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Oh, You Beautiful Doll

Sheet Music
ca. 1911 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The ragtime song Oh, You Beautiful Doll, written by Seymour Brown and composed by Nat D. Ayer, was originally published in 1911. This sheet, as we know from the date of the illustration by Sidney Kent, was published in 1912.

Oh, You Beautiful Doll" is a ragtime love song published in 1911 with words by Seymour Brown and music by Nat D. Ayer. The song was one of the first with a twelve-bar opening.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleOh, You Beautiful Doll (published title)
Materials and techniques
Chromolithograph. Intermediate pages composed of printed text.
Brief description
Music sheet for Oh, You Beautiful Doll, written by Seymour Brown, composed by Nat D. Ayer, sung in John R. Huddlestone and John Tiller's ballet The Garden of Mirth at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool. Feldman's 6d Edition no.485, illustrated with a lithograph by Sidney Kent 1912. Published by Bert Feldman & Co., 1912.
Physical description
Music sheet for Oh, You Beautiful Doll, written by Seymour Brown, composed by Nat D. Ayer, published by B. Feldman & Co., 1912
Dimensions
  • Front cover height: 36cm (approx)
  • Front cover width: 26cm
Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Association
Summary
The ragtime song Oh, You Beautiful Doll, written by Seymour Brown and composed by Nat D. Ayer, was originally published in 1911. This sheet, as we know from the date of the illustration by Sidney Kent, was published in 1912.

Oh, You Beautiful Doll" is a ragtime love song published in 1911 with words by Seymour Brown and music by Nat D. Ayer. The song was one of the first with a twelve-bar opening.
Collection
Accession number
S.4520-2013

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Record createdDecember 12, 2013
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