“Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life”
date: label: Date made
content: 1910
name: label: composer
content: Herbert, Victor
label: publisher
content: M. Witmark & Sons
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This sheet music is for the song “Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life.” Rida Johnson Young wrote the lyrics of the song and Victor Herbert composed the music. The sheet music was published by M. Witmark & Sons of New York City in 1910. The dark maroon cover has a large oval photograph of Victor Hebert in the center. The song came from Hebert’s operetta <i>Naughty Marietta,</i> one of his greatest successes.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0424.107
label: accession number
content: 1983.0424
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0424.107
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in; 31.115 cm x 23.495 cm