Creator:
H. T. Merrill, Mrs. E. J. Bugbee, Merrill & Brennan
Location:
Illinois, Cook County, Chicago
Origin Date:
1865
Materials:
paper
Item ID:
71.2009.083.0107
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Sheet Music

Description

This is a piece of sheet music for the song, "In Memoriam." The cover is plain with a decorative border at the center. Within the border, the title is printed in black lettering in an arch. "On the Death of Abraham Lincoln the Sixteenth President of the United States" is printed across the center. The text is surrounded by decorative scroll detailing. Publishing information is printed near the bottom of the cover. 1 score (5 p.) For SATB quartet. First line: There's a burden of grief on the breezes of spring. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.