Sheet Music, Its a Million to One Your in Love: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sheet Music, Its a Million to One Your in Love: date made: 1927. Object Name: Sheet Music. Object Type: Sheet Music.
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Odds in gambling have long been expressed in numerical ratios. The title of this piece mentions odds of a million to one, a very favorable ratio. The piece is by Benny Davis and Harry Akst.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1927
- Object Name: Sheet Music
- Object Type: Sheet Music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 23 cm x 30.6 cm; 1/32 in x 9 1/16 in x 12 1/16 in
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- Subject: Mathematics
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 1988.3086.034
- catalog number: 1988.3086.034
- nonaccession number: 1988.3086
- Credit Line: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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