[Rarebooks] MAJOR ADDITION TO THE SALE LIST

[Stephen Johnson]

Greetings to All.  Please pardon this second SALE LIST notice.  We forgot
to mention this NOTABLE CIVIL WAR MUSIC BOOK.  The listing is set forth
below:

Lawrence, J.J.
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S MUSIC BOOK; Original Music Book of Confederate
Military Musician

No Publisher, No Date. No Edition. Wrappers. A RARE CIVIL WAR ITEM
TEMPORARILY DISCOUNTED. WAS $6,450. NOW $2,450. Confederate Manuscript
Military Music -- Among the Rarest Type of Confederate Manuscript Material:
A VERY GOOD ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MUSIC BOOK BELONGING TO CONFEDERATE DRUMMER
J.J. LAWRENCE OF COMPANY G [OF THE FIFTH TEXAS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY] DURING
THE CIVIL WAR. The book measures approximately 6 and 5/16th inches by
approximately 3 and 9/16ths inches. The outer sides of the wrappers are in
marbled paper. Within are 40 pages with lines drawn to be used by the
musician to add notes for songs to be played by him. Nine of the pages have
been completed with song titles and notes. The remaining pages are blank,
presumably because of Lawrence's untimely early death. The musician would
add his own notes for songs to be played. The contemporary marbled wrappers
show some wrinkling, rubbing, staining, and edge wear. Within, the contents
are mildly foxed. A unique collection of songs, likely written down and
carried by J.J. Lawrence, a Texas Confederate drummer killed in action in
Virginia during the Civil War. There is a manuscript note on the inside
front wrapper of the volume, “Bass Drum Band Fifth Tex. V.I.” and J.J.
Lawrence is the only drummer listed in the roster of that regimental
company. Though musicians on both sides of the Civil War were largely kept
back from battle, Lawrence was killed at the Battle of Gaines Mill on June
27, 1862. If this was J.J. Lawrence manuscript music volume, and we think
that it was, his death in the early years of the conflict would account for
the fact that this music manuscript does not contain more songs, though all
forty pages of the text have staff lines drawn in manuscript for musical
notation. The nine songs that are written out include “The Bonnie Blue
Flag,” “Pepita Marsch,” “Walger[?],” two versions of a “Parade March,” and
four versions of “Quick Step.” Company G of the Fifth Texas Volunteer
Infantry, also known as the Milam County Greys, was organized in Cameron,
Texas on July 15, 1861. The regiment served as part of Hood’s Texas Brigade
in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War. The Battle of Gaines
Mill, fought in Hanover County, Virginia, was an early Confederate victory,
though one in four Texas soldiers died in the battle, including Lawrence.
While this book contains only a small sampling of music, Confederate
manuscript music material is EXCEEDINGLY RARE to the Market. This volume,
likely created by a Texas Confederate drummer boy killed in action in
Virginia while serving in Hood’s Texas Brigade, is an important piece of
historical evidence of the conflict. A REMARKABLE SURVIVAL and EXCEEDINGLY
RARE. Very good. Item #3318

Price: $2,450.00

Best Wishes,
Stephen


Stephen Johnson
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