The burning of Rome : descriptive march and two step

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Title

The burning of Rome : descriptive march and two step

Names

Paull, E. T., 1858-1924 (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1903
Place: New York
Publisher: E.T. Paull

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: MYD Amer. Paull, E.T. (Piano music, sel.)

Subjects

Marches (Piano)
Popular music -- United States -- To 1901
Program music
Rome

Genres

Scores

Notes

Content: Cover illustration of ancient Rome burning, with Castello Sant' Angelo right of center, the scene being watched from across the Tiber River by a toga-cladded person playing a strung musical instrument
Content: For piano.
Content: Includes a short essay detailing the composer's intentions, printed on inside front cover.
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Programmatic music with descriptives printed above music.
Funding: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement Of Responsibility: by E. T. Paull.

Physical Description

Extent: 5 p. of music : ill. ; 35 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-C798
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14662391
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b998c390-0032-0130-41ef-58d385a7bc34

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Notated Music

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The burning of Rome : descriptive march and two step" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1903. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b998c390-0032-0130-41ef-58d385a7bc34

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