RARE 1821 MUSICAL MANUSCRIPT BY OLIVER SHAW (1779 - 1848) STAR SPANGLED BANNER
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THIS IS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A RARE NATIONAL TREASURE ORIGINAL MUSICAL MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN & COMPILED BY FAMOUS COMPOSER OLIVER SHAW (1779-1848) FOR HIS PUPIL JULIA HAZARD (1806-1878) IN 1821!!!
THE MUSICAL MANUSCRIPT CONTAINS ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS WRITTEN BY COMPOSER OLIVER SHAW (1779-1848) AS WELL AS W.A. MOZART (1756-1791)!!!
SOME OF THE SONGS INCLUDED ARE:
* STAR SPAN...GLED BANNER - WITH ORIGINAL MUSIC AND WORDS!
* GENERAL WASHINGTON'S MARCH
* YANKEE DOODLE
* JEFFERSON'S MARCH
* A NEW ODE - ORIGINAL MUSIC & WORDS WRITTEN TO CELEBRATE JULY 4TH IN 1802 AT BOSTON!!!
* BRISTOL MARCH (JEFFERSON & LIBERTY)
* A MILITARY DIVERTIMENTO (WRITTEN BY OLIVER SHAW TO CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL OF GENERAL LAFAYETTE)
* NAPOLEON BONAPARTE'S CORONATION MARCH
BOOK MEASUREMENT: 10" X 11 1/2"
WEIGHT: 3 POUNDS 5 OZ
SOME OF THE PAGES HAVE LOOSENED FROM THE BINDING. HOWEVER, IT IS IN GREAT CONDITION FOR 198 YEARS OLD!!!
PLEASE SEE PHOTOS!!!
JULIA HAZARD'S GRANDFATHER, GEORGE HAZARD (1724-1791) SERVED AS MAYOR OF NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND & A MEMBER OF THE CONVENTION WHICH ADOPTED THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.
JULIA'S GREAT-GRANDFATHER, GEORGE HAZARD (1700-1738) SERVED AS DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF THE COLONY OF RHODE ISLAND & SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF DEPUTIES IN 1733. GEORGE WAS THE SON OF PENELOPE ARNOLD AND A GREAT-GRANDSON OF GOVERNOR BENEDICT ARNOLD!!!
Oliver Shaw