Jelly Roll Morton collection, 1905-1941 (bulk 1905-1941).

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Jelly Roll Morton collection, 1905-1941 (bulk 1905-1941).

The Jelly Roll Morton Collection consists of 127 copyright deposits, which include manuscript lead sheets, scores, 9 holograph scores, transcriptions by J. Lawrence Cook and Roy J. Carew, 20 printed scores, 8 sets of printed parts, and a preservation microfilm of the collection (microfilm no. MUSIC 3018).

127 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8076592

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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...

Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002

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Cook, J. Lawrence (Jean Lawrence), 1899-1976

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Carew, Roy J.

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