Mermaid's Song from Oberon

sheet music

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & SHEET MUSIC
Kinkel, Ch.; Peters, J.L.; Snyder & Black
USA, NY, New York
paper

Sheet music, "Fantasie from Oberon" ("Mermaid's Song from Oberon"; music by Ch. Kinkel; No. 4 in series entitled "Mermaid's Song from Oberon"; dedicated to Mrs. Agnes Toof"; published New York by J.L. Peters, 1867; cover lithograph by Snyder & Black (New York) of mermaid grooming herself in an aqueous cave; 5 pages; Stuart M. Frank notes: "It is unclear how this composition may relate to opera "Oberon" by Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826), first produced in London in 1826 - as reflected in "Ocean! Thou Mighty Monster," billed as a "Scena in the Opera of Oberon" [1998.17.2].

2007.100.4