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My lady of the Nile

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g99c400_001


Item data

Title

My lady of the Nile

Collection

Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)
Sheet music, 1916.

Names

Buck, Gene (Lyricist)
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1916
Place: New York
Publisher: T.B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Ziegfeld follies, 1916)

Subjects

Songs

Genres

Sheet Music
Scores

Notes

Content: Caption title.
Content: First line of text: In old Egypt where the pale moon glows.
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Produced at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York--Cover.
Content: Staged by Ned Wayburn--Cover.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement Of Responsibility: lyric by Gene Buck ; music by Jerome Kern.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 vocal score (4 p.) : ill. ; 34 cm.
Center seam torn and repaired with tape; width torn in half and repaired with tape; edges frayed; some corners missing.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C400
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14535704
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2885e8e0-c5ff-012f-8854-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Notated Music

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MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "My lady of the Nile" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1916. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2885e8e0-c5ff-012f-8854-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1916). My lady of the Nile Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2885e8e0-c5ff-012f-8854-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "My lady of the Nile" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2885e8e0-c5ff-012f-8854-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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