The baby's opera: a book of old rhymes with new dresses

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Title

The baby's opera: a book of old rhymes with new dresses

Names

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 (Author)
Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905 (Engraver)
Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 (Illustrator)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1876 (Questionable)
Edition: First edition?
Place: New York
Publisher: G. Routledge

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: *MP (Children) Crane

Subjects

Nursery rhymes
Vocal scores with piano

Genres

Children'S Literature
Scores

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. The music by the earliest masters

Physical Description

Extent: 56 pages : color illustrations, color plates

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 192175723
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21207789
NYPL Exhibition ID: LPA 16.512.01
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c3390c20-68be-0135-a8ab-21abe27e6fd6

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Text
Notated Music
Still Image

Date Issued

1876

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The baby's opera: a book of old rhymes with new dresses" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1876. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3390c20-68be-0135-a8ab-21abe27e6fd6

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1876). The baby's opera: a book of old rhymes with new dresses Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3390c20-68be-0135-a8ab-21abe27e6fd6

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