About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Items The siren of the ballet

The siren of the ballet

More Details Cite This Item

Library division & collection with this item:

LIBRARY DIVISION
Music Division

  • The importance and propriety of a better system of musical education
  • La cambiale di matrimonio
  • In love, if love be love : Vivian's song
  • Juvenile songs, religious, moral, and sentimental
  • The Giants of 1908
  • Octandre
  • Trois caprices pour le violon, op. 20
  • Stage coach
  • Sonata for viola and piano
  • Collection of organ music, chiefly fugues
  • The Horace Greeley campaign songster
  • Pièces de clavecin
  • Hayes & Wheeler song book
  • The Jubilee Songs, chorusses, &c.;
  • Commonplace book of songs
Previous Next

COLLECTION
American popular songs

View as book

SUB-COLLECTION
Sheet music, 1899

View as book

This Item

View this item elsewhere:

Title
The siren of the ballet
Additional title: In the ballet I saw her one rapturous night, Terpsichore, goddess of dancing. [first line of song]
Additional title: Oh, my blooming blushing faire with your grace and garments airy. [first line of chorus]
Additional title: Singing Girl. Siren of the ballet. [uniform title]
Names
Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924 (Composer)
Smith, Harry B. (Harry Bache), 1860-1936 (Lyricist)
Collection

American popular songs

Sheet music, 1899

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1899
Place: New York ; Chicago ; [etc.]
Publisher: M. Witmark & Sons
Library locations
Music Division
Topics
Songs
Ballet dancers
Humorous songs
Waltzes
Musicals
Schottisches
Sexual attraction
Mistaken identity
Genres
Scores
Notes
Content: Contains 3 dance sequences to be played prior to chorus, Dance I, Dance II, and Dance III, the last a Schottische.
Content: Collective cover page: Vocal selections from The singing girl, a comic opera in 3 acts, book by Stanislaus Stangé, lyrics by Harry B. Smith, music by Victor Herbert, as produced by the Alice Nielsen Opera Co. at the Casino, New York.
Content: Summary: The narrator sees a beautiful dancer at the ballet, goes to meet her after the performance with a bouquet of flowers but discovers she is actually a grandmother of over 60 years old.
Statement of responsibility: words by Harry B. Smith ; music by Victor Herbert.
Physical Description
Extent: 8 p. ; 36 cm.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10826013
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21736880
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21738653
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 951953f0-c595-012f-dfcf-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

  • 1859: Creator Born
  • 1899: Issued
  • 1924: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The siren of the ballet" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/965aec6d-96e0-a5e2-e040-e00a180644bf

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The siren of the ballet" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/965aec6d-96e0-a5e2-e040-e00a180644bf

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1899). The siren of the ballet Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/965aec6d-96e0-a5e2-e040-e00a180644bf

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/965aec6d-96e0-a5e2-e040-e00a180644bf | title= (notated music) The siren of the ballet, (1899) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 23, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

The siren of the ballet