"I Love to Play Viola": Museum Object and Cultural History
"I Love to Play Viola": publishing date: 1939. publisher: Mills Music Inc.. Object Name: sheet music.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song “I Love to Play Viola,” by Dave Oppenheim, Henry Tobias and M. Z. Marwin. It was published by Mills Music, Inc. in New York, New York in 1939. The cover features an image of American bandleader George Edward Olsen, Sr. (1893-1971), who popularized this song.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1939
- publisher: Mills Music 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: 1983.0529.45
- accession number: 1983.0529
- catalog number: 1983.0529.45
- Credit Line: Gift of Harry and Henry Tobias
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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