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Light may the boat row

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1836

Location Note

Barrett Family Papers. Sheet Music of Mrs. George Barrett (Bound, Vol. 7)

GUSN

GUSN-191766

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Description

Cover depicts men, women, and children standing on a promenade and watching numerous boats on the water. A military fort is nearby.

Details

Descriptive Terms

songs (document genre)
boats
sheet music
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Sheet music project number SMHNE117

Physical Description

1 print : lithograph

Collection Code

MS007

Collection Name

Barrett family papers

Reference Code

MS007.01.19.02

Record Details

Originator

Phillips, Jonas B., Esq. (Composer)
Watson, J. (Lyricist)

Material Type

sheet music
prints (visual works)

Subjects

Duets
Urban scenes

Accruals Note

Included in the Sheet Music Images Database.
Urban scenes
"Sung with the most enthusiastic applause by Mrs. And Miss Watson at the Park Theatre, Concerts, Etc. The Music arranged from a Northumbrian Melody, the Additions & accompaniments composed and respectfully dedicated to the Amateur Boat Club association by J. Watson. This Celebrated Melody has been sung by the above Ladies in London, Dublin, Edinburg, Paris, Brussels, etc. with unprecedented applause having been usually called for and repeated three times on each evening of its performance."

Description Level

Item

Edition

Second edition

Place of Publication

New York, N.Y.

Publisher

Atwill's Music Saloon

Location Note

Barrett Family Papers. Sheet Music of Mrs. George Barrett (Bound, Vol. 7)

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