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Box 1

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Contains 1 Result:

Tennessee Waltz Lead Sheet Manuscript, 1946 December

 File — Box: 1, item: 1
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

The 1946 Tennessee Waltz original sheet music, or lead sheet, is handwritten on a piece of music paper with preprinted staffs. The manuscript bears the crossed-out and penciled-in substitutions for lyrics in the bridge. Pee Wee King noted to his biographers that he and Redd Stewart changed the bridge of the original composition after their publisher, Fred Rose, made suggestions.

Dates: 1946 December