“I Will Be True to Thee”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1862
name: label: composer
content: Foster, Stephen C.
label: publishert
content: Harris Publishing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This sheet music is for the song “I Will Be True to Thee.” The song was written and composed by Scott Foster and published by Charles W. Harris of New York, New York in 1862. The song was contained in a collection called “Foster’s Melodies” which contained 24 songs, mostly relating to the Civil War. Foster was an extremely proficient composer, composing such timeless classics as “Oh! Susannah,” “My Old Kentucky Home” and “Camptown Races.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0227.05
label: accession number
content: 1983.0227
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0227.05
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: 13 3/4 in x 11 in; 34.925 cm x 27.94 cm