Sheet Music, Three Coins in the Fountain: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sheet Music, Three Coins in the Fountain: date made: 1954. Object Name: Sheet Music. Object Type: Sheet Music.
The object in the museum catalogue
Sometimes people are represented by numbered objects. In this sheet music, three coins thrown in a fountain represent three romantically involved couples. The song was the theme melody from the Twentieth Century Fox movie "Three Coins in the Fountain. The lyrics are by Sammy Cahn and the music by Jule Styne.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1954
- Object Name: Sheet Music
- Object Type: Sheet Music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 23 cm x 31 cm; 1/32 in x 9 1/16 in x 12 7/32 in
- Subject: Mathematics
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 1988.3086.024
- catalog number: 1988.3086.024
- nonaccession number: 1988.3086
- Credit Line: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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