Christmas Eve Polka

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"Christmas Eve Polka"

Entry/Object ID

2011.350.1.1

Description

"Christmas Eve Polka," by Adolphus R. Baker, published by John Church and Company, Cincinnati, 1866. The cover has an image of couples dancing and a leaf-and-vine border around the information. The work, dedicated to Miss Jennie Morel of Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, is scored for the piano, is in vivace tempo and is an instrumental. There are stains, soiling, edge tears and glue residue at the left, and the overall condition is fair.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Music, Sheet

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Composition, Musical

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects