“Fly Song”: Museum Object and Cultural History
“Fly Song”: publishing date: 1897. composer: Olcott, Chauncey. publisher: M. Witmark & Sons.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music for the song “Olcott’s Fly Song” was written and composed by Chauncey Olcott and published by Witmark and Sons of New York, New York in 1897. This piece of sheet music appeared as a supplement to the “New York Journal and Advertiser” on Feb. 13, 1898. The cover features a photograph of Chauncey Olcott, in Circus Ringmaster’s clothing, sitting down with a dog beside him. The song was sung by Ihmin Sweet Inniscara at the Fourteenth Street Theatre.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1897
- composer: Olcott, Chauncey
- publisher: M. Witmark & Sons
- Object Name: sheet music
- Object Type: leaflets
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1982.0440.40
- accession number: 1982.0440
- catalog number: 1982.0440.40
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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