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<dl><dd>For voice and piano</dd>
<dd>Imprint date inferred from alternate publisher's name and address [Cincinnati : Truax &amp; Baldwin] ; cf. Dichter &amp; Shapiro</dd>
<dd>Lithograph t.p. ill. signed "J.H. Bufford's Lith.": Col. Pestal in dungeon carving music on stone wall</dd>
<dd>"The martyrdom of Colonel Pestal [sic] by the Russian government has been rendered immortal by the equisite [sic] melody he engraved on the wall of his dungeon, with a link of his chain on the night previous to execution."</dd>
<dd>Based on a melody which was supposedly written in prison by the Decembrist revolutionary Paul Pestel but is generally attributed to J. W. Kalliwoda</dd>
<dd>Keck</dd>
<dd>Yes! the dye is cast -- Rest, troubled heart</dd>
<dd>T.p. embossed with the stamp "Aug. Sac-----, Piano &amp; Music ---, Galveston"</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Oliver Ditson &amp; Co; Songs with piano, Arranged; Prisoners' songs; Political prisoners</div>
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<dl><dd>Kalliwoda, Johann Wenzel, 1801-1866</dd>
<dd>Ling, J. R. (John R.). arr</dd>
<dd>Melton, John. lyr</dd>
<dd>Pestelʹ, Pavel Ivanovich, 1793-1826</dd>
<dd>J.H. Bufford's Lith. ltg</dd></dl></div>
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