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- Creator
- Staab, Franz, active 19th century
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 (lyricist)
- Pearson (engraver)
- Form
- scores (documents for music)
- songs (musical compositions)
- Date
- 1856
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 Musical settings
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
- Songs with piano
- Pioneers
- Musical settings
- Pioneers -- United States -- Songs and music
- Patriotic music -- United States
- Patriotic music
- Geographic Subject
- United States
- Collection
- Keffer Collection of Sheet Music (University of Pennsylvania)
- Extent
- 1 score (5 pages) : illustrations ; 36 cm
- Publisher
- H.M. Higgins
- Notes
- For voice, chorus (SATB) and piano.
- From poem: The Kansas emigrants. Cf. The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier, p. 200.
- Illustration: an American flag.
- First line of text: We cross the prairie as of old.
- Engraver of music noted at bottom of p. 5 as "Pearson, Eng'r".
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Folio M1.A13 K4 Box 15, no. 6
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Still Image
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