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Notated Music I cannot tell you why

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About this Item

Title

  • I cannot tell you why

Names

  • Summers, J. Composer
  • Wellesley, W. W. Lyricist

Created / Published

  • New York : W. R. Smith, 1866.

Headings

  • -  Choruses, Secular (Men's voices) with piano
  • -  Ballads, English--United States
  • -  Popular music--United States--To 1901
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music

Notes

  • -  Illustrated Cover.
  • -  Music associated with the Union side
  • -  Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • M1640 .S

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023783959

Online Format

  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Civil War Sheet Music Collection are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Summers, J. Composer, and W. W. Lyricist Wellesley. I Cannot Tell You Why. New York: W. R. Smith, 1866. Notated Music. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023783959/.

APA citation style:

Summers, J. C. & Wellesley, W. W. L. (1866) I Cannot Tell You Why. New York: W. R. Smith. [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023783959/.

MLA citation style:

Summers, J. Composer, and W. W. Lyricist Wellesley. I Cannot Tell You Why. New York: W. R. Smith, 1866. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023783959/>.