Image Title

:  Absence makes the heart grow fonder : (longing to be near your side) / words by Arthur Gillespie ; music by Herbert Dillea.

Alternate Title

: The head waiters.

Creator

: Dillea, Herbert -- unknown role

Additional Name(s)

: Gillespie, Arthur -- Lyricist

Created Date

: 1900

Specific Material Type

: music

Item Physical Description

: 1 vocal score (3 p.) : ill. ; 35 cm.

Notes

: Caption title. Note 2.) Center seam torn; edges worn; some corners missing. Note 3.) Cover cameo portrait of man, wearing white tie and tuxedo, probably Frederic Whitfield. Note 4.) First line of chorus: Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Note 5.) First line of text: Sweetheart I have grown so lonely. Note 6.) For voice and piano. Note 7.) National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project. Note 8.) Respectfully dedicated to Miss Celeste K. Walsh, Chicago, Ill.--Printed above caption title. Note 9.) Sung with tremendous success by Frederic Whitfield, in Ward & Vokes' production 'The head waiters'--Cover. Note 10.) Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Source

: Published music.

Location

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

Catalog Call Number

: Music (Sheet) 99-300

Digital ID

: g99c769_001

Record ID

: 184824

Digital Item Published

: 2-8-2007; updated 3-25-2011