"I'm Tellin' the Birds - Tellin' the Bees (How I Love You)"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1926
name: label: publisher
content: Irving Berlin, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sheet music is for the song, “I’m Tellin’ the Birds – Tellin’the Bees (How I Love You),” by Cliff Friend and Lew Brown. It was published by Irving Berlin, Inc. in New York, New York in 1926. There is an inset image of pianist Franz Rath on the cover.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The cover art for this sheet music was made by American artist and illustrator Sydney Lefkowitz (Leff) (1901-2005). Leff began his career as a commercial artist while he was still in high school. He would produce sheet music covers through the 1940s and subsequently moved on to generating advertising for Madison Avenue clients.</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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Susan Ostroff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0914.08
label: accession number
content: 1987.0914
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0914.08
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: 30.7 cm x 23 cm; 12 1/16 in x 9 1/16 in