“Softly Oe'r the Rippling Waters”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1866
name: label: lyricist
content: Cooper, George
label: composer
content: Thomas, J. R.
label: publisher
content: Oliver Ditson & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for the song “Softly o’er the Rippling Waters” was written by George Cooper and composed by J.R. Thomas. The music was published by Oliver Ditson and Company in Boston, Massachusetts. The cover features an image of a couple drifting on a river in a rowboat, while a guitar-playing lady serenades the man with a song.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Sheet Music
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of C. Malcolm Watkins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1154.14
label: accession number
content: 1979.1154
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1154.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: leaflet
label: Object Name
content: sheet music
label: Object Name
content: sheet musics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm