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

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Sheet music, 1919.

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Title
We're getting away with it
Additional title: Irene. We're getting away with it. Vocal score.
Names
Royce, Edward, 1870-1964 (Director)
Tierney, Harry, 1890-1965 (Composer)
McCarthy, Joseph, 1885-1943 (Lyricist)
Collection

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

Sheet music, 1919.

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1920
Place: New York
Publisher: Leo. Feist
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Irene, 1919)
Topics
Musicals
Musical revues & comedies -- United States -- 1911-1920
Montgomery, James, 1882-1966
Genres
sheet music
Scores
Notes
Content: "Staged by Edward Royce"--Cover.
Content: "Vanderbilt Producing Co. presents Irene[,] a musical comedy by James Montgomery"--Cover.
Content: Caption title.
Content: First line of refrain: And, we're getting away with it.
Content: First line of text: The wisest man in Jericho made a remark we very well know.
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement of responsibility: lyrics by Joseph McCarthy ; music by Harry Tierney.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 vocal score (4 p.) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C179
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14528553
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 657eb8a0-c5ff-012f-7532-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1870: Creator Born
  • 1920: Issued
  • 1964: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "We're getting away with it" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1920. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e1ec306-7408-facb-e040-e00a180678ae

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "We're getting away with it" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 4, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e1ec306-7408-facb-e040-e00a180678ae

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1920). We're getting away with it Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e1ec306-7408-facb-e040-e00a180678ae

Wikipedia Citation

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We're getting away with it