“Moon Over Miami”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1935
name: label: composer
content: Burke, Joe
label: lyricist
content: Leslie, Edgar
label: depicted
content: Sparnon, Ken
label: publisher
content: Irving Berlin, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sheet music is for the song “Moon Over Miami,” with lyrics by Edgar Leslie and music by Joe Burke. It was published by Irving Berlin, Inc. in New York, New York, in 1935. The cover features an inset photograph of Ken Sparnon, and an image of a Moon above a coastal shoreline reflected in the water while a couple stands arm in arm at the shore serenaded by a trio of guitar playing singers.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Kenneth H. Sparnon (1895-1972) was a pianist, organist, trombonist, and arranger who performed in vaudeville and in movie theater stage shows. He was also music director of radio stations in Syracuse and Rochester, New York and provided consultant services to radio music directors as an employee of the Broadcast Music Inc.</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: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Sheet Music
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Arabella S. Sparnon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0797.01
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0797.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0797
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