Good Night Angeline: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This sheet music is for the song "Good Night Angeline" composed by James Reese Europe, Noble Sissle, and Eubie Blake. It was published by M. Witmark & Sons. The cover has blue and black printed text accompanied by illustrations in blue of a snare drum and a flugelhorn surrounding a black-and-white portrait of Europe. The portrait is below a black-and-white photograph of the 369th Infantry Regimental Band. The interior pages contain the music and lyrics printed in black and white. The back cover has an advertisement for the publisher with the first page of the sheet music for the song "Kiss Me Again" by Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1919
• Composed by: James Reese Europe, American, 1881 - 1919
• Composed by: Noble Sissle, American, 1889 - 1975
• Composed by: Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983
• Published by: M. Witmark & Sons, American, 1886 - 1929
• Subject of: 369th Infantry Regiment, American, 1913 - 1945
• Type: sheet music
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Closed): 12 3/16 × 9 1/4 in. (31 × 23.5 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Band (Music)
• Topic: Composers (Musicians)
• Topic: Marching bands (Music)
• Topic: Military
• Topic: Ragtime (Music)
• Object number: 2014.63.79
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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