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"A-Tisket A-Tasket"

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Object Details

lyricist

Fitzgerald, Ella

publisher

Robbins Music Corporation

Description

This sheet music is for the song "A-Tisket A-Tasket," with words and music by Ella Fitzgerald and Al Feldman. It was published by Robbins Music Corp. in New York, New York in 1938. There is an image of band leader Charles Baum on the cover.

Over the course of her sixty-year career, Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) became known to fans and colleagues as "The First Lady of Song." Her rise to international fame as a jazz and popular singer coincided with the rise of an American entertainment industry that brought music to millions through concerts, sound recordings, film, radio, and television. In 1938, Fitzgerald came up with the idea for a song called "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," basing her lyric on a 19th–century nursery rhyme. Her 1938 Decca recording of the song over time became a million–seller.

Location

Currently not on view

publishing date

1938

ID Number

1984.1117.04

accession number

1984.1117

catalog number

1984.1117.04

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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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
Music & Musical Instruments
Popular Entertainment
Sheet Music

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-fbb2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_681189

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