“Moon Over Miami”
Object Details
- publishing date
- 1935
- composer
- Burke, Joe
- lyricist
- Leslie, Edgar
- depicted
- Sparnon, Ken
- publisher
- Irving Berlin, Inc.
- Description
This sheet music is for the song “Moon Over Miami,” with lyrics by Edgar Leslie and music by Joe Burke. It was published by Irving Berlin, Inc. in New York, New York, in 1935. The cover features an inset photograph of Ken Sparnon, and an image of a Moon above a coastal shoreline reflected in the water while a couple stands arm in arm at the shore serenaded by a trio of guitar playing singers.
Kenneth H. Sparnon (1895-1972) was a pianist, organist, trombonist, and arranger who performed in vaudeville and in movie theater stage shows. He was also music director of radio stations in Syracuse and Rochester, New York and provided consultant services to radio music directors as an employee of the Broadcast Music Inc.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Sheet Music
- Credit Line
- Gift of Arabella S. Sparnon
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 1980.0797.01
- catalog number
- 1980.0797.01
- accession number
- 1980.0797
- Object Name
- sheet music
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm
- Record ID
- nmah_674701