La leggenda del Piave [The Legend of the Piave]. New York: Italian Book Company, 1918.

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La leggenda del Piave [The Legend of the Piave]. New York: Italian Book Company, 1918.

Description

Note the copyright by the Italian Book Company both on the cover and at the bottom of the first page of this sheet music: "Copyright 1918 by the Italian Book Co. 145-147 Mulberry Street - New-York| This copy can be imported in the United States only by the Italian Book Co. of New-York."

Right above the copyright (by the IBC in New York) notice at the bottom of the cover page, the Italian publisher is listed as Casa Ed. Musicale -  E. A. Mario | Calata Sant'Anna dei Lombardi | (proprieta letteraria riservata) | Napoli.

This is one of the earliest example in the Collection of sheet music imported by the IBC, with copyright held in the U.S. by the IBC. This arrangement, which the IBC used for scores if not hundreds of titles of sheet music, was a significant part of the IBC's business, along with book publishing in the U.S., and some book importation.

Creator

E.A. Mario, composer and lyricist

Publisher

Italian Book Company

Date

1918

Format

35 x 24.5cm

Language

Italian

Citation

E.A. Mario, composer and lyricist, “La leggenda del Piave [The Legend of the Piave]. New York: Italian Book Company, 1918.,” Italian-Language American Imprints: The Periconi Collection, accessed May 2, 2024, https://italianamericanimprints.omeka.net/items/show/378.

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