Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI Search this
Physical description:
[7] pages of music 35 cm
Type:
Songs and music
Advertisements
Sheet music covers
Sheet music
Place:
United States
Moon
Date:
1907
1901-1910
1900-1910
Notes:
"Another great descriptive march success by the composer of the famous A trip to Niagara Falls"
Illustrated title page depicts a group of travellers on an airship in flight in outer space. In the background are stars (one shooting star), the moon, Saturn, and Venus[?]. Signed "H. Carter"
Publisher's advertisement on verso of page [7] has pages of music (reduced) for piano music
For piano
Also available online
Version with pages of music from the following pieces on verso of page [7]: A trip to Niagara Falls : descriptive march ; A New England sleighride : descriptive march-galop / by Clifford V. Baker. Beneath the starry flag : march and two step / Jerome Hartman Koninsky. Easter lilies : reverie ; Evening thoughts : reverie / by Kathryn Bayley. June roses : waltzes / by Sadie Koninsky. Happy Hank : barn dance / Leslie T. Moore; NASMRB copy mq1707758
Version with pages of music from the following pieces on verso of page [7]: Beneath the starry flag : march and two step / Jerome Hartman-Koninsky. Flag of the free : march and two-step / by Jerome Hartman. A trip to Niagara Falls : descriptive march / by Clifford V. Baker. Evening thoughts : reverie / by Kathryn Bayley. In lovers' lane : waltzes ; June roses : waltzes ; College days : waltzes / by Sadie Koninsky; NASMRB copy mq1688620
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NASMRB has two copies in the Landauer Collection
NASMRB copy mq1707758 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries Adopt-a-Book program. Adopted by Anne Hepler in honor of Nicholas Tully on February 12, 2023.
Contents:
Tourists entering the airship. The airship begins to ascend. Rushing through the clouds. Approaching the moon. The tourists are received by the man in the moon. Exploring the mystical land of the moon. Preparing to descend. The descent begins. Nearing the end of the journey. Back to earth again
