“Surry with the Fringe on Top”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1943
name: label: composer
content: Rodgers, Richard
label: lyricist
content: Hammerstein II, Oscar
label: publisher
content: Marlo Music Publications
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sheet music for the song, "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," was composed by Richard Rodgers and written by Oscar Hammerstein. It was published by the Marlo Music Corp. of New York, New York, in 1943. The cover is pink with an illustration of a farm on a prairie inside a white cloud. This song was featured in the Broadway musical <i>Oklahoma!</i> based on the play <i>Green Grow the Lilacs</i> by Lynn Riggs.</p>
label: Description
content: <p><i>Oklahoma!</i>, with book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and music by Richard Rogers, opened on March 31, 1943 at the St. James Theatre and ran for 2,212 performances.</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: 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: 1982.0439.10
label: accession number
content: 1982.0439
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0439.010
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