Music from the days of George Washington
By: collected and provided with an introduction by Carl Engel, Chief, Division of Music, Library of Congress ; the music edited by W. Oliver Strunk, Assistant, Division of Music, Library of Congress ; with a preface by Sol Bloom, Associate Director, United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission
Contributors: Engel, Carl, 1883-1944, editor, writer of introduction; Strunk, W. Oliver (William Oliver), 1901-1980, editor; Bloom, Sol, 1870-1949, writer of preface
Edition: First AMS edition.
Publisher: AMS Press
Published: 1970
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
ISBN-13: 9780404072308
Subjects: Piano music; Songs with piano; Operas; Excerpts; Vocal scores with piano; Music
Notes: "Reprinted from the edition of 1931, Washington, D.C. [United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission]."

Contains piano music and songs.

Staff notation.
Table of contents: title: Military and patriotic music.; title: The president's march  -- Philip Phile ; arranged by James Hewitt; title: Washington's march  -- Anon.; title: The toast (to Washington)  -- Francis Hopkinson; title: General Burgoyne's march ;; title: Brandywine quick-step ;; title: Successful campaign  -- Anon.; title: The battle of Trenton, a favorite historical military sonata  -- James Hewitt -- Concert and dance music.; title: Sonata (first movement) ;; title: Minuet and Gavotte  -- Alexander Reinagle; title: Two minuets  -- Pierre Landrin Duport; title: Rondo  -- William Brown -- Songs and operatic music.; title: Beneath a weeping willow's shade, from the "Seven songs"  -- Francis Hopkinson; title: Delia  -- Henri Capron; title: The mansion of peace  -- Samuel Webbe; title: Lullaby, from the opera "The pirates"  -- Stephen Storace; title: The bud of the rose, from the opera "Rosina"  -- William Shield; title: The wayworn traveller, from the opera "The mountaineers" -- Samuel Arnold.