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g99c282_001


Item data

Title

Didn't you believe?

Collection

Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)
Sheet music, 1921.

Names

Caldwell, Anne, 1867-1936 (Lyricist)
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1921
Place: New York
Publisher: T.B. Harms

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Good morning, dearie, 1921)

Subjects

Songs

Genres

Sheet Music
Scores

Notes

Content: First line of chorus: Didn't you believe?
Content: First line of text: When I used to look in a booklet that I took from Grandad's knee.
Content: For piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Staged by Edward Royce--Cover.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement Of Responsibility: words by Anne Caldwell ; music by Jerome Kern.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 vocal score (6 p.) : ill. ; 30 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C282
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14533102
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 841acea0-c5ff-012f-1c01-58d385a7bc34

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

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MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Didn't you believe?" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1921. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/841acea0-c5ff-012f-1c01-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1921). Didn't you believe? Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/841acea0-c5ff-012f-1c01-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Didn't you believe?" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/841acea0-c5ff-012f-1c01-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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