“Jenny Lind's Favorite Polka”
“Jenny Lind's Favorite Polka”
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- Description (Brief)
- This sheet music is for the song “Jenny Lind's Favorite Polka” that was composed by Anton Wallerstein in 1846. G.P. Reed of Boston, Massachusetts published the sheet music. Jenny Lind was a Swedish opera singer nicknamed “The Swedish Nightingale,” who was so popular that P.T. Barnum offered her $1,000 a performance to come and tour America in 1850. Anton Wallerstein composed this polka to honor Lind.
- Object Name
- sheet music
- date made
- 1846
- publisher
- G. P. Reed
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 1/2 in x 10 in; 34.29 cm x 25.4 cm
- ID Number
- 1983.0424.087
- accession number
- 1983.0424
- catalog number
- 1983.0424.087
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Sheet Music
- Exhibition
- Entertainment Nation
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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