Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.19762 Composed by Stephen Foster. Portraits, African Americans, Aged persons, Slavery, Human life cycle, Time. Lester S. Levy Collection. 3 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.19762). Foster's Melodies. No.49. Old Black Joe. Written and Composed by Stephen C. Foster. Published [n.d.] by Armstrong Music Pub. Co's Edition de Luxe, 17 West 28th Street in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, African Americans, Aged persons, Slavery, Human life cycle, Time. First line reads Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay.. 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Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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.
