Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.4679 Composed by John T. Hiler. Floods, Disaster victims, Destruction of property, Fear, Reconstruction. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4679). The Avalanche of Death, or, The Johnstown Horror. Solo & Chorus. Words by D.F. Hunton. Music by John T. Hiler. Published 1889 by The S. Brainard's Sons Co. in Chicago. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Floods, Disaster victims, Destruction of property, Fear, Reconstruction. First line reads When that lake at Conemaugh, burst its banks of mud and straw.. 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Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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.
