Slumber on, baby dear : a mother's cradle song
- Creator
- Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869
- Debrin, J. (librettist)
- Watson, Henry Cood, 1816-1875 (librettist)
- Abbott, Marie E. (dedicatee)
- Wakelam, Thomas C. (engraver)
- Clayton, Charles O. (engraver)
- Form
- scores (documents for music)
- songs (musical compositions)
- Date
- 1863
- Language
- English
- Italian
- Subject
- Watson, Henry Cood, 1816-1875
- Songs with piano
- Musical settings
- Lullabies
- Watson, Henry Cood, 1816-1875 Musical settings
- Collection
- Keffer Collection of Sheet Music (University of Pennsylvania)
- Extent
- 1 score (9 pages) ; 33 cm
- Publisher
- Wm. Hall & Son
- Notes
- Arr. by the composer for voice and piano; originally known as Berceuse, op. 47, for solo piano.
- Italian and English words.
- Italian title in caption: La Ninnarella.
- First line of text: Slumber on, baby, dear = Barcolar dondolar.
- "To Mrs. Marie E. Abbott, Brooklyn, N.Y.".
- Engraver of title page noted on t.p. as "Wakelam, N.Y."; engraver of music noted at bottom of p. 9 as "Clayton".
- Related Work: Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869. Berceuse, piano, op. 47
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3h12vq10
- 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 33, no. 14
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Still Image
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