"Bali Ha'i": Museum Object and Cultural History
"Bali Ha'i": publishing date: 1949. publisher: Chappell and Co. Inc.. Object Name: sheet music.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song “Bali Ha’i” with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was published by Chappell and Co., Inc. in New York, New York, in 1949.
"Bali Ha’i" was featured in the Broadway musical South Pacific, with music by Richard Rogers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. South Pacific opened at the Majestic Theatre on April 7, 1949. The original Broadway production was a critical and commercial success, receiving a record 10 Tony Awards.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1949
- publisher: Chappell and Co. Inc.
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1985.0624.16
- accession number: 1985.0624
- catalog number: 1985.0624.16
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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