DREAMER OF DREAMS

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"DREAMER OF DREAMS"

Entry/Object ID

2001.93.1.5

Description

Color: Black; Blue; Brown; Orange; Purple; White Sheet music entitled "Dreamer of Dreams," with lyrics by Gus Kahn and music by Ted Fiorito, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1924. The artifact has a light blue front cover with the title in blue at the top. The name of Mary Jane Rowe is also at the top handwritten in blue ink. At the center is a drawing of a woman in an orange dress looking into a crystal ball which she holds in her hands. The name of artist Frederick S. Manning is at the bottom of the drawing. At the bottom right corner of the front is a black and white photograph of singer Walter Hines. The composers' names and the publisher's name and location are at the bottom left corner. Printed on the back in purple ink, with a grape vine border, is a partial score for a song entitled "Follow the Swallow," with lyrics by Billy Rose and Mort Dixon, and music by Ray Henderson. With light abrasions; some creases; small dents at the corners; light soiling; and a small stain, the object is in good overall 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

Singers

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Sheet music, Jerome H. Remick & Co., Music--20th Century, Popular music--United States