Sheet Music: "Southern Flowers" and "Daisy Polka" by S. Schlesinger


Sheet music for piano, four hands, entitled "Southern Flowers" and "Daisy Polka," composed by S. Schlesinger in 1861. Published in Mobile, Alabama by Joseph Bloch at 55 Dauphin St. Includes a full-page advertisement by the publisher. This piece is notable for being composed by a Jewish composer and published by a Jewish music publisher during the Civil War. Sigmund Schlesinger, born in Germany in 1835, emigrated to America at age 25 and settled in Mobile, Alabama a year later, a city with a growing Jewish community. He carried a letter of introduction to Joseph Bloch, one of the first music teachers in Alabama.


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  • Schlesinger , Sigmund / Bloch, Joseph

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Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 17, Folder 6