Jerome Kern "ZIEGFELD FOLLIES of 1911" Bessie McCoy Jardin de Paris Sheet Music

Description

This is a rare large format piece of sheet music for the song "I'M A CRAZY DAFFYDIL" written by JEROME KERN and BESSIE McCOY for the
Original Broadway production of the Fifth Annual Edition of the "ZIEGFELD FOLLIES"
at the Jardin de Paris atop the New York Theatre in New York City
. (The production opened June 26th, 1911 and closed September 2nd, 1911 after 80 performances.) ..... The "ZIEGFELD FOLLIES" were the most lavish musical productions on Broadway between 1907 and 1931. Blending beauty, music and talent with over 100 graceful and elegant "Ziegfeld Girls" in priceless gowns, jewels and flowers, audiences knew they would be treated to the most memorable evening possible. The key to the ongoing success of the "Follies", even in the worst of times was producer FLORENZ ZIEGFELD, JR. ..... The Fifth Edition starred FANNY BRICE, BERT WILLIAMS, LEON ERROL and BESSIE McCOY and included LILLIAN LORRAINE (Mr. Ziegfeld's mistress), GEORGE WHITE, THE DOLLY SISTERS, EMMA GORMAN, DOROTHY DALLARD, KATHERINE DALY, ELEANOR ST. CLAIR, VERA MAXWELL, WALTER PERCIVAL, ARLINE BOLEY, CLARA PALMER, STELLA CHATELAINE, CHARLES A. MASON, TOM DINGLE, ANN MEREDITH, HARRY WATSON, Jr., WILLIAM J. KELLY,
PETER SWIFT,
CHARLES HESSONG and
BROWN and BYLER
..... CREDITS: Music by MAURICE LEVI and RAYMOND HUBBELL; Words and Lyrics by GEORGE V. HOBART; Additional Music by JEROME KERN
("Show Boat", "Roberta", "Very Good Eddie", "Leave It To Jane", "Sally") and BESSIE McCOY;
Musical Direction by FRANK DARLING; Musical Numbers arranged by GUS SOHLKE and JACK MASON; Sets designed by ERNEST ALBERT; Costumes designed by KLAW and ERLANGER; Staged by JULIAN MITCHELL; Produced by FLORENZ ZIEGFELD, Jr.
..... DETAILS: The oversized six page piece of sheet music measures approx. 10 1/2" X 13 1/2" inches, includes beautiful cover graphics and is copyrighted 1911 by T. B. Harms and Francis, Day and Hunter, New York City ..... CONDITION: (Please Note!) There is considerable wear and paper loss to the bottom edge of the center sheet (fourth scanned image) and moderate edge wear and several small tears to the covers. There is also a store stamp at the bottom of the front cover from Benjamin Temple of Music in Danville, Rhode Island. Despite these flaws, this rare piece of sheet music will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.