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Owen Madden's Tune Book

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This handwritten tune book includes scores and fingering instructions for music of the Revolutionary era. It was compiled by Owen Madden, a schoolmaster from Ulster County, New York, who served as a fifer in the 3rd New York Regiment in 1775.

Object Details

  • Tune Book
    Written by Owen Madden
    New York
    ca. 1775
    Paper, Ink
    Museum of the American Revolution, acquired with funding from The Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
    2015.03.0001

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