Composition: The Vacant Chair (Root, George Frederick)

Title The Vacant Chair
Alternative title We shall meet but we shall miss him
Creators George Frederick Root (composer) and Henry Stevenson Washburn (librettist)
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Instrumentation voice, mixed chorus and piano
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Keys A flat major
Composed 1861
First published 1861
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Composition types Songs
Language English
Period Romantic
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