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Notated Music The Negro emancipation song

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Title

  • The Negro emancipation song

Names

  • Webster, J. P. (composer)
  • Bennett, S. Fillmore (lyricist)

Created / Published

  • H. M. Higgins, Chicago, 1862.

Headings

  • -  United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Songs and music
  • -  Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States -- Songs and music
  • -  United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans -- Songs and music
  • -  Songs with piano
  • -  Choruses (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano
  • -  Popular Songs of the Day
  • -  Songs and Music
  • -  War and Conflict
  • -  Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)

Notes

  • -  Music associated with the Union side

Form

  • sheet music

LC Classification

  • M1640.W

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:

Webster, J. P, and S. Fillmore Bennett. TheNegro emancipation song. H. M. Higgins, Chicago, 1862. Notated Music. https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200002229/.

APA citation style:

Webster, J. P. & Bennett, S. F. (1862) TheNegro emancipation song. H. M. Higgins, Chicago. [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200002229/.

MLA citation style:

Webster, J. P, and S. Fillmore Bennett. TheNegro emancipation song. H. M. Higgins, Chicago, 1862. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200002229/>.