“Ma Honey Gal”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1902
name: label: composer; lyricist
content: Davis, James H.
label: publisher
content: Shapiro, Bernstein and Von Tilzer
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for the song “Ma Honey Gal” was written and composed by James Davis and published by the Shapiro-Bernstein-Von Tilzer Company of New York, New York in 1900. This sheet music appeared as a supplement to the “New York Herald Supplement” on April 13, 1902. The sheet music has an image of a well-dressed black woman batting her eyelashes. This is an example of a “coon song,” a genre of songs that were popular in the late 19th and early 20th century that stereotyped and caricatured blacks.
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: 1982.0440.37
label: accession number
content: 1982.0440
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0440.37
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)