“The Voice of the Violet”
date: label: date made
content: 1902
name: label: performer
content: Olcott, Chauncey
label: publisher
content: M. Witmark & Sons
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This sheet music is for the song “The Voice of the Violet” from the play “Old Limerick Town.” Chauncey Olcott wrote the lyrics and composed the music for “Old Limerick Town,” and Olcott’s manager Augustus Pitou wrote the play for him. M. Witmark and Sons of New York City published the sheet music in 1902. The green cover has a full-length cutout image of Chauncey Olcott, who performed the lead role of Neil O’Brien in the play.
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: 1983.0424.111
label: accession number
content: 1983.0424
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0424.111
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 10 3/4 in; 35.56 cm x 27.305 cm