"It Might As Well Be Spring": Museum Object and Cultural History
"It Might As Well Be Spring": publishing date: 1945. depicted (sitter): Crain, Jeanne. depicted (sitter): Haymes, Dick.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song “It Might As Well Be Spring,” with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was published by William Son Music, Inc. in New York, New York in 1945.
”It Might as Well Be Spring” was featured in the 1945, 20th Century Fox musical film, State Fair, directed by Walter Lang and starred Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, and Vivian Blaine. “It Might As Well Be Spring” won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1945. State Fair was the only Rodgers and Hammerstein musical written originally for film.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1945
- depicted (sitter): Crain, Jeanne
- depicted (sitter): Haymes, Dick
- composer: Rodgers, Richard
- lyricist: Hammerstein II, Oscar
- publisher: Williamson Music Inc.
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 11 3/4 in x 9 in; 29.845 cm x 22.86 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 2014.3013.148
- nonaccession number: 2014.3013
- catalog number: 2014.3013.148
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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