[Mason, Lowell; Ives, E. Jr.]. Juvenile Lyre: or Hymns and Songs, Religious, Moral, and Cheerful, set to appropriate Music; For the use of Primary and Common Schools. Boston: Carter, Hendee & Co., 1833. [9893]
Leather spine with marbled paper boards, scuffed and worn, partial crack to back joint, 21 x 12.5 cm (8 1/2 x 5 inches). 72 pp., foxing, lacks the front free end papers. Good. Hardcover.
First published in 1831, the Juvenile Lyre contains the first appearance with music of "Mary's Lamb," or "Mary Had A Little Lamb," by Sarah Josepha Hale. The music is different from the modern version. This is on p. 61, with three stanzas.
The copyright holders are Melvin Lord and John C. Holbrook. The Preface is written by Lowell Mason and E. Ives, Jr.
The music is in three parts, round notes.
Includes national ballads, "a large portion of them are translated from works which were collected by the Rev. William C. Woodbridge during a recent visit to Germany and placed by him in the hands of the editors, with the hope of rendering them useful to the children and youth of this country...Most of them have been translated by Mr. S. F. Smith [of Andover Theological Seminary] in such a manner as to preserve the music as originally written. The same gentleman has also furnished several very beautiul original songs. A number have been taken from an interesting little volume of poems for children, by Mrs. Sarah J. Hale..." - Preface.
With a signed provenance card from the music collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.
