| Work Title
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The Minstrel Boy
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| Alternative. Title
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Song
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| Composer
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Shelley, Harry Rowe
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IHS 18
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1 song
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| Text Incipit
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The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone \\ In the ranks of death you’ll find him
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| First Publication.
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1882 – New York: Wm. A. Pond & Co.
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| Librettist
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Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
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| Language
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English
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| Dedication
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Wm. K. Otis, Esq., New York City
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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 (soprano, tenor, contralto or bass), piano
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