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Chicago Jazz Archive | The Billy Strayhorn Master Editions : Holdings
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The Billy Strayhorn Master Editions are performance scores and parts derived directly from the handwritten manuscripts of composer and arranger William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn.

Like all materials in the Chicago Jazz Archive collections, the Billy Strayhorn Master Editions do not circulate outside the Archive and are available for consultation by appointment only. Due to copyright restrictions, the Archive cannot provide photocopies or scans of entire scores and parts. Patrons needing entire works for performance or study should contact Billy Strayhorn Songs Inc. Titles listed have parts unless otherwise noted.

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A-B C-D-E F-G-H I-J-K L-M-N O-P R-S T-U-V

A

  1. A Flower is a Lovesome Thing (c.1946)
  2. After All (1941)
  3. Agra (1964)
  4. All Day Long (c.1951)
  5. All Too Soon (1957)

    B

  6. Bagatelle (c.1956)
  7. Ballad for Very Tired and Sad Lotus Eaters (c.1956)
  8. Bli-Blip (1957)
  9. Blood Count (c.1963)
  10. Blue Bird of Delhi (c.1964)
  11. Blue House (c.1941)
  12. Blue House (1942)
  13. Blue Star (c.1941)
  14. Blues in Orbit (c.1958)
  15. Boll Weavil Ballet score only
  16. Boo-Dah (c.1953)
  17. Brown Betty (1948)

    C

  18. Cashmere Cutie (c.1957)
  19. Chelsea Bridge (1941)
  20. Clementine (1941)

    D

  21. Day Dream (1957)
  22. Dirge (1943)
  23. Drop Me Off at Harlem (1957)

    E

  24. The Eighth Veil (1946)
  25. Everything But You (1957)
  26. Ev'rything's Copasetic! (1962) score only

    F

  27. Fantastic Rhythm piano
  28. Feet on the Beat (c. 1955)
  29. Flame Indigo score only
  30. Flamingo (1940)
  31. The Flowers Die of Love piano
  32. Fol-de-rol-rol score only

    G

  33. Grievin' (1956)

    H

  34. Hip (1941) score only
  35. The Hipper-Bug (1941) score only

    I

  36. I Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues (1957)
  37. I Didn't Know About You (1957)
  38. I Got it Bad (c.1950)
  39. I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So (1957)
  40. Isfahan (1963)
  41. It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing) (c.1943)

    J

  42. Jo score only

    K

  43. The Kissing Bug (1945)

    L

  44. Lana Turner (1944) [a/k/a Charpoy]
  45. Let Nature Take its Course piano
  46. Lonely Again [Lush Life] score only
  47. Lost in Meditation (1957)
  48. Love, Love
  49. Lozit score only

    M

  50. Matinee Score only
  51. Mid-Riff (c.1944)

    N

  52. Newport Jazz Festival Suite (1956)
  53. Nutcracker Suite (1960)

    O

  54. On the Wrong Side of the Rail Road Tracks score only
  55. Orson (c.1941)
  56. Overture to a Jam Session (c.1946)

    P

  57. Passion Flower (c.1941)
  58. Passion Flower (c.1945)
  59. Passion Flower (c.1949)
  60. Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2 (1960)
  61. Penthouse on Shady Avenue piano
  62. Pentonsilic (c.1941)
  63. Perfume Suite (1943-44)
  64. Pomegranate score only
  65. Portrait of a Silk Thread (c.1944)
  66. Pretty Girl [Star-crossed Lovers] score only

    R

  67. Rain Check (1941)

    S

  68. Le Sacre Supreme (c.1944)
  69. Smada (c.1951)
  70. Snibor (c.1947)
  71. Something to Live For (1942) score only
  72. So This is Love piano
  73. Sophisticated Lady (1956)
  74. Suite for the Duo (1966)
  75. Sweet & Pungent (c.1959)
  76. Swing Dance score only

    T

  77. Take the "A" Train (1941)
  78. Take the "A" Train (1957)
  79. Theme from Anatomy of a Murder (1959) score only
  80. Tiffany score only
  81. Tonk (1940)

    U

  82. U.M.M.G. [Upper Manhattan Medical Group] (c.1954)

    V

  83. Valse (c.1933)


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