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“I'll Always Be in Love with You”

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Object Details

lyricist

Green, Bud

composer

Stept, Sam H.

composer; lyricist

Ruby, Herman

retailer

Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.

publisher

Green & Stept Inc.

Description (Brief)

This sheet music is for the song “I'll Always Be in Love with You,” the theme song from the film “Syncopation.” Herman Green and Ruby Stept composed the music and wrote the lyrics to the song. Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc. of New York, New York published the sheet music in 1929. The pink cover features an inset photograph of Morton Downey, who performed the song in the film. Below his portrait photograph is a group photograph of Waring’s Pennsylvania, who starred in the film along with Barbara Bennett, Bobby Watson, and Dorothy Lee.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

1929

ID Number

1983.0424.110

accession number

1983.0424

catalog number

1983.0424.110

Object Name

sheet music

Physical Description

paper (overall material)
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

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Sheet Music

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-f195-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_670904

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