"Harp of the Wild Wind"

sheet music

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & SHEET MUSIC
Bradford, Mary (Miss); Whittlesley, Orramel; Oliver Ditson & Co.; Endicott & Company
USA, MA, Boston
1851
paper
13 x 10-1/8 in.

Sheet music, "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; copyright 1851 by Orramel Whittlesey; published Boston by Oliver Ditson & Co.; cover lithograph by Wm. Endicott & Co. [see 1996.109.5] 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 . . ."; "O Whittlesey" signature lower right; 4 pages; see also 1996.109.5 and 1992.88.10.

2004.58.1