Object Details
- lyricist
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- publisher
- Robbins Music Corporation
- Description
This sheet music is for the song "A-Tisket A-Tasket," with words and music by Ella Fitzgerald and Al Feldman. It was published by Robbins Music Corp. in New York, New York in 1938. There is an image of band leader Charles Baum on the cover.
Over the course of her sixty-year career, Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) became known to fans and colleagues as "The First Lady of Song." Her rise to international fame as a jazz and popular singer coincided with the rise of an American entertainment industry that brought music to millions through concerts, sound recordings, film, radio, and television. In 1938, Fitzgerald came up with the idea for a song called "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," basing her lyric on a 19th–century nursery rhyme. Her 1938 Decca recording of the song over time became a million–seller.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- publishing date
- 1938
- ID Number
- 1984.1117.04
- accession number
- 1984.1117
- catalog number
- 1984.1117.04
- 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
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Sheet Music
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_681189
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-fbb2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
