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Scenes of happiness

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1859

Location Note

Barrett Family Papers. Sheet Music of Geo. R. Barrett (Bound, Vol. 5)

GUSN

GUSN-191436

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Description

Cover depicts men and women cutting and pitching hay in a field. A windmill is in the background. A gentleman (presumably the landowner) assists a woman riding sidesaddle on a horse in the foreground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cantatas
laborers
sheet music
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Sheet music project number SMHNE103

Physical Description

1 print : lithograph

Collection Code

MS007

Collection Name

Barrett family papers

Reference Code

MS007.01.17.06

Record Details

Originator

Root, George F. (Composer)
Root, George F. (Lyricist)

Material Type

sheet music
prints (visual works)

Subjects

pastoral scenes
Sidesaddle riding

Accruals Note

Included in the Sheet Music Images Database.
Pastoral scenes
"Selections from the Operatic Cantata of The Haymakers."

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

J.R. Miller & Oliver Ditson (Firm)

Location Note

Barrett Family Papers. Sheet Music of Geo. R. Barrett (Bound, Vol. 5)

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