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Thread #25358   Message #540655
Posted By: masato sakurai
03-Sep-01 - 06:42 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Subject: RE: Origins of: History of Go Tell Aunt Rhody
19th Century Sheet Music Project (University of North Carolina) has a music sheet of "Rousseau's Dream", showing us its images. Here's the description:

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Rousseau's dream, arr. piano
"Rousseau's dream. An air with variations for the piano forte. Composed
& dedicated to the Countess of Delaware by J.B. Cramer."
Price: 75 cents
Cover design
7 p.
Philadelphia: G. Willig's Musical Magazine, [1818-1819].
"Philadelphia. Published and sold at G: Willig's Musical Magazine No. 171
Chesnut Street."
Pub. Pl. no. n/a
Wolfe 7667
XXVI,11

Musically, this tune (without words) seems to be related with "Aunt Rhody."

Masato