Ahoy, Robin!

I collect American Music from about 1800 through the Civil War Period, much of it Gospel and Sea - Chantey type material (there's a bit of a stretch, eh?). Rather than repeat the whole littany, I would suggest that you click on my "name" which should lead you to a long list of my previous postings on Mudcat in a number of threads which may well be illuminating to your quest.

Should you have any furthur questions, please feel free to get back to me (or any of the vast number of superior authorities on the subject who regularly haunt the Mudcat) here or drop me an E-mail at:

Also, try the LEVY Online Collection at:

http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/index.html

I have "discovered" some really moving pieces of music and poetry in the pages of these mouldering old books which has apparently been lost to obscurity for generations, and have enjoyed trying to "ressurect" some of them. Some of these scores have been scanned into digital graphics formats and could be made available as an attachment if you are interested.

If I may, I would entreat you to be very careful when dealing with matters of the Occult; there are Spiritual dynamics at work in this Universe which are very real and active; any mortal who lacks an appropriate respect for and knowledge of such matters toys with them at their own - somtimes eternal - peril. As long as your endeavor is purely theatrical, you should be reasonably safe... but all the same, please be very circumspect and cautious!