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The midnight serenade

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1696530


Item data

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.

Library Location

Music Division

Subjects

Songs
Cats
Banjos
Serenading

Genres

Scores

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.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21757200
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6ba79cb0-c590-012f-f858-58d385a7bc34

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

Date Issued

1895

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MLA format

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

Wikipedia citation

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