Legend of the pearls
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g99c325_001
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Title
Legend of the pearls
Collection
Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)
Sheet music, 1921.
Names
Ramos RodrÃguez, Manuel, 1931- (Illustrator)
Grant, Charles N., 1887-1937 (Arranger)
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989 (Composer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1921
Place: New York
Publisher: I. Berlin
Library Location
Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Music box revue, 1921)
Subjects
Genres
Notes
Content: Caption title.
Content: Cover illustrated by Bolin.
Content: First line of chorus: Strings of tear drops.
Content: First line of text: "Pearls mean tears" is a saying old.
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Staged by Hazzard[sic] Short--Cover.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement Of Responsibility: words and music by Irving Berlin ; arr. by Charles N. Grant.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 vocal score (3 p.) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Center seam torn.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C325
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14533120
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 946ba640-c5ff-012f-ea4d-58d385a7bc34
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Legend of the pearls" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1921. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/946ba640-c5ff-012f-ea4d-58d385a7bc34
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1921). Legend of the pearls Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/946ba640-c5ff-012f-ea4d-58d385a7bc34
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Legend of the pearls" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 14, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/946ba640-c5ff-012f-ea4d-58d385a7bc34
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