<I>My Girl</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1964
name: label: Written by
content: The Temptations, American, founded 1960
notes: label: Description
content: Sheet music for tenor saxophone for The Temptations' song "My Girl," printed in black ink on one sheet of off-white paper folded to form four pages.
label: Description
content: Above the printed music on the first page is the text [TENOR SAX] at top left, [THE TEMPTATIONS] at top right and [MY GIRL] at center. There are eight music staffs with musical notes and symbols along with handwritten notes in blue ink, red ink, and graphite in several areas. One of the notes on the top staff reads [I’ve / got”. There is text at the bottom center of the sheet, below the staffs, which reads [Copied by Abd Essalam]. The interior pages are blank and the printed music continues on the back page which has a black number “-2-“ at the top. There are five more black music staffs with music notes and symbols as well as a smaller sixth staff. There are several handwritten notes in red ink and graphite throughout. There are some creases, marks, and areas of discoloration on the front and back of the scoresheet.
title: label: Title
content: Sheet music for tenor saxophone for The Temptations' song "My Girl"
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Motown (Music)
label: Topic
content: Rhythm and blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Soul (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Written Music
label: Exhibition
content: Musical Crossroads
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.90.13.4
objectType: label: Type
content: sheet music
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Bourne Co.
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on card stock
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (width closed): 12 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (31.8 × 24.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (width open): 12 1/2 × 19 in. (31.8 × 48.3 cm)