Sheet Music, Love Theme From "Madame X" (Swedish Rhapsody)
Sheet Music, Love Theme From "Madame X" (Swedish Rhapsody)
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- Description
- The use of "X" to denote an unknown quantity has been common in mathematics from the eighteenth century. In 1908, the French playwright Alexandre Bisson wrote a play with the title "Madame X" featuring a woman who chose not to reveal her identity - hence known as Madame X. When this play was made into a Universal Pictures movie in the 1960s, the theme song used was Charles Wildman's "Swedish Rhapsody," now entitled "Love Theme From [sic] 'Madame X." The copyright dates on this sheet music for the piece are 1947 and 1948, the actual sheet music considerably later..
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Sheet Music
- Object Type
- Sheet Music
- copyright date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall:.1 cm x 23 cm x 30.6 cm; 1/32 in x 9 1/16 in x 12 1/16 in
- ID Number
- 1988.3086.016
- catalog number
- 1988.3086.016
- nonaccession number
- 1988.3086
- Credit Line
- The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
- subject
- Mathematics
- Music
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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