Emerson, L. O. The Golden Wreath: A Choice Collection of Favorite Melodies, designed for the use of Schools, Seminaries, Select Classes, &c. Pittsburg: John H. Mellor, 1857. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. [10449]
Leather spine, green printed paper over card, small oblong, 5 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches. Front free end paper torn with loss, title page dark, 240 generally clean pp. Good. Hardcover.
Title continues: Also, a complete course of Elementary Instructions, upon the Pestalozzian System, with numerous Exercises for Practice. Cover title: One Hundredth Edition of the Golden Wreath: 250 Favorite Songs and Exercises.
The music is in four parts with round notes.
Luther Orlando Emerson (1820-1915), b. Parsonsfield, Maine; d. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Emerson studied under Isaac B. Woodbury, and afterwards began to teach singing, direct choirs, and to compose his own music. After small success in publishing, in 1857 he entered into an arrangement with the Oliver Ditson Company, of Boston, who promoted his music books with great success.
