My wild Irish rose

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Title

My wild Irish rose

Collection

Names

De Takacs, André C. (Illustrator)
Olcott, Chauncey, 1858-1932 (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1899
Place: New York
Publisher: M. Witmark

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: Music (Sheet) 00-328

Subjects

Songs

Genres

Scores

Notes

Content: Cameo portrait of Chauncey Olcott on cover.
Content: Cover illustrated by De Takacs.
Content: First line of chorus: My wild Irish rose, the sweetest flow'r that grows.
Content: First line of text: If you listen, I'll sing you a sweet little song.
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 Chauncey Olcott.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 score (3 p.) : ill. ; 35 cm.
Covers separated; edges torn.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21736880
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21738653
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG00-C67
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14693498
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 434bbea0-c642-012f-b54c-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "My wild Irish rose" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/434bbea0-c642-012f-b54c-58d385a7bc34

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1899). My wild Irish rose Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/434bbea0-c642-012f-b54c-58d385a7bc34

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "My wild Irish rose" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/434bbea0-c642-012f-b54c-58d385a7bc34

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