<I>I've Got the World on a String</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1932
name: label: Written by
content: Ted L. Koehler, American, 1894 - 1973
label: Written by
content: Harold Arlen, American, 1905 - 1986
label: Illustrated by
content: Sydney Lefkowitz, American
label: Published by
content: Mills Music Incorporated, 1919 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Dan Healy, American, 1888 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940
notes: label: Description
content: Sheet music for the song "I've Got the World on a String" Cotton Club Parade 21st edition. The front cover is divided into four triangular fields of alternating red and blue that fan outwards from a point towards the bottom right margin. A white rectangle at the top margin contains words "I've Got the World on a String" in blue letters. Beneath the title, in white letters, are the words "The COTTON CLUB/ presents/ COTTON CLUB PARADE/ OF 1932/ 21st Edition." At center bottom are the words "Lyrics and Music by/ TED KOEHLER/ and/ HAROLD ARLEN." Beneath are the words "staged by/ DAN HEALY." To the left of this phrase is a rectangle with the words "Mills Music/ Inc. / Music Publishers/ 1619 Broadway - New York, N.Y." and an image of two windmills. In a white rectangle in the lower left corner that contains four song titles. Throughout the blue and red fields are cartoon figures in various poses. At the top right quarter are two figures in tuxedos playing trumpets, and the legs of a female dancer. Below them are a music staph and a dancing figure with a top hat and cane. Below this figure is a partial figure of a man in a tuxedo playing the saxophone. In the adjacent blue field is a dancing female figure in a thigh-length dress with a plunging neckline. She has a large fluffy bustle behind her. She is surrounded by music staphs, stars, piano keys, and high rise buildings.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Sheet music from the Cotton Club Parade
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Musical Theatre
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Popular music
label: Topic
content: Segregation
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: 2013.223.9
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)