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The "Contraband" Schottische
- Creator:
- Lee & Walker, Sep. Winner
- Location:
- Pennsylvania
- Origin Date:
- 1861
- Materials:
- paper
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.0239
- 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, “The ‘Contraband’ Schottische.” The cover features an illustration of caricatures of five African Americans stumbling on the ground with a white male behind them, coming down a set of stairs with a stick in his hand. The title is printed in black lettering at the top of the cover. “Composed and Respectfully Dedicated to Maj. Gen. B. F. Butler” is printed below the illustration. 5 p. of music. For piano. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.