"After the Storm"

sheet music

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & SHEET MUSIC
Converse, Charles C.
USA, MA, Boston
1865
paper
14-1/8 x 10-3/4 in.

Sheet music for Sea Side Ballads No. 1, "After the Storm", companion to "Rock Beside the Sea", by Charles C. Converse; published by Henry Tolman & Co., Boston, MA, 1865; dedicated to Miss Teedie Owen of Memphis, Tenn.; cover engraving by Henry F. Greene of woman on beach looking out to sea, wreck vessel in distance; rubberstamped on cover "W. E. CHANDLER & CO/ DEALERS IN PIANOS, ORGANS,/ .../ 245 MAIN ST./ WORCESTER, MASS." 3 pages. influenced by the popular sailors' chantey, "Can't you Dance the Polka?", which appeared in the late 1830s..."

1993.118.3