SUPREME DANCE FOLIO FOR PIANO

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"SUPREME DANCE FOLIO FOR PIANO"

Entry/Object ID

2003.120.1.1

Description

Color: Black; Orange; White A folio of sheet music, "Supreme Dance Folio for Piano," compiled and edited by Joseph M. White and published by De Sylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc., 1928. The front cover has the title at the top, along with volume number of four and the price of fifty cent. Below this is a description of the contents. An image of a woman performer on stage is in a circular border at the center and this is flanked by images of six covers of sheet musicx published by DeSylva, Brown & Henderson, who were also composers of many of the pieces. Their company name and address is at the bottom. Contents include thirty-one songs, all fox trots, except for four waltzes and one march. The transcriptions include ukulele tunings. The back cover, the inside of the covers, and the last page all contain samples of other pieces offered by the publisher. With some cover separation; spine and corner abrasions; a large crease down the length vertically of the front; soiling; browning; small stains; and some small tears, the overall condition is fair.

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, DeSylva, Brown & Henderson, Incorporated, Popular music--1921-1930