Hymn of the west / by Edmund Clarence Stedman ; music by John Knowles Paine.
Paine, John Knowles, 1839-1906. 2000. “Hymn of the West by Edmund Clarence Stedman ; Music by John Knowles Paine”. St. Louis, Mo. : Thiebes-Stierlin Music Co, Class, Race, and Sheet Music at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/lpemusic/item/37750
- Description
- Originally for chorus of mixed voices and orchestra; arr. for voice and acc. of piano, with some interludes abridged.
- "Official musical publication, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904".
- "The words and music of this official hymn are dedicated by the Bureau of Music of the Universal Exposition, St. Louis, 1904, to the American people, whose West became their East and whose domain was perpetually established by the consummation of the Louisiana Purchase A.D. 1803".
- Words also printed as text on p. [2].
- Biographical sketches and portraits of the composer and poet: p. [2].
- "The music at the Exposition" (including portraits and biographical sketches of Geo. W. Stewart, George D. Markham, and Ernest R. Kroeger): p. [8]
- Photograph of the sculpture "Music," by George F. Bissell: p. [9].
- T.p. ill.: crowd of historical figures being addressed by a missionary (?), with the Festival Building visible through an archway; signed: V.H. Bailey.
- Photocopy; original in the Missouri Historical Society.
- Subject
- Topical -- Songs with piano, Arranged.
- Topical -- Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with orchestra, Arranged.
- Topical -- Hymns.
- Topical -- Louisiana Purchase Exposition, (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.), Songs and music.
- Topical -- Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908, Musical settings.
- Added entry -- Person -- Stewart, Geo. W., (George W.)
- Added entry -- Person -- Markham, George D.
- Added entry -- Person -- Kroeger, Ernest R., (Ernest Richard), 1862-1934.
- Added entry -- Person -- Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908.
- Added entry -- Person -- Bailey, Vernon Howe, 1874-1953.
- Publisher -- Thiebes-Stierlin Music Co.
- Plate number -- 1089-5, Thiebes-Stierlin Music Co.
- Creator
- Paine, John Knowles, 1839-1906
- Publisher
- St. Louis, Mo. : Thiebes-Stierlin Music Co.
- Date
- c1904
- Format
- 1 score (7 p.) : ill. ; 34 cm.
- Rights
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Paine, John Knowles, 1839-1906. 2000. “Hymn of the West by Edmund Clarence Stedman ; Music by John Knowles Paine”. St. Louis, Mo. : Thiebes-Stierlin Music Co, Class, Race, and Sheet Music at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/lpemusic/item/37750