Spirit rappings

Item Information

• Description
  Plate no.: 6125.

• Item ID
  a8564
• Instrumentation
  voice; piano
• Lyricist
  Garrett, J. Ellwood
• DCMI Type
  Still Image
• Is Part Of
  1850-1859
• Title
  Spirit rappings
• Subject
  Children
  Songs with piano
  Society and Culture
  Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Afro-Americans
  Architecture, Buildings, Furniture, etc.
  Afro-Americans
  Human Activities of Ordinary People--Groups
  chairs
  Seances
  Clocks
  parties
  slaves
  tables (support furniture)
  tall case clocks
• Engraver
  Greene
• City of Publication
  Boston; St. Louis
• Genre
  sheet music
• Publisher
  Oliver Ditson & Co.; John Gass
• Composer
  Rossington, W. W.
• Date
  1853
• First Line
  Softly, softly, hear the rustle of the spirits airy wings
• State of Publication
  Massachusetts; Missouri

• Copyright & Usage
  See the policy for this collection.