"Dearly Beloved"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1942
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Hayworth, Rita
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Astaire, Fred
label: publisher
content: Chappell & Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sheet music is for the song “Dearly Beloved,” with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was published by Chappell and Co., Inc. in New York, New York in 1942.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>”Dearly Beloved,” was featured in the 1942 Columbia Pictures musical romantic comedy film, <i>You Were Never Lovelier,</i> directed by William A. Seiter and starred Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou, and Xavier Cugat. The cover features images of the stars of the film. Kern and Mercer received an Academy Award Best Original Song nomination for this song.</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: 1985.0393.03
label: accession number
content: 1985.0393
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0393.03
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