JAMES P. JOHNSON COLLECTION. Series 1A: Music Manuscripts. Draft Container List

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1 JAMES P. JOHNSON COLLECTION Draft Container List **Note to Researchers: The Music Manuscripts in the are valuable and fragile. For these reasons, some manuscripts may not be photocopied until properly preserved or a preservation copy supplied. Due to Johnson s re-use of titles and themes and the complicated musical theatre works, the manuscripts are listed as received. Finer arrangement will be completed in the future. Any observations by James P. Johnson scholars are welcome; however they may only be added by notations in pencil on an acid-free piece of paper and then wrapped around the manuscript. Only archivist Annie Kuebler can relocate the manuscripts. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Box Folder Title Composer Date Score Orchestration Parts Notes 1 After Tonight Yes Small group Tenor, Trumpet, Bone, GBD, Lyrics Ain t Cha Got Music Incomplete score Small band Always At Your Service Music by JPJ; Lyrics by J.C. Johnson & Andy Razaf No Big Band AAT (Greely) Bing; 3 Trumpets, 1 Bone; P, Banjo, BD AMERICAN BEAUTY March 1942 Incomplete Concerto for clarinet and orchestra Dedicated to Benny Goodman American Moods Piano reduction score (5 Pianoforte concerto 1

2 leaves) 1-6 AMERICAN SYMPHONIC SUITE SAINT LOUIS BLUES Three Movement symphonic suite 1 American Symphonic Suite 2 American Symphonic Suite 3 American Symphonic Suite 4 American Symphonic Suite 5 American Symphonic Suite 2 6 American Symphonic Suite Published score Incomplete sets of parts for 2 nd & 3 rd movements Assorted parts for 1 st & 3 rd movements String parts for 1 st movement Assorted parts for 1 st movement Miscellaneous parts, sketches, reductions. Parts for 2 nd movement 1 39 page complete score; copies of miscellaneous pages Anima Anceps JPJ; Razaf; Piano/Voice Score Choral work Piano; lyric; four voices Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass Choral arrangement by Steve Stevens XOS April in Harlem Symphonic score (15 leaves) Symphony See Harlem Symphony 2

3 2 Balmora Negro Dance JPJ 9 page score with sketches; Fragmentary symphonic score Form to be determined: Symphony Folder also contains Vocal scores for Realistic, Parts I & IV Baptist Mission 4 th Movement sa XOS 1 conductor s score Symphony Full set of parts See Harlem Symphony XOS Baptist Mission 1 symphonic score (22 leaves) Symphony See Harlem Symphony Beethoven see Concerto III 2 Can t You Hear Those Drums? JPJ; Lyrics by Hughes 1943 Piano/lead Copyist Michael Edwards 2 Carolina Shout Symphonic Dance JPJ Score Symphonic Dance 2 Carolina Shout Incomplete Parts: 1 st Alto/clarinet; 1 st & 3 rd trumpet; bass in copyist hand; Cornet A; sketches, Copyist on Studio Brand Belwin paper; JPJ cornet on Ditson Brand; JPJ sketches on Irving Berlin paper Charleston 3

4 Chivaree aka Shivaree saa Sugar Hill 2 City of Steel JPJ Introduction, Transition; 2 movement short score Sketches Movement II: Love Under The Stars OS Comic Opera Phone Scene Complete Score Symphony Flute; (Oboe, Clarinet Alto Sax), (Clarinet, Tenor Sax), B flat bass clarinet; French Horn, Trumpets I II; Trombone; Violins A D, Viola, Cello, Bass, Piano, Bass, Drums, Voices Dapogney note: Is this part of Meet Miss Jones? Concerto III, IInd Movement Ludwig Von Beethoven One page incomplete piano Piano Concerto OS 11 CONCERTO JAZZAMINE 1-5 CONCERTO JAZZAMINE 2 sets of symphonic scores (first two movements), sketches for third movement 1 Concerto Jazzamine Piano parts, mvmts Concerto Jazzamine Reeds, brass, rhythm parts, mvmt Concerto Jazzamine Reeds, brass, rhythm parts, mvmt. 2 4

5 4 Concerto Jazzamine String parts, mvmts Concerto Jazzamine Third movement sketches CREOLE FOLLIES Titles from original program in the Collection Dancing Fools Don t Lose Your Head (And Lose Your Gal) Sheet Music Down Home Blues Voice score; solo, soprano, alto, tenor, bass DREAMY KID Opera in One Act From play by Eugene O Neil. Lyrics by Mercer Cook 1 Dreamy Kid Vocal and instrumental sketches (31 leaves) 2 Dreamy Kid Piano and vocal reduction score 3 Dreamy Kid Reduction scores Prelude, Ceely-Ann s- Song and Love Duet. Sketches and stage directions 5

6 4 4 Dreamy Kid Partial full score, Prelude. (19 leaves) 4 5 Dreamy Kid Parts for Cradle Song. Strings, bsn, ob, cl, fr. hn 1-2 DRUMS 4 Drums Concert Overture Symphony String parts 4 Drums Parts strings, woodwinds, brass, drums ECCENTRICITY JPJ OS 11 Eccentricity Symphonic score (51 leaves) Symphony From production Waltz 5 Eccentricity for Orchestra Two sets of orch. parts, first incomplete (cl, bsn, trb,drms, vln, bass). Second complete Echoes of Ole Dixie Land Jimmie Johnson & Perry Bradford 1928 See Mississippi Moan JPJ front page note: Mound Bayou Negro Rhapsody Eliza 6

7 Far Away Love 5 Farewell Blues 1935 Sketches on Monarch Brand paper and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. paper Fireworks Igor Stravinsky Yes Symphony Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet I & II, Horn; Violins I & II; Viola Fugue With Special Design TBI GEECHIE Jimmy Johnson and Henry Creamer Complete piano Complete 16 page Score Piano solo Musical R AKK: for further study and comparison with script Wandering (Opening on score title page) Flute, 1 st 3 rd Clarinet, Basson; Horn I; Violin I II, Xylophone, Tympani, Viola, Cello, Bass (Viol?); Short score with melody/lyrics and JPJ notations JPJ note Glockenspiel Melody George Pasha Gingerbrown TBI Go Harlem 1930 Yes Instrumental score JD note: (Shuffle Along 1930, Kitchen 7

8 Mechanics Review, 1930; partial score) 5 Good For Nothin Big Band score only: AAT, 2 Trumpets, 1 Bone, PGBD 5 Happy Go Lucky Harlem Love Song 2 nd Movement 5 HARLEM SYMPHONY Harlem Topsies Harper & Blanks OS Big Band Score, sketch; Parts 3 Sax 3 Trumpets, 1 Bone, BD 1932 Reduction score, three movements. Fragile! 5 Havin A Ball Small group parts: Tenor, Trumpet, Bone, BD Heart Breakin Joe 5 Heart Throbs Suite for Strings in E Major Sketches and incomplete score For 3 violins, viola, cello, & bass. Third movement based on Nobody Knows the Troubles I ve Seen 8

9 Henry s Dream see Sugar Hill He s A Nightmare TBI How Long Has That Train Been Gone John Henry & Will Wright Melody/lyric in JPJ hand TBI HUSBAND, THE JPJ; Lyrics by Flournoy E. Miller Yes Older intro Page 1; pages complete movement Comic Opera In One Act ; Note by JPJ Flute, Oboe, Clarinet I III, Bassoon; Horns, Trumpet I III, Trombone; Violin I II, Viola, Cello, Bass; Piano, Bass, Drums, Voice AK note: Probably adapted from earlier Musical Revue I Don t Want Any Labor in My Job See Sugar Hill sa Published Sheet Music 5 It Takes Love To Cure Heart Disease I ve Got To Be Lovely to Harry TBI If You Don t Believe I Love You Look What A Fool I ve Been Clarence Williams 1921 Clar. 2 Cornets, 1 Trombone, Tuba, Cello Undated None Uncertain; Orchestration by Dave Peyton. Jr. Chicago stamped Sheet Music 5 Ivy 3 Violins only 5 Jazz Cocktail Big Band Parts: 4 Sax; 3 9

10 Trumpets; 2 Bones; Piano, Banjo, BD Jazzamine A Piano Concerto SEE Concerto Jazzamine Two pianos Jerry Jubilee Singing 5 Just You, Just Me Big band parts: AATT, 3 Trumpets, 3 Bones, GBD Keep Em Guessin TBI Klavier Concert Major No. 503 Mozart Piano Solo; two page TBI Lessons In Rhythm Incomplete parts Uncertain (B Flat Clarinet & Tenor); 1 st & 2 nd B Flat Trumpet; Violins 1 st Stand; Piano, Guitar JD note: from a stage work? 1-5 LIBERTY A March Fantasia 6 1 Liberty JPJ 1917 Complete score Dedicated to the 369 th Infantry. Composed in 1917 orchestrated in

11 6 2 Liberty Piano reduction 6 3 Liberty Reed parts 6 4 Liberty String parts 6 5 Liberty Brass & percussion parts Liza Big Band AAT; 3 Trumpet, 2 Bones; PGBD (Yank) Love & Venable Love Bug Title from sheet music Love Don t Need A Referee Love Under The Stars see City of Steel 2 nd Movement of City of Steel TBI Love s Done Something To Me Sketches on Maury Deutsch paper Lovin Ain t My Aim 6 Manhattan Street Scene Ballet Miscellaneous/orph Sketches AKK note from larger work 11

12 an parts OS 11 Overture - Manhattan Street Scene? Symphonic score (14 leaves) Originally located after Manhattan Street Scene MEET MISS JONES Complete score for Opening Chorus ( Allo ) Introduction, Opening, Meet Miss Jones Musical Revue Flute, Oboe B flat clarinet and bass clarinet; Horn, Trumpet I II, Trombone I II, Violin A D, Viola, Cello; Piano, Bass, Drums, Voices ( Betty ) MEET MISS JONES Titles from sheet music in Collection 7 Memories Of You Small Group parts: Tenor, Trumpet, Bone, GBD Memphis Low- Down OS Mississippi Moan JPJ Complete score 56 pages Symphonic Tone Poem Piccolos, Flutes, English Horn, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoons, Alto Sax I II, Tenor, Baritone; Horns I IV, Trumpets I III, Trombones I II, Bass Trombone; Harp, Violins I _ II, Viola, Cello; Piano, Tuba, Bass, Tympani, Drums (You Took) Advantage of Me verso Trumpet part 12

13 Mississippi Moan JPJ; Lyric Adaptation of Echoes of Ole Dixie Land by Perry Bradford 1928 (Publishe d) Prologue; Published Bradford with JPJ notations and additions Symphonic Tone Poem Mister Dumbell and Mister Tough 7 MONEYMOON JPJ; Lyrics by Flournoy E. Miller Titles from Synopsis in the Collection. Full piano reduction score. My Hunk of Blues My Sweet Hunk O Trash S.A. Sugar Hill 7 New Orleans Sketches for Congo Square, Dance Calinda, Mardi Gras, and Blue s Night Club 3 rd Movement Old Fashion Love Open Your Heart Pat Your Feet Peace, Sister, 13

14 Peace S.A. Sugar Hill Piano Movers TBI Rose, The Maid and The Butler JPJ; Lyrics by Flournoy E. Miller Many pages with lyrics JPJ note: Moneymoon, Sugar Hill AKK further study 7 Piano Solos 7 PLANTATION DAYS 1922 Titles from program in the Collection Red Cap Capers Please Don t Swing That Song Jimmy Davis Undated Handwritten piano/lyric sheet Originally with Joe Davis envelope; au verso Whaley s phone number and members of JPJ small group Realistic Vocal scores, Parts I & IV See Balmoral RUNNIN WILD Titles from original program in Collection 8 Scrappy s Dance Woodwind, brass, and string parts 14

15 Send Her 8 Sefronia s Dream Negro Ballet Fantasy Plot summary and sketches Sepia Fashion Show TBI Kitchen Mechanic s Review Shuffle Along Shuffle Along Hits Simon Legree Simply Full of Jazz Sippi Vocal score Sit Still If You Can Smiling Through My Tears Snowtime Sun Kist Rose XOS Sometimes I Feel 1 conductor s score (3 Possibly not 15

16 Like A Motherless Child leaves) JPJ. 8 Sonatine Woodwind, brass, and string parts Southern Wedding Specialty SPIRIT OF AMERICA, THE Score for Movements 1 2, 4 Allegro for Strings Quartet A flat major for Strings Spirit of America, The 8 2 Spirit of America, The 8 3 Spirit of America, The 8 4 Spirit of America, The 8 5 Spirit of America, The 8 6 Spirit of America, The Score, mvmts. 1-2 Score, mvmt. 4 Parts, mvmt. 1 Parts, mvmt. 2 Parts, mvmt. 3 Reduction score and parts, mvmt. 4 2 nd Movement based upon Negro Spiritual Nobody Knows The Trouble I ve Seen 16

17 Stay Out of the Kitchen Stop and Rest A While 8 Strutter s Ball Score Big Band Parts for big band with oboe, plus choir arrangement (score only) Strutting Flappers A Subway Journey from Penn Station to Harlem - 1 ST Movement Full set of symphonic parts Harlem Symphony 9 SUGAR HILL Folder 1 (1931?) copyright 1949 Overture (parts for tpt, trb, vln). Sender, Sugar Hill or Negliges (sketches), Hot Harlem (lead sheet, alto sax, vln, and tenor voice parts), unidentified piano & clarinet parts, You Can t Lose A Broken Heart (lead sheet with lyric), Mama s Got to See You Tonight (Piano reduction), unidentified arrangement ( You Can t Stop Em Now???) Titles from sheet music in the Collection: My Sweet Hunk O Trash; I Don t Want Any Labor In My Job; Stay Out Of The Kitchen; You Can t Lose A Broken Heart (Sugar Hill Theme?); 17

18 9 Sugar Hill Folder 2 9 Sugar Hill Folder 3 Unidentified tune (brass parts), unidentified piano part, Happen To Me (sax, tpt, vln parts), Boston (sax, tpt, vln parts), Noisy Neighbors (sax, brass, vln, bass &banjo parts), Henry s Dance (sax, vln, tpt parts), unidentified string parts. Introduction to Spiritual (trpt, pno, vln parts), Hannah The Cook (partial reduction score w/vocal), Peace Sister Peace (reduction score), Shivaree (reduction score), I Don t Want Any Labor In My Job (reduction score), That Was Then (reduction score), Moving Day (tpt, Keep Em Guessing; Far Away Love; Peace, Sister, Peace; That Was Then; Chivaree. Mama s Got To See You cowritten w/andy Razaf, probably not from Sugar Hill? Titles from Sugar Hill (according to published sheet music) are in bold. 18

19 pno, vln parts), Yes I Love You Honey (choral score, vln, pno parts), Rumbola (sax, tpt, vln parts, and partial reduction score/sketch?) TBI Sugar Hill 1931 Musical Revue B Flat Trumpet I III, Trombone, Violin 1 st stand; Piano JPJ note on Violin; Rumbola Chorus, Hot Harlem Last 4 Bars 1 Cho (sic) Hangin Around Your Door JPJ 1931 None Musical Revue JP & JH contra scholar notes 9 Sun Will Be Shining by James P. Johnson 9 Swinging At The Lido Flute, Oboe, 3 Clarinets, Bassoon; 1 Horn; Violins, Violas, Cello, B, Drums, Tympani Score, small group parts: Tenor, Trumpet (2 Pianos) J.P. Johnson + Willie Smith at a Social Dance with a graceful Prance E Flat Swing TBI Swooning Again Maceo Jefferson 1946 Handwritten piano solo Piano Solo In MJ hand 19

20 9 Symphony in Brown Sketches for 5 movements That s Why They Call Me Shine That Was Then TBI Thema Con Variazioni None Two 1 st Violins parts Not in JPJ hand; in regular copyist from Moneymoon 9 Tiger Rag Choral arrangement (score only) Topsy Transportation 9 Treemonisha Scott Joplin Published score 10 Twiddlin My Thumbs Score only Big Band Score only for big band: AAT, 3 Tpt, 1 Bone; PGBD Two Fast Steppers 20

21 Ukelele Blues Uncle Tom s Cabin 1926 Uncle Toms Unknown Insurance Vampire Babe XOS VICTORY STRIDE page score 10 Victory Stride Piano part and conductor s score (16 leaves) 10 Violin Concerto in G Major 10 Way Down Yonder In New Orleans Sketches only Score only (4 Horns and rhythm) What Kind O Tune Did Nero Play TBI What s Your Squawk? Bud Allen Handwritten piano/lyric JPJ unrelated (?) notes inside 10 Who Big Band parts: AAT, 3 Tpts, 1 Bone; PG, Tuba, D; Melody line Who ala Teddy WIlson on melody 21

22 Why? You re My Rose Sheet Music 10 You re The Reason A, E flat Alto, B Flat tenor all switch to clarinet; 3 Trumpets; 2 Bones; 3 Violins; P,Banjo, BD 10 You Always Can Come Back To Me You Can t Lose A Broken Heart 10 You Took Advantage Of Me Parts for big band with violins. Small group score: Clar, T, Tpt, Bone OS You, You, You OS Score; Parts AT, 2 Tpts, GB Typed lyric on separate paper Fragile condition, some water damage. Trpt part verso Memories of You Entr Act Zamboola 135 th Street Bloodhounds 10 Untitled (2 folders) 22