The last of the Alabama : song & chorus

Contributor:

Porter, engraver (engraver); United States. Navy (dedicatee)

Name:

Eastburn, 1837-1918

Timespan:

Civil War, 1861-1865

Date:

1864

Language:

English

Publisher:

J. Marsh

Subject:

Alabama (Screw sloop); Songs with piano; History; Sea control; Alabama (Screw sloop) -- Songs and music; Kearsarge (Screw sloop-of-war) -- Songs and music

Resource Type:

StillImage

Form/Genre:

Songs with piano; Songs and music; Songs; Scores

Physical Description:

1 score (5 pages); 36 cm

Geographic Subject:

United States; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Songs and music; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations -- Songs and music

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Song; for voice and piano; refrain set for chorus (SATB) and piano.; English words; verses 1-2 printed beneath the vocal line and verses 3-[10] printed as text following the music.; First line of text: Off Cherbourg Port one summer day.; First line of refrain: Then mesmates let your voices swell.; "To our glorious navy".; Engraver of music noted at bottom of p. 5 as "Porter".

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Folio M1.A13 K4 Box 16, no. 55

Collection:

Keffer Collection of Sheet Music (University of Pennsylvania)