(SHEET MUSIC) Bound volume containing 33 engraved and 13 man

Sale 1988 - Lot 386

Price Realized: $ 1,150

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(SHEET MUSIC.) Bound volume containing 33 engraved and 13 manuscript titles, the manuscript music written on verso of the printed ones, the pages bound in to face each other. In all, 59 leaves. 4to, disbound and lacking the covers; some soiling and dampstaining, a few edge tears; cloth clamshell box. New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, circa 1800

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Includes some better patriotic titles (Adams and Liberty, Columbia and Liberty and Dead March & Monody) and two slavery-related ones (The Wretched Slave and The Galley Slave). Most are published by J. Hewitt, but others include G. Gilbert, B. Carr and I. C. Moller. The manuscript material includes mostly social music, but Handel's water music and a Beethoven waltz as well. Complete list available upon request.