"To Know You Is To Love You"
Object Details
- publisher
- DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc.
- Description
This sheet music is for the song, “To Know You Is To Love You,” with words by B. G. De Sylva and Lew Brown, and music by Ray Henderson. It was published by De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc. in New York, New York in 1928.
"To Know You Is To Love You" was featured in the musical, Hold Everything, with music by Ray Henderson, Book by Jack McGowan, and lyrics by Lew Brown and B. C. DeSylva. Hold Everything opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on October 10, 1928, and closed on October 5, 1929, for a run of 409 performances.
The cover art for this sheet music was made by American artist Helen Van Doorn Morgan (1899-1963). Morgan created sheet music covers mostly from 1920-1930.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Susan Ostroff
- publishing date
- 1928
- ID Number
- 1987.0914.13
- accession number
- 1987.0914
- catalog number
- 1987.0914.13
- Object Name
- sheet music
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 30.3 cm x 23 cm; 11 15/16 in x 9 1/16 in
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Sheet Music
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1333554
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-56a2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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