"Harp of the Wild Wind"

sheet music

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & SHEET MUSIC
Whittlesey, Orramel; Bradford, Mary (Miss); Endicott, Wm. & Co.
USA, CT, Salem; USA, NY, New York
1851
paper
9-1/2 x 13 in.

Sheet music for "Harp of the Wild Wind", composed by Orramel Whittlesey of Salem, Connecticut, and dedicated to his daughter Eliza Tully Whittlesey; words by Miss Mary Bradford; published 1851 by Orramel Whittlesey; cover signed by O. Whittlesey; cover lithograph by Wm. Endicott & Co., New York of men rowing out to ship in storm off lighthouse, harp in window of fortress at left; the music "... is designed to represent the effect of a a storm upon the Aeolian or Harp of the winds ..."; cover only; see also 1996.109.5 and 2004.58.1

UNIDENTIFIED bark; UNIDENTIFIED pulling boat
1992.88.10