“Fly Song”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1897
name: label: composer
content: Olcott, Chauncey
label: publisher
content: M. Witmark & Sons
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for the song “Olcott’s Fly Song” was written and composed by Chauncey Olcott and published by Witmark and Sons of New York, New York in 1897. This piece of sheet music appeared as a supplement to the “New York Journal and Advertiser” on Feb. 13, 1898. The cover features a photograph of Chauncey Olcott, in Circus Ringmaster’s clothing, sitting down with a dog beside him. The song was sung by Ihmin Sweet Inniscara at the Fourteenth Street Theatre.
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: 1982.0440.40
label: accession number
content: 1982.0440
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0440.40
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
label: Object Type
content: leaflets
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm