseph Haydn, revised by Andreas Moser and Hugo Dechert, published in his "30 celebrated quartets for 2 violins, viola and violoncello. All the scores are facsimile reproductions of the manuscript, except Haydn's String quartet, published by E.F.Kalmus; some of the scores are annotated by Tharp.

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Donaldson, Walter, 1893-1947

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Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809

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Possibly composed by 1778-79. This symphony exists in several different versions. This edition is based on parts published by Siéber, Paris, 1786, which lack the minuet and trio listed in Hoboken.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony no. 53 : (L'Impériale) / by Joseph Haydn ; edited by Alfred Einstein. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 50181222 Composed before 1781. Authenticity doubtful. For other editions see callnos. 11...

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Youmans, Vincent, 1898-1946

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Green, Bud, b. 1897.

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Beiderbecke, Bix, 1903-1931

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Dechert, Hugo

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Twyla Tharp is American modern dancer and choreographer. She was born 1 July 1941 in Portland, Indiana and grew up in Rialto, California. She attended Pomona College and received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College in 1963. As a child she studied ballet, tap, flamenco, baron twirling, acrobatics, and several musical instruments. While in California, she studied dance with Beatrice Collenette, Wilson Morelli, John Butler, Carmen de Lavallade, and at the Lester Horton stu...