Oh! It Is an Hour Of Sadness (Ensign, James L.)

Incipit	Oh! It is an hour of sadness \\ There’s a hush in every heart
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1
First Publication	1855 – New York: William Hall & Son
Genre Categories	Songs; For 3 voices, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; English language

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Publisher. Info.	New York: William Hall & Son, 1855. Plate 3324.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Work Title	Oh! It Is an Hour Of Sadness
Alternative. Title	A Parting Song for Three Voices
Composer	Ensign, James L.
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IJE 3
Key	E-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1
First Publication.	1855 – New York: William Hall & Son
Librettist	Miss E. E. A. ?
Language	English
Dedication	J. (John) Holmes Agnew, Doctor of Divinity, Principal of the Young Ladies' Institute, Pittsfield, Mass. (1804–1865)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	3 high voices, piano

E.E.A. might be a relative of J. Holmes Agnew (= J.H.A.) (obituary here. Born May 9 1804; died October 12, 1865. (See Princeton Catalogue of the Westminster Theological Seminary, 1894, p.55.)