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Notated Music The Old contraband

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Title

  • The Old contraband

Names

  • Wittig, Rudolph Composer
  • Zieber, John L. Lyricist

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : W. R. Smith, 1865.

Headings

  • -  Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States--Songs and music
  • -  Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano
  • -  African Americans--Caricatures and cartoons
  • -  Fugitive slaves--United States--Songs and music
  • -  Fugitive slaves--United States--Caricatures and cartoons
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans--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 .W

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023784249

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:

Wittig, Rudolph Composer, and John L. Lyricist Zieber. The Old contraband. Philadelphia: W. R. Smith, 1865. Notated Music. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023784249/.

APA citation style:

Wittig, R. C. & Zieber, J. L. L. (1865) The Old contraband. Philadelphia: W. R. Smith. [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023784249/.

MLA citation style:

Wittig, Rudolph Composer, and John L. Lyricist Zieber. The Old contraband. Philadelphia: W. R. Smith, 1865. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023784249/>.