“The Fairest of the Fair”
date: label: date made
content: 1908
name: label: composer
content: Sousa, John Philip
label: publisher
content: John Church Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This sheet music is for the song “The Fairest of the Fair” that was composed by John Philip Sousa. The sheet music was published by The John Church Company in 1908. The march was written for the annual Boston Food Fair, and was dedicated to the Boston Retail Grocers Association. The cover has a background of blooming water lilies, with an inset photograph of Sousa on the left.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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: 1983.0424.064
label: accession number
content: 1983.0424
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0424.064
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