Lead sheet music for "Carribee Joe": Museum Object and Cultural History
Lead sheet music for "Carribee Joe": Date: 1956. Written by: Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974. Owned by: Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974.
The object in the museum catalogue
Lead sheet music for "Carribee Joe" written by Duke Ellington. The sheet music has printed musical staves with handwritten musical notes and notations throughout. The sheet music consists of three, single sided pages. The backs of these pages are blank. At the top of the first page is the inscription [CARABEE JOE]. In the bottom left corner of every sheet is the logo and address for the company King Brand music papers.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1956
- Written by: Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974
- Owned by: Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974
- Printed by: King Brand, American
- Type: sheet music
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W (2016.87.1a): 9 5/16 × 11 in. (23.7 × 27.9 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (2016.87.1b): 9 1/4 × 11 in. (23.5 × 27.9 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (2016.87.1c): 9 5/16 × 11 in. (23.7 × 27.9 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Object number: 2016.87.1abc
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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