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Title
Gold is king! / words by Thos. S. Williams ; music by Gustave A. Scott
Creator
Scott, Gustav A
Composer
Williams. Thomas S
Lyricist
Date Created and/or Issued
c1863
Publication Information
Salvator Rosa
San Francisco (No. 618 Montgomery St.)
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library
Collection
California Sheet Music Project
Rights Information
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Description
For voice, chorus (SATB) and piano.
Caption title.
"To the miners of California and Washoe, who by free labor and free votes have demonstrated to the Union that cotton is not king, this song is dedicated, by A Californian."--Ill. t.p.
T.p. illustration: Engraving of a mining camp, with mill wheel.
"Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868 ... in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of the State of California"--Ill. t.p.
Additional verses printed as text on p. 4.
Page [5] is blank.
Record created as part of the California Sheet Music Project.
Bound: No
Variant: No
Illustrated cover: Yes
Advertisements: No
University of California, Berkeley. Bancroft Library.
Type
image
Format
Engravings.
Song sheets.
Extent
1 score (4, [1] p.) : ill. ; 26 x 36 cm.
Identifier
csm_cubanc_54_1_00165792
Subject
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano
Gold mines and mining--California--Songs and music
Gold mining--California
Mills--California
California--Songs and music
United States--California--San Francisco
Engravings
Song sheets
Place
California
Songs and music
United States
San Francisco

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