"Ain't That Something Now": Museum Object and Cultural History
"Ain't That Something Now": publishing date: 1939. publisher: Mills Music Inc.. Object Name: sheet music.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song "Ain't That Something Now," with words and music by Dave Oppenheim, Milton Berle, and Henry Tobias. It was published by Mills Music, Inc. in 1939. The cover features an image of American vaudevillian, musician, and actor Joe Cook [born Joseph Lopez] (1890-1959), who performed this song in the Broadway show Off to Buffalo, which premiered at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York on February 21, 1939.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1939
- publisher: Mills Music Inc.
- Object Name: sheet music
- Measurements: overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1983.0529.44
- accession number: 1983.0529
- catalog number: 1983.0529.44
- Credit Line: Gift of Harry and Henry Tobias
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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