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Notated Music The Vacant chair, or We shall meet but we shall miss him

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Title

  • The Vacant chair, or We shall meet but we shall miss him

Names

  • Root, George F. (George Frederick) 1820-1895 Composer
  • W., H. S. Lyricist

Created / Published

  • Chicago : Root & Cady, 1863.

Headings

  • -  Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with piano
  • -  Thanksgiving Day--Songs and music
  • -  Popular music--United States--To 1901
  • -  Soldiers--United States--Death--Songs and music
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties--Songs and music

Notes

  • -  Illustrated Cover.
  • -  Music associated with the Union side
  • -  Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • M1640 .R

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023783847

Online Format

  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Civil War Sheet Music Collection are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Root, George F. Composer, and H. S. Lyricist W. The Vacant chair, or We shall meet but we shall miss him. Chicago: Root & Cady, 1863. Notated Music. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023783847/.

APA citation style:

Root, G. F. C. & W, H. S. L. (1863) The Vacant chair, or We shall meet but we shall miss him. Chicago: Root & Cady. [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023783847/.

MLA citation style:

Root, George F. Composer, and H. S. Lyricist W. The Vacant chair, or We shall meet but we shall miss him. Chicago: Root & Cady, 1863. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023783847/>.