"If the World Were Full of Durantes": Museum Object and Cultural History
"If the World Were Full of Durantes": publishing date: 1951. composer; lyricist: Cantor, Eddie. composer; lyricist: Tobias, Charlie.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music for the song “If the World Were Full of Durantes” was written by Eddie Cantor and Charlie Tobias. The sheet music was published by Tobias and Lewis of New York, New York in 1951. The cover features a dark red and white collage of photos of Jimmy Durante. Durante was an early American multi-media star, performing in vaudeville, radio, stage, television, and movies from the 1920s-1960s.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1951
- composer; lyricist: Cantor, Eddie
- composer; lyricist: Tobias, Charlie
- performer: Durante, Jimmy
- publisher: Tobias and Lewis
- 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: 1981.0121.01
- accession number: 1981.0121
- catalog number: 1981.0121.01
- Credit Line: Gift of Jimmy Durante Children's Fund (through Robert Romano)
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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