Notated Music I have got the blues to day! A comic ballad Music for a nation: American sheet music, 1820-1860

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Title
I have got the blues to day! A comic ballad
Other Title
Music for a nation: American sheet music, 1820-1860
Alternate Title
Music for a nation: American sheet music, 1820-1860
Contributor Names
Blessner, Gustave.
Graham, Sarah M. (lyricist)
Created / Published
Firth, Pond and Co., New York, 1850, monographic.
Subject Headings
-  Ballads
-  Songs with piano
-  Traditional and Ethnic Songs and Music
-  Songs and Music
Notes
-  by Gustave Blessner. (statement of responsibility)
-  Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)
-  In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860
Form
print
electronic resource
remote
Extent
1 score
Repository
Library of Congress. Music Division.
Related Resources
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/sm1850.471950 (electronic resource)
LC Classification
M1.A12V vol. 38 Case Class
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Credit Information for the Special Presentation Greatest Hits, 1820-1860. The "Greatest Hits" as listed in the Special Presentation is contained in Julius Mattfeld, Variety Music Cavalcade, 1620-1969; A Chronology of Vocal and Instrumental Music Popular in the United States (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1971), which is provided courtesy of the copyright holder, Vincent de Paul Lupiano. Mr. Lupiano is the author, along with Ken Sayers, of "It Was A Very Good Year."

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Chicago citation style:

Blessner, Gustave, and Sarah M Graham. I have got the blues to day! A comic ballad. Firth, Pond and Co., New York, monographic, 1850. Notated Music. https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1850.471950/.

APA citation style:

Blessner, G. & Graham, S. M. (1850) I have got the blues to day! A comic ballad. Firth, Pond and Co., New York, monographic. [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1850.471950/.

MLA citation style:

Blessner, Gustave, and Sarah M Graham. I have got the blues to day! A comic ballad. Firth, Pond and Co., New York, monographic, 1850. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/sm1850.471950/>.

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