2 options
The roll of honor / poetry by T. Buchanan Read ; music by George Harlow.
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda) Available online
View onlineKislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio M1.A13 K4 Box 16, no. 78
Available in person
Request an item
Access options
- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Harlow, George E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872--Musical settings.
- Read, Thomas Buchanan.
- Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872.
- Songs with piano.
- Musical settings.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music.
- United States.
- History.
- Genre:
- Songs with piano.
- Songs and music.
- Songs.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (5 pages) ; 35 cm
- Manufacture:
- Cincinnati : Wrightson & Co., Printers.
- Contained In:
- Keffer Collection of Sheet Music.
- Other Title:
- Like the lordly Mississippi.
- On the roll of honor boys.
- Place of Publication:
- Cincinnati (66 West Fourth St., Cincinnati) : John Church, Jr., [1863]
- Notes:
- Song; for voice and piano; refrain set for chorus (SATB) and piano.
- English words; 1st verse printed beneath the vocal line and verses 2-6 printed as text following the music.
- From poem: The roll of honor / Thomas Buchanan Read. Cf. The poetical works of T. Buchanan Read, p. 236.
- Dedicated to: Major General Rosecrans.
- Title printed in red and blue, set within an ornamental frame.
- First line of text: Like the lordly Mississippi.
- First line of refrain: On the roll of honor boys.
- Engraver of music noted at bottom of p. 5 as "J.J.L.".
- Cited in:
- BAL 16457.
- OCLC:
- 37735902
- Publisher Number:
- 525.3 John Church, Jr.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.