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Scarce original 1928 University of Michigan Junior Girls' Play musical score — For the Love of Pete.
Original musical score/folio produced for the 24th Annual Junior Girls' Play at the University of Michigan, presented at the Whitney Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 19–24, 1928.
Book by Merle Raine, directed by Minna Miller, with music by Edna Mower and Marjorie Moore. Lyrics credited to Louise Cooley, Sonia Kaplan, Ruth Palmer and Merle Raine.
The score contains the original musical numbers from the production, including:
- Sailor's Song
- For the Love of Pete
- Floating University College Song
- Elusive Blues
- Sensation Seekers
- Black Flag – Finale
- Soldier's March
- In Our Day / Minuet
- Peter Blues
- Buggy Song
- Chant of the Women
- Cane Walk
- Blue Eyes
48 numbered pages. Appears complete, with "Blue Eyes" concluding on page 48. Printed by Rayner, Dalheim & Co., Music Printers, Chicago.
Especially notable is the striking original Art Deco illustrated cover signed "GENTZ." Research suggests a possible connection to University of Michigan student and Gargoyle contributor Margaret Gentz; however, the cover artist attribution has not been conclusively established, so it is being sold as signed "GENTZ" rather than definitively attributed.
Condition: Approximately Good for its age. Significant wear from nearly 100 years of storage and use, including edge and corner wear, chipping, tears and deterioration along the spine/binding. Covers show rubbing and age-related wear. Interior pages are considerably better preserved, with normal age toning and scattered wear. Please examine all photographs carefully for condition.
Copyright 1928 by The Junior Girls' Play of 1928 (Michigan).
A fascinating piece of early University of Michigan women's history, collegiate theater history, 1920s musical theater and Art Deco graphic design. This is an original period publication, not a modern reproduction.
No other currently available copy was located during our online marketplace searches. Scarcity is not represented as uniqueness.
