About This Print
This song sheet, Senow No. 341, was issued in 1924 by the music publisher Senow Ongaku Shuppansha. The artist
Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934) designed around 280-300 covers for Senow, this one being for the song
Vamp by the American song writer, musician and explorer Byron Gay (1886-1945.)
Senoo (Senow) Kōjirō
Senoo Kōjirō 妹尾幸次郎 (1891-1961), also known as Senoo Kōyō 妹尾幸陽, the head of Senow Ongaku Shuppansha, was a publisher of musical scores and also a performance manager for many Western artists performing in Japan. He was the President of Yogaku Kensei Sha (The Association for the Study of Occidental Music), which he established in 1919. The Society had a membership 1,200 in the 1930s. Its purpose was to study and spread Occidental music.1
1 The Japan Year Book Volume 1, Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, 1933, p. 1367.
Song Sheet Contents
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #563 |
| Title/Description | "Vamp" by Byron Gay (Song sheet No. 341)
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| Series | n/a |
Artist
| Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934)
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Signature
| unsigned
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| Seal | not sealed
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| Publication Date | July 1924
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| Publisher | Senow Ongaku Shuppansha (Kojiro Senow) ("Senow" also seen spelled as "Senoo" and "Senoh" and "Senō")
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| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - minor toning
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| Genre | graphic design for musical score
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| Miscellaneous |
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| Format |
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| H x W Paper | 12 1/8 x 9 in. (30.8 x 22.9 cm) |
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