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Little Dora Dell

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1166658


Item data

Title

Little Dora Dell

Collection

American popular songs
Sheet music, 1894

Names

Hayden, Ola (Singer)
Williams, W. R. (Composer)
Williams, W. R. (Lyricist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1894
Place: Chicago
Publisher: Will Rossiter

Library Location

Music Division

Subjects

Songs
Cottages
Love songs
Waltzes
Sexual attraction

Genres

Scores

Notes

Content: Cover includes a photograph of Ola Hayden with the caption: America's youngest and greatest contralto. Cover also includes a painting of a small house with a picket fence with a caption taken from the song text: "There's a cottage down the lane."
Content: On cover: A simple love story told in words and music...Now a great success, being sung by Ola Hayden, Fannie St. Clair, Lottie Gilson, Jane Daly, Nellie McCoy, Irene Franklin, John Gardner, Tom O'Brien, Sadie Cushman, Lottie Williams, John and Nellie McCarthy, McNulty Sisters, Irene Fernandez, Wren and Daly, W. C. Held, Lillian Harper, Ella Delmore, Beatrice Leo, Khorns and Cole, Gladys Lee, Mamie Chapman &c.
Statement Of Responsibility: words and music by W.R. Williams.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 score (6 p.) ; 36 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21751756
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 62b864f0-c58f-012f-d24a-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

Date Issued

1894

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MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Little Dora Dell" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1894. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62b864f0-c58f-012f-d24a-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1894). Little Dora Dell Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62b864f0-c58f-012f-d24a-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Little Dora Dell" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62b864f0-c58f-012f-d24a-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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