Alexander's got a Jazz Band now, sheet music

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"Alexander's got a Jazz Band now," sheet music

Entry/Object ID

2015.390.1.1

Description

Sheet music, "Alexander's got a Jazz Band now," words by Bud De Sylva, music by Chris Schonberg, published by Deely, De Sylva & Schonberg Music Pub. Co., Majestic Theater Bldg, Los Angeles, 1917. The sheet music consists of a single folio. The cover features an illustration of an eight person jazz band playing their respective instruments. The band is caricatured as African American musicians. The musicians are all wearing red uniforms. The item is generally in fair condition with moderate creasing, abrasion and tears around the edges.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Music, Sheet

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Composition, Musical

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects