The American flag : stars & stripes / poetry by P. C. Eastman ; music by F. R. Prohl.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Prohl, F. R.

Contributor:

Hall, William, General, dedicatee.

Eastman, P. C., lyricist.

Wehrmann, H., engineer.

Pesson & Simon, lithographer.

Keffer Collection of Sheet Music (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Songs with piano.

Patriotic music--United States.

Patriotic music.

United States.

Eastman, P. C--Musical settings.

Eastman, P. C.

Genre:

Songs with piano.

Songs.

Scores.

Physical Description:

1 score (5 pages) : illustrations ; 36 cm

Contained In:

Keffer Collection of Sheet Music.

Other Title:

Stars & stripes.

Stars and stripes.

Flag of our country, how proudly it waves.

American flag, how proudly it waves.

Place of Publication:

New Orleans (5 Camp Street, New Orleans) : published by P.P. Werlein & Co., [1858]

Notes:

Song; for voice and piano, with chorus for 4 voices (SATB) and piano.

At head of title: "To General Wm. Hall of New York".

English words; verses 2-3 printed in the score and the 3rd verse printed as text following the music.

First line of text: The flag of our country, how proudly it waves.

First line of text of chorus: The American flag, how proudly it waves.

Illustration: scene of a general in uniform, with a battlefield in the background, holding the American flag; the flag bears the words "The stars for its heroes, the stripes for its foes" / lith. of Pesson & Simon.

Engraver of music noted at bottom of p. 5 as "Wehrmann Eng. Pr.".

OCLC:

37735314

Publisher Number:

164 P. P. Werlein