1 10 1 https://historyharvest.unl.edu/files/original/b9fb908835ad03a3f1fdecae740c5325.jpg ec9aab516ec2f5aa430f18f6d4c489b3 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 1200 IPTC Array a:1:{s:12:"date_created";s:10:"18.10.2011";} IPTC String date_created:18.10.2011 Width 944 https://historyharvest.unl.edu/files/original/5d16a02c62be56590c9f5c4f02a5c0f4.jpg 1f7c3d7bbfab00ca5f5461364ca85364 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 1200 IPTC Array a:1:{s:12:"date_created";s:10:"18.10.2011";} IPTC String date_created:18.10.2011 Width 1043 https://historyharvest.unl.edu/files/original/419f629d951e745d3b9cea5efbd1f9bd.jpg 28081fd249a496bd908e20a8bd790123 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 1200 IPTC Array a:1:{s:12:"date_created";s:10:"18.10.2011";} IPTC String date_created:18.10.2011 Width 910 https://historyharvest.unl.edu/files/original/4bf85a6151853d42412e47cfcdc72da1.jpg 00812eb9019cbe8effcda1d3c49dfdfc Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 1200 IPTC Array a:1:{s:12:"date_created";s:10:"18.10.2011";} IPTC String date_created:18.10.2011 Width 938 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Janice Cleary Description An account of the resource Janice M Cleary, a lifelong resident of Omaha, Nebraska, has always enjoyed music. Her father studied voice, and her parents sang in the St. John’s choir and hosted music parties in their family home. Janice became interested in ragtime in the late 1950s, and began collecting sheet music. At first, she limited her collection the works of Irving Berlin and ragtime tunes, but her passion for sheet music soon widened in scope. Her collection has grown to nearly 50,000 pieces of American popular music. Janice shared items from her collection that were either written by Omahans or were published in Omaha. Music by Maceo Pinkard, one time Omaha booking agent, music publisher, band leader and eventual composer of “Sweet Georgia Brown,” is just one of the artists in her collection. She also has the “Happy Feeling Rag” sheet music from the legendary Dan Desdunes and the “Omaha Blues” written by Effie and Charles Tyus. Before recorded music began to enter homes in the 1920s and 1930s, sheet music was the only way for individuals to enjoy popular music in their own homes. Pianos were popular entertainment sources for middle-class homes, and the American sheet music industry thrived during the latter half of the nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth. Popular jazz musicians borrowed heavily from African-American culture, and the industry often depended on stereotypical depictions of African Americans and African American culture in its music, lyrics, and artwork. Some of Mrs. Cleary’s items feature the stereotypical imagery of minstrelsy. Sources Referenced: Cook, Nicholas, and Anthony Pople, eds. The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Music. Cambridge University Press, 2004. Mahar, William J. Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture. University of Illinois Press, 1998. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Janice Cleary, North Omaha History Harvest, 2011 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Sheet music Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 'The Blue Melody' sheet music Description An account of the resource This “1917 Jazz Band Sensation” is an instrumental song composed by Maceo Pinkard of “Sweet Georgia Brown” fame. Janice Cleary, who owns this amazing collection, informed us that Pinkard was a booking agent in Omaha before he moved on to New York. It was dedicated to Sophie Tucker’s (5) Kings of Syncopation who popularized the tune. The song was available for player pianos and for what the publisher refers to as talking machines, better known as record players, which were just becoming popular at the time. The cover of this sheet music features a photograph of Sophie Tucker’s Kings of Syncopation framed by an illustration of a man playing piano and a young couple dancing. There is an ad for another Pinkard tune, “I’m a Real Kind Mama, Looking for a Loving Man” in the sheet music and credit for his song, “Just Give Me That Ragtime Please”. The composer's own Maceo Pinkard Music Publishing in Omaha, Nebraska published the song. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/HistoryHarvest"> History Harvest YouTube Channel.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maceo Pinkard Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Janice Cleary, North Omaha History Harvest, 2011 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Maceo Pinkard Music Publishing Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1917 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Omaha (Neb.) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource document Type The nature or genre of the resource image Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. composer Janice Cleary Collection jazz Maceo Pinkard Maceo Pinkard Music Publisher Mary Garden of Ragtime music North Omaha History Harvest 2011 player piano ragtime Sheet music Sophie Tucker talking machines