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Notated Music Our boys afloat

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About this Item

Title

  • Our boys afloat

Names

  • Smith, Dexter 1842?-1909 Lyricist
  • Leslie, Ernest Composer

Created / Published

  • Boston : G. D. Russell & Company, 1864.

Headings

  • -  Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano
  • -  Patriotic music--United States
  • -  Sailors--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

  • M1640 .L

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023783486

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:

Smith, Dexter 1842?-1909 Lyricist, and Ernest Composer Leslie. Our Boys Afloat. Boston: G. D. Russell & Company, 1864. Notated Music. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023783486/.

APA citation style:

Smith, D. 1. L. & Leslie, E. C. (1864) Our Boys Afloat. Boston: G. D. Russell & Company. [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023783486/.

MLA citation style:

Smith, Dexter 1842?-1909 Lyricist, and Ernest Composer Leslie. Our Boys Afloat. Boston: G. D. Russell & Company, 1864. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2023783486/>.