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Cover features: title and composition information within decorative framing and embellishments (black ink on uncoloured ground).

A song to Canada

Date1904
Names
(arranger)
(lyricist)
FormatEphemera
Notes
For SATB chorus.
Key: A-flat major.
On front cover: "Dedicated to Doherty Organ Co., Clinton, Ont."
On back cover: Advertisement for Doherty Organs. 
Subject
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Sheet music
    Dimensions28 cm x 18 cm (11 in. x 7 1/16 in.)
    Language
      CollectionSpecial Collections in the Arts
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberCSM-DEPSON1904-001
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