No quadrilles, but more lobster sheet music. Here are two pieces for piano, once again featuring ladies in large hats (see previous post)
La petite coquette (the little flirt)
By John S. Zamecnik
1913
Published in Cleveland … lobsters are an exotic menu item in Cleveland perhaps?
The lobster glide
By Malvin M. Franklin
1909
This one (tune) is from the incidental music from a play called The Girl from Rector’s. George Rector was a food writer and restaurateur, and the play was probably referring to his establishment Rector’s on Broadway, known for its celebrity patrons.
There are many strange facets to popular sheet music illustration; this is only a sample of the imagination, talent and pop culture sensibility present in the Historical Sheet Music Collections.
[Thanks to Dana Gee, Project Sheet Music Cataloger, for contributing this post]