RE: Looking for Al Jolson song

[lucy_fisher <lucy_fisher...>]

Thanks so much!

Lucy Fisher, Time Magazine, Brettenham House, Lancaster Place, London WC2E 7TL
020 7322 1231




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> From:         Henry
> Reply To:     jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> Sent:         Wednesday, September 10, 2003 3:58 pm
> To:   World music from a Jewish slant
> Subject:      Re: Looking for Al Jolson song
> 
> Hi -
> 
> You can view the sheet music for this song in the Lester Levy Sheet Music
> Collection at Johns Hopkins. The search page is:
> 
> http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/advancedsearch.html
> 
> This is a great source for old American popular music. To make it on
> topic, I will note that it has a number of Jewish/Yiddish pieces "race
> tunes", such as:
> 
> "At the Yiddish Cabaret"
> "The Yiddisha Professor"
> "Jake, Jake, the Yiddish Ball Player"
> "Yonkle (sic), the Cow-Boy Jew"
> 
> Note that the actual sheet music images are available only for pieces from
> before 1923 and in the public domain.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> HBG
> 
> P.S. And since I don't post very often, I will take the opportunity to
> wish everyone a very good and sweet New Year!
> 
> On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 lucy_fisher (at) timemagazine(dot)com wrote:
> 
> > Can anyone identify a "song sung by Al Jolson in 1919 called 'I gave her 
> > that'"? And have any idea where a person could get the sheet music? My 
> > niece is playing a gig and it's one of the items requested. (The gig is a 
> > life celebration of a music hall performer.)
> >
> > Lucy Fisher
> >
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