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“My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon”

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Object Details

composer, lyricist

Thornton, James

Description

This sheet music is for the song “My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon” that was written and composed by James Thornton and published by Frank Harding in 1892. The plain white cover features a blue image of a woman on a stepladder looking up at the moon, which has a face in it. The cover notes that the song was “written for and sung by Bonnie Thorton at Tony Pastor’s Theatre, New York.”

Location

Currently not on view

publishing date

1892

ID Number

1983.0320.02

accession number

1983.0320

catalog number

1983.0320.02

Object Name

sheet music

Physical Description

paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 13 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in; 34.29 cm x 26.035 cm

place made

United Kingdom: England, London, City of London

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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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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/ng49ca746ab-9854-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_670710

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