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Notated Music Tell mother I die happy

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About this Item

Title

  • Tell mother I die happy

Names

  • Burns, Jabez Composer
  • Vosburgh, C. A. Lyricist

Created / Published

  • New York : S. T. Gordon, 1863.

Headings

  • -  Crosby, Franklin Butler, 1841-1863--Songs and music
  • -  Soldiers--United States--Death--Songs and music
  • -  Songs with piano
  • -  Choruses (Mixed voices, 4 parts), Unaccompanied
  • -  Salem Church, Battle of, Va., 1863--Songs and music
  • -  Mothers and sons--United States--Songs and music
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties--Songs and music

Notes

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

Call Number/Physical Location

  • M1640 .B

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023782827

Online Format

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  • 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:

Burns, Jabez Composer, and C. A. Lyricist Vosburgh. Tell mother I die happy. New York: S. T. Gordon, 1863. Notated Music. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023782827/.

APA citation style:

Burns, J. C. & Vosburgh, C. A. L. (1863) Tell mother I die happy. New York: S. T. Gordon. [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023782827/.

MLA citation style:

Burns, Jabez Composer, and C. A. Lyricist Vosburgh. Tell mother I die happy. New York: S. T. Gordon, 1863. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2023782827/>.