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Notated Music Good night! who would'nt be a soldier

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About this Item

Title

  • Good night! who would'nt be a soldier

Names

  • Whitney, L. P. Composer
  • M'Conihe, J. W. Lyricist

Created / Published

  • Boston : Oliver Ditson & Co., 1863.

Headings

  • -  Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano
  • -  Soldiers--United States--Death--Songs and music
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music
  • -  Tennessee--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 .W

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023784186

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

Additional Metadata Formats

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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:

Whitney, L. P. Composer, and J. W. Lyricist M'Conihe. Good Night! Who Would'nt Be a Soldier. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co, 1863. Notated Music. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023784186/.

APA citation style:

Whitney, L. P. C. & M'Conihe, J. W. L. (1863) Good Night! Who Would'nt Be a Soldier. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co. [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023784186/.

MLA citation style:

Whitney, L. P. Composer, and J. W. Lyricist M'Conihe. Good Night! Who Would'nt Be a Soldier. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co, 1863. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2023784186/>.