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The Argentine (tango) : duet:-Delia and Lord Bicester

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G99C783_001


Item data

Title

The Argentine (tango) : duet:-Delia and Lord Bicester

Collection

Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)
Sheet music, 1912.

Names

White Studio (New York, N.Y.) (Photographer)
Rubens, Paul A. (Paul Alfred), 1875-1917 (Lyricist)
Wimperis, Arthur, 1874-1953 (Lyricist)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1912
Place: London
Publisher: Chappell & Co.

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (The sunshine girl, 1912)

Subjects

Songs

Genres

Sheet Music
Scores

Notes

Content: Caption title.
Content: Cover photograph, by the White Studios, of Ms. Sanderson and Mr. Castle dancing a tango.
Content: For voice and piano.
Content: Includes music for dance on p. [4-5]
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Content: Danced by Miss Julia Sanderson and Mr. Vernon Castle in the musical play 'The sunshine girl'--Cover.
Content: First line of refrain: Then we might go to San Francisco.
Content: First line of text: Wouldn't it be jolly if we took a little holiday from here?
Statement Of Responsibility: lyrics by Paul A. Rubens & Arthur Wimperis ; music by Paul A. Rubens.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 vocal score (3 p.) : dance music (2 p.) : ill. ; 36 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C783
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14661849
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d936d6d0-c5fe-012f-e5b5-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

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MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The Argentine (tango) : duet:-Delia and Lord Bicester" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1912. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d936d6d0-c5fe-012f-e5b5-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1912). The Argentine (tango) : duet:-Delia and Lord Bicester Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d936d6d0-c5fe-012f-e5b5-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The Argentine (tango) : duet:-Delia and Lord Bicester" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d936d6d0-c5fe-012f-e5b5-58d385a7bc34

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