Sheet Music Collection

Composer

Irving Berlin

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Cover Illustration

Empty bench in garden at sunset

First Line of Song

Love is a flow'r that never blooms in May,

First Line of Chorus

To have, to hold, To live for just a moment in ecstasy and then to be forgotten.

Lyricist

Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989

Arranger

Breen, May Singhi

Lithographer/Printer

New York: Irving Berlin, Inc.

Publication Date

1928

Publisher

New York: Irving Berlin, Inc.

Performance Medium

voice; Piano; Ukulele; Banjolele

Music Genre

Irving Berlin

Object Type

text

Format (Original)

1 score; (6 p.); 30.5 cm.

Format (Digital)

PDF

Physical ID#

32278009358312

Digital ID#

009358312-1929

Location of Original

Box 12; Folder 2; Piece 19

Repository

Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights Management

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Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, e-mail sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

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