BLUE SHADOWS

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"BLUE SHADOWS"

Entry/Object ID

2002.112.1.1

Description

Color: Blue; Red; White Sheet music for a song entitled "Blue Shadows," lyrics by Raymond Klages and music by Louis Alter with ukulele arrangement, published by the Robbins Music Corporation, 1928. The title and the names of the composers are in blue lettering within a white box at the top of the front cover. Below this are the words "Earl Carroll / Vanities / 7th Edition." At the left of the center is a color illustration of a woman in a large hat and long dress. Within a box at the far right center are the titles of the three songs that were published for the film "Vanities." The name and location of the publisher are at the bottom right corner in blue. The piece in moderato includes fingerings for ukulele along the top of the measures. On the back are samples of the other two titles mentioned at the front. In fair condition, the artifact has many abrasions; brittleness; creases; soiling; browning of the paper; a loose cover; light stains; and tears.

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

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Sheet music, Robbins Music Corporation, Motion picture music, Music, Popular, Music--20th century