Title
Sweet Rivers, Sheet Music
Description
This item is part of the I. G. Greer Folksong Collection which consists of more than 300 individual song titles and their variants as collected by Isaac Garfield Greer (1881-1967) from informants, primarily in Ashe, Wilkes and Watauga counties. The collection includes manuscripts, typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s clerical staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin.
Subject
Gospel music--United States
Heaven--Songs and music
Jesus Christ--Songs and music
Rivers--Songs and music
Alternative Title
Sweet Rivers of Redeeming Love
Creator
Granade, John Adam, 1763?-1807
Moore, William, active 1825
Publisher
W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
Contributor
Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967
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