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Author: Grobe, Charles
Title: The Battles of Palo Alto & Resaca De La Palma, a Musical Delineation Composed for the Piano Forte and Dedicated as a Tribute of Respect to the Officers & Men of the U.S. Army. Op. 72. Pr. 38 Cts Net
Place Published: Baltimore
Publisher:F.D. Benteen
Date Published: [1846]
Description:

[1-2] 3-9 [1, blank] pp. (Folio) 33.1 x 24 cm (13x9½”), loose sheets. First Edition.

 

Music with a running commentary on aspects of both battles, including the flying artillery and the wounding of Ringgold. The commentary concludes, “The victory has been decisive. A small force has overcome immense odds of the best troops Mexico can furnish—veteran regiments perfectly equipped and appointed.”

Grobe (1817?-1879) was a music teacher and prolific American composer. He also wrote a work entitled The Battle of Buena Vista. Very rare. Only two copies on OCLC.

 

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Moderately water stained and foxed, fourth leaf missing section from lower blank margin. With purple ink stamp of E.P. Nash, Petersburg, VA, and faint penciled name on title page.