“The Last Time I Saw Paris”
name: label: composer
content: Kern, Jerome
label: lyricist
content: Hammerstein II, Oscar
label: publisher
content: T. B. Harms Company
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “The Last Time I Saw Paris.” The lyrics were written by Oscar Hammerstein and the music was composed by Jerome Kern. The sheet music was published by the T.B. Harms Company of New York, New York in 1940. The cover features an illustration of a silhouetted woman as well as images of Paris floating across the cover. There is an inset photograph of Hildegarde sitting at a piano, which notes that the song was “introduced and featured by Hildegarde,” meaning that she had been performing the tune at shows and clubs, and now her image was being used to sell the sheet music.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Don Dellair and Tommy Wonder 123
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0070.04
label: accession number
content: 1983.0070
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0070.04
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