Box 1
Contains 14 Results:
Italian music Digital
Italian sheet music, where Wong performed in 1934, notably an inscribed copy of Carlo Innocenzi’s tune “Canto D’Amore,” as well as a typed piece of dialogue from her live performance.
"Chinese Lullaby" by Robert Hood Bowers for the musical East is West Digital
Written by the American composer Robert Hood Bowers (1877-1941) for the 1919 musical East is West. A handful of these pages have stamps from various theatres including the Howard Theatre in D.C. and the Mastbaum Theatre in Philadelphia.
Love's Last Word is Spoken Digital
Eleven pages of manuscript sheet music and printed sheet music.
"Chinese Dance" by Eric Ansell from the film Tiger Bay Digital
Includes manuscript score to the “Chinese Dance” that is inscribed to Wong.
Le Chaland Qui Passe arranged Elwood M. Wilson Digital
Includes twenty-seven pages of manuscript sheet music.
Unidentified manuscript music Digital
Collection includes manuscript music by Wong and by Constant Lambert, Ernest Irving, and Hans May, and printed music.
Ernest Irving Digital
Constant Lambert Digital
Included is a four-page, manuscript presentation copy of, “The Long Departed Lover.” The title page is signed by Lambert and dedicated to Wong, and on the last page there is a second inscription which reads “to Wong Liu Song, with Love from Constant.” Also included is a printed copy of his earlier work, “Four Songs by Li-Po” which is inscribed “To Miss Anna May Wong / from the composer / who hopes he may one day hear her sing them.”
Hans May Digital
Includes a three page manuscript sheet music for the song Einmal Kommt das Wunder der Ziebe (from “Hai-Tang''). It is signed by the composer Hans May (1886-1959), and there is an English translation of the German lyrics written in pencil.
Empty folders Digital
Many have notes on covers
Tshun-Tschi operetta manuscript music Digital
Chinese Prayer manuscript score Digital
Collection includes manuscript music by Wong and by Constant Lambert, Ernest Irving, and Hans May, and printed music.
Untitled song (possibly "Anna May Wong") manuscript score and related materials Digital
Collection includes manuscript music by Wong and by Constant Lambert, Ernest Irving, and Hans May, and printed music.
Før Vi Skilles written by Fleming Geill, circa 1930s Digital
Includes three-pages of manuscript sheet music, as well as printed sheet music and typed sets of lyrics in Danish and English, for the song Før Vi Skilles (Before We Part). Written by Flemming Geill (lyrics) and Henry Willum (music), the song was written specifically for Wong and it was part of her repertoire in her 1935 tour of Denmark.