"Summertime"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1935
name: label: publisher
content: Gershwin Publishing Corp.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sheet music is for the song “Summertime,” with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. It was published by Gershwin Publishing Corp. in New York, New York in 1935.<p>
label: Description
content: <p>”Summertime” was featured in the 1935 Broadway production of <i>Porgy and Bess,</i> with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBose Heyward, lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin, based on the play <i>Porgy</i> by DuBose Heyward and Dorothy Heyward. The world premiere performance took place at the Colonial Theatre in Boston on September 30, 1935. <p>Porgy and Bess</i> opened on Broadway on October 10, 1935 at the Alvin Theatre and closed on January 25, 1936 after 124 performances.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The cover art for this sheet music was made by American artists Benjamin “Jorj” Harris (1904-1957) and Georgette Harris (1902-1963). The couple was known for their airbrush art and Art Deco style.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
label: See more items in
content: Music & Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
content: Popular Entertainment
label: See more items in
content: Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0393.14
label: accession number
content: 1985.0393
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0393.14
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