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Notated Music Father is dead, and mother's so poor Music for a nation: American sheet music, 1870-1885

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Title

  • Father is dead, and mother's so poor

Other Title

  • Music for a nation: American sheet music, 1870-1885

Alternate Title

  • Music for a nation: American sheet music, 1870-1885

Names

  • Pratt, Charles E.

Created / Published

  • Peters, J. L., New York, 1870, monographic.

Headings

  • -  Ballads
  • -  Songs with piano

Notes

  • -  by Charles E. Pratt. (statement of responsibility)
  • -  Words by George Cooper.
  • -  Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Form

  • print
  • electronic resource
  • remote

Extent

  • 1 score

Repository

  • Library of Congress. Music Division.

LC Classification

  • M2.3.U6A44

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The Library of Congress Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, ca. 1870 to 1885 collection is in the public domain and is free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division

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Chicago citation style:

Pratt, Charles E. Father Is Dead, and Mother's So Poor. Peters, J. L., New York, monographic, 1870. Notated Music. https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1870.05541/.

APA citation style:

Pratt, C. E. (1870) Father Is Dead, and Mother's So Poor. Peters, J. L., New York, monographic. [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1870.05541/.

MLA citation style:

Pratt, Charles E. Father Is Dead, and Mother's So Poor. Peters, J. L., New York, monographic, 1870. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/sm1870.05541/>.