Sheet music comprised of two bound paper sheets; title page in blue, orange and black with image of a bearded man [Rip Van Winkle] sleeping in the woods with one eye open, and a kissing couple silhouetted against an orange moon in the background; text above image: "BY THE WRITERS OF: "WHO PAID THE RENT FOR MRS. RIP VAN WINKLE? / Rip Van Winkle Slept / With One Eye Open / WORDS BY / ALFRED BRYAN / MUSIC BY / FRED FISHER / 5"; artist's signature BR: "de Takacz"; at BL an orange logo of a boy on a dolphin blowing a horn with a harp in the background and text: "MC CARTHY & FISHER (INC) / MUSIC PUBLISHERS / 224 W. 46TH St. / NEW YORK"; logo in bottom right corner of an old-fashioned phonograph with music rolls and text: "This / Number is / to be had / on all / PHONOGRAPH / RECORDS AND / MUSIC ROLLS / Ask your Dealer"; second page has five staff lines of music and lyrics with text above and below; third page has six staff lines of music and lyrics; fourth page is an advertisement for another piece of music.
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Fred Fischer
Attribution
Composer
Manufacturer
McCarthy & Fisher Music Publishing, Inc.
Date made
1918
Other Names and Numbers
Other Number
Racette list # 94
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Overall
Height
12-1/8 in
Width
9-1/8 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 12 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. (30.8 x 23.2 cm)
Material
Paper, ink
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Rip Van Winkle
Notes
Subject
General Notes
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 24E