<I>Balm In Gilead</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1914; published 1954
name: label: Published by
content: G. Ricordi & Co., Inc., Italian, 1808 - 1994
label: Written by
content: Harry T. Burleigh, American, 1866 - 1949
notes: label: Description
content: A booklet of printed sheet music for "Balm in Gilead" harmonized by Harry T. Burleigh, arranged by Ruggero Vené and published by Franco Colombo, Inc. as part of the "Ruggero Vené Choral Series of Harry T. Burleigh Negro Spirituals." The sheet music is printed in black ink on off-white paper, folded to form six interior pages of music. The front cover has the series title at the top and publisher at the bottom, set inside a decorative border. In an inset center square with another decorative border is [N.Y. 1654 / Harry T. Burleigh / Balm in Gilead / For Mixed Voices / S.A.T.B. / Price 20 cents]. The interior printed music contains parts for Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, and Piano. At the bottom is the copyright notice [Copyright 1914 by G. Ricordi and Co., New York, N.Y. / Copyright 1954 by G. Ricordi and Co., New York, N.Y.]. The back cover has a listing of all titles in the series. There are no added marks or inscriptions.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Spirituals (Music)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Written Music
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Arthur Tyrill Farrell Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.21.18
objectType: label: Type
content: sheet music
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1954 Franco Colombo, Inc
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10 13/16 x 7 in. (27.4 x 17.8 cm)