SINGING TO YOU

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

SINGING TO YOU

Entry/Object ID

99.30.1.2

Description

Color: Blue; Green; Yellow "Singing to You," a piece of sheet music with lyrics by Bryceson Faulkes and composed by U. S. Kerr and issued by the B. F. Wood Music Co., 1920. The cover has a shield at the center topped by an angel, in which is the title in yellow letters and, in black letters, the names of the lyricist and composer; keys in which the music is played; price of the sheet; copyright information; and the name and locales of the publisher. In the background is a landscape scene with a blue sky and river that flows through a valley with green trees with yellow detailing. On the inside front cover are the lyrics to the song put in a poetic form, while the arrangement sheet, in four pages, is a pull-out The back cover has a sample of the song "The Eyes of Irish Blue." In pencil on the front shield above the title is the name "Ethel Lunt." There is some surface soiling, though slight, and a few creases, but the object is in 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

Search Terms

Two-dimensional, Sheet music, B. F. Wood Music Co., Popular Music--1911-1920, Popular music--United States