"The Battle of Buena Vista"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1847
name: label: music publisher
content: G. Willig Jr.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “The Battle of Buena Vista,” composed Charles Grobe. It was published by G. Willig Jr. in Baltimore, Maryland in 1847. This is a “descriptive Fantasie,” written for the piano was dedicated to Major General Zachary Taylor. The Battle of Buena Vista (1847) was a battle fought during the Mexican American War (1846-1848).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Military
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content: Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0693.06
label: accession number
content: 1983.0693
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0693.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 1/2 in x 26 in; 85.09 cm x 66.04 cm