"The Touch of Your Hand"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1933
name: label: publisher
content: T. B. Harms Company
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sheet music is for the song “The Touch of Your Hand,” by music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Otto Harbach. It was published by T. B. Harms Co. in New York, New York in 1933.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>”The Touch of Your Hand” was featured in the musical, <i>Roberta,</i> with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics and book by Otto Harbach. The musical opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 18, 1933 and closed on July 21, 1934, for a total of 295 performances.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The cover art for this sheet music was made by American artists Benjamin “Jorj” Harris (1904-1957) and Georgette Harris (1902-1963). The couple was known for their airbrush art and Art Deco style.</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: 1985.0624.03
label: accession number
content: 1985.0624
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0624.03
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