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Araminta

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1165425


Item data

Title

Araminta

Collection

American popular songs
Sheet music, 1897

Names

Garrett, Michael B. (Composer)
Garrett, Michael B. (Lyricist)
Melville, Janet (Singer)
Stetson, Evaline (Singer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1901
Place: New York
Publisher: [Sol. Bloom]

Library Location

Music Division

Subjects

Songs
Flirting
Sexual attraction

Genres

Scores

Notes

Content: Cover includes a photograph of Janet Melville & Evaline Stetson.
Content: Printed as the music supplement of The New York Journal and Advertiser, Sunday, April 28, 1901, pp. 5-8.
Content: Summary: All men know Araminta, the "gayest of the gay" who is a charming girl.
Statement Of Responsibility: words and music by Michael B. Garrett.
Date: Copyright date: 1897

Physical Description

Extent: 1 score (6 p.) ; 34 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21759246
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21760500
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d0ee4c40-c591-012f-3b6d-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

Date Issued

1901

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MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Araminta" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1901. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d0ee4c40-c591-012f-3b6d-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1901). Araminta Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d0ee4c40-c591-012f-3b6d-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Araminta" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d0ee4c40-c591-012f-3b6d-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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