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Title
It's getting dark on old Broadway
Additional title: Ziegfeld follies of 1922.
Additional title: Ziegfeld follies. It's getting dark on old Broadway. Vocal score.
Names
Buck, Gene (Lyricist)
Hirsch, Louis A. (Louis Achille), 1881-1924 (Composer)
Stamper, Dave, 1883-1963 (Composer)
Collection

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

Sheet music, 1922.

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1922
Place: New York
Publisher: Harms
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Ziegfeld follies, 1922)
Topics
Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
Genres
sheet music
Scores
Notes
Content: Caption title.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: F. Ziegfeld Jr's 16th annual production, Ziegfeld Follies of 1922, produced at the New Amsterdam Theatre, N.Y.--Cover.
Content: First line of refrain: It's getting very dark on old Broadway.
Content: First line of text: We used to brag about the Broadway white lights.
Content: For voice and piano.
Content: Staged by Ned Wayburn--Cover.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement of responsibility: [words and music] by Louis A. Hirsch, Gene Buck and Dave Stamper.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 vocal score (4 p.) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Center seam and edges torn.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C458
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14535775
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cc018690-c5ff-012f-636a-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1922: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "It's getting dark on old Broadway" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1922. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/70cb8fd2-3a8a-325f-e040-e00a180662f3

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "It's getting dark on old Broadway" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/70cb8fd2-3a8a-325f-e040-e00a180662f3

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1922). It's getting dark on old Broadway Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/70cb8fd2-3a8a-325f-e040-e00a180662f3

Wikipedia Citation

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It's getting dark on old Broadway