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Ah! Sweet mystery of life : the dream melody

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G99C197_006


Item data

Title

Ah! Sweet mystery of life : the dream melody

Collection

Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)
Sheet music, 1910.

Names

Young, Rida Johnson (Lyricist)
Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924 (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1910
Place: New York
Publisher: M. Witmark

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Naughty Marietta, 1910)

Subjects

Songs

Genres

Sheet Music
Scores

Notes

Content: Victor Herbert's masterpiece--Cover.
Content: Caption title.
Content: First line of text: Ah! sweet mystery of life, at last I've found thee.
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Signed cameo portrait of Victor Herbert printed on cover.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement Of Responsibility: lyric by Rida Johnson Young ; music by Victor Herbert.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 vocal score (3 p.) : ill. ; 31 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C197
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14530051
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ce574580-c5fe-012f-2406-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

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MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Ah! Sweet mystery of life : the dream melody" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1910. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ce574580-c5fe-012f-2406-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1910). Ah! Sweet mystery of life : the dream melody Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ce574580-c5fe-012f-2406-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Ah! Sweet mystery of life : the dream melody" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ce574580-c5fe-012f-2406-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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