Columbia, the gem of the ocean (Thomas à Becket)

Title of wiki page: Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean (Matthias Keller) submitter email: etzkorn2@illinois.edu

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• Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean   (   Sibelius 4 )

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CPDL #21454:   Sibelius 4

Editor: Ashley Etzkorn (submitted 2010-04-16).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page   Copyright: Public Domain

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Title: Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
Composer: Matthias Keller

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Unknown

Genre: Secular, Unknown

Language: English
Instruments: Unknown
Published: 1917

Description: This song is of uncertain origin. In England it has been sung to the words "Britannia, the Pride of the Ocean" and the English claim that it originated in their country. In America, the authorship has been claimed by both David T. Shaw and Thomas A. Becket.

External websites: http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/File:4_Columbia,_the_Gem_of_the_Ocean.svg

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