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The magic melody

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Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)

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Sheet music, 1915.

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Title
The magic melody
Additional title: Nobody home. Magic melody. Vocal score.
Names
Strauss, Malcolm A., 1883-1936 (Illustrator)
Greene, Schuyler (Lyricist)
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 (Composer)
Collection

Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)

Sheet music, 1915.

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1915
Place: New York
Publisher: T.B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Nobody home, 1915)
Genres
sheet music
Scores
Notes
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Content: Caption title.
Content: Cover illustrated by Malcolm Strauss.
Content: F. Ray Comstock presents Nobody home, book by Guy Bolton, music by Jerome Kern--Cover.
Content: First line of chorus: The world goes around to the sound of a syncopated melody.
Content: First line of text: What's the name of that melody?
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Statement of responsibility: words by Schuyler Greene ; music by Jerome Kern.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 vocal score (5 p.) : ill. ; 34 cm.
Covers separated.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C201
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14530057
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 160bd8f0-c5ff-012f-e69a-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1883: Creator Born
  • 1915: Created
  • 1936: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The magic melody" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1915. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-5036-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The magic melody" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 28, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-5036-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1915). The magic melody Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-5036-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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The magic melody