Mar 28, 2019 - Sale 2503

Sale 2503 - Lot 340

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MUSIC.) Johnson, Francis. General La Fayette Bugle Waltz. One page of engraved music, 13 x 9 1/4 inches; minor foxing and wear. Philadelphia, 1824

Additional Details

An early instrumental piece by Francis "Frank" Johnson (1792-1844), one of the first successful African-American composers, written in honor of General La Fayette's 1824 tour of the United States. Headed "No. 7 of Taw's musical miscellany." One copy in OCLC, at Goucher College.