Sheet Music, They Made It Twice as Nice as Paradise and They Called It Dixieland: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sheet Music, They Made It Twice as Nice as Paradise and They Called It Dixieland: date made: 1916. maker: Egan, Raymond B.. maker: Whiting, Richard A..
The object in the museum catalogue
Numbers can be assigned to the "Niceness" of a place, as in this song that describes "Dixieland" as "Twice as Nice as Paradise." The words are by Raymond Egan, with music by Richard A. Whiting.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1916
- maker: Egan, Raymond B.
- maker: Whiting, Richard A.
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 27.1 cm x 34.5 cm; 1/32 in x 10 21/32 in x 13 19/32 in
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- Subject: Mathematics
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 1988.3086.094
- nonaccession number: 1988.3086
- catalog number: 1988.3086.094
- Credit Line: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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