The dark lament
- Title
- The dark lament
- LC Subject
- Music by women composers Songs with piano Popular music--United States--1901-1910 Minstrel music
- Item Locator
- 23992
- Alternative
- A dark lament
- Composer
- Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, 1862-1946
- Lyricist
- Dobyne, Irene C.
- Description
- Page 3 features photograph of a woman signed 'Carrie Jacobs-Bond 1908', with additional photographer's mark 'Gross, Chicago.'; inside back cover contains list of songs by Carrie Jacobs-Bond; back cover contains advertisement for four songs by composer; lyrics written in an exaggerated imitation of African-American dialect; plate number; A dark lament 3; vocal range is D4-G5
- First Line
- De birds am sweetly singin' in de sycamore tree,
- First Line Chorus
- Dar's lots ob consolation to de sad an'dem dat sigh,
- Instrumentation
- Song for voice and piano
- Cover
- Title in black letters against a brown background
- Work Type
- lithographs sheet music
- Issued
- 1908
- Identifier
- the_dark_lament_23992
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Copyright Claimant
- Carrie Jacobs-Bond
- Publisher
- Carrie Jacobs-Bond & Son
- Place Of Publication
- Chicago >> Cook County >> Illinois >> United States
- Type
- Text
- Format
- application/pdf
- Physical Extent
- 8 p; color; 34 cm.
- Set
- Historic Sheet Music Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic Sheet Music Collection
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Exhibit
- Women Composers
- Location Copy Sublocation
- University of Oregon Knight Library, Music Services Section
