Notated Music Image 1 of The Negro boatmans song

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About this Item

Title

  • The Negro boatmans song

Names

  • Emerson, L. Orlando Composer
  • Whittier, J. G. Lyricist

Created / Published

  • Boston : Oliver Ditson & Co., 1862.

Headings

  • -  Songs with piano
  • -  Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano
  • -  Slaves--Emancipation--United States--Songs and music
  • -  Boatmen--United States--Songs and music
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans--Songs and music

Notes

  • -  Music associated with the Union side
  • -  Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • M1640 .E

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023782981

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Emerson, L. Orlando Composer, and J. G. Lyricist Whittier. The Negro boatmans song. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co, 1862. Notated Music. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023782981/.

APA citation style:

Emerson, L. O. C. & Whittier, J. G. L. (1862) The Negro boatmans song. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co. [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023782981/.

MLA citation style:

Emerson, L. Orlando Composer, and J. G. Lyricist Whittier. The Negro boatmans song. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co, 1862. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023782981/>.