Object Details
Description (Brief)
This sheet music is for the song “The Star of Glory” that was written and composed by Emmett J. Welch. The sheet music was published by Emmett J. Welch Music Publisher of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1918. The cover features an image of a mother and child praying for their husband and father who is fighting in World War I. The Star of Glory is the star hanging in the window, symbolizing that there is someone from that house fighting “over there.”The back ground of the cover has an illustration of soldiers trenches by “going over the top” of their trenches and charging into no man’s land.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1918
ID Number
1983.0424.018
accession number
1983.0424
catalog number
1983.0424.018
Object Name
sheet music
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 14 in x 10 1/2 in; 35.56 cm x 26.67 cm
place made
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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Sheet Music
Data Source
National Museum of American History
general subject association
Music
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_670832
