“Under the Double Eagle”: Museum Object and Cultural History
“Under the Double Eagle”: publishing date: 1902. composer: Wagner, J. F.. publisher: Armstrong Music Publishing Company.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song “Under the Double Eagle” was composed by Josef Franz Wagner and published by the Armstrong Music Publishing Company of New York, New York. The song was written by Wagner in the 1880s, but popularized in America by John Philip Sousa. The cover of the sheet music has a green and purple motif, with an image of a double-headed eagle in the upper right.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1902
- composer: Wagner, J. F.
- publisher: Armstrong Music Publishing Company
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1982.0005.05
- accession number: 1982.0005
- catalog number: 1982.0005.05
- Credit Line: Gift of Florence Gerhard Casper
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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