"Absalom At the Well": Museum Object and Cultural History
"Absalom At the Well": publisher: 1898. licensee: Katzenelenbogen, J.. composer: Goldfaden, Avrom.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song "Absalom" from the opera Shulamith, composed by Abraham [Avrum] Goldfaden and arranged for piano by Henry A. Russotto. It was published by Hebrew Publishing Company in New York, New, in 1898, and licensed to J. Katzenelenbogen.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publisher: 1898
- licensee: Katzenelenbogen, J.
- composer: Goldfaden, Avrom
- arranger: Russotto, Henry A.
- publisher: Hebrew Publishing Company
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 35.1155 cm x 26.9875 cm; 13 13/16 in x 10 5/8 in
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- Subject: Yiddish Culture
- Subject: Judaism
- ID Number: 1992.0359.04
- accession number: 1992.0359
- catalog number: 1992.0359.04
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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