Title Information
Title
We are coming sister Mary:
Subtitle
(founded on the superstition of a portion of the colored race, that the approach of death is forewarned in "dream song"
Title Information: uniform
Title
We are coming sister Mary; arr.
Title Information: Alternative (displayLabel="First line of text:")
Title
On a stormy night in winter
Title Information: Alternative (displayLabel="First line of chorus:")
Title
We are coming sister Mary
Name: Personal
Name Part
Work, Henry C. (Henry Clay)
Name Part: Date
1832-1884
Role
Role Term: Text
creator
Name: Personal
Name Part
Christy, Edwin Pearce
Name Part: Date
1815-1862
Role
Role Term: Text
arranger
Name: Corporate
Name Part
Christy Minstrels
Role
Role Term: Text
performer
Name: Corporate
Name Part
Firth, Pond & Co.
Role
Role Term: Text
publisher
Type of Resource
notated music
Origin Information
Place
Place Term: Code (MARC Country Code)
nyu
Place Term: Text
New York
Publisher
Firth, Pond & Co.
Date Issued
1853
Issuance
monographic
Language
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
eng
Physical Description
Form (marcform)
print
Extent
8 p.
Note: Statement of Responsibility
written by Henry C. Work; arranged and adapted by E.P. Christy
Note
For voice, piano, and chorus (TTB, melody)
Note
Cover title
Note
Sung by: Christy's Minstrels
Note
Cover illustration: engraving of head of young Afro-American woman.
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
African American women
Topic
Songs and music
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Death songs
Related Item: Host (displayLabel="Collection:")
Title Information
Title
African American Sheet Music: A Brown University Digital Collection
Identifier: URI
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/sheetmusic/afam/index.html
Identifier: COLID
3
Identifier: Music Plate
Firth, Pond & Co. (New York, N.Y.) 2508
Identifier: METSID
10927727580
Record Information
Record Content Source
RBN
Record Creation Date (encoding="marc")
990310
Record Identifier (source="RPB")
b27510694
Access Condition: rights statement (href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/")
No Copyright - United States
Access Condition: restriction on access
Collection is open for research.