Mary the Rose : an adoration cantata for the adoration of the nativity / the words and the music by John Jacob Niles. 1954.

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Mary the Rose : an adoration cantata for the adoration of the nativity / the words and the music by John Jacob Niles. 1954.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18198015

1 ms. score (A, 42 p.) ; 34 cm.

Eastern Kentucky University, Crabbe Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6941700

Eastern Kentucky University, Crabbe Library

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Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980

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Composer, Performer, and Author. Niles was born in Louisville in 1892. Coming from a musical family, Niles began to play the dulcimer at an early age. As a teenager he worked with a surveying team in eastern Kentucky. During this time he kept a notebook in which he recorded lyrics and music of old folk songs known in the area. Niles served as a U.S. Army pilot in World War I and made numerous reconnaissance flights until he suffered serious injuries in a plane crash. Aft...