Notated Music Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud copied by F.B. Carpenter, Esq., while our lamented chief was reciting it; adapted to music expressly composed by C. Everest.

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Title: Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud copied by F.B. Carpenter, Esq., while our lamented chief was reciting it; adapted to music expressly composed by C. Everest.
Contributor Names: Everest, Charles W. (Charles William), 1814-1877. (Composer); Knox, William, 1789-1825 (Lyricist); Carpenter, F. B. (Francis Bicknell), 1830-1900 (Lyricist)
Created / Published: Lee & Walker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c1865
Subject Headings: - Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; - Lincoln-tribute; - Stevenson, William Knox (1789-1825); - Sheet Music; - Poetry; - United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Philadelphia
Genre: Sheet Music; Poetry
Notes: - Poem by William Knox. Cf. Stevenson, The home book of verse. The words sometimes erroneously attributed to Abraham Lincoln
Call Number/Physical Location: Stern catalog 4877
Source Collection: Sheet Music from the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
Repository: Rare Book And Special Collections Division
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lprbscsm.scsm0049
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Everest, Charles W, William Knox, and F. B Carpenter. Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud copied by F.B. Carpenter, Esq., while our lamented chief was reciting it; adapted to music expressly composed by C. Everest. Lee & Walker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1865. Notated Music. https://www.loc.gov/item/scsm000049/.

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Everest, C. W., Knox, W. & Carpenter, F. B. (1865) Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud copied by F.B. Carpenter, Esq., while our lamented chief was reciting it; adapted to music expressly composed by C. Everest. Lee & Walker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/scsm000049/.