<I>Aristocrat of Harlem</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1935
name: label: Written by
content: Peter Tinturin, American, 1910 - 2007
label: Written by
content: Buddy Feyne, American, 1912 - 1998
label: Published by
content: Milsons Music Publishing Corp., American
label: Subject of
content: Nat Jaffe, American, 1918 - 1945
label: Subject of
content: Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for "Aristocrat of Harlem" depicts a cartoon of a grinning man, outlined in black. Pictured from the shoulders up, he wears a top hat and polkadot bow tie, and holds a black and white tipped cane. The background is an orange and white pattern of abstract figures in tuxedos playing various instruments. The title runs across the top margin, black letters on a blank white field that read "ARISTOCRAT of HARLEM." In the top left quarter are the words "By PETER TINTURN/ BUDDY FEYNE/ AND/ NAT JAFFE." Along the bottom margin is the words "MILSONS" crossed with a winding ribbon with the words "Seventh Avenue/ Music Publishing Corp. / New York City." There is handwritten name written in blue ink on the lower right quarter.
label: Statement
content: Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Caricature and cartoons
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Minstrel shows
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Popular music
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Racist and Stereotypical Objects
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: 2013.223.2
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)