RIP VAN WINKLE, AN OPERETTA IN THREE ACTS

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

SS.2016.10

Description

Soft-cover; printed; 56-page booklet; containing libretto (script, music and production notes for staging); folded cover, bound with staples; on cover, wood-block style image of young man with dog, encountering five short men wearing tall peaked hats with buckles, wide pantaloons, and shoes with large buckles preparing to bowl; at top, printed "Rip Van Winkle/AN OPERETTA in Three Acts"; at bottom right, printed: "Dramatized by/ THEODOSIA PAYNTER/Music by/G.A. GRANT-SCHAEFFER"; at bottom, printed: "THE RAYMOND A. HOFFMAN CO./Publishers"; the musical numbers include: Father Knickerbocker's Kin, Dame van Winkle Scolds, Whittling Willow Whistles, Dutch Politics, Bloom the Tulips in Holland, Rolling Ninepins, Rip Van Winkle Sleeps, So Fast the Time Goes Flit, The Spirit of '76, Me Vit' You En You Vit' Me.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

G. A. Grant-Schaefer

Attribution

Composer

Manufacturer

The Raymond A. Hoffman Company

Date made

1938

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

10-1/2 in

Width

6-3/4 in

Depth

1/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 1/16 in. (26.7 x 17.1 x 0.2 cm)

Material

Ink on paper

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Bottom right corner of cover lost (3" missing from bottom edge); printing of title has been "strengthened" with permanent marker, which bled through to inside cover and title page in places; paper at top staple has given way; slight yellowing on all edges of cover; transfer of pigment on top right corner of cover; all corners worn.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Rip Van Winkle

Notes

Subject

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

A a number of copies of this publication were found during cataloging in a WorldCat search with this copyright date. Purchased for the collection, 2016, via internet [Jessa J. Krick, 1/9/2017].

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Collection Manager's Office

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial