“Love Is Here to Stay”
date: label: date made
content: 1938
name: label: composer
content: Gershwin, George
label: lyricist
content: Gershwin, Ira
label: publisher
content: Chappell and Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This sheet music is for the song “Love Is Here to Stay” from the film <i>The Goldwyn Follies</i>. Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics to the song and George Gershwin composed the music. Chappell & Co. Inc. published this sheet music in 1938. The cover features a photograph of the film’s stars (including a dummy) gathered around a piano.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>The ballad “Love Is Here to Stay” was the final composition George Gershwin completed. Ira Gershwin wrote the poignant words after his brother's untimely death. It was introduced by singer Kenny Baker in the 1938 motion picture <i>The Goldwyn Follies</i>. Decades later, the song was featured in the 1951 MGM film, <i>An American in Paris,</i> where it was performed by the film’s leads, Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron.</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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0424.137
label: accession number
content: 1983.0424
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0424.137
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