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"William A. Brown." Marches, dance music, duets in treble clef.

Published 1840. Free to read and download from Internet Archive.

Description

Single, handbound volume of handwritten music on handwritten staves. The cover is inscribed "William A. Brown" and the volume contains mostly popular tunes, marches, and dance music. There are a few song titles that may include offensive, harmful, or inappropriate language. For more information, please view our Approach to Sensitive Content. https://pem.quartexcollections.com/about/sensitive-materials-statements. The numbering of the pieces is inconsistent, which seems to indicate that at least three volumes were bound together. There are also scale exercises for clarinet included on the inside cover. The song titles include: No. 1 Durham March No. 2 March for Boston Feb 1840 No. 3 Ipswich Muster No. 4 Newyork State No. 5 A Spanish March No. 6 Roving Sailor No. 7 The Irish Rogue No. 8 Smash the Windows No. 9 Russian Dance No. 10 Prince of Mela[?] March No. 11 Rickets Hornpipe No. 12 Mass

Date
1840
Language
eng
Copyright
Public domain in the US

Subjects

Folk dance music -- New EnglandFolk dancingFolk music -- MassachusettsFolk music -- New EnglandInstrumental music

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