“Surry with the Fringe on Top”: Museum Object and Cultural History
“Surry with the Fringe on Top”: publishing date: 1943. composer: Rodgers, Richard. lyricist: Hammerstein II, Oscar.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music for the song, "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," was composed by Richard Rodgers and written by Oscar Hammerstein. It was published by the Marlo Music Corp. of New York, New York, in 1943. The cover is pink with an illustration of a farm on a prairie inside a white cloud. This song was featured in the Broadway musical Oklahoma! based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs.
Oklahoma!, with book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and music by Richard Rogers, opened on March 31, 1943 at the St. James Theatre and ran for 2,212 performances.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1943
- composer: Rodgers, Richard
- lyricist: Hammerstein II, Oscar
- publisher: Marlo Music Publications
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1982.0439.10
- accession number: 1982.0439
- catalog number: 1982.0439.010
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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