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African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
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Item Title
Emancipation day : song and chorus / words by G.L. Stout ; music by Dave Braham.
Other Titles
First line of text: In April when de proclimation set us people free.
First line of chorus: Wid banners waving high.
Notes
For voice and piano.
Caption title.
"Sung with immense success at the Eagle Theatre, New York"--Cover.
Dedicated to: Mr. Josh Hart.
"1863-1877, Pond, Wm. A., & Co., 547 Broadway; 1877-1896, Pond, Wm. A., & Co., 25 Union Square"--Early American sheet music / Harry Dichter and Elliott Shapiro.
Advertisement for "Sleep, baby sleep" and other music: p. [6]
Cover illustration: American eagle with shield and cornucopia.
Originally published: New York : Wm. A. Pond & Co., c1876.
Subjects
United States.--President (1861-1865 : Lincoln).--Emancipation Proclamation.
Afro-Americans--Songs and music.
Emancipation proclamation--Songs and music.
Freedman--Songs and music.
Popular music--United States.
Related Names
Stout, G. L.
Wm. A. Pond & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
Part of
Sheet Music Collection, The John Hay Library
Repository
Brown University Library Box A, Providence, RI, 02912
Digital ID
(Print copy 1) rpbaasm 0108 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.award/rpbaasm.0108