(JUDAICA) George Shinn March of the Jewish Warriors

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(JUDAICA.) George Shinn. March of the Jewish Warriors. 7 pages, 14 x 10 1/2 inches, on 2 folding sheets; light soiling and minor wear. Boston: Oliver Ditson, [1882]

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The apparent first American edition of an instrumental work first issued in London in 1881. A London edition was issued with text as "The Victories of Judah after the Captivity, as Achieved by Mattathias & his Son Judas Maccabaeus: A Sacred Cantata with Historical Readings, in the Form of a Service of Song (with original words and music). The poems and connective readings written and compiled by James Shepherd; the music composed expressly for the work by Geo. Shinn." The present piece is listed under "new music received" from Oliver Ditson in the 9 July 1882 Boston Globe. This edition not traced in OCLC.