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Title
Ragtime opera melody from Watch your step
Additional title: Watch your step. Ragtime opera melody. Vocal score.
Names
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 (Composer)
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924 (Composer)
Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875 (Composer)
Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919 (Composer)
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893 (Composer)
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989 (Composer)
Collection

Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)

Sheet music, 1914.

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1914
Place: New York
Publisher: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder : I. Berlin
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Watch your step, 1914)
Genres
sheet music
Scores
Notes
Content: Caption title.
Content: Composer Irving Berlin interpolated the melodies of opera composers in this medley, including Giussepe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Charles Gounod, Georges Bizet, and Ruggiero Leoncavallo.
Content: First line of chorus: Oh, you Pagliacci, you make a wonderful one step a barrel of fun step.
Content: First line of text: Aida, there's not a melody sweeter.
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement of responsibility: [words and music] by Irving Berlin.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 vocal score (23 p.) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Most pages detached; torn and frayed; tape repairs on many pages.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C254
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14530124
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fdf5d9f0-c5fe-012f-3dde-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1813: Creator Born
  • 1901: Creator Died
  • 1914: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Ragtime opera melody from Watch your step" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1914. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-c292-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Ragtime opera melody from Watch your step" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-c292-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1914). Ragtime opera melody from Watch your step Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-c292-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Ragtime opera melody from Watch your step