Museum object · Written Music
I've Got the World on a String
1932
New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Sheet music for the song "I've Got the World on a String" Cotton Club Parade 21st edition. The front cover is divided into four triangular fields of alternating red and blue that fan outwards from a point towards the bottom right margin. A white rectangle at the top margin contains words "I've Got the World on a String" in blue letters. Beneath the title, in white letters, are the words "The COTTON CLUB/ presents/ COTTON CLUB PARADE/ OF 1932/ 21st Edition." At center bottom are the words "Lyrics and Music by/ TED KOEHLER/ and/ HAROLD ARLEN." Beneath are the words "staged by/ DAN HEALY." To the left of this phrase is a rectangle with the words "Mills Music/ Inc. / Music Publishers/ 1619 Broadway - New York, N.Y." and an image of two windmills. In a white rectangle in the lower left corner that contains four song titles.
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Catalog reference: 2013.223.9
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