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
- A Flower is a Lovesome Thing (c.1946)
- After All (1941)
- Agra (1964)
- All Day Long (c.1951)
- All Too Soon (1957)
B
- Bagatelle (c.1956)
- Ballad for Very Tired and Sad Lotus Eaters (c.1956)
- Bli-Blip (1957)
- Blood Count (c.1963)
- Blue Bird of Delhi (c.1964)
- Blue House (c.1941)
- Blue House (1942)
- Blue Star (c.1941)
- Blues in Orbit (c.1958)
- Boll Weavil Ballet score only
- Boo-Dah (c.1953)
- Brown Betty (1948)
C
- Cashmere Cutie (c.1957)
- Chelsea Bridge (1941)
- Clementine (1941)
D
- Day Dream (1957)
- Dirge (1943)
- Drop Me Off at Harlem (1957)
E
- The Eighth Veil (1946)
- Everything But You (1957)
- Ev'rything's Copasetic! (1962) score only
F
- Fantastic Rhythm piano
- Feet on the Beat (c. 1955)
- Flame Indigo score only
- Flamingo (1940)
- The Flowers Die of Love piano
- Fol-de-rol-rol score only
G
- Grievin' (1956)
H
- Hip (1941) score only
- The Hipper-Bug (1941) score only
I
- I Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues (1957)
- I Didn't Know About You (1957)
- I Got it Bad (c.1950)
- I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So (1957)
- Isfahan (1963)
- It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing) (c.1943)
J
- Jo score only
K
- The Kissing Bug (1945)
L
- Lana Turner (1944) [a/k/a Charpoy]
- Let Nature Take its Course piano
- Lonely Again [Lush Life] score only
- Lost in Meditation (1957)
- Love, Love
- Lozit score only
M
- Matinee Score only
- Mid-Riff (c.1944)
N
- Newport Jazz Festival Suite (1956)
- Nutcracker Suite (1960)
O
- On the Wrong Side of the Rail Road Tracks score only
- Orson (c.1941)
- Overture to a Jam Session (c.1946)
P
- Passion Flower (c.1941)
- Passion Flower (c.1945)
- Passion Flower (c.1949)
- Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2 (1960)
- Penthouse on Shady Avenue piano
- Pentonsilic (c.1941)
- Perfume Suite (1943-44)
- Pomegranate score only
- Portrait of a Silk Thread (c.1944)
- Pretty Girl [Star-crossed Lovers] score only
R
- Rain Check (1941)
S
- Le Sacre Supreme (c.1944)
- Smada (c.1951)
- Snibor (c.1947)
- Something to Live For (1942) score only
- So This is Love piano
- Sophisticated Lady (1956)
- Suite for the Duo (1966)
- Sweet & Pungent (c.1959)
- Swing Dance score only
T
- Take the "A" Train (1941)
- Take the "A" Train (1957)
- Theme from Anatomy of a Murder (1959) score only
- Tiffany score only
- Tonk (1940)
U
- U.M.M.G. [Upper Manhattan Medical Group] (c.1954)
V
- Valse (c.1933)
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