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Museum object · Written Music

Lead sheet music for "Carribee Joe"

1956

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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.

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Catalog reference: 2016.87.1abc

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