“Floods of Spring”: Museum Object and Cultural History
“Floods of Spring”: date made: 1915. composer: Rachmaninoff, Serge. publisher: Oliver Ditson Company.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song “Floods of Spring” that was composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The Oliver Ditson Company of Boston, Massachusetts published the sheet music in 1915. “Floods of Spring” was part of a collection called “Russian Songs,” and the cover features an illustration of a Russian skyline.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1915
- composer: Rachmaninoff, Serge
- publisher: Oliver Ditson Company
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in; 31.115 cm x 23.495 cm
- place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- general subject association: Music
- ID Number: 1983.0424.122
- accession number: 1983.0424
- catalog number: 1983.0424.122
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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