Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.5609 Composed by William B. Gray. Portraits, Singers, Holidays, Churches, Religious services, Alcoholics. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.5609). Old Jim's Christmas Hymn. Rock of Ages. A Beautiful Story. An Impressive Melody. [briefly quotes Rock of Ages]. Words & Music by Wm. B. Gray, the Originator & Only Successful Writer of This Class of Song. Published 1896 by Gray & Co. in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Singers, Holidays, Churches, Religious services, Alcoholics. First line reads Old Jim was a character, well known about the town.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.
