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Friends and Acquaintances 37
city "29 Two other residents whom Stephen doubtless knew were the musicians who it is recorded, presented his song Old Uncle Ned prior to its publication by Peters & Field. The song was given "at a concert in Cincinnati by Pond McCann and others in 1845 [andj was enthusiastically received."26 This Pond was H Au<mstus Pond,22 a music master living near Stephen's boarding house. Pond composed music upon which the Gazette commented that it was "good, though somewhat difficult." The second musician cited was T H. McCann, the author of Mother Dear, "The Night! Oh the Night for Me' and other songs published by Peters & Field.30 |
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