"Moonlight Serenade"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1939
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Miller, Glenn
label: publisher
content: Robbins Music Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sheet music is for the song “Moonlight Serenade,” with lyrics by Mitchell Parish and music by Glenn Miller. It was published by Robbins Music Corporation in New York, New York in 1939.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>“Moonlight Serenade” became bandleader Glenn Miller’s (1904-1944, MIA) signature song, despite its place on the b-side of his 1939 “Sunrise Serenade” release. In that year alone, Miller had five top-20 records on the Billboard charts, and “Sunrise Serenade” became his first record to sell more than one million copies. The swing music that Miller and his orchestra performed was infused with elements of jazz and featured a unique combination of sound from the clarinet and saxophone. The bandleader's pure, romantic swing sound appealed to dance audiences nationally and overseas.</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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0551.19
label: accession number
content: 1984.0551
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0551.19
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