Ella Fitzgerald sheet music collection, 1920-1996.

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Ella Fitzgerald sheet music collection, 1920-1996.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41599387

Collection consists of fourteen photographs of Ella Fitzgerald, and about 4600 music sheets (70%), folios (20%), and ozalid copies (10%), some sheets accompanied by correspondence to Fitzgerald or manuscripts lyrics.

50 boxes (25 linear ft.)

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7438980

University of California, Los Angeles

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Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996

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Ella Fitzgerald (b. April 25, 1917, Newport News, VA–d. June 15, 1996, Beverly Hills, CA) was an American jazz singer often referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. After tumultuous teenage years, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Chick Webb Orchestra, performing across the country, but...