The Vacant Chair, or We Shall Meet but We Shall Miss Him

George Frederick Root (1820–1895)

About

Composed
1889
Period
Romantic
Genre
Song
Instruments
Voice, Piano
Subjects
Casualties · Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with piano · Civil War · Death · Popular music · Soldiers

Editions

InstrumentationPublishedPagesSource
Voice
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Chicago : Root & Cady, 1863.6Library of Congress, Music Division
VoiceCleveland : S. Brainard's Sons, 1889.5Library of Congress, Music Division
VoiceCincinnati : John Church Co., 1890.5Library of Congress, Music Division
VoiceChicago : Root & Cady, 1861.4Library of Congress, Music Division
VoiceMacon & Savannah : John C. Schreiner & Son, [date of publication not identified]., uuuu4Library of Congress, Music Division
VoiceRichmond : Davies & Sons, [date of publication not identified]., uuuu4Library of Congress, Music Division

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