Sheet Music, Twelve O'Clock at Night: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sheet Music, Twelve O'Clock at Night: date made: 1923. maker: Rose, Billy. maker: Ruby, Herman.
The object in the museum catalogue
Numerically counted time, particularly the dark of night, can be associated with depressing self-reflection, as in this song. The words are by Billy Rose and Herman Roby, with music by Lou Handman.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1923
- maker: Rose, Billy
- maker: Ruby, Herman
- maker: Handman, Lew
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 23.3 cm x 31 cm; 1/32 in x 9 3/16 in x 12 7/32 in
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- Subject: Mathematics
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 1988.3086.100
- nonaccession number: 1988.3086
- catalog number: 1988.3086.100
- Credit Line: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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