“In Manila Bay -- A Stirring Patriotic War Song”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1898
name: label: composer; lyricist
content: Alsop, Charles F.
label: publisher
content: Philadelphia Press
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for the song “In Manila Bay - A Stirring Patriotic War Song” was written by Charles Alsop and was published by the Philadelphia Press of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 22, 1898. The sheet music was written expressly for the Philadelphia Sunday Press, rather than being a previously published piece inserted into the paper as a supplement. The piece was written for George Dewey, who was known as the Hero of Manila and promoted to Admiral of the Navy for winning the battle of Manila Bay with only one American casualty.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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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: 1982.0440.25
label: accession number
content: 1982.0440
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0440.25
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
label: Object Type
content: Sheet Music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 8 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 21.59 cm