“Navajo”
date: label: publishing date
content: ca 1900
name: label: lyricist
content: Williams, Harry
label: performer
content: Cahill, Marie
label: composer
content: Vanalstyne, Egbert
label: publisher
content: Shapiro, Remick and Company
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sheet music for the song “Navajo” was written by Harry Williams and composed by Egbert Vanalstyne. The sheet music was published by Shapiro, Remick and Company of New York, New York in 1903 in conjunction with the success of the musical comedy <i>Nancy Brown.</i> The song is parenthetically titled “Navaho, Who is so different from all others” and was sung by Marie Cahill, a very popular vaudeville performer whose full length portrait is on the cover, carrying a handbag with the initials “NB.”</p>
label: Description
content: <p>”Navajo” was featured in the Broadway two-act musical, <i>Nancy Brown</i>, with music by Henry K. Hadley, and book and lyrics by George H. Broadhurst and Frederick Ranken. It opened at the Bijou Theatre on February 16, 1903, moved to the Grand Opera House on October 26, 1903, with a run total of 112 performances.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The cover art for this sheet music was made by brothers William Starmer (1872-1957) and Frederick Starmer (1878-1962) Born and raised in England, the brothers moved with their family to New York, William in 1898 and Frederick in 1899. The Starmer Brothers flourished until 1929. William became a U.S. citizen in 1924, while Frederick returned to England in 1929.</p>
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: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Sheet Music
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of C. Malcolm Watkins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1154.09
label: accession number
content: 1979.1154
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1154.09
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: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm