“Mopsy Massy of Tallahassee” Sheet Music
- Description (Brief)
- This sheet music for the song “Mopsy Massey of Tallahassee” was written by Willis Leonard Clanahan, and composed and published by Anita Comfort of New York, New York in 1898. This sheet music appeared as a supplement to the “New York Herald” on April 26, 1903. The music features a stereotyped caricature of a barefoot black woman at the top, presumably “Mopsy Massy.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1898
- lyricist
- Clanahan, Willis Leonard
- composer
- Comfort, Anita
- Physical Description
- ink (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 in x 10 1/4 in; 35.56 cm x 26.035 cm
- ID Number
- 1982.0440.68
- accession number
- 1982.0440
- catalog number
- 1982.0440.68
- subject
- Music
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- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Sheet Music
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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