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Notated Music I'll be no submissive wife : a ballad

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About this Item

Title

  • I'll be no submissive wife : a ballad

Names

  • Lee, Alexander, 1802-1851, composer

Created / Published

  • New York : Firth & Hall ; J. L. Hewitt, [1838]
  • ©1838

Headings

  • -  Popular music--United States--19th century
  • -  Feminist music--United States
  • -  Songs with piano

Genre

  • Songs
  • Scores

Notes

  • -  Song with piano accompaniment.
  • -  First line: same as title.
  • -  Staff notation.

Medium

  • 1 score (9 pages) : illustration ; 34 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • M1.A13 L

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018563175

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Women's Suffrage in Sheet Music Collection are in the public domain and are free to use or reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

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Chicago citation style:

I'll Be No Submissive Wife: A Ballad. composeds by Lee, Alexander [New York: Firth & Hall ; J. L. Hewitt, ©, 1838] Notated Music. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018563175/.

APA citation style:

(1838) I'll Be No Submissive Wife: A Ballad. Lee, A., comp [New York: Firth & Hall ; J. L. Hewitt, ©] [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018563175/.

MLA citation style:

I'll Be No Submissive Wife: A Ballad. comp by Lee, Alexander [New York: Firth & Hall ; J. L. Hewitt, ©, 1838] Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018563175/>.