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Notated Music Lay me down, and save the flag

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About this Item

Title

  • Lay me down, and save the flag

Names

  • Root, George F. (George Frederick) 1820-1895 Arranger

Created / Published

  • Chicago : Root & Cady, 1865.

Headings

  • -  Piano music, Arranged
  • -  Sheet music--Catalogs
  • -  Flags--United States--Songs and music
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music

Notes

  • -  Music associated with the Union side
  • -  Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • M20.C59 R

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023782386

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Civil War Sheet Music Collection are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Root, George F. Arranger. Lay Me Down, and Save the Flag. Chicago: Root & Cady, 1865. Notated Music. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023782386/.

APA citation style:

Root, G. F. A. (1865) Lay Me Down, and Save the Flag. Chicago: Root & Cady. [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023782386/.

MLA citation style:

Root, George F. Arranger. Lay Me Down, and Save the Flag. Chicago: Root & Cady, 1865. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2023782386/>.