Content: Cover design includes reproduction of a painting showing a man, standing, while reading a book, and a woman, seated, sewing; both dressed in 18th century costume.
Content: Summary: The narrator ponders the sweet sound of the bells as he contemplates his former love who is becoming a nun because her father would not let her marry him; he recalls a happier time when they had hope.
Statement Of Responsibility: words by Robt. F. Roden ; music by Max S. Witt
Date: Copyright date: 1901

Physical Description

Extent: 6 p. ; 34 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21695015
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21695100
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 78fd47b0-c599-012f-1289-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

Date Issued

1901

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MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "While the convent bells were ringing" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1901. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/78fd47b0-c599-012f-1289-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1901). While the convent bells were ringing Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/78fd47b0-c599-012f-1289-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "While the convent bells were ringing" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/78fd47b0-c599-012f-1289-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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