A Hot Time in the Old Town

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Sheet music for the pop song, “A Hot Time in the Old Town,” alternatively called "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight"

  • An American song composed by Theodore August Metz with lyrics by Joe Hayden
  • Composed in 1896 and likely designed then as well
  • Published by Joseph Planner and Willis Woodward & Co. in 1896
  • Created in New York

 

Media and materials are unspecified but possibly lithographic, considering trends at the time

  • Includes a photograph of the singer featured, Josephine Sabel
  • Combination of photography and lithography?

 

Designer unknown

  • Likely designed in New York in 1896