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| Publisher. Info.
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Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1848. Plate 1581.
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General Information
| Work Title
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The Little Orphan's Song
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| Alternative. Title
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Ballad, the Words from "Jane Eyre"
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| Composer
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Turner, Joseph W.
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IJT 7
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| Key
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E-flat major
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1
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| First Publication.
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1848 – Boston: Oliver Ditson (plate 1581)
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| Librettist
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Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855)
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| Language
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English
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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Voice, piano
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Navigation etc.
Strophic song. One verse is set, the other verses are shown under the setting. The text is varied slightly (whether intentionally for musical reasons, or by mistake, or etc., it is hard to say) - the novel has e.g. "my feet they are sore" while the song has "my feet they are cold".
