“Why is The Moon Always Shining”
“Why is The Moon Always Shining”
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- Description
- This sheet music for the song "Why Is the Moon Always Shining (When I Want to Love My Girl)" was written and composed by Mary E. Flynn, Stephen St. John and Frank Davis. The music was published by the Schenectady Music Publication Company of Schenectady, New York in 1922. The cover contains an illustration of a couple in a blue night canoodling under the moonlight of a winking moon. The cover also features a photograph of the Zita Orchestra on the bottom right, who “featured” the song in Albany, New York.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sheet music
- recording date
- 1922
- publisher
- Schenectady Music Publishers
- place made
- United States: New York, Schenectady
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 9 1/4 in; 30.48 cm x 23.495 cm
- ID Number
- 1982.0439.25
- catalog number
- 1982.0439.25
- accession number
- 1982.0439
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- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Sheet Music
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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