“Taking a Chance on Love”
date: label: date made
content: 1940
name: label: publisher
content: Leo Feist, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This sheet music is for the song “Taking a Chance on Love” from the musical <i>Cabin in the Sky.</i> John Latouche and Ted Fetter wrote the lyrics to the song and Vernon Duke composed the music. The sheet music was published by Leo Feist Inc. of New York City in 1940. The cover features an illustration of an ethereal cabin floating on a cloud. <i>Cabin in the Sky</i> was originally staged as a play in 1940, before being turned into a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film in 1943.
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: 1983.0424.094
label: accession number
content: 1983.0424
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0424.094
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 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm