Research Catalog

Title

Swanee / words by I. Caesar ; music by George Gershwin.

Author

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.

Publication

New York : T.B. Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter, c1919.

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Details

Additional Authors

Caesar, Irving, 1895-1996.

Description

1 score (5 p.) : ill.; 33 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.

Series Statement

Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Alternative Title

• I've been away from you a long time
• Swanee, how I love you, how I love you

Subjects

• Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951 > Sinbad
• Musicals > Excerpts > Vocal scores with piano
• Music
• Popular music > United States > 1911-1920
• Jolson, Al, 1886-1950 > Pictorial works
• Suwannee River (Fla.) > Songs and music

Note

• For voice and piano.
• Caption title.
• "Successfully Introduced by Al Jolson in 'Sinbad' at the Winter Garden, New York"--Cover.
• Cover photograph of Al Jolson, set in a black and red ink border.
• Sinbad opened at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City on February 14, 1918 (information from IBDB.com).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.

Call Number

M.C. (Sinbad, 1918. Swanee)

OCLC

• 18796110
• NYPG98-C117

Author

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.

Title

Swanee / words by I. Caesar ; music by George Gershwin.

Imprint

New York : T.B. Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter, c1919.

Series

Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Additional Formats

Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.

Local Note

Library copy imperfect; edges torn.

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Indexed Term

Music

Added Author

Caesar, Irving, 1895-1996. Lyricist

Publisher No.

5935-4 T.B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter

Research Call Number

M.C. (Sinbad, 1918. Swanee)