Image Title

:  Whisper your mother's name / words by Harry Braisted ; music by Stanley Carter.

Alternate Title(s)

: I was sitting, one day, in a gilded café, near a window which look'd on the street. [first line] Title 2.) If you should see your sister, do not reproach or blame. [first line of chorus]

Creator(s)

: Braisted, Harry -- Lyricist
Carter, Stanley -- Composer

Additional Name(s)

: Jagger, H. C. -- Owner
Stewart, Belle -- Singer

Published Date

: [c1896]

Specific Material Type

: music

Item Physical Description

: 1 score (6 p.) ; 36 cm.

Notes

: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom right: The Zeno Mauvais Music Co., 769 Market St., [San Francisco, California]. Note 2.) Former owner's signature on cover at top right: H. C. Jagger Jr.; handwritten date at top left: July 1st, [1899]. Note 3.) On cover: Beautiful sentimental ballad...sung with tremendous success by Belle Stewart. Cover includes a photograph of Belle Stewart. Note 4.) Summary: The narrator looks on the street while sitting in a café, and sees the sad face of his or her sister and recalls mother's words telling not to reproach sister, but to tell how she's been missed and that she's still mother's daughter; the narrator apologize for wounded the sister's pride and says that Mother forgives and that she can now marry Jack.

Source

: American popular songs. / Sheet music, 1896

Location

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

Digital ID

: 1166117

Record ID

: 464343

Digital Item Published

: 6-17-2010; updated 3-25-2011