General La Fayette Bugle Waltz.

Source catalog description

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Sheet music for the song “General La Fayette Bugle Waltz” composed by Francis Johnson. The sheet music is printed on off white paper in black ink. Text at the top of the sheet music reads “No. 7 of Taw’s Musical Miscellany – Copy right secured / GENERAL LA. FAYETTE BUGLE / WALTZ / Composed by / F. JOHNSON / Philadelphia Published for the Author.” The sheet music has handwritten numbers written in graphite above some of the ledger lines. There are no marks or inscriptions on the verso.

Catalog date

1824

Recorded places

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Band (Music); Composers (Musicians); Popular music

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