Kane's Funeral March. Composed and Respectfully inscribed to the memory of Elisha Kent Kane, M.D., U.S.N.
Language: English
Published by Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1859
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Meridian Rare Books ABA PBFA, London, United KingdomMeridian Rare Books ABA PBFA
AbeBooks seller since October 8, 2009
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 240.38
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First edition. Piano sheet music. 4to. pp. 5; lithographic portrait of Kane to upper cover; some staining and browning, sometime removed from a bound album. Kane (1820-1857) took part in the two Arctic expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin, financed by Henry Grinnell. The toll these expeditions took on his healthled to his death in February, 1857, whilst convalescing in Havana, Cuba. His body was returned to the US and conveyed by funeral train to Philadelphia, met at each stop by a memorial delegation. This piano sheet music is an arrangement from the Requiem for Kane by J. C. Beckel.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Kane's Funeral March. Composed and Respectfully inscribed to the memory of Elisha Kent Kane, M.D., U.S.N.
- Author
- [Kane, E. K.] William B. Shuster.
- Publisher
- Philadelphia: Lee & Walker
- Publication year
- 1859
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Arctic, Music, Polar
Meridian Rare Books ABA PBFA
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