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Oh! Why hast thou taught me to love thee?

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1829

Location Note

Barrett Family Papers. Sheet Music of Mrs. G. Barrett (Bound, Vol. 1)

GUSN

GUSN-191221

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Description

Cover depicts a man and woman in a wooded area. The man appears to be wooing the woman.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ballads
courtship
love
sheet music
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Sheet music project number SMHNE083

Physical Description

1 print : lithograph

Collection Code

MS007

Collection Name

Barrett family papers

Reference Code

MS007.01.13.04

Record Details

Originator

Grain, Frederick (Delineator)

Material Type

sheet music
prints (visual works)

Other Organizations

Pendleton's

Accruals Note

Included in the Sheet Music Images Database.
Courtship and love
"Sung in the First Private Circles, Composed and Arranged for the Piano Forte."

Description Level

Item

Edition

Second edition

Place of Publication

New York, N.Y.

Publisher

Bourne Depository of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Location Note

Barrett Family Papers. Sheet Music of Mrs. G. Barrett (Bound, Vol. 1)

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