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Famous Music Corp., New York. Published date: 1934. Musical score, piano part with lyrics, chords, uke chart; paper; 1 piano part (5 pp, including cover); 31 cm. Fox trot. From the Paramount motion picture Shoot the Works, featuring Ben Bernie and his orchestra.
In good condition. Paper covers show light overall toning, mild edge wear, and small areas of soiling, with a 1" semi-circular stain along the bottom edge of the front cover, and recurring faintly at the bottom edge of interior pages. Interior pages lightly age toned but unmarked. Sheet music for "Take a Lesson from the Lark," composed by Ralph Rainger with lyrics by Leo Robin for the 1934 Paramount musical Shoot the Works. The pictorial front cover in shades of blue, gray, and black features star inside a circle with a photo of bandleader Ben Bernie, surrounded by stylized illustrations of a dance orchestra. The lower portion of the cover includes inset star-shaped photographic portraits of featured cast members Dorothy Dell, Jack Oakie, Alison Skipworth, and Roscoe Karns. The back page contains a black-and-white photograph of Ben Bernie performing with his orchestra, accompanied by a printed biographical sketch outlining his early musical training, career development as a violinist and bandleader, touring history, radio and broadcasting work, and his signing with Paramount Pictures in 1934. Published by Famous Music Corporation, Paramount's music publishing subsidiary.