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When the lights are low

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

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Sheet music, 1916.

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Title
When the lights are low
Additional title: Ziegfeld follies of 1916.
Additional title: Ziegfeld follies. When the lights are low. Vocal score.
Names
Buck, Gene (Lyricist)
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 (Composer)
Collection

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

Sheet music, 1916.

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1916
Place: New York
Publisher: T.B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Ziegfeld follies, 1916)
Genres
sheet music
Scores
Notes
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Content: First line of refrain: When the lights are low, at twilight.
Content: First line of text: I am quite romantic more or less.
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Produced at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York--Cover.
Content: Staged by Ned Wayburn--Cover.
Content: Caption title.
Statement of responsibility: lyric by Gene Buck ; music by Jerome Kern.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 vocal score (4 p.) : ill. ; 34 cm.
Center seam torn; corners frayed.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C404
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14535714
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2cd2ad20-c5ff-012f-bd1f-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

  • 1916: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "When the lights are low" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1916. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-51d7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "When the lights are low" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-51d7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1916). When the lights are low Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-51d7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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When the lights are low