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Description
For mezzo-soprano, contralto, four-part mixed chorus, and piano. Caption title. "Inscribed to the memory of two more lambs in the upper fold"--Caption. Pages [1] and [4] are blank; remaining four unnumbered pages are a cover with an illustrated front. Cover bears an illustrated title list under the heading Four beautiful songs, to which a schottische and Venen's duet and chorus have been added; four-part illustration (signed by Hoger [?]): lithograph of 1) a young boy embracing a young girl as she places a wreath on a cross in a cemetery (for Beautiful days that are dead / B. W. Luther [i.e., H. W. Luther]) ; 2) a young mother tending two very young children placed on a flower-bedecked haystack, a seascape with lighthouse and frigate in the background (for Baby mine / W. W. Barbour) ; 3) a woman and young child watching a sleeping baby, with a lattice window behind ; 4) a young boy playing a piping tune as a young girl rests on a sheaf of wheat (for The brother's lullaby, as sung in Fritz) / Lith. Britton & Rey S.F. "Lith. Britton & Rey, S.F."--Cover. "... California Music Publishing Co. ... Geo. W. Hagans, Manager"--Cover. First line of text: Came the angels yesternight. First line of chorus: Two sweet babes form our bosom torn. Record created as part of the California Sheet Music Project. Bound: No Variant: No Illustrated cover: Yes Advertisements: Yes Society of California Pioneers.
Type
image
Extent
1 score ([1], [2]-[3], [1], [2]-[5] p.) ; 36 x 27 cm.
Identifier
csm_cubanc_54_1_00168190
Subject
Vocal duets with piano Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano Infants--Death--Songs and music Laments--Songs and music
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