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Synthesized/MIDI
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Robert A Hudson, 2018.
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Robert A Hudson
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Sheet Music
Scores
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Brooklyn: Sawyer & Thompson, 1863.
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| Editor
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Robert A. Hudson (b. 1948)
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Robert A. Hudson, 2018.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
For Voice, Mixed Chorus and Piano (Hallam)
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Mark R. Hallam (fl. 1863)
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Brooklyn: Sawyer & Thompson, n.d.
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General Information
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Mother Would Comfort Me
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| Composer
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Sawyer, Charles Carroll
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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ICS 6
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| Key
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B-flat major
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Composer
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| Language
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English
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| Dedication
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J. A. Herman
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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8-9 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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voice, mixed chorus (SATB), piano
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Navigation etc.
One edition has the following preface to the song:
A soldier in one of the New York regiments, after being severally wounded, was taken prisoner, and after lying in the hospital a number of days, he was told by those who were in attendance that “they could do no more for him,” that he must die. For a few moments the poor fellow seemed in deep thought; reviving a little, he turned slowly toward those near him, and after thanking them for the kind manner in which they had treated him during his sickness, a sweet smile passed over his pale face, and with a firm voice he said, “Mother would comfort me if she were here.” Those were his last words.
