“The Mockingbird Quickstep”

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Description:

This sheet music is for the song “The Mockingbird Quickstep” that was arranged for the piano by J.A. Rosenberger. The song was a quickstep march published by George Dunn & Company of Richmond, Virginia in 1864. Interestingly, this song was published in the South during the Civil War, as the cover notes that the song was entered “by Geo. Dunn in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Confederate United States of America.”

Publishing Date: 1864

Arranger: Rosenberger, J. A.Publisher: Geo. Dunn & Co.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Virginia, Richmond

Related Event: Civil War

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1983.0365.01Accession Number: 1983.0365Catalog Number: 1983.0365.01

Object Name: sheet music

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: overall: 11 1/2 in x 9 1/4 in; 29.21 cm x 23.495 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-d05d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_670716

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