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"Brave men behold your fallen chief": solo & chorus

Description:
  • music by J.P. Webster ; words by H.C. Ballard.
  • For voice and piano.
  • Cover lithograph portrait by Ed. Mandel of Ellsworth on title page.
Year:
1861
Contributor:
Webster, Joseph Philbrick, 1819-1875 (composer)
Mandel, Eduard, 1810-1882
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim) > 1837-1861 > Songs and music
Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim) > 1837-1861 > Portraits
Songs with piano
Military music > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
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"Our laddie's dead Jem": uttered by one of Colonel Ellsworth's Zouaves

Description:
  • ballad written by Miss L. Both Hendriksen ; music by Otto F. Jacobsen, professor of music at the Rockland Female Institute, Nyack, N.Y.
  • For voice …
Year:
1861
Contributor:
Jacobsen, Otto F. (composer)
Both-Hendriksen, Louise. (lyricist)
Endicott & Co. (lithographer)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
n-us---
Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim) > 1837-1861 > Portraits
Songs with piano
Military music > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
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"Stonewall" Jackson's march: Grand military fantasia descriptive of General Jackson's great victory at Manassas

Description:
Music cover showing an equestrian portait of Jackson with a battle in the background near hills.
Year:
1862
Contributor:
Pridham, John, 1818-1896 (composer)
Concanen & Siebe (lithographer)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
Jackson, Stonewall > 1824-1863 > Songs and music
Jackson, Stonewall > 1824-1863 > Portraits
Military music > United States
Marches
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Pictorial works
Collection:
Brown University Library
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
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The 11th Indiana quickstep

Description:
  • Hubert J. Schonacker.
  • Cover tinted lithographed oval portrait of Col. Daniel Macauley.
Year:
1863
Contributor:
Schonacker, H. J. (Hubert J.) (creator)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
Macauley, Daniel > 1839-1894 > Portraits
Quicksteps
Piano music
Military music > United States
Indiana > Music
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
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300,000 more!

Description:
  • [words by William Cullen Bryant]; [music] by George R. Poulton
  • For voice and piano, with chorus (TASB)
  • At head of title: To President Abraham
  • From …
Year:
1862
Contributor:
Poulton, George R. (creator)
Morris, Robert,, 1810-1892 (lyricist)
Joseph P. Shaw (Music publisher) (publisher)
Subject:
Morris, Robert > 1810-1892 > Musical settings
Songs with piano
American poetry > 19th century > Musical settings
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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300,000 more!

Description:
  • words by William Cullen Bryant ; music by George R. Poulton.
  • For voice and piano, with chorus (TASB)
  • At head of title: To President Abraham. …
Year:
1862
Contributor:
Poulton, George R., 1828-1867 (composer)
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 (lyricist)
Shaw, Joseph P. (publisher)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
n-us---
Gibbons, James Sloan > 1810-1892 > Musical settings
Songs with piano
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
d1862
Local ID:
LMu 67
Collection:
Brown University Library
Lincoln Sheet Music
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55th March

Description:
  • composed & dedicated to the 55th Regt. Mass. Vols. by J.S. Jacobus
  • Cover tinted lithograph by J.H. Bufford: three-quarter length portrait of Col. A.S. Hartwell …
Year:
1864
Contributor:
Jacobus, J. S. (creator)
J.H. Bufford's Lith.
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
Hartwell, Alfred S. (Alfred Stedman) > 1836-1912 > Portraits
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865) > Songs and music
Marches
Military music > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
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600,000 more: we are coming Father Abram!

Description:
  • For medium voice with SATB chorus
  • Cover title
  • Poem originally published in 1862 as We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand strong, by James …
Year:
1862
Contributor:
Volunteer (composer)
S. Brainard & Co. (publisher)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865 > Songs and music
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Military music > United States > 19th century
Popular music > United States > To 1901
Songs with piano
Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan) > 1810-1892 > Musical settings
Local ID:
LMu 83
Collection:
Brown University Library
Lincoln Sheet Music
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Abraham's covenant: a new battle song

Description:
  • For voice and piano.
  • At head of title: "We're going to fight in earnest boys"--Lincoln to the soldiers.
  • Words & music by A. Bert Tobey
Year:
1862
Contributor:
Tobey, A. Bert (creator)
Higgins, H. M. (Hiram M.), 1820-1897 (publisher)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865 > Songs and music
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Local ID:
LMu 4
Collection:
Brown University Library
Lincoln Sheet Music
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Abraham's daughter, or Raw recruits: as sung with great applause by Bryants Minstrels of New York

Description:
  • as sung with great applause by Bryants Minstrels of New York.
  • For voice and piano.
  • Cover title.
  • Attributed to Septimus Winner in: Biographical dictionary of …
Year:
1861
Contributor:
Winner, Septimus, 1827-1902 (composer)
Bryant's Minstrels (performer)
Firth, Pond & Co (publisher)
Sarony, Major & Knapp (lithographer)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865 > Songs and music
Political ballads and songs > United States
African American soldiers > Songs and music
African American soldiers > Caricatures and cartoons
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
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Abraham's draft: 600,000 more : song & chorus

Description:
  • Written and arranged by J.W. Turner
  • Cover title
Year:
1862
Contributor:
Turner, J. W. (Joseph W.) (composer)
Oliver Ditson & co. (publisher)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
United States. Army > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Patriotic music > United States
Military music > United States
Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865 > Songs and music
Local ID:
LMu 6
Collection:
Brown University Library
Lincoln Sheet Music
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Abraham's tea party: song & chorus

Description:
  • Cover title
Year:
1864
Contributor:
McNaughton, John Hugh, 1829-1891 (composer)
Firth, Son & Co. (publisher)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
United States. Army > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Patriotic music > United States > 19th century
Military music > United States > 19th century
Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865 > Songs and music
Local ID:
LMu 7
Collection:
Brown University Library
Lincoln Sheet Music
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The advance: Respectfully dedicated to Col. Edward W. Hinks, officers, and privates of the 19th Regl. Mass. Vols

Description:
  • Music by Uhle. Arranged for the piano by Louis Rimbach, late band master.
  • Cover title.
  • Cover lithographic design by L. Prange & Co.: round bust …
Year:
1863
Contributor:
Uhle (creator)
Rimbach, Louis (arranger)
L. Prang & Co (lithographer.)
United States
Tolman, H. (Henry) (publisher)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
n-us---
Hinks, Edward W. > Portraits
Piano music
Marches
Military music > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
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The American hero's march: Composed and dedicated to Major General Winfield Scott by Francis Barrington

Description:
  • composed and dedicated to Lieut. General Winfield Scott by Francis Barrington.
  • For piano.
  • Cover lithographic illustration: bust portrait of Winfield Scott / Schnabel & Finkeldey …
Year:
1861
Contributor:
Barrington, Francis. (composer)
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 (dedicatee)
Schnabel & Finkeldey Lith (lithographer)
G. André & Co. (publisher)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
Scott, Winfield > 1786-1866 > Portraits
Piano music
Marches (Piano)
Military music > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
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Anglo-American hymn

Description:
  • Poetry by Mrs. Howe ; music by Christiana Thompson.
  • Broadsheet.
  • Poetry.
  • Words of Battle hymn on recto; at end of text: Anglo-American Reception, Doughty House, …
Year:
1898
Contributor:
Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910 (creator)
Thompson, Christiana. (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Patriotic poetry
Spanish-American War, 1898 > Songs and music
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
England > Richmond
Local ID:
HB
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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Away goes Cuffee, or, Hooray for '63

Description:
  • words & music by L.B. Starkweather
  • For voice, piano, and chorus (SATB)
  • Cover title
  • Cover illustration: engraving of head of Afro-American man incorporated in the …
Year:
1863
Contributor:
Starkweather, L. B. (composer)
Greene, Henry (illustrator)
Oliver Ditson & Co. (publisher)
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865 > Songs and music
Emancipation proclamation > Songs and music
Freedmen > Songs and music
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
United States > Race relations
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Away goes Cuffee, or, Hooray for '63

Description:
  • words & music by L.B. Starkweather.
  • For voice, piano, and chorus (SATB)
  • Cover title.
  • Cover illustration: engraving of head of Afro-American man incorporated in the …
Year:
1863
Contributor:
Starkweather, L. B. (composer)
Greene, H. F. (Henry F.), b. ca. 1828 (illustrator)
Oliver Ditson & Co (publisher)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
n-us---
Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865 > Songs and music
Emancipation proclamation > Songs and music
Freedmen > Songs and music
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
United States > Race relations
Local ID:
LMu 9
Collection:
Brown University Library
Lincoln Sheet Music
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The battle: a descriptive fantasia in three parts

Description:
  • by Francis H. Brown.
  • For piano.
  • Cover lith. illustration: engraving with red text and blue border and image depicting troops assaulting fortifications during the Mexican …
Year:
1862
Contributor:
Brown, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1818-1891 (creator)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
n-us---
Piano music
Program music
Military music > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
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The battle cry of freedom

Description:
  • by Geo. F. Root.
  • For solo voice and chorus (SATB) with piano acc.
  • "Rallying song"--Caption.
  • Alternate set of lyrics on p. 2.
Year:
1862
Contributor:
Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895 (composer)
Root & Cady (publisher)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
n-us---
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano
Songs with piano
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Local ID:
LMu 389
Collection:
Brown University Library
Lincoln Sheet Music
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The battle of Fort Donelson: a musical description : op. 1396

Description:
  • composed by Charles Grobe.
  • Programmatic piece for piano.
  • Descriptive notes relating the events of the battle to the musical passages, printed between staves.
  • Cover lith. …
Year:
1862
Contributor:
Grobe, Charles. (composer)
L. Prang & Co (lithographer)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
n-us---
Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 > Songs and music
Piano music
Program music
Military music > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
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