Description
For sale is a rare and exceptional single song sheet music in an archival sleeve. 1919 Leo Feist Music. Music by Harry Tierney, Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy. Piano and Vocals, 6 pages with folder seam completely detached.
Single song from the stage musical Irene. Pictured on the front is the grapic for the stage musical. One-bar excerpts from four songs are found on page 1: “Sing Me Love’s Lullaby” (Terriss and Morse,)”My Pavo Real Girl” (Ben Black) “The Radiance in Your Eyes” (Ivor Novella,) and “Give Me All Of You” (Carroll and Schwartzwald.) On the rear cover is a full page magazine ad with small excerpts from four songs: “My Baby’s Arms” (Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy,) “Sand Dunes” (Byron Gay,) “Half A Moon” (Kendall, Johnson and Morse,) and “The Vamp” (Byron Gay,)
Alice Blue Gown is a popular song written by Joseph McCarthy and Harry Tierney. The song, which was inspired by Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s signature gown, was first performed by Edith Day in the 1919 Broadway musical Irene. In 1920 the song was recorded and released.
Irene is a musical with a book by James Montgomery, lyrics by Joseph McCarthy, and music by Harry Tierney. Based on Montgomery’s play Irene O’Dare, it is set in New York City’s Upper West Side and focuses on immigrant shop assistant Irene O’Dare, who is introduced to Long Island’s high society when she is hired to tune a piano for a society gentleman. The musical opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre, on November 18, 1919 and ran for 675 performances, at the time the record for the longest-running musical in Broadway history, which it maintained for nearly two decades.
The front cover is in Good condition, with no names, two edge tears, rounded corners and the folder seam torn. The interior is in Good condition with heavy edge wear on lightly toned pages. Ships promptly in a manila envelope with cardboard.
