Here are screen shots from a recent lot on eBay for pages from the script of Duke Ellington's opera Queenie Pie. This was one of the final projects Ellington was working on at the time of his death. Its composition is intertwined with other projects for musical theatre throughout his life which will be explored in a second post.There is more about a 2009 performance of there work at the University of Texas here.
Duke Ellington's QUEENIE PIE - George C. Wolfe / Birkenhead / Peress
Duke Ellington's QUEENIE PIE - (A Jazz Operatta in the Key of Make Believe)
By: Wolfe. George C. / Music and Original Story by Duke Ellington
3-hole punched, with ties at ends.
Original printed typescript - unpublished script by George C. Wolfe. Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead. Music Development and Adaptation by Maurice Peress. Production Consultant Mercer Ellington.
The character Queenie Pie is loosely based on Madam C.J. Walker (1867-1919), a Harlem beautician who invented a preparation to straighten hair, and who is cited by the Guinness Book of Records as the first woman to become a millionaire through her own achievements.
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