25 Songs Printed in Dublin

by Hime and Owned by the Family of Francis Hopkinson by Irish Sheet Music, Thomas Attwood, George Saville Carey

$1,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

9 of the pieces of sheet music are loose, 16 are loosely bound together. Provenance: Family of Founding Father Francis Hopkinson 25 pieces of sheet music printed in Ireland by Hime at the end of the 18th century, from the family collection of Francis Hopkinson, America's first composer. American society from about 1805 on was especially enamored of Irish and Scotch tunes, particularly the Irish Melodies of Thomas Moore, and other national music. -

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