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Symphony Edition No.168
シンフォニー168番 あを空
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My Blue Heaven (Aozora)
Symphony Edition No.168
シンフォニー168番 あを空
Designer: Suyama Hiroshi (Japanese, 1903 – 1966)
Composer: Walter Donaldson (American, 1893 – 1947)
Arranger: Haruyanagi Shinsaku (Japanese, dates unknown)
Lyricist: George A. Whiting (American, 1884 – 1943)
Translator: Horiuchi Keizô (Japanese, 1897 – 1983)
Publisher: Shinfoni gakufu shuppansha
Composer: Walter Donaldson (American, 1893 – 1947)
Arranger: Haruyanagi Shinsaku (Japanese, dates unknown)
Lyricist: George A. Whiting (American, 1884 – 1943)
Translator: Horiuchi Keizô (Japanese, 1897 – 1983)
Publisher: Shinfoni gakufu shuppansha
Japanese
Shôwa era
1929 (Shôwa 4), May 10
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 26 × 19.7 cm (10 1/4 × 7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Robert Levenson
Accession Number2023.1116
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical scores
DescriptionTranslation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
"In the evening looking up
To the shining blue sky,
At twilight making my way
On the narrow road to my home.
It’s a small but happy home
It’s where the love light shines,
This beloved home is
My blue sky."
"In the evening looking up
To the shining blue sky,
At twilight making my way
On the narrow road to my home.
It’s a small but happy home
It’s where the love light shines,
This beloved home is
My blue sky."
Signed
Hiroshi (lower left)
Masao (pen signature on cover)
Masao (pen signature on cover)
Marks
“Hiroshi” at lower left
ProvenanceBy 2019, Mary and Robert Levenson, Belleair, FL; 2023, gift of Mary and Robert Levenson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)