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The sword of Robert Lee : a Southern ballad

Contributor:
Ryan, Abram Joseph, 1839-1886 (lyricist); Clayton, Charles O. (engraver); Virginian Power-Press Print (lithographer)
Name:
Nordendorf, C. C. de (Charles Chaky de)
Timespan:
Civil War, 1861-1865
Date:
1867
Language:
English
Publisher:
Southern Musical Exchange
Subject:
Ryan, Abram Joseph, 1839-1886; Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870; Songs with piano; Musical settings; Portraits; History; Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 Portraits; Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 Songs and music; Ryan, Abram Joseph, 1839-1886 Musical settings
Resource Type:
Still Image
Form/Genre:
Songs with piano; Songs and music; Songs; Scores; scores (documents for music)
Physical Description:
1 score (2 pages) : illustrations; 35 cm
Geographic Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Songs and music; United States; Confederate States of America -- Songs and music
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Song; for voice and piano.; Caption title.; Verses 3-4 printed as text at bottom of p. 2.; First line of text: Out of its scabbard, where full long it slumbered peacefully.; First line of refrain: No purer sword led braver band.; Illustration: portrait of Lee dressed in civilian clothes / Virginian Power-Press Print.; Engraver of music noted at bottom of p. 2 as "Clayton N.Y.".
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Folio M1.A13 K4 Box 19, no. 50
Collection:
Keffer Collection of Sheet Music (University of Pennsylvania)