| Creator |
Root, George F. |
| Contributor |
Copcutt. |
|
Williams. |
| Title |
Just before the battle, Mother. |
| Title |
First line of chorus: Farewell Mother, you may never press me to your heart again |
| Publisher |
Chicago: Root & Cady |
| Date |
c1863 |
| Physical Description |
1 score (5, [1] p.) ; 35 cm. |
| Notes |
Pre-cataloging record. |
|
For voice. chorus (SATB) and piano. |
|
Title page, with vignettes of five song titles: The vacant chair, Silent lute, Who'll save the left, Battll [sic] cry of freedom,
and Within sound of the enemy's guns, signed: Copcutt=Williams sc.
|
|
Advertisements for cabinet organs and "late isntrumental music" on p. [2]; for "new music published by Root & Cady" on p.
[6].
|
|
Figure 3 within shield on t.p. |
|
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War. |
| Subject |
Songs with piano. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Songs and music. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| 11609.F (Clarence Wolf) In Process 4th Floor |
| Accession number |
11609.F (Clarence Wolf) |
