"When My Baby Smiles at Me"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1920
name: label: publisher
content: Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sheet music is for the song “When My Baby Smiles at Me,” with lyrics by Ted Lewis and Andrew B. Sterling and music by Bill Muro. It was published by Harry von Tilzer Music Publishing Co. in New York, New York in 1920. The cover features an image of jazz clarinetist, vocalist and comedian Ted Lewis, who made a popular recording with his band in 1920 on Columbia Records.</p>
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content: <p>“When My Baby Smiles at Me” was featured in the musical revue, <i>The Greenwich Follies.</i> The revue ran for eight seasons from 1919-1927, beginning at the Greenwich Village Theatre and later moving to the Schubert Theatre.</p>
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content: <p>The cover art for this sheet music was made by American artist and designer Albert Wilfred Barbelle (1887-1957). With a prolific career spanning over forty years, Barbelle created numerous works of cover art for sheet music and albums.</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: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0238.17
label: accession number
content: 1985.0238
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0238.17
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 34.29 cm x 26.67 cm