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Title
I hold her hand and she holds mine : ain't nature grand?
Additional title: Ziegfeld follies of 1921.
Additional title: Ziegfeld follies. Ain't nature grand?. Vocal score.
Names
Reiss, Lionel S. (Lionel Samson), 1894- (Illustrator)
Rose, Billy, 1899-1966 (Lyricist)
Ryan, Ben, 1892-1968 (Lyricist)
Bibo, Irving (Composer)
Collection

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

Sheet music, 1921.

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1921
Place: New York
Publisher: L. Feist
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Ziegfeld follies, 1921)
Genres
sheet music
Scores
Notes
Content: Cover illustrated by Lionel S. Reiss.
Content: First line of chorus: I hold her hand, and she holds mine.
Content: First line of text: My big brother never went to college.
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Photograph of Gus Van and Joseph Schenck on bottom of cover.
Content: Sung by Van & Schenck in Ziegfeld Follies 1-9-2-1--Cover.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement of responsibility: words by Billy Rose and Ben Ryan ; music by Irving Bibo.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 vocal score (3 p.) : ill. ; 32 cm.
Center seam torn.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C442
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14705297
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8c341110-c5ff-012f-ab94-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1921: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "I hold her hand and she holds mine : ain't nature grand?" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1921. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-f099-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "I hold her hand and she holds mine : ain't nature grand?" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-f099-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1921). I hold her hand and she holds mine : ain't nature grand? Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-f099-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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I hold her hand and she holds mine : ain't nature grand?