Antique Sheet Music: "Dance of the Kutie Kids" (1919)
Antique Sheet Music: "Dance of the Kutie Kids" (1919) is a vintage Sheet Music Covers artifact by Chas. E. Roat Music Co. Ltd from 1919, preserved in The Record Institute Ephemera Archive.
Category: Sheet Music Covers
Brand: Chas. E. Roat Music Co. Ltd
Year: 1919
Rarity Class: B
Published in the immediate wake of the First World War, this 1919 vocal edition of "Dance of the Kutie Kids" embodies the American parlor music tradition intersecting with the era's rising craze for character dolls. Bearing the primary imprint of Battle Creek's Chas. E. Roat Music Co. and overstamped by a Seattle retailer, the sheet stands as a transcontinental artifact of early 20th-century domestic entertainment.
Quick Read
Era & Origin: 1919 sheet music published by Chas. E. Roat Music Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan, transitioning away from WWI-era themes toward domestic leisure. Subject: "Dance of the Kutie Kids," an amateur piano and vocal piece capitalizing on the massive popularity of Kewpie dolls. Key Feature: A faded blue retailer stamp on the cover from Martius Music House in Seattle, documenting transcontinen
Summary
Published in the immediate wake of the First World War, this 1919 vocal edition of "Dance of the Kutie Kids" embodies the American parlor music tradition intersecting with the era's rising craze for character dolls. Bearing the primary imprint of Battle Creek's Chas. E. Roat Music Co. and overstamped by a Seattle retailer, the sheet stands as a transcontinental artifact of early 20th-century domes
