“Teasing”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1904
name: label: composer
content: Von Tilzer, Albert
label: lyricist
content: Mack, Cecil
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Blondell, Libby Arnold
label: publisher
content: York Music Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for the song “Teasing” was written by Cecil Mack, and composed by Albert Von Tilzer. It was published by the York Music Company that was managed by Albert Von Tilzer, in New York, New York in 1904. The cover features a pencil drawn image of a girl with a coquettish look on her face, reflecting the song’s lyrics about a girl upsetting her “feller” by making eyes at other guys, even though she was just teasing. The cover also features an inset portrait of Libby Arnold Blondell, a vaudeville actress at the time.
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
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: 1979.1154.10
label: accession number
content: 1979.1154
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1154.10
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