| Composer: | Cook, Will Marion | | Lyrics: | I heard him murm'ring softly on an old plantation lone (first line of text)
Empty and so silent now the old cabin stands (first line of chorus) | | Contributors: | Mitchell, Abbie
Dunbar, Paul Laurence | 1884-1960
1872-1906 |
| | | | Publisher: | Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co., sole selling agents | | Publication Date: | 1902 | | Description: | Returned : empty and so silent now the old cabin stands / words by Paul Laurence Dunbar ; music by Will Marion Cook.
For voice and piano.
Caption title.
First line of text: I heard him murm'ring softly on an old plantation lone.
First line of chorus: Empty and so silent now the old cabin stands.
Cover ill.: Two men in silhouette, photo of Abbie Mitchell.
"A Negro ballad as sung by Miss Abbie Mitchell at Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt's Newport Theatre party"--Cover.
"Music supplement of Hearst's Chicago American, Sunday, September 21, 1902, pages 5-8"--cover.
Published by permission of Will Marion Cook, composer and owner of the copyright.
| | Format: | 1 score (3 p.) : ill., port. ; 35 cm. | | Subjects: | Popular music
African American composers
African Americans--Songs and music | | Copyright: | Permissions/Copyright Statement for Sheet Music | | Digital ID: | dpl-hac-12100.dc | | OCLC Record ID: | 25738951 | | | Click to view images:
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