"Bully"
"Bully"
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- Description (Brief)
- This sheet music for the song “May Irwin’s ‘Bully’ Song” was written and composed by Charles E. Trevathan, and published by White-Smith Music Publishers of New York, New York in 1896. “Bully Song” is advertised as being “sung with Great Success in the ‘Widow Jones’” by May Irwin. The cover features an illustrated African-American man in a top hat holding onto the top of the inset photograph of May Irwin and glaring at her. Irwin autographed the sheet music and wrote, “This is the only correct publication of the “Bully Song.” Irwin later became famous for being a part of the first cinematic kiss ever.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- leaflet
- sheet music
- Other Terms
- leaflet; Autograph
- date made
- 1896
- composer; lyricist
- Trevathan, Charles E.
- performer
- Irwin, May
- publisher
- White-Smith Music Publishers
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.1154.15
- accession number
- 1979.1154
- catalog number
- 1979.1154.15
- Credit Line
- Gift of C. Malcolm Watkins
- subject
- Music
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Sheet Music
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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