“Melodies of Home”
date: label: date made
content: 1925
name: label: publisher
content: Triangle Music Pub. Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This sheet music is for the song “Melodies of Home.” The song was a Swiss “yodle” performed by Fritz Zimmerman and Marcelle Grandville. The sheet music was published by the Triangle Music Publishing Company in 1925. The cover features inset circular images of Fritz Zimmerman and Marcelle Grandville and a photograph of Mount Pilatus in Lucerne, Switzerland. The duo of Zimmerman and Grandville were a popular act throughout the United States during the 1920s, performing many songs including a variety of Swiss yodels.
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: 1983.0424.014
label: accession number
content: 1983.0424
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0424.014
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