Sheet Music, A Thousand Violins: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sheet Music, A Thousand Violins: date made: 1949. Object Name: Sheet Music. Object Type: Sheet Music.
The object in the museum catalogue
Those emphasizing extravagent reactions often refer to a thousand of something - in this case violins. The words and music of the sheet music are by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans The occasion for release of the sheet music was the launch of the movie "The Great Lover" by Paramount Pictures.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1949
- Object Name: Sheet Music
- Object Type: Sheet Music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 22.8 cm x 30.5 cm; 1/32 in x 8 31/32 in x 12 in
- Subject: Mathematics
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 1988.3086.020
- catalog number: 1988.3086.020
- nonaccession number: 1988.3086
- Credit Line: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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