CHIQUITA

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"CHIQUITA"

Entry/Object ID

2001.87.1.1

Description

Color: Black; Orange; White A piece of sheet music called "Chiquita," with lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert and music by Mabel Wayne, published by Leo Feist, Inc., 1928. The artifact, which consists of five pages, has a white cover with "A New Waltz Song by the Writers or Ramona" at the top in orange letters. The title is also at the top in black. At the center is an orange and black drawing of a woman wearing a black dress and an orange mantilla. In her left hand she holds a fan. At the right of the background is a mission and trees. The names of the composers are near the bottom right in orange. At the bottom left corner in black is the name and address of the publisher. On the back is a black and white advertisement for three sheet music titles, which are "You're a Real Sweetheart," "Don't Cry Baby," and "Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me." With light abrasions along the spine, light creases and dents at the corners, and some surface soiling, the object is in overall good condition.

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

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Music

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Sheet music, Leo Feist, Inc.