Object Details
- Woodside, Lura
- lyricist; composer
- Howard, Joseph E.
- performer
- Emerson, Ida
- publisher
- Harris, Charles K.
- Description
This sheet music for the song “Good-Bye My Lady Love” was written and composed by Joseph. E. Howard, and published by Charles K. Harris of New York, New York in 1904. The cover touts the song as being “Introduced & Sung with Great Success by Ida Emerson,” with a full length picture of Emerson framed by flowers in the center of the cover. The cover also notes that Howard and Emerson were the composers of the popular “’Hello Ma Baby’ and ‘Honey Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone’ etc.”
The cover art for this sheet music was made by brothers William Starmer (1872-1957) and Frederick Starmer (1878-1962) Born and raised in England, the brothers moved with their family to New York, William in 1898 and Frederick in 1899. The Starmer Brothers flourished until 1929. William became a U.S. citizen in 1924, while Frederick returned to England in 1929.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of C. Malcolm Watkins
- publishing date
- 1904
- ID Number
- 1979.1154.07
- accession number
- 1979.1154
- catalog number
- 1979.1154.07
- Object Name
- sheet music
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Sheet Music
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_662354
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-883f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
