Sign the Pledge for Mother's Sake (Parkhurst, Susan McFarland)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 movements
First Publication	1867 – New York: Wm. A. Pond & Co. 1867 first edition (first?)
Genre Categories	Secular choruses; Choruses; For voice, mixed chorus, piano; For voices and chorus with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the piano; English language

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Editor	First edition? (reprint?)
Publisher. Info.	New York: Wm. A. Pond & Co., 1867. Plate 6630.
Reprinted	1895, with renewal copyright claim (1867 clerk's entry present on t.p.)
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Actually (see below) despite the 1895 date, this is probably a reprint of the 1867 edition (note the 6630 plate, identical to that on the 1867 edition.) The entire 1867 print can be found digitized here at Johns Hopkins University for comparison.
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Work Title	Sign the Pledge for Mother's Sake
Alternative. Title	Temperance Song & Chorus
Composer	Parkhurst, Susan McFarland
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	ISP 2
Key	B-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 movements
First Publication.	1867 – New York: Wm. A. Pond & Co. 1867 first edition (first?)
Librettist	Mary Ann Kidder (1820–1905) (as M.A. Kidder)
Language	English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	voice, mixed chorus (SATB), piano
Extra Information	Published 1867 or perhaps earlier.