"My Beautiful Lady": Museum Object and Cultural History
"My Beautiful Lady": publishing date: 1911. publisher: Chappell and Co.. Object Name: sheet music.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song “My Beautiful Lady,” by Ivan Caryll. It was published by Chappell & Co. in New York, New York, in 1911.
"My Beautiful Lady" was featured in the Broadway musical comedy The Pink Lady, composed by Ivan Caryll, with story and lyrics by C.M.S. McLellan, and adapted from a French farce The Satyr, by Georges Berr and Marcel Guiltermand. The musical opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on March 13, 1911 and ran for 312 performances. After a short run in London, the show returned to the New Amsterdam for an additional 24 performances.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1911
- publisher: Chappell and Co.
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 13 3/4 in x 10 1/2 in; 34.925 cm x 26.67 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1986.0588.12
- accession number: 1986.0588
- catalog number: 1986.0588.12
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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