The midnight serenade
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Title
The midnight serenade
Collection
American popular songs
Sheet music, 1895
Names
Cohen, Frieda Pauline (Composer)
Cohen, Frieda Pauline (Lyricist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1895
Place: Chicago ; London
Publisher: The S. Brainard's Sons Co. ; Chas. Sheard & Co.
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Notes
Content: Cover illustration is a humorous drawing of scene at night: a man with a banjo is serenading a woman in a window, who look on in surprise as another man carrying a walking stick approaches the serenader. A cat perched on a wall looks on as does a smiling image of the moon.
Content: Illustrator's initials: H. G. at lower right of illustration.
Statement Of Responsibility: words and music by Frieda Cohen.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 score (8 p.) ; 31 cm.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21757200
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6ba79cb0-c590-012f-f858-58d385a7bc34
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Date Issued
1895
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The midnight serenade" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1895. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6ba79cb0-c590-012f-f858-58d385a7bc34
APA format
Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1895). The midnight serenade Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6ba79cb0-c590-012f-f858-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The midnight serenade" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6ba79cb0-c590-012f-f858-58d385a7bc34
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