Image Title

:  Ragtime opera melody from Watch your step / [words and music] by Irving Berlin.

Alternate Title

: Watch your step. Ragtime opera melody. Vocal score.

Creator

: Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989 -- Composer

Additional Name(s)

: Verdi, Giussepe -- Composer
Puccini, Giacomo -- Composer
Leoncavallo, Ruggiero -- Composer
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893 -- Composer
Bizet, Georges -- Composer

Created Date

: 1914

Specific Material Type

: music

Item Physical Description

: 1 vocal score (23 p.) : ill. ; 31 cm.

Notes

: Caption title. Note 2.) Composer Irving Berlin interpolated the melodies of opera composers in this medley, including Giussepe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Charles Gounod, Georges Bizet, and Ruggiero Leoncavallo. Note 3.) First line of chorus: Oh, you Pagliacci, you make a wonderful one step a barrel of fun step. Note 4.) First line of text: Aida, there's not a melody sweeter. Note 5.) For voice and piano. Note 6.) Most pages detached; torn and frayed; tape repairs on many pages. Note 7.) National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project. Note 8.) Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Source

: Sheet music of songs from various musicals, plays, movies, and television. / Sheet music, 1914.

Location

: The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts / Music Division

Catalog Call Number

: M.C. (Watch your step, 1914)

Digital ID

: g99c254_001

Record ID

: 182581

Digital Item Published

: 8-17-2006; updated 3-25-2011