The battle in the air descriptive piano solo by Harold Spencer

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Author

Spencer, Harold (Composer)

Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI

Notes

Illustrated title page features monoplanes and biplanes in air combat

Publisher's advertisement on verso of page 4, captioned "McKinley Standard Publications," has incipits of three songs: Sweet Hawaiian moonlight : tell her of my love / lyric by Harold G. Frost ; music by F. Henri Klickmann -- Weeping willow lane / lyric by Harold G. Frost ; music by F. Henri Klickmann -- Pickaninny blues : a waltz lullaby / lyric by Harold G. Frost ; music by F. Henri Klickmann

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The airship ascends -- The start -- Preparing for the flight -- Watching for the enemy -- Shrieking shells -- Sure aim fire -- Enemy plunges to Earth -- Crash -- The patrol of the air continues -- The victorious return -- The airship gradually descends -- Cheering the victors

Date

1917

1911-1920

1910-1920

Call number

M1 .B4

Type

Songs and music

Physical description

4 pages of music 31 cm

Place

United States

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Air warfare

Airships

Fighter plane combat

Piano music

Popular instrumental music

Biplanes

Fighter planes

Monoplanes

American

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

siris_sil_980107