Name/Title
YANKEE DOODLE DANDYEntry/Object ID
L.2008.113Description
Sheet music comprised of two bound paper sheets; black title page with a white image outlined in black dots of a baseball player about to hit a ball made up of a design of black spoked wheels; ball is outlined in red with artist's name "Giger" at bottom; a rectangular frame of red dots surrounds the image except at BL; text above image: "Yankee Doodle Dandy / piano solo with words [in red banner] / BY GEORGE M. COHAN"; red text superimposed on figure BL: "words and / arrangement by / Wesley Schaum"; a square black logo with red silhouette of a grand piano viewed from above superimposed with "Schaum" followed by text: "40c / SCHAUM PUBLICATIONS, INC., 2018 EAST NORTH AVENUE, MILWAUKEE 2, WISCONSIN"; second page has four staff lines of music and lyrics with text above and below; third page has four staff lines of music and lyrics; fourth page at top has a dark pink band with text and small images outlined in dots in a style similar to image on front; at TL, two people are playing a piano and at TR, a baseball game is in progress; there are six staff lines of music with text above and below.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
George M. CohanAttribution
ComposerManufacturer
Schaum Publications, Inc.Date made
1960Other Names and Numbers
Other Number
Racette list # 136Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
12 inWidth
9 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)General Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 24ENote Type
DepartmentNote
Curatorial