“Ditson’s Musical Monthly”
“Ditson’s Musical Monthly”
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- Description (Brief)
- This song book is Ditson and Company’s “Musical Monthly, Number 13.” The song book was published by Ditson and Company in 1878. The monthly publication was “a collection of popular vocal and instrumental music” that cost two dollars for a yearly subscription, or a quarter per issue without a subscription.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- booklet
- sheet music
- song book
- date made
- 1877-1878
- publisher
- Ditson & Co.
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm
- ID Number
- 1982.0005.16
- accession number
- 1982.0005
- catalog number
- 1982.0005.16
- Credit Line
- Gift of Florence Gerhard Casper
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Sheet Music
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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