Piano and voice - Digital Download
SKU: LV.13786
Composed by William R. Dempster. Children playing, Lutes, Gardens, Summer, Flowers. Lester S. Levy Collection. 6 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.13786).
The Blind Boy. Twentieth Edition. Poetry by Miss Hannah F. Gould. The Music composed by William R. Dempster. Published 1842 by Oliver Ditson, 115 Washington St. in Boston. Composition of strophic with refrain with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Children playing, Lutes, Gardens, Summer, Flowers. First line reads Oh! tell me the form of the soft summer air, That tosses so gently the curls of my hair! First line of refrain Oh! I'm blind! Yet I cannot touch it, I'm blind!..
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