Miss Innocence
Musical Composition
By: Florenz Ziegfeld
Date: April 12, 1909
Source: "My Pony Boy" Sheet music, 1909, cover. Historic American Sheet Music, 1850–1920. American Memory digital primary source collection, Library of Congress. Available online at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ncdhtml/hasmhome.html; website home page: http://memory.loc.gov. (accessed May 19, 2003).
About the Author: Broadway impressario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1869–1932) was born in Chicago and growing up, he helped his father manage a variety hall called the Trocadero. His first wife, Anna Held (1868?–1918), a French actress, created the legendary Ziegfeld Follies. Anna Held was already a famous showgirl in Paris when she met Ziegfeld in America in 1896. She contracted to perform with...
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1900's The Arts Primary Sources
The 1900's: Primary Sources
