At the steeple chase

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G99C787_001

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Title

At the steeple chase

Collection

Names

Walker, Warren R (Lyricist)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1902
Place: [New York?]
Publisher: Warren R. Walker

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: Music (Sheet) 99-311

Subjects

Songs

Genres

Scores

Notes

Content: Additional verses printed on inside cover.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Published expressly for Geo. C. Tilyou. Great Steeplechase Park, Coney Island--Bottom of cover.
Content: Respectfully dedicated to Mr. Geo. C. Tilyou--Top of cover.
Content: Cameo photograph of Warren R. Walker; "1900" hand-written below photograph.
Content: Caption title.
Content: Cover depicts seashore and Great Steeplechase Park at Coney Island, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Content: First line of chorus: At the steeple chase.
Content: First line of text: I went to Coney Island.
Content: For voice and piano.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement Of Responsibility: words and music by Warren R. Walker.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 vocal score (4 p.) : ill. ; 36 cm.
Center seam and edges torn and repaired with tape; edges torn and frayed; corner of back cover missing.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C787
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14661853
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fc1384d0-c641-012f-d923-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "At the steeple chase" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1902. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fc1384d0-c641-012f-d923-58d385a7bc34

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1902). At the steeple chase Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fc1384d0-c641-012f-d923-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "At the steeple chase" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fc1384d0-c641-012f-d923-58d385a7bc34

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