In Memory Of The Confederate Dead Sheet Music, 1866
Entry/Object ID
AM1964.46.3
Scope and Content
In Memory Of The Confederate Dead composed by Jules C. Melininger, No. 91 West Jefferson St. Louisville KY. Published by McCarrell & Meininger . The author, composing conveys the news of a hero's death in the midst of battle, suggest the removal of the body off the field, the procession to a church or chapel near by, the services at the chapel with tolling bells and choral lamentation, the wild grief on the way to the grave and the lowering of the body into the tomb with the muffled drum and the departure of the people as the music slowly dies away. Dated 1866.
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
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Civil wars
Search Terms
Music of Civil War, Confederate Dead, McCarrell & Meininger Publishers, Songs about the Civil War, Sheet Music, Confederate Army
