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Thread #56227   Message #877752
Posted By: masato sakurai
29-Jan-03 - 01:49 PM
Thread Name: Songs about. Pocahontas (1600 AD)
Subject: RE: Songs about. Pocahontas (1600 AD)
Here's one from the Levy collection:

Title: The Chieftain's Daughter. A Ballad.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: The Poetry by George P. Morris, Esq. The Music Composed by Henry Russell.
Henry Russell Publication: New York: Firth & Hall, No. 1 Franklin Square, 1841.
Form of Composition: strophic
Instrumentation: piano and voice
First Line: Upon the barren sand, a single captive stood
Dedicatee: Respectfully dedicated to Major General Winfield Scott, U.S.A. [by George P. Morris, Esq.]
Engraver, Lithographer, Artist: On Stone by Fleetwood; J.L. Morton, del.; Fleetwood's Lith.
Subject: Waterfronts
Subject: Native Americans
Subject: Fathers & children
Subject: Distress
Subject: Pocahontas
Subject: Prisoners
Subject: John Smith
Subject: Executions
Subject: Liberty
Subject: Courage
Call No.: Box: 123 Item: 018

~Masato