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When you loved me in the sweet old days

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Image ID

2001401


Item data

Title

When you loved me in the sweet old days

Collection

American popular songs
Sheet music, 1901

Names

Bowers, Frederic V., 1874-1961 (Composer)
Horwitz, Charles, 1864-1938 (Lyricist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1901
Place: New York
Publisher: Shapiro, Bernstein & Von Tilzer

Library Location

Music Division

Subjects

Songs
Reminiscing
Man-woman relationships

Genres

Scores

Notes

Content: Cover design includes drawings of flowers.
Content: Summary: The narrator tells of a time long ago when he/she was in love with a sweetheart; that relationship has now soured and can never return.
Content: Cover includes photograph of Frederick V. Bowers.
Statement Of Responsibility: words by Charles Horwitz ; music by Frederick V. Bowers
Date: Copyright date: 1901

Physical Description

Extent: 6 p. ; 33 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21695015
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21695100
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 731a4580-c599-012f-3ada-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

Date Issued

1901

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MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "When you loved me in the sweet old days" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1901. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/731a4580-c599-012f-3ada-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1901). When you loved me in the sweet old days Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/731a4580-c599-012f-3ada-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "When you loved me in the sweet old days" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/731a4580-c599-012f-3ada-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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