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Didn't My Lord Deliber Daniel: orchestral score

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Didn't My Lord Deliber Daniel: orchestral score

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Description: A full autograph orchestral score; an arrangement of the African American spiritual "Didn't My Lord Deliber Daniel." It was found in the music files of film composer Dmitri Tiomkin; the score is believed to be part of Tiomkin's research for the score for "The Negro Soldier" (1944), from Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" series during World War II.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1940.
Call number: mssHM 84111
Creator: Forsythe, Harold Bruce(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Volta Music Corporation, February 2022. The gift is from Olivia Douglas, President of Volta Music Corporation, who is the second wife of the late Dmitri Tiomkin. The score was identified by Patrick Russ, orchestrator and arranger, and President of the Film Music Foundation. Tiomkin worked with several Black composers and musical talents in Hollywood, including Hall Johnson, Jester Hairston, and William Grant Still.

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34 cm

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Russ, Patrick.

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