The picture that is turned toward the wall : pathetic song and chorus

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Title
The picture that is turned toward the wall : pathetic song and chorus
Names
Graham, Charles (Composer) (Composer)
Collection

American popular songs

Sheet music, 1891

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1891
Place: New York
Publisher: M. Witmark
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: Music (Sheet) 00-341
Topics
Songs
Popular music -- United States -- To 1901
Songs -- United States -- 1891-1900
Genres
Scores
Notes
Content: First line of refrain: There's a name that's never spoken.
Content: First line of text: Far away beyond the glamor of the city and its strife.
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Note by composer on cover: "While witnessing a performance of "Blue Jeans" at the Fourtheen Street Theatre, N.Y., I was vividly impressed with the human pathos and passion so beautifully depicted in the last act. From this I have drawn the theme for "The Picture that is turned toward the wall."
Content: Respectfully dedicated to Mr. Joseph Arthur--Printed above cover title.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement of responsibility: words and music by Chas. Graham.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 score (3 p.) : ill. ; 35 cm.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10826013
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG00-C88
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14693476
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4e17ece0-c642-012f-ffe4-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1891: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The picture that is turned toward the wall : pathetic song and chorus" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1891. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ebd9bca-17fd-f467-e040-e00a18060269

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The picture that is turned toward the wall : pathetic song and chorus" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ebd9bca-17fd-f467-e040-e00a18060269

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1891). The picture that is turned toward the wall : pathetic song and chorus Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ebd9bca-17fd-f467-e040-e00a18060269

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The picture that is turned toward the wall : pathetic song and chorus