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g99c227_001


Item data

Title

Smoke-rings

Collection

Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television (M.C. file)
Sheet music, 1922.

Names

Harbach, Otto, 1873-1963 (Lyricist)
Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972 (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1922
Place: New York
Publisher: Harms

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: M.C. (Blue kitten, 1922)

Subjects

Songs

Genres

Sheet Music
Scores

Notes

Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Content: Arthur Hammerstein presents The blue kitten--Cover.
Content: Caption title.
Content: First line of refrain: Smoke rings, oh tell me.
Content: First line of text: When I see smoke rings curling.
Content: For voice and piano.
Content: Founded on 'Le chasseur de chez Maxim's' by Yves Mirande & Gustave Quinson--Cover.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Staged by Edgar Selwyn, numbers & ensembles by Leon Errol--Cover.
Statement Of Responsibility: words by Otto Harbach ; music by Rudolf Friml.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 vocal score (5 p.) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Covers separated; edges worn.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C227
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14530089
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): deacb080-c5ff-012f-86d3-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Notated Music

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MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Smoke-rings" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1922. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/deacb080-c5ff-012f-86d3-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1922). Smoke-rings Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/deacb080-c5ff-012f-86d3-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Smoke-rings" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/deacb080-c5ff-012f-86d3-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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