"When You Wish Upon a Star"
Object Details
- publisher
- Irving Berlin, Inc.
- Description
- Ned Washington and Leigh Harline wrote the optimistic “When You Wish Upon A Star” for the animated film Pinocchio. The Academy Award winning song would go on to become the signature theme of the Walt Disney Company. This sheet music was published by Irving Berlin, Inc. in New York, New York in 1939, a year prior to the film’s opening.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Edwin K. Robinson
- publishing date
- 1939
- ID Number
- 1988.0759.03
- accession number
- 1988.0759
- catalog number
- 1988.0759.03
- Object Name
- sheet music
- Physical Description
- paper (overall pattern)
- ink (overall pattern)
- 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
- Movies
- 1939 exhibit
- Sheet Music
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_683721
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-04b5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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