“Forget-Me-Not Waltzes”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1900
name: label: referenced
content: Wilde, Oscar
label: composer
content: Henry, Amy
label: publisher
content: Evans and Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “Oscar Wilde Forget Me Not Waltz.” It was written and composed by Miss Amy Henry and published by W. A. Evans and Brothers of Boston, Massachusetts in 1900. The cover features an illustrated portrait of Oscar Wilde in an oval surrounded by sunflowers and lilies. Wilde was very popular around this time, and underwent an American speaking tour in 1882 that was very popular, and a few different songs were written about him during his time in the limelight.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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: 1982.0440.35
label: accession number
content: 1982.0440
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0440.35
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