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Notated Music My sweetheart far over the sea : a memorial song for those who died on land and sea for freedom, in the Great World War, 1914-1918

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About this Item

Title

  • My sweetheart far over the sea : a memorial song for those who died on land and sea for freedom, in the Great World War, 1914-1918

Names

  • Kepley, Ada H. (Ada Harriet), 1847-1925, composer, lyricist
  • Johnson, Ruby Huffman, arranger of music

Created / Published

  • Effingham, Ill. : Ada H. Kepley, [1919]

Headings

  • -  Popular music--United States--1911-1920
  • -  World War, 1914-1918--Songs and music
  • -  World War, 1914-1918--Casualties--United States--Songs and music

Notes

  • -  For voice and piano.
  • -  Staff notation.

Medium

  • 1 score (3 unnumbered pages) ; 35 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • M1646 .K

Source Collection

  • Performing Arts Encyclopedia
  • WWI sheet music

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2014570258

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Johnson, Ruby Huffman, Arranger Of Music. My sweetheart far over the sea: a memorial song for those who died on land and sea for freedom, in the Great World War, -1918. composeds by Kepley, Ada H. , Lyricist [Effingham, Ill.: Ada H. Kepley, 1919] Notated Music. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2014570258/.

APA citation style:

Johnson, R. H. (1919) My sweetheart far over the sea: a memorial song for those who died on land and sea for freedom, in the Great World War, -1918. Kepley, A. H., comp [Effingham, Ill.: Ada H. Kepley] [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2014570258/.

MLA citation style:

Johnson, Ruby Huffman, Arranger Of Music. My sweetheart far over the sea: a memorial song for those who died on land and sea for freedom, in the Great World War, -1918. comp by Kepley, Ada H. , Lyricist [Effingham, Ill.: Ada H. Kepley, 1919] Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2014570258/>.