<I>Voulez-vous de la Canne à Sucre?</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1930
name: label: Published by
content: Francis Salabert, French, 1884 - 1946
label: Composed by
content: Léo Lelievre, French, 1872 - 1956
label: Written by
content: Henri Varna, French, 1877 - 1969
label: Illustrated by
content: Louis Gaudin, French, 1882 - 1936
label: Subject of
content: Josephine Baker, American, 1906 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Joe Alex, Martinican, 1891 - 1948
notes: label: Description
content: A song sheet titled, "Voulez-vous de la Canne à Sucre?" performed by Josephine Baker and Joe Alex. The song sheet is framed in a silver frame with white matting. The sheet features and illustration of Josephine Baker in costume. She is depicted with her body towards the left of the frame and her head facing the right looking down at a cheetah perched on its hind legs behind her. The artist's mark [Zig / 30] is next to the cheetah's back. French text throughout the sheet reads: [MM. Dufrenne et Varna présentent “Paris Qui Remue” / Revue de MM. H. Varna, L. Lelièvre et Earl Leslie au Casino De Paris / Voulez -Vous de la Canne à Sucre? / (En voulez-vous de la canne !!!) / Fox One Step / chante par / Joséphine Baker et Joe Alex / Por Piano et Chat / 6 fr. / Parole de Léo Lelièvre et Henri Varna / Musique de Paddy / Éditions Francis Salabert / Vente en Gros : / 22, Rue Chauchat, 22 –Paris – 9e / 14, Rue de Loxum Bruxelles]. The back of the frame has an alphanumeric inscription.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place depicted
content: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
label: Place depicted
content: Brussels, Belgium, Europe
title: label: Title
content: Song sheet for Voulez-vous de la Canne à Sucre? performed by Josephine Baker
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Classification
content: Written Music
label: Movement
content: Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Jean-Claude Baker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.135.8
objectType: label: Type
content: sheet music
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 10 11/16 × 6 3/4 in. (27.1 × 17.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 16 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (41.9 × 31.8 cm)