“A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody”
“A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody”
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- Description (Brief)
- This sheet music is for the song “A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody” from the 1919 revue Ziegfeld Follies. Irving Berlin wrote the lyrics and composed the music to the song, and Irving Berlin Inc. of New York City published this sheet music in 1919. The cover features an illustrated image of a member of the chorus for the Ziegfeld Follies revue called a “Ziegfeld Girl.” The artist Henry Clive signed the illustration in the lower left.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sheet music
- date made
- 1919
- composer
- Berlin, Irving
- publisher
- Irving Berlin, Inc.
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 1/4 in x 9 in; 31.115 cm x 22.86 cm
- ID Number
- 1983.0424.145
- accession number
- 1983.0424
- catalog number
- 1983.0424.145
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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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