"I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land": Museum Object and Cultural History
"I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land": publishing date: 1860. publisher: Firth, Pond & Co.. Object Name: sheet music.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song, “I Wish I Was in Dixie’s Land,” by Dan D. Emmett. It was published by Firth, Pond & Co. in New York, New York in 1860. As indicated on the cover, this was “written and composed expressly for Bryant’s Minstrels."
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1860
- publisher: Firth, Pond & Co.
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 13 1/2 in x 10 1/8 in; 34.29 cm x 25.7175 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1986.0513.01
- accession number: 1986.0513
- catalog number: 1986.0513.01
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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