“Take Me Out to the Ballgame”
“Take Me Out to the Ballgame”
- Description (Brief)
- This sheet music is for the song “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” Jack Norworth wrote the lyrics and Albert Von Tilzer composed the music to the song. The sheet music was published by the York Music Company of New York City in 1908. The cover has an illustration of a baseball in the background, with an illustration of a cheering crowd below. There is an inset photograph of Maude Gray on the right side of the cover.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sheet music
- date made
- 1908
- performer
- Gray, Maude
- composer
- Von Tilzer, Albert
- lyricist
- Norworth, Jack
- publisher
- York Music Co.
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 3/4 in x 10 1/2 in; 34.925 cm x 26.67 cm
- ID Number
- 1983.0424.096
- accession number
- 1983.0424
- catalog number
- 1983.0424.096
- subject
- Baseball
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Sheet Music
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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