Piano and voice - Digital Download
SKU: LV.4958
Composed by Edward J. Abraham. Dwellings--exteriors, Stairways, Fences, Sidewalks, Death, Symbols, Grief. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4958).
Only a Crape on the Door. Motto Song & Chorus. Words & Music by Edw. J. Abraham. Published 1882 by F.W. Helmick, No. 180 Elm St. in Cincinnati. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Dwellings--exteriors, Stairways, Fences, Sidewalks, Death, Symbols, Grief. First line reads Of the many sad scenes in the city you see, of the poor who are waiting for bread..
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The 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.
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