FOLLOWING THE SUN AROUND

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

FOLLOWING THE SUN AROUND

Entry/Object ID

96.62.1.1

Description

Sheet Music: "Following the Sun Around" from the Florenz Ziegfeld musical "Rio Rita", lyrics by Joseph McCarthy and music by Harry Tierney, published by Leo Feist, Inc., New York, 1926. The cover features a blue background with the song title in blue, writers' credits and titles in white ink and a list of other songs on a box at lower right in black ink. There is an image of a flapper dancing with a cowboy at lower left, a caballero holding a sarape at upper left, and a woman in a caballero outfit and heels and holding a cane at lower right. On the back cover are samples of songs from four musicals, including the title son from "Rio Rita." In good condition with some edge wear and a crease at upper left front corner and the two left side back cover. Donated by Richard Sonia. None

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

Documentary Artifact, Sheet music, Leo Feist, Inc., Musicals--Writing and publishing