Object Details
- publisher
- Vincent Youmans Inc.
- Description
This sheet music is for the song “Love Is Like a Song,” with music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Russell Robinson and George Waggner. It was published by Vincent Youmans in New York, New York in 1930. The cover art was made by Barbelle.
“Love Is Like a Song” was featured in the 1930 pre-code romantic comedy, What a Widow!, directed by Allan Dwan, Dudley Murphy, and James Seymour and starred Gloria Swanson, Owen Moore, and Lew Cody.
The cover art for this sheet music was made by American artist and designer Albert Wilfred Barbelle (1887-1957). With a prolific career spanning over forty years, Barbelle created numerous works of cover art for sheet music and albums.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- publishing date
- 1930
- ID Number
- 1985.0238.06
- accession number
- 1985.0238
- catalog number
- 1985.0238.06
- Object Name
- sheet music
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Movies
- Sheet Music
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_681387
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-fa20-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
