“My Alabama Lize: A Coon Love Song”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1899
name: label: composer
content: Wise & Perrin
label: publisher
content: Myll Bros.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for the song “My Alabama Lize: A Coon Love Song” was written and composed by Wise and Perrin, and published by Shapiro, Bernstein, and Von Tilzer in 1899. The song appeared as a supplement to the “New York Herald” on March 30, 1902. The cover features a stereotyped illustration of an African American woman on the upper left, framed by roses, and a drawing of a cupid silhouette on the left.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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: 1982.0440.56
label: accession number
content: 1982.0440
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0440.56
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: 14 in x 10 1/2 in; 35.56 cm x 26.67 cm