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Let the Great Big World Keep Turning

Sheet Music
1917 (published)
Artist/Maker
Feldman & Co (publishers)
Grey, Clifford (lyricist)
Ayer (composer)
Place of origin
London (published)

Sheet music for Let the Great Big World Keep Turning,from The Bing Girls are There by George Grossmith (1847-1912) and Fred Thompson (1884-1949). The words were written by Clifford Grey (1887-1941) and the music by Nat. D. Ayer (Nathaniel Davis Ayer (1887 – 1952)). Published by B. Feldman & Co., London, 1917.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Sheet Music
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Sheet Music
  • Prints
  • Sheet Music
  • Prints
TitleLet the Great Big World Keep Turning (published title)
Materials and techniques
Chromolithograph, Intermediate pages composed of printed text.
Paper
Ink
Printing
Brief description
Sheet music for Let the Great Big World Keep Turning,from The Bing Girls are There by George Grossmith (1847-1912) and Fred Thompson (1884-1949). The words were written by Clifford Grey (1887-1941) and the music by Nat. D. Ayer (Nathaniel Davis Ayer (1887 – 1952)). Published by B. Feldman & Co., London, 1917
Physical description
Sheet music for Let the Great Big World Keep Turning,from The Bing Girls are There by George Grossmith (1847-1912) and Fred Thompson (1884-1949). The words were written by Clifford Grey (1887-1941) and the music by Nat. D. Ayer (Nathaniel Davis Ayer (1887 – 1952)). Published by B. Feldman & Co., London, 1917.
Dimensions
  • Front cover height: 35.5cm (approx)
  • Front cover width: 25.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Association
Literary references
  • Let the Great Big World Keep Turning
  • The Bing Girls are There
Summary
Sheet music for Let the Great Big World Keep Turning,from The Bing Girls are There by George Grossmith (1847-1912) and Fred Thompson (1884-1949). The words were written by Clifford Grey (1887-1941) and the music by Nat. D. Ayer (Nathaniel Davis Ayer (1887 – 1952)). Published by B. Feldman & Co., London, 1917.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.806-2014

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Record createdApril 15, 2014
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1291090/let-the-great-big-world-sheet-music-grey-clifford/
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