When The Moon Shines

Object Details

Subject of: Bert Williams, American, 1874 - 1922; George Walker, American, 1873 - 1911
Written by: Alex Rogers
Composed by: James D. Vaughan, American, 1864 - 1941
Published by: The Attucks Music Publishing Company, American, founded 1904
Owned by: Vernon Sugg McDonald, American, 1906 - 1982; Mary Elizabeth Sugg, American, 1839 - 1915

Description: Sheet music for the song When The Moon Shines. The front cover for features an illustration of a country road running along a wood fence. Text box with black and white photographs appears in the bottom right corner. Inside the text box, there are two small circular black and white photographs of two African American men. Black type in box reads: [WHEN / THE MOON / SHINES / Introduced with pleasing effect in /WILLIAMS & WALKER'S / BIG PRODUCTION / WORDS BY / ALEX ROGERS / MUSIC BY / JAMES VAUGHAN / The ATTUCKS / MUSIC / PUBLISHING COMPANY / 1255 - 57 BROADWAY N.Y.]. Handwritten in ink, in the top left corner, is [Mrs. D.W. McDonald]. The interior of the sheet music has three pages of music bars and notes in black ink. The back cover of sheet music features sheet music for [“WHY ADAM SINNED”].

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts

1904

Place collected: Sugg McDonald House, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America
Place printed: 1255 - 57 BROADWAY N.Y, New York City, New York, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Sheet music

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd566aa3383-d2fe-4001-87c6-f7df13a07f84