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Tea for Two from No No Nanette (sheet music)H. H. Frazee presents the musical comedy
entire production staged under the direction of Edward Royce
book by Otto Harbach & Frank Mandel
lyrics by Otto Harbach & Irving Caesar
music by Vincent Youmans
Harms Inc. copyright 1924
#: 7076-4
9 x 12 inches, 5 pages
"Tea for Two" is a song from the 1925 musical No, No, Nanette with music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Irving Caesar. It is a duet sung by Nanette and Tom (Louise Groody and Jack Barker) in Act II as they imagine their future.
The song contains abrupt key changes between A-flat major and C-major. The song also consists mostly of dotted eighth and quarter notes. Alec Wilder described these features as being uncharacteristic of a great theatrical song but acknowledged the song's great success regardless.
The story may be apocryphal, but Irving Caesar indicated on Steve Allen's radio show that the lyrics were intended to be temporary.
The earliest recordings of the song were by Marion Harris… Leer más