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Title
Bes t of everything.
Additional title: La la Lucille. Best of everything. Vocal score.
Names
Jackson, Arthur J. (Lyricist) (Lyricist)
De Sylva, B. G. (Buddy Gard), 1896-1950 (Lyricist)
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 (Composer)
Collection

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

Sheet music, 1919.

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1919
Place: New York
Publisher: T.B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (La La Lucille, 1919)
Genres
sheet music
Scores
Notes
Content: Caption title.
Content: First line of chorus: I get my rings and things from Tiffany.
Content: A new up-to-the-minute musical comedy of class and distinction--Cover.
Content: Book by Fred Jackson [and] staged by Herbert Gresham and Julian Alfred--Cover.
Content: For voice and piano.
Content: First line of text: I was born, my mother says, upon a summer's day.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement of responsibility: words by B. G. De Sylva and Andrew J. Jackson ; music by George Gershwin.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 vocal score (5 p.) : ill. ; 35 cm.
Covers separated; edges frayed and torn.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C185
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14530038
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 53405c80-c5ff-012f-4a6c-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1919: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Bes t of everything." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1919. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-1553-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Bes t of everything." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 7, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-1553-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1919). Bes t of everything. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-1553-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Bes t of everything.