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Aunt Sis Tabb

Description:
  • words and music by Will L. Visscher; arranged by W. Herbert Lanyon
  • For voice and piano
  • Cover title
  • Pages 1-2 are unnumbered
  • Advertisement for other ...
Date Issued:
1894
Contributors:
Visscher, Will L. (William Lightfoot), 1842-1924 (creator) Lanyon, W. Herbert (arranger) D E. N. (illustrator) Temple Music Co. (Chicago, Ill.) (publisher)
Keywords:
African American women Songs and music Death songs
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But still the war goes on

Description:
  • words by W. Bruce Campbell ; music by E.S.S. Huntington.
  • For voice and piano.
  • Caption title.
  • Cover illustration: soldier leading charge out of trench.
Date Issued:
1917
Collection Title:
World War I Sheet Music
Contributors:
Huntington, E. S. S. (composer) Campbell, W. Bruce (lyricist) Arlington Music Pub. Co. (Providence, R.I.) (publisher)
Keywords:
World War, 1914-1918 Songs and music Death songs Popular music
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Coloured angels, or, Is dar any coloured angels dar?

Description:
  • written & composed by Nat Clifford
  • For voice and piano
  • Cover title
  • Sung by: Miss Queenie Leighton
  • Cover illustration: photograph of Queenie Leighton; floral border ...
Date Issued:
1890
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Clifford, Nat (composer) Leighton, Queenie, 1872-1943 (performer) Moon & Co. (London, England) (publisher)
Keywords:
African American children Songs and music Angels Death songs Popular music
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The death of Little Eva & Uncle Tom

Description:
  • composed & respectfully dedicated to Mrs. Harriett Beecher Stowe; poetry by Chas. L. Bennison; music by Isaac N. Bonney
  • For voice, piano, and chorus (TASB ...
Date Issued:
1853
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Bonney, Isaac N. (composer) Bennison, Charles L. (lyricist) Stowe, Harriet Beecher,, 1811-1896 (author) Oliver Ditson Company (publisher)
Keywords:
African Americans Songs and music Death songs Popular music
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Dinah Crow: a celebrated Ethiopian song

Description:
  • as sung by the Campbell Minstrels ; composed and arranged for the piano forte, by J.H. Burdett.
  • For voice, men's chorus (TTBB), and piano.
  • Cover ...
Date Issued:
c1848
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Burdett, J. H. (composer) Campbell Minstrels (performer) William Hall & Son (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Keywords:
African Americans Songs and music Boating accidents Death songs Popular music
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Dinah Doe

Description:
  • written by S.S. Steele; composed and sung by A.F. Winnemore
  • For voice and piano
  • Caption title
  • Additional verses: p. 3
Date Issued:
185-?
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music: A Brown University Digital Collection
Contributors:
Winnemore, A. F. (Anthony F.) (creator) Steele, S. S. (Silas Sexton), b. 1812 (lyricist) Winnemore, A. F. (Anthony F.) (performer)
Keywords:
African American women Songs and music Slavery Death songs
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Do de angels weep?:: story song and refrain

Description:
  • words by Will A. Cook; music by C.A. Egener
  • For voice and piano
  • Cover title
  • At head of title: Sung with great success by ...
Date Issued:
1903
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Egener, C. A. (composer) Cooke, Will A. (lyricist) Trayer, Katherine (performer) M. Witmark & Sons (publisher)
Keywords:
African American children Songs and music Death songs Popular music
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The dying wife

Description:
  • written by John T. Ford; sung by G. Kunkel; music by E. Thomas
  • For voice, piano, and chorus (SATB)
  • Caption title
  • Advertisement for other songs ...
Date Issued:
1852
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Thomas, E. (composer) Kunkel, G. (George), 1822 or 3-1885 (performer) Ford, John T. (John Thomson), 1829-1894 (lyricist) W.C. Peters & Sons (Cincinnati, Ohio) (publisher)
Keywords:
African American women Songs and music Death songs
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Ella Ree:: a new Ethiopian melody

Description:
  • written by Charles E. Stewart; music by James W. Porter
  • For voice, piano, and chorus (SATB)
  • Cover title
  • Lyricist's name appears as C.E. Steuart ...
Date Issued:
1853
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Porter, James W. (composer) Stewart, Charles E. (lyricist) McCarthy, E. (illustrator) Wood's Minstrels (performer) J.E. Gould (Music publisher) (publisher)
Keywords:
African American women Songs and music Death songs
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Ella Ree:: a new Ethiopian melody

Description:
  • written by Charles E. Stewart; music by James W. Porter
  • For voice, piano, and chorus (SATB)
  • Cover title
  • Lyricist's name appears as C.E. Steuart ...
Date Issued:
1880
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Porter, James W. (composer) Stewart, Charles E. (lyricist) McCarthy, E. (illustrator) Wood's Minstrels (performer) Oliver Ditson (Firm) (publisher)
Keywords:
African American women Songs and music Death songs
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Eva's parting:: subject taken from Uncle Tom's cabin

Description:
  • written by Mary A. Collier; music composed by F. James
  • For voice and piano
  • Cover title
  • Cover engraved by Greene Sc.
  • Library's copy inscribed: Agnes ...
Date Issued:
1852
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
James, F. (composer) Collier, Mary A. (lyricist) Greene, Henry (illustrator) G.P. Reed & Co. (Boston, Mass.) (publisher)
Keywords:
African Americans Songs and music Freedmen Death songs Popular music
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He sleeps beneath the soil of France

Description:
  • by Tell Taylor.
  • For voice and piano.
  • Caption title.
  • Advertisement for other songs: p. [4]
  • Cover illustration: drawing of man and woman by fireside; photograph ...
Date Issued:
1917
Collection Title:
World War I Sheet Music: A Brown University Digital Collection
Contributors:
Taylor, Tell (composer) Tell Taylor Music Publisher (Chicago, Ill.) (publisher)
Keywords:
World War, 1914-1918 Songs and music Soldiers Family relationships Death songs
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I am going there, or, The death of little Eva

Description:
  • written and inscribed to the readers of "Uncle Tom's cabin" by John S. Adams; adapted to a favorite melody
  • For voice and piano
  • Cover title ...
Date Issued:
1852
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Adams, John S. (John Stowell), d. 1893 (creator) Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 (creator) Oliver Ditson Company (publisher)
Keywords:
African Americans in literature Songs and music African Americans Death songs
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I'll meet ole massa there:: song & chorus

Description:
  • words & music by G. Galloway
  • For voice, chorus (SATB) and piano
  • Caption title
  • Advertisement for other music and books: p. [6]
  • Cover illustration: elderly ...
Date Issued:
1885
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Galloway, G. (composer) White, Smith & Co. (Boston, Mass.) (publisher)
Keywords:
African Americans Songs and music Freedman Death songs Old age
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I'se comin' close to eighty year:: song and chorus

Description:
  • words and music by George M. Vickers
  • For voice and piano
  • Caption title
Date Issued:
1882
Contributors:
Vickers, George M. (George Morley), b. 1841 (creator) Jno. P. Dougherty (Music publisher) (publisher)
Keywords:
African American men Songs and music Death songs
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In Flanders fields: song

Description:
  • words by John McCrae ; music by J. Deane Wells.
  • For voice and piano.
  • Cover title.
  • Advertisement for another song: p. [6]
  • Composer's autograph printed on ...
Date Issued:
1917
Collection Title:
World War I Sheet Music: A Brown University Digital Collection
Contributors:
Wells, J. Deane (composer) McCrae, John, 1872-1918 (lyricist) Western Specialty Limited (Vancouver, B.C.) (publisher)
Keywords:
World War, 1914-1918 Songs and music Death songs Popular music
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In Flanders fields

Description:
  • on words by John McCrae ; music by W.H. Leib.
  • For high voice and piano.
  • Caption title.
  • "First sung in public July 16, 1918, by ...
Date Issued:
1918
Collection Title:
World War I Sheet Music: A Brown University Digital Collection
Contributors:
Leib, W. H. (composer) Geddes-Bendelari, Frances (performer) W.H. Leib (Music publisher) (publisher)
Keywords:
World War, 1914-1918 Songs and music Popular music Death songs
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In Flanders fields

Description:
  • poem by John McCrae ; music by Charles Gilbert Spross.
  • For low voice and piano in A major.
  • Cover title.
  • Advertisement for other songs: p. [8 ...
Date Issued:
1918
Collection Title:
World War I Sheet Music
Contributors:
Spross, Charles Gilbert, 1874-1962 (composer) McCrae, John, 1872-1918 (lyricist) Lyford, Philip, 1887- (illustrator) John Church Company (Cincinnati, Ohio) (publisher)
Keywords:
World War, 1914-1918 Songs and music Death songs
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In Flanders fields

Description:
  • poem by John McCrae ; music by Charles Gilbert Spross.
  • For high voice and piano in D♭ major.
  • Cover title.
  • Cover illustration: drawing of cemetery scene ...
Date Issued:
1918
Collection Title:
World War I Sheet Music
Contributors:
Spross, Charles Gilbert, 1874-1961 (composer) McCrae, John, 1872-1918 (lyricist) Lyford, Philip, 1887- (illustrator) John Church Company (Cincinnati, Ohio) (publisher)
Keywords:
World War, 1914-1918 Songs and music Death songs
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In Flanders fields

Description:
  • words by John McRae ; music by Mark Andrews.
  • For high voice and piano.
  • Cover title.
  • "To my friend Mary Jordan"--P. 3.
  • Advertisement for another ...
Date Issued:
1919
Collection Title:
World War I Sheet Music
Contributors:
Andrews, Mark, 1875-1939 (composer) McCrae, John, 1872-1918 (lyricist) Huntzinger & Dilworth (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Keywords:
World War, 1914-1918 Songs and music Battlefields Death songs Popular music
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