Content: Cover includes border design showing a man in medieval dress with a lute singing to a castle. Also showsa group of monks singing from music.
Content: Summary: In the first verse, the male narrator recalls a dream in which a woman caressed him, but when he awoke she was not there. In the second verse he describes a wealthy grandfather who died and left his money to frivolous things. The chorus states the fleeing and illusory quality of dreams.
Content: On cover: Performed by the famous Bostonians.
Statement Of Responsibility: words by Harry B. Smith; music by Victor Herbert.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 score (6 p.) ; 34 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21759246
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21760500
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 068ae9d0-c592-012f-e61b-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

Date Issued

1897

Cite this item

MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Dreaming, dreaming" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1897. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/068ae9d0-c592-012f-e61b-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1897). Dreaming, dreaming Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/068ae9d0-c592-012f-e61b-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Dreaming, dreaming" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/068ae9d0-c592-012f-e61b-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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