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Chu Chin Chow

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

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Sheet music, 1917.

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Title
Chu Chin Chow
Additional title: Ziegfeld follies of 1917.
Additional title: Ziegfeld follies. Chu Chin Chow. Vocal score.
Names
Kirchner, Raphaël (1876-1917) (Illustrator)
Buck, Gene (Lyricist)
Stamper, Dave, 1883-1963 (Composer)
Collection

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

Sheet music, 1917.

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1917
Place: New York
Publisher: T.B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Ziegfeld follies, 1917)
Genres
sheet music
Scores
Notes
Content: Caption title.
Content: Drawing on cover by Raphael Kirchner.
Content: First line of refrain: Beware of Chu Chin Chow.
Content: First line of text: In a fairy book, a Chinese crook has won such won'drous fame.
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Produced at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York--Cover.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement of responsibility: lyric by Gene Buck ; music by Dave Stamper.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 vocal score (4 p.) : ill. ; 35 cm.
Center seam torn and repaired with tape; edges very frayed and some eroded.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C405
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14535715
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2f51e710-c5ff-012f-dad9-58d385a7bc34
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

  • 1876: Creator Born
  • 1917: Creator Died
  • 1917: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Chu Chin Chow" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1917. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-51dc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Chu Chin Chow" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-51dc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1917). Chu Chin Chow Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-51dc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Chu Chin Chow