THROUGH STORY LAND (TO SUNSET SEAS)

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"THROUGH STORY LAND (TO SUNSET SEAS)"

Entry/Object ID

2003.45.1.1

Description

Color: Black; Blue; White Sheet music for "Through Story Land (To Sunset Seas)," words and music by Kenneth Kneedler, published by Kenneth Kneedler, El Monte, 1927. The artifact has a blue front cover with an ornate white border. The title is at the top, and at the center is a black and white photograph of Kneedler wearing a suit and tie, and holding a banjo on his lap. On the photograph is "Yours for / a smile / Kenneth Kneedler." At the bottom of the cover is "Words and Music by / KENNETH KNEEDLER / The Happy-Go-Lucky Blind Banjo Boy of California..." Below the latter is the name of Kneedler as publisher and the name of the city of El Monte. All of the lettering is in white. The treble clef music is in valse moderato and includes a ukulele arrangement. With many creases throughout as well as dog-eared corners; soiling; discoloration of the pages; folds; a pencil inscription on the top of the front; stains; small tears; and overall wear, the artifact is in fair 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

Three-dimensional, Sheet music, Popular music--1921-1930, Musicians, Blind