"Begin the Beguine"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1935
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Shaw, Artie
label: publisher
content: Harms Incorporated
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sheet music is for the song "Begin the Beguine," with words and music by Cole Porter. It was published by Harms, Inc. in New York, New York in 1935.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The cover features an image of American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor, and author Artie Shaw (1910-2004), who with his band had great success with their recording of “Begin the Beguine” on Bluebird Record B-7746, in 1938.</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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0393.02
label: accession number
content: 1985.0393
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0393.02
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