“Lili Marlene”
name: label: composer
content: Park, Phil
label: translator; arranger
content: David, Mack
label: publisher
content: Chappell and Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “Lili Marlene.” The song was written and composed by Phil Park, and the American version was done by Mack David. The sheet music was published by Chappell & Co. Inc. of New York, New York in 1943. The black cover features a yellow lamppost and a yellow rose, with an inset photograph of Hildegarde sitting at a piano. The song notes that it was “introduced and featured by Hildegard” (a misspelling with an “E” at the end) meaning that she had been performing the tune at shows and clubs, and now her image was being used to sell the sheet music.
label: Description
content: This version and many others were inspired by the original “Lili Marlene,” a poem written by Hans Leip in 1915 as “Das Mädchen unter der Lanterne” (“The Girl Under the Lantern”) and first published as “Das Lied eines jungen Soldaten auf der Wacht” (“The Song of a Young Soldier On Watch’) in 1937. German composer, Norbert Schultze set “Lili Marlene” to music in 1938.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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 Don Dellair and Tommy Wonder 123
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0070.03
label: accession number
content: 1983.0070
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0070.03
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