“Kiss of Spring”: Museum Object and Cultural History
“Kiss of Spring”: date made: 1906. publisher: Walter Jacobs. Object Name: sheet music.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song “Kiss of Spring,” a waltz by Walter Rolfe. The sheet music was published by Walter Jacobs of Boston, Massachusetts in 1906. The cover features a pastoral image of two maidens in a field surrounded by lambs, bending a blossom branch into a heart shape.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1906
- publisher: Walter Jacobs
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 14 in x 10 1/2 in; 35.56 cm x 26.67 cm
- place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- ID Number: 1983.0424.007
- accession number: 1983.0424
- catalog number: 1983.0424.007
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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