Museum of the City of New York

The Edward B. Marks Music Co. Collection on George M. Cohan documents the career of one of the 20th century’s most prolific theatrical artists. Born in 1878, George Michael Cohan joined his parents’ vaudeville act in infancy. His first full-length production opened on Broadway when he was just 23, and for the next 40 years he wrote, composed, directed, produced, or starred in over 100 Broadway productions. Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for Humanities Collections and Reference Resources, the Museum is engaged in digitizing over 70 of Cohan’s plays, musicals, and sketches, which will be made publicly available for the first time on the Collections Portal.

**The Governor's Son ["Nothing New Beneath the Sun".]**
*8 p.*

**"The Little Millionaire" - Act I [Shortened version.]**
*Corrected, May, 1913. Annotated, 26 p.*

**"The Man Who Owns Broadway" - Act II**
*Annotated, 54 p.*

**"Popularity"**
*Annotated (p. 102), 166 p.*

**Trombone orchestration for "The Talk of New York"**
*Original annotated score for "The Talk of New York" and printed sheet music for "The Man Who Owns Broadway"...*

**"Little Johnny Jones"**
*Annotated, 46 p.*

**First cornet orchestration for "Little Johnny Jones"**
*Original annotated score, 28 p.*

**Second violin orchestration for "Little Johnny Jones"**
*Original annotated score for second violin ("Little Johnny Jones") and printed sheet music ("The Yankee...*

**Flute orchestration for "Little Johnny Jones"**
*Original annotated score, 34 p.*

**Orchestration for "That's Some Love"**
*Annotated, 3 p.*

**"Broadway Jones" - Revision of Act IV**
*31 p.*

**Orchestration for "The Yankee Prince"**
*13 p.*

**Orchestration for "The Man Who Owns Broadway"**
*23 p.*

**Songs in "The Cohan Revue of 1918"**
*Annotated, 72 p.*

**Charlie [Actor's sides for either "The Cohan Revue of 1916" or "The Cohan Revue of 1918".]**
*3 p.*

**"The Cohan Revue of 1916", Scene 12: Common Clay Court Room**
*Played in ragtime talk. Annotated, 15 p.*

**Orchestration for "Little Johnny Jones"**
*Original annotated scores ("Little Johnny Jones") and printed sheet music ("Soldier Boy"), 47 p.*

**Voice orchestration for "Little Johnny Jones"**
*Original annotated scores, 44 p.*

**"The Man Who Owns Broadway"**
*Annotated, 55 p.*

**"George Washington, Jr." - Col. Pinkus [Colonel Pincus.]**
*Set #5, Act I. 4 p.*

**"Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford"**
*265 p.*

**"Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" - Act I**
*Annotated, 21 p.*

**Orchestration for "The Governor's Son"**
*Original annotated scores and printed sheet music, 192 p.*

**"Hello, Broadway!" - Act I**
*Annotated, 41 p.*

**"Seven Keys to Baldpate" - A Mystery Farce in Two Acts With Prologue and Epilogue**
*Annotated, 98 p.*

**"Seven Keys to Baldpate" - Act II**
*As played at the Astor Theatre, September 22, 1913. 48 p.*

**Orchestration for "The Talk of New York"**
*Original annotated scores for "I Want You", "When We Are M-A-double-R-I-E-D", "Under Any Old Flag at...*

**"Hit-the-Trail-Holiday"**
*Based upon plot suggested by George Middleton and Guy Bolton. 123 p.*

**Cello orchestration for "Little Johnny Jones"**
*Original annotated score, 28 p.*

**Flute and piccolo orchestration for "Little Johnny Jones"**
*Original annotated score, 34 p.*

**Viola orchestration for "Little Johnny Jones"**
*Original annotated score, 30 p.*

**Second cornet orchestration for "Little Johnny Jones"**
*Original annotated score, 25 p.*

**Clarinet orchestration for "Little Johnny Jones"**
*Original annotated score, 31 p.*

**First violin orchestration for "Little Johnny Jones"**
*Original annotated score, 15 p.*

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