The wreck of the Titanic: descriptive piece
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Title
The wreck of the Titanic: descriptive piece
Collection
Popular instrumental sheet music
General
Names
Forrest, Jeannette (Composer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1912
Place: Chicago
Publisher: McKinley Music
Library Location
Music Division
Shelf locator: P.I. (General)
Subjects
Icebergs
Ship accidents
Titanic (Steamship)
Popular music -- United States -- 1911-1920
Program music
Genres
Notes
Content: A descriptive piano composition--Printed below cover drawing.
Content: Caption title.
Content: Cover illustrated with an uncredited drawing of the sinking Titanic with lifeboats pulling away from the liner and the distant iceberg.
Content: For piano.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Programatic content notes printed above the music.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Physical Description
Extent: 4 p. of music : ill. ; 31 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG00-C146
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14693422
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a4888be0-c6b6-012f-aba7-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The wreck of the Titanic: descriptive piece" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1912. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a4888be0-c6b6-012f-aba7-58d385a7bc34
APA format
Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1912). The wreck of the Titanic: descriptive piece Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a4888be0-c6b6-012f-aba7-58d385a7bc34
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The wreck of the Titanic: descriptive piece" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a4888be0-c6b6-012f-aba7-58d385a7bc34
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