<I>Underneath the Harlem Moon</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1932
name: label: Written by
content: Mack Gordon, American, 1904 - 1959
label: Written by
content: Harry Revel, English, 1905 - 1958
label: Illustrated by
content: Sydney Lefkowitz, American
label: Published by
content: De Sylva, Brown, and Henderson Inc., American, founded 1925
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for "Underneath the Harlem Moon" depicts a woman dancing under the stars on the front cover. Wearing a yellow spaghetti strap dress with a plunging neckline and a high- low hem that is short in front and long in back, she balances on her left leg while kicking her right leg across her left. Her arms are waving above her head which in thrown back. She has bright red lips and shoulder length wavy hair. She is surrounded by five large stars and one small one. In the background is the silhouette of an urban skyline. Across the top of the page are the words "Underneath the Harlem Moon." At the top left corner and the bottom right corner are small squares with the words "Price/ 25¢." Halfway down the page on the left side are the words "words by/ Mack Gordon/ music by/ Harry Revel." Along the bottom margin on the left are the words “Made in U.S.A" while in the center are the words "DE SYLVA, BROWN and HENDERSON, INC./ Music Publishers/ De Sylva, Brown and Henderson Building 745 Seventh Avenue, New York."
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Minstrel (Music)
label: Topic
content: Minstrel shows
label: Topic
content: Musical Theatre
label: Topic
content: Popular music
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Written Music
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vicki Gold Levi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.223.3
objectType: label: Type
content: sheet music
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.9 cm)