Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI Search this
Physical description:
1 score (5 pages) 36 cm
Type:
Songs and music
Caricatures and cartoons
Advertisements
Caricatures
Sheet music covers
Sheet music
Place:
United States
Date:
1896
To 1901
1890-1900
Notes:
"Great comic hit"
"Teller, N.Y."--Colophon
Illustrated title page depicts a caricature of an Irishman falling from a hot air balloon into a giant glass of beer
Publisher's advertisement on verso of title page has incipits for "A select list of late and popular music": Major Warner's grand march ; New York's favorite march ; Happy thought polka ; Triumph march / A.M. Hall. When your mother leaves this world ; The old family circle / arranged by A.M. Hall ; words and music by Wm. Dowling. Advertisement on verso of page 5 has incipits for "Grand success: a select list of choice compositions for the piano or organ": Queen of the isles waltz ; Eventide march ; The meadow brook march ; Dashing waves galop ; The bonny brook waltz ; Willow dale march / A.M. Hall. Advertisement also lists sales and rentals for Weser Bro's pianos