Name/Title
'Rival Queens' music score, by C. M. McCurrie, c. 1915Entry/Object ID
1997.189.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.189.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY : COMPOSERS
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1915
OBJECT: MUSIC SCORE
DESCRIPTION:
MUSIC SCORE, SOFT-BOUND, WITH COVER OF GREEN-COLORED PAPER, WITH BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "RIVAL QUEENS," IN BLACK-COLORED TYPE.
SIZE: L 13-3/4" X W 10"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
BOUND SCORE OF "RIVAL QUEENS," AN OPERETTA DEDICATED TO MRS CHARLES / TILDEN. MUSIC BY CHARLES M MCCURRIE. WORDS BY CAMILLA E LIES. ORIGINALLY PERFORMED IN AID OF THE CHILDRENS' HOSPITAL OF SAN FRANCISCO BY THE CHILDREN OF ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA. THE MUSIC WAS PUBLISHED BY THE ALAMEDA MUSIC COMPANY, 2225 CLINTON AVENUE, ALAMEDA, AND COPYRIGHTED BY MR MCCURRIE. THE SCORE ALSO INCLUDES NAMES OF CAST MEMBERS OF THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY NUMBERED "1020," AND WAS PART OF THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM PRIOR TO 1971. IT WAS NOT CATALOGED UNTIL MAY 3, 1997.
Note: Charles M. McCurrie was born in Manchester, England, and came to America at 19 years of age. Father of four children, he died in 1935, at the Odd Fellows Home, Saratoga, Ca.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
DATE: MAY 3, 1997
