Music Script, 'Istanbul (Not Constantinople)'
Date
1953
Dimensions
Width: 21cm
Length: 28cm
Length: 28cm
Caption
A novelty song with Lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy and Music by Nat Simon.
Written on the 500th anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans.
The song humorously refers to the official renaming of the city of Constantinople to Istanbul.
Credit
Kindly given by J.J. Tohill
Object number
FCM_2024_066.06