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Title
What can we do without a man
Additional title: Tapfere Soldat. What can we do without a man. Vocal score
Additional title: The chocolate soldier.
Names
Stange, Stanislaus, 1862-1917 (Lyricist)
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 (Author)
De Takacs, André C. (Illustrator)
Straus, Oscar, 1870-1954 (Composer)
Collection

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

Sheet music, 1909.

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1909
Place: New York
Publisher: L. Doblinger
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Chocolate soldier, 1909)
Topics
Operas
Operas & operettas -- United States -- 1901-1910
Genres
sheet music
Scores
Notes
Content: "F.C. Whitney's production, The chocolate soldier, opera bouffe"--Cover.
Content: "Libretto by Bernauer and Jacobson. Based on George Bernard Shaw's 'Arms and the man'"--Cover.
Content: Caption title.
Content: Cover illustrated by De Takacs.
Content: First line of [chorus]: If we live, if we live too long alone.
Content: First line of text: Lonely women, watch are keeping.
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement of responsibility: English words by Stanislaus Stange ; music by Oscar Straus.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 vocal score (3 p.) : ill. ; 35 cm.
Center seam torn; edges frayed and torn; part of right edge of cover missing.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14528482
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C477
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cd158110-c5fe-012f-50d8-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1862: Creator Born
  • 1909: Issued
  • 1917: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "What can we do without a man" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1909. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e1ec306-740e-facb-e040-e00a180678ae

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "What can we do without a man" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e1ec306-740e-facb-e040-e00a180678ae

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1909). What can we do without a man Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e1ec306-740e-facb-e040-e00a180678ae

Wikipedia Citation

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What can we do without a man