Miss Myrtle or The Charming Woman; The Words & Music by Mrs. Price Blackwood
by Blackwood, Helen Selina
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- good
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore: F.D. Benteen, 1840. Sheet_music. Good. [4] p.: music; 32 cm. Mrs. Price Blackwood was Irish poet Helen Selina Sheridan Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Clandeboye (1807-1867). Removed from a volume of sheet music published from 1835 to 1850 with former owner's name on the front: "E. C. K. Seymour." Contains melody with keyboard accompaniment. No date of publication. Frederick D. Benteen (d. 1864) was active as a music publisher from the 1830s until his death in 1864. Helen Selina Sheridan married Commander Price Blackwood in 1825; he died in 1841. In the words of this song, the author warns men against marrying "such a charming woman," although Myrtle's flaws consist of being well-educated and not rich. Very scarce. In Good Condition: lower corner of first leaf detached and archivally repaired; lower corner of second leaf creased with 2-cm. closed tear, archivally repaired; light soiling and foxing.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010118
- Title
- Miss Myrtle or The Charming Woman; The Words & Music by Mrs. Price Blackwood
- Author
- Blackwood, Helen Selina
- Format/Binding
- Sheet_music
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- F.D. Benteen
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore
- Date Published
- 1840
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music; Women Writers; Sheet Music;
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